real time wind gauge dates not working?

[muppet77]

http://users6.jabry.com/maidenerleghweather/gauges.htm

at the bottom of the page of gauges, the realtime wind data dates are not filled in?

any ideas please?

[steve]

You don't seem to have the 'realtime' option selected (or it's not working) so you have no realtime.txt file, which the realtime gauges require.

[muppet77]

i have realtime enabled in internet settings every 60 seconds.

do i need to upload the text file you mentioned?

do i use the files page and then browse for it (would have uploaded it already if it was standard?)

[steve]

Enabling realtime should be all you need; it causes the realtime.txt to be uploaded. But http://users6.jabry.com/maidenerleghwea ... altime.txt gives a 404. If you turn on ftp logging, the realtimeftplog.txt file may give some clues.

[muppet77]

13:38:24:328 01009B40 TriggerDataSent 884
13:38:24:453 >|200 Type set to ASCII.|

13:38:24:453 ! HighLevelAsync 0
13:38:24:453 01009B40 TriggerDataSent 884
13:38:24:546 >|227 Entering Passive Mode (67,208,91,121,14,16).|

13:38:24:546 ! HighLevelAsync 0
13:38:24:562 TWSocket will connect to 67.208.91.121:3600
13:38:24:656 ! Data Session opened (Put)
13:38:24:656 0100A250 TriggerDataSent 996
13:38:24:656 01009B40 TriggerDataSent 884
13:38:24:765 >|150 Opening ASCII data connection for realtime.txt|

13:38:24:765 ! Send first block
13:38:24:765 DataSocketPutDataSent 225
13:38:24:765 0100A250 TriggerDataSent 996
13:38:24:765 DataSocketPutDataSent 0
13:38:24:765 0100A250 TCustomWSocket.Shutdown 1 996
13:38:24:875 ! Data Session closed
13:38:24:875 ! Next3PutAsync
13:38:24:875 0100A250 TCustomWSocket.Shutdown 1 996
13:38:25:062 >|226 transfer complete; 101513243 bytes remaining|

13:38:25:062 ! Next3PutAsync
13:38:25:062 ! HighLevelAsync 0
13:38:25:062 ! HighLevelAsync done

[steve]

Looks OK; the transfer is clearly working. It's either not putting it in the correct place, or it's the usual problem with free hosting where anything but serving straight html pages is not supported.

What - exactly - have you got for 'directory' in the internet settings?

[muppet77]

a blank space, Steve

[daj]

a blank space, Steve

I assume you don't mean an actually space character, but an empty field?

It may be that they do not allow txt files -- you would need to ask them.

Interestingly, I was having a look at the terms and condition of the free hosting site and it specifically says it will not add adverts to your site...

"No ads, No pop-up, No banner. We will not place any ads on your site."

However it seems to insert an 'advert' at the end of every page, after the html tag has been closed too - tut tut

[steve]

I'm stumped then; you seem to be doing everything right. I think it must be that the free hosting doesn't allow files with a .txt extension to be served. You could perhaps log in with an ftp client and confirm that the realtime.txt file really is there, in the same place as gauges.htm?

[cats_five]

I can't see why it would object to .txt files:

http://www.jabry.com/Support/

Which file types are not allowed?
Files with the following extensions are not supported on our servers: .exe, .cmd, .bat, .dll, and .scr. These files will automatically and without notice be removed if they are found in your user space.

The FTP client idea sounds a good idea to me.

[steve]

I signed up for a jabry account, manually upload my realtime.txt file and http://users6.jabry.com/cumulus/realtime.txt gives a 404, so that's pretty conclusive that they don't support .txt files.

[daj]

I just did the same thing. Same result.

[muppet77]

Thanks guys, at least I know it not my incapabilities!

[Repairman77]

I signed up for a jabry account, manually upload my realtime.txt file and http://users6.jabry.com/cumulus/realtime.txt gives a 404, so that's pretty conclusive that they don't support .txt files.

Are you chaps aware that jabry pages throw up a Web of Trust (WOT) red warning box which may put of a lot of people visiting your WX sites.
WOT is getting more and more used these days as there is an IE version now as well as the Firefox one.
Probably due to someone using it to distribute nasties or spam in the past. There are probably better host sites.

Mike.

[steve]

I signed up for a jabry account, manually upload my realtime.txt file and http://users6.jabry.com/cumulus/realtime.txt gives a 404, so that's pretty conclusive that they don't support .txt files.

Are you chaps aware that jabry pages throw up a Web of Trust (WOT) red warning box which may put of a lot of people visiting your WX sites.

David and I only signed up as a test; I (and David too, I would guess) have no intention of actually using jabry. And WOT itself looks dodgy to me. But I definitely agree with

There are probably better host sites.

http://www.glohosting.co.uk/ for example