Cumulus Support

steve wrote:You've broken the <realtimeURL> element in the XML file.

just checked that and its fine on my end.

pacificblue03 wrote:just checked that and its fine on my end.

No, it's not fine on your end. It's broken. Look more carefully.

steve wrote:

pacificblue03 wrote:just checked that and its fine on my end.

No, it's not fine on your end. It's broken. Look more carefully.

do i need to fix it like this?

<realtimeURL>http://www.ballina-nsw-weather-from-sto ... ealtimeURL>

pacificblue03 wrote:

steve wrote:

pacificblue03 wrote:just checked that and its fine on my end.

No, it's not fine on your end. It's broken. Look more carefully.

do i need to fix it like this?

<realtimeURL>http://www.ballina-nsw-weather-from-sto ... ealtimeURL>

calling it a night now its close to 1am

realtime now works but does not refresh how i tell it to every 30 seconds. bye all.

pacificblue03 wrote:realtime now works but does not refresh how i tell it to every 30 seconds. bye all.

Don't forget that it can't update any faster than your realtime.txt file updates, and even then no faster than your station updates, i.e. every 40-50 seconds.

steve wrote:

pacificblue03 wrote:realtime now works but does not refresh how i tell it to every 30 seconds. bye all.

Don't forget that it can't update any faster than your realtime.txt file updates, and even then no faster than your station updates, i.e. every 40-50 seconds.

ok. its all working very fine now. and i can use this auto ftp loader its great. now im gonna work on putting the bottom links on the top right hand corner and i was wondering how would i put realtime wind data gauges to show on the index page?

also are there ways to replace the data in index page with nice looking thermometers and gauges like some other sites i have seen?

and also how can i change what the moon phase looks like?

thanks. also what time zone are you in steve seems like in my daytime you are not active much?

http://www.ballina-nsw-weather-from-sto ... /index.htm

if you look closley my moonset time is ----- why is that?

cant attach index file says attack vector... so here is the moonset area i think

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10">
<tbody><tr>
<td class="labels">Dawn:</td>
<td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;">06:12</td>
<td class="labels">Sunrise:</td>
<td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;">06:38</td>
<td class="labels">Moonrise:</td>
<td class="site_data" style="text-align: left;">11:31</td>
<td rowspan="3"><img src="images/moon.bmp" alt="Moon" width="64" align="left" border="0" height="64" style="margin: 0px 10px" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>

pacificblue03 wrote:if you look closley my moonset time is ----- why is that?

http://wiki.sandaysoft.com/a/FAQ#The_Mo ... ng_dashes.

Hi everyone i am very happy today..

i have figured out how to fix my cumulus real time.txt problem.

i in internet settings for host name used the ip.address. i did the include real time.txt file and now it works

ftp log still says 530 could not create file but all is working good now.

but anyway enjoy my site much thanks to Steve for his wonderful help in this topic.

http://www.ballina-nsw-weather-from-stormboy.com/

A couple of points:
- The forced refresh every 30 second is awful - very annoying and a pain!
- With the dark/black top background, how can anyone view the information at the top of the page?

also are there ways to replace the data in index page with nice looking thermometers and gauges like some other sites i have seen?

To accomplish any of that, you will have to first learn a lot more about HTML and PHP programming...

gemini06720 wrote:A couple of points:
- The forced refresh every 30 second is awful - very annoying and a pain!
- With the dark/black top background, how can anyone view the information at the top of the page?

also are there ways to replace the data in index page with nice looking thermometers and gauges like some other sites i have seen?

To accomplish any of that, you will have to first learn a lot more about HTML and PHP programming...

funny you should mention that because im going next year to certificate 4 in web design so looking forward to it.

i will look for another image or change the font maybe i will make refresh every 1 minute

gemini06720 wrote:A couple of points:
- The forced refresh every 30 second is awful - very annoying and a pain!
- With the dark/black top background, how can anyone view the information at the top of the page?

also are there ways to replace the data in index page with nice looking thermometers and gauges like some other sites i have seen?

To accomplish any of that, you will have to first learn a lot more about HTML and PHP programming...

Ok edited my background.. i think it looks rad now. how do you like the new auto refresh timing? try it out would love the feedback.

http://www.ballina-nsw-weather-from-sto ... /index.htm

Looks a lot better with the new background. Personally, I reckon the updates every 60 seconds is overkill as is the updating of the web data every 60 seconds.

I've set my updates to 10 minutes. This is ample, in my opinion. As for refreshing the page, I have mine set to 2 min and 20 seconds and only on the Now page, although I am thinking of removing this as I have a Weather Console available on my opening page. I also have my website set up using frames, so not all the page refreshes, only the frame containing the data table. Have a look and you will see what I mean.

If you are really interested in showing realtime data, why not make the Weather Console available. Try the link on my Now page.

Bob

tjaliwalpa wrote:Looks a lot better with the new background. Personally, I reckon the updates every 60 seconds is overkill as is the updating of the web data every 60 seconds.

I've set my updates to 10 minutes. This is ample, in my opinion. As for refreshing the page, I have mine set to 2 min and 20 seconds and only on the Now page, although I am thinking of removing this as I have a Weather Console available on my opening page. I also have my website set up using frames, so not all the page refreshes, only the frame containing the data table. Have a look and you will see what I mean.

If you are really interested in showing realtime data, why not make the Weather Console available. Try the link on my Now page.

Bob

Bob Very nice! if i set my updates to 10 minute intervals will my realtime be 10 mins as well? i want the data to be as recent as possible for the forum i am joined in.

my realtime data is set to 45second interval updates so will that only apply to the gauges or all of realtime features?

also i have tried many times to use the weather console on my site and have used the cumulus wiki 100000+ times and still it does not work.

and lastly i am deeply liking the links and menu options at the top i would love to make mine like this. well so far i agreed even to myself that this is my best website i have ever made and its only been 2 weeks or so, so i am really happy for now.

Antonio.

pacificblue03 wrote: Bob Very nice! if i set my updates to 10 minute intervals will my realtime be 10 mins as well? i want the data to be as recent as possible for the forum i am joined in.

my realtime data is set to 45second interval updates so will that only apply to the gauges or all of realtime features?

Cumulus Realtime gets its data from realtime.txt which you say you have uploading at 45 seconds. If you have Cumulus Realtime operating, it will get that data from realtime.txt, which is updated every 45 seconds in your case. If you have another look at my website and try Cumulus Realtime, you will see it appear in the bottom frame (yes I am always fiddling and have added menu buttons to replace the text links). You will notice it updates at 10 second intervals because that is the interval I have Cumulus updating realtime.txt, even though my website update interval is 10 minutes now, with the refresh of some pages at "600". If anyone hangs around my site for 10 minutes, they deserve a refresh.

pacificblue03 wrote: also i have tried many times to use the weather console on my site and have used the cumulus wiki 100000+ times and still it does not work.

Mmm, yes, it can take a bit of fiddling and like anything with HTML, Java or the like, it needs to be exactly right, all the syntax, spelling, etc or the dam thing will frustrate the hell out of you. But once you have it working, it is great and you feel really pleased. Notice I placed the realtime wind guages in my Weather Console - just a copy and paste.

pacificblue03 wrote: and lastly i am deeply liking the links and menu options at the top i would love to make mine like this. well so far i agreed even to myself that this is my best website i have ever made and its only been 2 weeks or so, so i am really happy for now.

Hey, only 2 weeks. Rome wasn't built in a day. You have it working and that is an achievement in itself. Using frames is not easy to get your head around to start with. Menu buttons is another thing again.

You might want to try this site. http://www.echoecho.com/html.htm It has great tutorials on and information about HTML. There are other sites out there as well. Just Google and you will find them.

Also try to get hold of a decent book on HTML. I use this one: HTML : a beginner's guide / by Wendy Willard, published in New York by McGraw-Hill, 2009 ISBN 9780071611435

Best of luck, Bob