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saratogaWX wrote:Also, it looks like your CUtags.php is not being uploaded fully

http://www.torrevieja-weather.net/CUtags.php?sce=dump

shows nothing, so your site will show no current weather data.

08/10/2011 23:27:14 : Error reading alltime.ini: Could not convert variant of type (UnicodeString) into type (Date)
08/10/2011 23:27:14 : Error on line 1 of dayfile.txt: '7;23:50;25' is not a valid floating point value

nitrx wrote:Well your solar data are definitely wrong http://www.torrevieja-weather.net/wxastronomy.php sunset same time as sunrise and http://www.torrevieja-weather.net/wxindex.php?sce=view gives a great mess

saratogaWX wrote:First fix the Cumulus error you cited, then Cumulus can begin uploading your data again.

With the CUtags.php not being uploaded by Cumulus, and a 'blank' one on your website currently, ALL your website pages will have a problem.

Fix Cumulus first, then we can continue debugging the site setup

$SITE['monthNames'] = array(  // for wxastronomy page .. replace with month names in your language 
'January','February','March','April','May','June',
'July','August','September','October','November','December'
);

saratogaWX wrote:Hmmm... well http://www.torrevieja-weather.net/CUtags.php?sce=dump still shows as blank. Can't do more debugging until it shows the WX[] variables displayed.

You should put in Settings.php the $SITE['monthNames'] set that reflects what Cumulus is going to use in your CUtags.php.
Use the English one if that's what you have set Cumulus to use, and the Norwegian one if Cumulus is still set to use Norwegian.

Post a reply when http://www.torrevieja-weather.net/CUtags.php?sce=dump shows data again.. then we can restart the debugging.

Save this page as CUtagsT.htm and place in your cumulus\webfiles directory
 Use the Cumulus, Configuration, Internet, Files panel select an unused entry.
 In the Local Filenames, press Browse and select the CUtagsT.htm file as the local filename.

saratogaWX wrote:You get the CUtags.php to respond to a ?sce=dump when you have Cumulus successfully upload CUtags.txt to CUtags.php on your website.

Just unpack another CUtags.txt from the CU-plugin.zip, and follow the Cumulus setup instructions at
http://saratoga-weather.org/wxtemplates ... umulus.php and all should be well.

09/10/2011 02:03:43 : Error on line 1 of dayfile.txt: '7;23:50;25' is not a valid floating point value

saratogaWX wrote:Looks like the reinstall of Cumulus cleared up the issues

The dates appear to be working ok now (Cumulus using English month names instead of the former Norwegian).

The pausing of the update after 12 refreshes is the default for the AJAX script (to prevent excess load on your webserver in case someone just sits on your page with an open browser).

You can change it to update forever by changing the ajaxCUwx.js script from

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var maxupdates = 12;	         // Maxium Number of updates allowed (set to zero for unlimited)

to

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var maxupdates = 0;	         // Maxium Number of updates allowed (set to zero for unlimited)

Be aware that AJAX doesn't update all of the data displayed on your home page, only some of it (that which is available in the realtime.txt file), so if you go too long without reloading the page, some of the data will be stale and not reflecting the current and near-past conditions. That's the reason I recommend leaving the update timer set as it is to force folks to get a fresh PHP copy of all the 'now' conditions, then use the AJAX updates as a bonus for the viewing of real-time conditions.

Best regards,
Ken

saratogaWX wrote:The translations used with the wxabout.php page are separate pages named wxabout-LL.html

There is no 'magic' to automatically translate those paes -- each one has to be done individually with your own content.

I suppose that you could use Google translate on your English page to create the text for use in the wxabout-*.html pages for all languages you don't happen to speak My guess is that you can easily do the Norwegian (and likely Spanish) pages yourself and use Google translate on the rest.

Also, I noticed you selected 'mb' instead of 'hPa' for the Barometer units in the PHP settings.
The ajaxCUwx.js script can be modified to display that also by changing

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  if (useunits != 'E') { // set to metric
	uomTemp = '°C';
	uomWind = ' km/h';
	uomBaro = ' hPa';
	uomRain = ' mm';
	uomHeight = ' m';
	dpBaro = 1;
	dpRain = 1;
	dpWind = 1;
  }

to

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  if (useunits != 'E') { // set to metric
	uomTemp = '°C';
	uomWind = ' km/h';
	uomBaro = ' mb';
	uomRain = ' mm';
	uomHeight = ' m';
	dpBaro = 1;
	dpRain = 1;
	dpWind = 1;
  }

then the display won't change from mb to hPa when the AJAX cuts in.

I do recommend you use the flyout-menu instead of the menubar-based menu .. there are other pages automatically enabled with Cumulus (and the trends page disabled) if you use the flyout-menu instead.

Best regards,
Ken