iPhone Webpage Question

[gemini06720]

Steve, all of my 1&1 accounts are using the Linux Web Hosting package - I would not go any other way - for me, there are too many things (facilities/options) missing with the Windows Web Hosting package...

I'm hvaing problems getting AJAX Scripts to work.

Steve, you have to remember that an AJAX (or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) script is a 'user side' programming language, meaning that the script does not run on the hosting server (such as a PHP script, which is a 'server-side' programming language) but is first downloaded to the user's browser cache before it can be run on the user's computer.

I have not had problem getting AJAX scripts with the Linux Web Hosting package.

I am also running XAMPP for Windows (Apache server software, MySQL, PHP, Perl) on both my home/office server computer and my development computer - I use the server software to test and post the Cumulus/Weather Display web pages - the AJAX script is also running fine from those server.

[SJG1976]

Thanks Ray,

If you get time, could you have a look at my http://www.cm2weather.co.uk/Davis/index.php page please.
To see if you can spot anything obvious in the code that making the AJAX Fail to update the variables of the weather please?

I just seem to get a next update in (10mins for the time page was loaded) and then it just sits there....?



Steve

[gemini06720]

Steve, as I wrote before and will write again, it is my belief (feelings) that one should install and make sure the templates are behaving (running/working) as designed before attempting to include any additional stuff...

Any of the additions to your page (such as Google Add, social networking links/scripts, Twitter feeds, PayPal, Flag Counter and Top Sites code/links) can/could prevent the AJAX script to operate/run normally.

[saratogaWX]

Thanks Ray,

If you get time, could you have a look at my http://www.cm2weather.co.uk/Davis/index.php page please.
To see if you can spot anything obvious in the code that making the AJAX Fail to update the variables of the weather please?

I just seem to get a next update in (10mins for the time page was loaded) and then it just sits there....?



Steve

Hi Steve,

The ajaxCUwx.js script is looking for your realtime.txt file in the document root of your website. Since you installed the template set in the /Davis/ subdirectory, you just need to change ajaxCUwx.js from

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var realtimeFile = '/realtime.txt'; //  URL location of realtime.txt relative to document root of website

to

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var realtimeFile = '/Davis/realtime.txt'; //  URL location of realtime.txt relative to document root of website

to have it find the file and do the update to the page.

Best regards,
Ken

[SJG1976]

Thanks Ray, appreciate the feedback.

Will bear that in mind in the future, but I didn't think I was that far out.

Ken,

Thankyou, that worked a treat.

Now to make some more changes and break it all again, and come crying for help.




Steve

[SJG1976]

Well all seems to be working as expected now.
Have created some Additional monthly record files, probably not the best way to do it as I have but they seem to work anyway on what data is avaialble.

Now trying to play about with the JpGraphs, and get that to pull data out of a SQL Database which I have now got working and updating.

As I say, Steep Learning Curve for me.

[duke]

This might be a really, really stupid question, but, I'm going to ask any way - why do people need an iphone page when the majority of phones can view a standard page in their browser?

[SJG1976]

Bigger Buttons, for Fat Fingers on small screens....?





Steve

[SJG1976]

Well I've now updated my iPhone Pages.

Still not getting an AJAX Refresh in there (something else to work on in the future)
And they are still plain HTML.

Some of the Record Data doesn't look quiet right, but I think it's moving in the right direction now.

http://www.cm2weather.co.uk/Davis/iPhone

Any comments or suggestions welcome as ever.

Steve