WD and getting it on the web....correctly!?

Under control panel/Ftp & Connections METAR NOAA FTP/connections tab
Is the main internet switch on?
If not turn switch on, click on save, then click on OK

wx.html an so on are created fine when you look at them on the local harddisk
they are uploaded, but are chaged to some kind of garbage on FF2,IE makes them look like gifs
http://www.warwickpaweather.net/

Yeah not sure what to make of why they are changing or changed already. The main internet switch is on, I do have 1 thought,when I downloaded and unzpped carterlake’s template pack, should it have been placed in the wd folder, the webfiles folder or just in the c drive?? and unzipped to…??? (I think that may be where my problem is—I might have done that incorrectly)…

The first file has to be “index.html” On your web page it looks like it is wx2.html In the file creation page make sure that is the remote file name. Also if you are using the Carter Lake template, make sure you upload the files that are a one time upload.

Mark

Mark is right, eventually you will want wx.html uploaded with the name index.html because that is what your isp will serve up as the default when someone hits your site.

That’s not the big problem right now. Your wx.htm through wx9.html files are ending up on the server with .gif headers for some reason. Perhaps unzip the files again, and they do go to the \wd\webfiles directory. Does anyone else out there know what would cause these files to end up on the server with .gif headers? Gotta be a simple answer somewhere. - Jim

webfiles folder

Mark

any one else having a problem such as this?? also, in WD, on the control panel-General Internet tab, should there be any files to the right in the files to upload area??

No, you don’t need anything there. That is for non-WD files. - Jim

Can someone please check my site . www.warwickpaweather.net and let me know what COULD be the problem. Oh and by the way, displaying is the wxlocal page. the wx page had nothign but graphs on it from a week ago. I renamed the wxlocal as iindex.

Chris

You’ve got the same .gif issue going on for some reason. This may take Brian’s help to solve. - Jim

Thanks Jim…as an additional resource, I removed the index page to allow everyone the chance to look into my directory and see what is NOT NEEDED…I think maybe WD is sending files even with the upload option for each file type turned off.

I can see your wx.html file now as html, so something is starting to go right. Make sure all your wxlocal*.html files are in the webfiles directory, then go back to Pintos post at the beginning of this thread and see if you can it uploading again. - Jim

Ok…here’s where I stand now…al the pages seem to be ulpoading. HOWEVER, the index page isn’t updating. The temp/humidity/wind chill…etc in the upper right corners on all BUT the index page are there, but no details are displaying. I went back to the upload configuratin page several times, and on the index page it shows when I show upload info, wxlocal.html goes out as wx. if it does that then nothing correctly displays on the index page online. If I rename it(to go out from wxlocal to index.html, then it just doesn;t update. If I can get some of it correct I’ll be happy. ALSO, the forecast page has no forcasts in it. This my friends has turned into an adventure.

Email me or call and I will try to help you. But understand, it will be the blind leading the blind :slight_smile: I have a vonage phone so I pay no extra for long distance to Mexico, Canada, France, etc. So emailing me, and me calling you might be better.

Mark

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I just noticed one thing that may help. The very first line in index.html, and prior to the header info you have:

<META RAW MET DATA Dry, 10:19:01,2/4/2007,tmp -6.9,hum 27,dew -22.8,wav 2.3,wgt 2.7,dir NE 046

(from carterlake) : Template users should disable the extra META data feature of WD.
To do so… untick the option “Have the raw weather data to appear in your webpage for others to use”
which is found in Setup… Advanced/Misc Settings…

hi
i was away over the weekend
do you still need help?

Hi Brian, and yes a bit. Not worrying about modifying the templates to my specific site right now, just concerned about getting my data to display. The problem, today, is that the local NWS forecast is not showing up on the forecast page on my site ( www.warwickpaweather.net ) and the almanac times, the hi/low temp times are displaying incorrect. ALSO, should my wxlocalX.html pages convert to just wx.html when uploaded?? mine seem to be doing just that. if its wxlocal4.html, its wx4.html on in my directory.

Yes local means the local copy. It should convert it to whatever you told it to in the setup page. It looks correct. Did you upload the graphics to the web page? Or did you point the file to where your graphics are (http://www.warwickpaweather.net/ajax-images/night_clear.gif). Also is the forecast text file getting uploaded?

Mark

warwick, i recommend to use the customise internet and file creation setup (its an override) and there you set the times to create and upload the files needed, and the remote directory name needed (i.e so for wxlocal.html you can set the remote directory name needed (instead of the default wx.html)
also use a recent update of wd, as this all works better