I posted a couple of questions in the old thread before yoy switched to this. I’m not sure if you noticed it before you switched, therefore I post it again. Hope that’s OK?
You have started using the station name as a header to the screens. Mine seems to be to long. What is the maximum length? You can check it at www.runarweb.com/iwdl
In the Setup-screen you use “abbr” for one of the choises. Would it be possible for you to put that in the language file for a future version?
I will make an override in the settings file for the station name; otherwise, just try a shorter name till it fits :).
For abbr, i’d like a language-independent designation. Ideas are welcome.
I too like the idea of a “Weather Station Location” override in settings… We live in Lake Mary, FL; however Google shows it to be Sanford, FL. http://www.lakemaryweather.com/iwdl
How’s it going with automatic swap for “Wind Chill” to “Heat Index” (cr_fieldnames[112] with cr_fieldnames[ 44]), and fixing the “abbr” values on Wind Direction Graphs?
It’s starting to finally warm up here in Florida and I might not be able to test for you if it gets above 17 degrees C :lol:
Have you given any thought to adding a Radar screen?
I would recommend it be based on WU (WeatherUnderground) and an option in settings?
I’ve got forecast working based on yr.no xml files. It was not easy, but it works in development.
Next release will contain this, with station/location overrides.
Not sure about radar, unless there is a world wide service I can use, I am trying to keep the app generic.
I will support yr.no as a general forecast.
My goal is still to make the software such that it only needs static pages on the server - no php, asp or whatever required.
To support local weather forecasts, I will make an option to replace the yr.no forecast with your own forecast page.
Especially, forecasts by yr.no was very hard. It is not possible to directly load a file from a remote site, so I had to do some trickery including JSONP and Yahoo YQL. But it works - still no php or asp required.
A lot of settings have been added; if you are upgrading to make sure to include the following settings into your current iwdl_settings.js (of course with your configuration):
// Station name override; iWDL normally uses the station name from the clientraw.txt.
// In case you want another name to show up in the top bar, remove // in the following line:
// settings["station_name"] = "Utrecht";
// Location name override; iWDL normally uses the coordinates from clientraw.txt.
// In case you want another location to show up in the map screen, remove // in the following line:
// settings["location"] = "Utrecht, NL";
// Forecast; possible types:
// yr.no -- get forecast from yr.no
// url -- provide your own forecast
settings["forecast"] = "yr.no";
// Where to get the forecast; go to http://yr.no, find the forecast for your location
// and fill in the last part of the url like below (country/county/city).
settings["yr.no"] = "Nederland/Utrecht/Utrecht";
// When 'forcast' set to 'url', fill in the url (it will be shown in an iframe).
// NOTE: You are responsible for a readable iphone page!
// The forecast_from field is shown at the bottom of the forecast screen
settings["forecast_url"] = "http://mobil.silkeborg-vejret.dk/vejrudsigt.php";
settings["forecast_from"] = "Silkeborg";
// If you have radar data, uncomment and set the url in the next line; it is shown in an iframe
// settings["radar"] = "http://buienradar.mobi/";
// If you have a webcam, uncomment and set the url the next line; it is shown in an iframe
// settings["webcam"] = "http://yoursite.com/webcam.html";
You are advised not to overwrite your current iWDL, but test it somewhere else; then upgrade.
In case of problems, I am sure you will let me know.
I have only one question: As you see the web cam picture is a little large. Is it anything to do with that without reducing the size of the original picture (I know that I can scroll)?
I have a new complete Norwegian language file here:
I think you will have to setup a special page on your site for the iphone (or smartphone in general) with a smaller picture.
The radar and webcam are loaded in an iframe, iwdl cannot control contents in the iframe, you will have to make sure to serve it suitable content.