Hi guys,
I should probably first introduce myself. My name is Jachym, I am from the Czech Republic, and I am the developer of the Meteotemplate weather website template which maybe some of you even use already, however up until now it was not compatible with WeatherCat software.
I will not go into much details about the template as such, just provide a link where you will find all the information about what it is, a fully functional demo, wiki and a daily updated blog. The template is unique in that it uses its own MySQL database, which offeres much more possibilities compared to other templates currently available. There are over 100 plugins and 100 homepage widgets (blocks) available. I also often make plugins/blocks specifically for a country, which means you can customize it in infinite number of ways. I should also emphasize that the template is free (donationware) so you can download it and use it right away, including all the plugins and blocks. I also try to offer support as much as possible, it is obviously just a hobby for me, but I spend several hours/day working on it.
www.meteotemplate.comMore info also at:
http://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=26825.0The reason why I registered on this forum is that Ive been asked by one of the users at the wxforum.net if it would be possible to make it compatible with WeatherCat. I must admit I have never heard about this SW before and also, I use Linux so I guess I cannot install it myself even just for developing purposes.
Still, I would like to develop a plugin for the template that would actually allow updating the database directly from WeatherCat (currently it is possible to do it via Weather Display, Cumulus, Meteobridge, Weather View, NetAtmo, Weather Link and Weather Underground). The WU option is what most users of WeatherCat would probably be able to use even now, but it is not ideal because you rely on WU, which especially recently has not been very reliable.
Now, the problem I have is that I want to use one of the text files that WC generates. But I was not able to find documentation for it. I found documentation for the tags file, but I would prefer using the other one. The most important thing I need is what are the possible unit strings in that file, because that is crucial. I need to know that so that the updating script correctly converts the units if necessary.
I found this:
http://wiki.trixology.com/index.php/WeatherCat_Webtags_with_Cumulus_EquivalentsHowever, I noticed that for example for the pressure units, this file shows possibilities as "Possible values are mBar, in Hg or hPa"
But in the other file I am using (realtime.wc.txt), the pressure units were given as "inhg", so I need to know the exact string so that it can be matched by the template, same goes for the wind units and precipitation units, temperature is I guess either "C" or "F".
I would love to get this working and maybe some of you will find the template interesting and give it a try.