I've given up on the beautiful Steel Gauges and the very interesting Saratoga templates for the moment. I actually have been able to display the Steel Gauges on my web site, but I still haven't figured out where to put all the files so WC can update the info on them. I'll figure that out in due time; I'm starting over with the basics, following the WC User Manual (BTW, the one I have should be the newest, so my page numbers may not coincide with yours).
OK, page 102 discusses using the template written by Todd Atkins, it's included with the WC download. There are three steps on this page that are easy to follow, of course. However, by the time I get to the Prefs, I've made lots of changes, so I sneak a peak at the picture (on the next page) make sure I have the correct "Save Path" set.
The last step is to simply 'test locally'.
WOW! I gave up counting the number of tabs Safari threw at me. A little investigation, however, revealed that the ~/Library/Application Support/WeatherCatCustomWeb directory had already been filled with maybe a hundred files; lots of images, but tons of html, css, js, etc. files. Safari attempted to display every single one of them. TextEdit also tried to help by opening all the .txt files. Even BBEdit got into the act by opening all the css, php, and html files.
I decided these were put into this directory with my earlier baseball bat approach and I removed everything other than the images. Ran the 'test local' again and now only the "
wx.css" tab was added to the two (normal) Wx display pages for the Atkins template.
Those html files both show that css file in the head, which is normal (although I may move that to a folder and change the link a bit). Why Safari wants to display it, I don't know. I emptied its cache via the Develop Menu, but it still wants to display that file in a separate tab than the two Wx pages. Also, TextEdit opens the
realtimegaugesWC.txt file. I may have that file in the wrong (or too many) place(s) after playing with the Steel Gauges WC Wiki.
I've also changed the default browser to Firefox with somewhat different results:
- Firefox understands to NOT display the css file. it simply shows the two html pages.
- TextEdit still opens realtimegaugesWC.txt.
- Safari opens, again, a single page displaying the wx.css file.
A regular Restart, after changing the default browser, made no difference. I may try a cold Start up...
Any clues as to:
- Why the wx.css file is being displayed by Safari?
- Why TextEdit is opening the realtimegaugesWC.txt?