Setting up a new station at the school where I teach, using my own personal site as the template for the web site. Right now am using the local airport METAR to generate much of the data until I can get onto the roof to install the new Davis station (asbestos removal preventing me from roof access). Two strange issues:
1: WD is creating a working summary.gif file. I am referencing summary.gif to display on the main page. But each time the file updates, the code changes to summary.jpg, and the nonexistent jpg file of course does not display. The summary.gif file does update. The template file was one that I use tags on with my personal site, but I have no tags on this page. Suspect that has something to do with it. But went through my wx2.html and wxlocal2.html files to be sure there were no references to a summary.jpg file. The reference still magically changes with each ten minute update. Probably something simple I’m missing. Any help appreciated.
That same page (wx2.html, the right frame in my index.html file) is displaying distorted in IE6. Looks fine in IE7 and Firefox. If anyone with IE6 can spot what’s wrong I’d appreciate the input.
[Personal Opinion] Yuk… another site using Frames… Frames are a cool HTML feature that is best not used. There are very few legit reasons to ever use them (there are some, but few). In general, they cause lots of problems such as making it hard to locate problems, validate the code, they are not accessible … In general, they should be avoided at all costs. [End of Personal Opinion]
As to #2
Not sure what you mean by distorted. Are you talking about the images, Page Layout ?
The page validates (after you remove the frame) with the exception of missing Alt tags.
BTW… there is a cool accessibility validator which will generate a screen shot of a site using a variety of browsers.
While not really intended as a viewing tool… it does have the ability to generate a screen snapshot of the page being validated using a number of different browser types.
It is a slow process and I don’t particularly use it much for accessibility testing, but it does give you an idea what a page looks like using different browsers.
The file is clean in IE6 when viewed alone. When in the frameset, the right side of the frame is black (especially viewable on a wide screen monitor), the table with the warning/skull & crossbones repeats, and when the page is scrolled it smears badly. I’ve never seen anything like it. Have a very similar setup on my personal weather station page (msweather.net) and have never had a problem. Thought it was my video card, but the problem was there from another computer I used to check it. :?
Back in school now and tried the restart. No luck. .gif is the default but with each update the code changes to a .jpg. Finally just worked around it by producing the summary image as a .jpg and that seems to work out OK.
i have found the bug
happens when you have a metar also displaying and you have set all files to be jpg, but not the summary image
next update will fix that
You’re the best. Was beginning to doubt my sanity.
Likely would have resolved itself when I took it off the stationless mode and got readings from the station rather than the nearest airport. Hopefully will get access to the rooftop by the week’s end and hang the station up there.
