YoWindow XML tag

firewall · 15 January 2010 18:08

Yes, the xml seems to have the proper info but it is not getting to the yrno data for some reason!

Axelvold · 15 January 2010 18:11

It works great for me as well.

Try to get the code once more at yowindow.com and select all the futures under step 6

firewall · 15 January 2010 20:15

Got it fixed everybody. The programer for yowindow left this on their forum…

1. crossdomain.xml must be in the root directory, NOT in the weather-xml directory. 2. You should download crossdomain.xml propertly. You have to click with right mouse button on the following link and choose "Saver Target As". Only this way, otherwise you may occasionally save the file in a wrong format. crossdomain.xml.

It appears my issue was with the way I downloaded crossdomain.xml as everything is working now. Thanks all for the help!

tiggy · 15 January 2010 20:35

excellent, Jack, well done, glad you got it sorted

weatherc · 15 January 2010 21:28

I have a test up and running on my server here: http://www.nordicweather.net/yowindow.php and it use my data ok. I have added the url to my xml like …yowindow.xml, not http://…

weatherbee · 16 January 2010 01:15

Changed the way I saved it and it is working great now.

repkin · 16 January 2010 12:07

Hey!

I have added daily rain total support in YoWindow format.
It’s done as a new attribute of tag - @daily_total.
The change is available in the new RC build.

You may download the latest Release Candidate (RC) of YoWindow here:

See YoWindow XML format reference for the details.
http://yowindow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=368

Brian, thank you much for YoWindow support.

Jose1701 · 16 January 2010 13:10

Works great for me, too.

By the way I’m a bit confused. Now WD makes the xml file which is in use by yowindow. How it is possible to change some settings. e.g. I wanted to let yowindows get the current weatherdescription but let WD do the rest.

Regards

Jose

jmcmurry · 16 January 2010 13:19

Brian,

Maybe when you add the daily rain, you can also add snow depth if it is > 0 mm? You could also have a “rate” too if you wish. In the PHP script I assigned 1 for snow or sleet showers and 10 for snowing or sleet and the seems to work pretty well.

<response>
−
<current_weather>
<temperature value="-5.9"/>
<humidity value="94"/>
<pressure value="1021.2"/>
−
<wind>
<speed value="2"/>
<direction value="196"/>
</wind>
−
<sky>
<icon id="10" format="wd"/>
<description value="Misty"/>
−
<precipitation>
<rain rate="0.000" daily_total="0.0"/>
<snow level="30.5"/>
</precipitation>
</sky>
</current_weather>
</response>

Thanks. - Jim

windy2 · 17 January 2010 23:32

been away over the weekend

I will add the daily rain total to the next WD udpate
also maybe I could have it where you can set to use your own template file?

jmcmurry · 18 January 2010 17:27

Mick,

Here’s the page that tells all about it http://yowindow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=362. For your online version it’s about halfway down.

Jim

firewall · 18 January 2010 17:36

The first thing to do is update your WD (althought the very latest version breaks the xml…bug report in) Then in WD “setup” down towards the bottom setup yowindow to update/upload. That will cause yowindow.xml to be uploaded to your site.

Then on your yr.html site replace this…

    <param name="flashvars" value="location_id=gn:2644684&amp;time_format=12&amp;unit_system=metric&amp;background=#FFFFFF&mini_locationBar=true&mini_momentBar=true"/>
    The beautiful weather monitor requires the free Adoble Flash Player which you can <a

With this…

    <param name="flashvars" value="location_id=gn:2644684&amp;current_weather_url=http://www.weather-above.com/yowindow.xml&amp;time_format=12&amp;unit_system=metric&amp;background=#FFFFFF&mini_locationBar=true&mini_momentBar=true"/>
    The beautiful weather monitor requires the free Adoble Flash Player which you can <a

Above url dependant on where you upload your yowindow.xml
For your local desktop version of yowindow, be sure you have the latest version. Then go to location/location properties and check the setup box. Put in your address for the xml file and it will pull your local data.

Hope this helps!

Jack

firewall · 18 January 2010 17:55

Mick,

If Cheddleton is not available go here YoWindow Forum - Index page and you can request it! The programmer for yowindow is very responsive and accommodating.

Jack

firewall · 18 January 2010 18:37

On your page Cheddleton shows, I don’t see Leek. Your pull down does not work because your array needs to look similar to this…

$country = array
('United_States','United_States','United_States','United_States','United_States','United_States','United_States','United_States','United_States','United_States');

$region = array('Connecticut','Connecticut','Connecticut','Connecticut','Connecticut','Connecticut','Connecticut','Connecticut','Connecticut','Connecticut');

$citys = array('Branford','East_Haven','Guilford','North_Branford','Madison','New_Haven','West_Haven','Milford','North_Haven','Wallingford');

$default = 0;       // Default forecast to show if no choosed

If you look at the above code, each United States has a State and City. Then they will show up in the pull down list.

If you have troubles in your local yowindow desktop location make sure you go to add location and check “all locations” which should bring in Cheddleton.

Jack

windy2 · 19 January 2010 03:11

I am adding the yowindow update ability to the next mac .zip version update
I will use it myself as an easy way to see recent data from my mac version of WD running on my windows pc via a system tray icon

drobbins · 20 January 2010 02:38

I am trying to get the online version to use my station data. The yowindow.xml is being created and uploaded by WD. But it is still using the local town current conditions. What did I miss?
http://www.cavecountryweather.com/forecast.php
This is the code used:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://swf.yowindow.com/wimo/hpPal/hpPal.swf" width="800" height="250">
    <param name="movie" value="http://swf.yowindow.com/wimo/hpPal/hpPal.swf"/>
    <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/>
    <param name="wmode" value="opaque"/>
    <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"/>
    <param name="flashvars" value="location_id=gn:4285268&amp;current_weather_url=http://www.cavecountryweather.com/yowindow.xml&amp;time_format=12&amp;unit_system=us&amp;background=#FFFFFF"/>
    The beautiful weather monitor requires the free Adoble Flash Player which you can <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/">download here</a>.
</object>

Does this mean that it is not able to work? (from http://yowindow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=362 )

on the Internet

* other YoWindow users can connect to your PWS data
* not supported now: YoWindow for web-page can display the data from your station</blockquote>

firewall · 20 January 2010 02:54

I don’t see your crossdomain.xml This must be loaded into your root directory. And as I found out it is important to follow the download instructions for it too! #-o

Jack

drobbins · 20 January 2010 03:13

Read Instructions #-o Arggg!! :oops:

When all else fails - read the instructions. It is now working.

Thanks

ed_heijtel · 29 January 2010 12:42

updated to 37pb18 ticked the both setups, restarted WD, waited for a day,
but no yowindow.xml in webfile (or else in my d:\wdisplay map, but have the crossdomain.xml) :?

Am I overlooking something here ? Read it more then once…

Jose1701 · 17 February 2010 10:28

Well, I do have a similar problem but only when using the customyowindow.xml No file is created. The other works for me.

Regards

Jose