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[[Category:Terminology]]
Please be aware some content originally on this page has been moved to other pages. Old posts on the support forum that used to link directly to the specific material, will instead bring you to this start of the page.
The new links to material that has been moved off this page can be found approximately where the material used to be within two sections on this page: [#Input Modification Parameters and Output Modification Parameters]] and [[#The tag name]].
=Essential Background Reading=
===The tag names===
<div style="background: LemonChiffon;padding:5px; margin:2px;">All the "tag_names" that are available for legacy 1.9.4, and for MX up to release '''3.12.0'''</div> are
As Cumulus has developed, more tag names have been introduced, the tables showing tag names available, attempt to give an indication of which release introduced them. The information that used to appear on this page for differences between MX and the legacy Cumulus has been moved to a new [[Webtag Applicability|Web tag Applicability page]].
==Input Modification Parameters and Output Modification Parameters==
In [[#Scary_statistics]] section of this page, it is explained how less than a thousand [[#Full List of Tag Names|tag names]] as they are only part of the [[#General Format for Web Tags]] become billions of web tags, simply by adding modifiers.
The modifiers available used to be listed on this page (so if you select the history tab for this page, you will find references to their introduction and growth). There are some advantages in moving them to the new [[Webtags/Parameters|web tag parameters]] page:
* This page is very long, even without the parameters
* There would be a lot of repetition if you attempted to say beside each tag name which modification parameters were available.
* Having them on separate pages means you can have two tabs (or two separate browsers) open so you can see both the tag name and the modifier parameter by flicking between tabs,instead of lots of scrolling.
* MX has introduced many more input and output modification parameters, it is easier to maintain a separate page (and easier for reference if you just want to refresh your mind on new modification parameters).
For just a taste, there you can discover:
* A score of [[Webtags/Parameters#Input_modification_Parameters|input modification parameters
** For example, find which attribute is used with a value between 1 and 12, so the same tag name can give values for 12 different months)
* If your locale normally (in real numbers) uses an integer part, then a comma, and then the decimal part, you should be aware that some computer scripts, and some external servers where you might want to send data, insist on a decimal point, instead of a decimal comma:
** If you have installed a recent MX release, then [[Webtags/Parameters#Output_Modification_Parameter_for_changing_any_decimal_comma_into_a_decimal_point|change decimal comma to decimal point]] with a simple "y" value to another attribute
** If you have the legacy Cumulus 1 installed, stay on this page and look at [[#No_Commas]], as you have to use the restricted alternative set of tag names.
* How to [[Webtags/Parameters#Two_Output_.28format_modifier.29_parameters_for_decimal_places|control number of decimal places]] in any real number output
* All about the complex subject of modifying the way a '''duration''', a ''date'', or a '''clock time''' is output by looking [[Webtags/Parameters#Multiple_Output_Format_Modifier_parameters_for_times_and_dates|here]]
== Why does MX talk about tokens? ==
You may have used GET as an attribute when defining the action of a HTML form. Equally you might in a script language access the query-string part of a Universal Resource Locator to get parameters for what the script is to supply to the web page. Even if you don't understand the meaning of those technical terms, you probably have seen when using a browser (in the box where a URL is entered) that sometimes the URL seen there has a query-string. You will have seen a question mark (?) followed by one or [separated by ampersand (&)] more '''name=value''' parameters.
Full List of Tag Names
The GET approach to using the Cumulus general api works in this way indicating the start of a query-string with a question mark and using ampersands to separate names. The difference is that a tag name (or list of tag names) is used instead of a name=value parameter (or list of name=value parameters). However, when the Cumulus api returns the values they will be in attribute=value format. Therefore if (like example below) you are coding in JavaScript, what is returned is a JavaScript Object and you extract the values by specifying the Object name and the Attribute name. If that technical terminology confuses you, look at the example.
<br>
=<big>
{{Template:WorkInProgressBanner}}
|Yesterday's high UV Index (UV sensor needed)
|<#TUVYH>
|}
|<#TwindrunH>
|}
==Monthly==
This table shows the web tags used on the '''thismonthT.htm''' web template.
Because the rainfall this month does not appear on '''thismonthT.htm''' web page, it is shown in [[#Current_Conditions|indexT.htm]] table earlier in this article which is for the web page where it does appear.
The web tags in the date column output dates in the format "dd MMMM" (for once this is same for Cumulus 1 and Cumulus MX). Should you require a different output format, this can be changed using the [[#Time.2FDate_.27format.27_Parameter|format parameters]] described above. For web tags that represent daily values, there are (obviously) no corresponding time web tags, but for high and low spot values the default 'h:mm' format of the time output can be changed using output parameters. Do make sure that you get the web tag names right and the output form at parameters right.
As another example of inconsistency in how web tags added in different versions are coded, there are two web tags (highest minimum/lowest maximum temperatures) where a standard web tag is not provided by Cumulus (1 or MX) for the associated time-stamp. Consequently, for these 2 (and their corresponding tags in the this year group), there are mandatory output parameters required as shown in the table. Obviously Cumulus 1 lets you use "NN", "nn", "MM", or "mm" for the minutes, but minutes can only be represented in one way in Cumulus MX.
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
!style="width:150px"|Web tag_name
!style="width:300px"|Function
!style="width:150px"|Time
!style="width:150px"|Date
|-
|colspan="4" style="background:lightgray;"|Temperature & Humidity
|-
|<#MonthTempH>
|This months high temperature
|<#MonthTempHT>
|<#MonthTempHD>
|-
|<#MonthTempL>
|This months low temperature
|<#MonthTempLT>
|<#MonthTempLD>
|-
|<#MonthMinTempH>
|This months highest daily minimum temperature
|[[File:badge v1.png]]<#MonthMinTempHD format=hh:nn> or <#MonthMinTempHD format=HH:mm> for Cumulus 1,
[[File:Badge vMx.png]] <#MonthMinTempHD format=HH:mm> for Cumulus MX
|<#MonthMinTempHD>
|-
|<#MonthMaxTempL>
|This months lowest daily maximum temperature
|[[File:badge v1.png]]<#MonthMaxTempLD format=HH:mm> or <#MonthMaxTempLD format=hh:nn> for Cumulus 1,
[[File:Badge vMx.png]]<#MonthMaxTempLD format=HH:mm> for Cumulus MX
|<#MonthMaxTempLD>
|-
|<#MonthHighDailyTempRange>
|High Daily Temp Range
|n/a
|<#MonthHighDailyTempRangeD>
|-
|<#MonthLowDailyTempRange>
|Low Daily Temp Range
|n/a
|<#MonthLowDailyTempRangeD>
|-
|<#MonthHeatIndexH>
|This months high USA heat index
|<#MonthHeatIndexHT>
|<#MonthHeatIndexHD>
|-
|<#MonthWChillL>
|This months greatest wind chill (i.e. lowest temperature)
|<#MonthWChillLT>
|<#MonthWChillLD>
|-
|<#MonthAppTempH>
|This month's high apparent temperature
|<#MonthAppTempHT>
|<#MonthAppTempHD>
|-
|<#MonthAppTempL>
|This month's low apparent temperature
|<#MonthAppTempLT>
|<#MonthAppTempLD>
|-
|<#MonthFeelsLikeH>
|This month's highest feels like temperature (available from [[File:Badge vMx.png]] 3.6.0) (NOT AVAILABLE IN CUMULUS 1)
|<#MonthFeelsLikeHT>
|<#MonthFeelsLikeHD>
|-
|<#MonthFeelsLikeL>
|This months lowest feels like temperature (available from [[File:Badge vMx.png]] 3.6.0) (NOT AVAILABLE IN CUMULUS 1)
|<#MonthFeelsLikeLT>
|<#MonthFeelsLikeLD>
|-
|<#MonthHumidexH>
|[[File:Badge vMx.png]] (Available from version 3.7.0) (NOT AVAILABLE IN CUMULUS 1)
This month's highest Canadian Humidity Index
|<#MonthHumidexHT>
|<#MonthHumidexHD>
|-
|<#MonthDewPointH>
|This month's high dew point
|<#MonthDewPointHT>
|<#MonthDewPointHD>
|-
|<#MonthDewPointL>
|This month's low dew point
|<#MonthDewPointLT>
|<#MonthDewPointLD>
|-
|<#MonthHumH>
|This month's highest humidity
|<#MonthHumHT>
|<#MonthHumHD>
|-
|<#MonthHumL>
|This month's lowest humidity
|<#MonthHumLT>
|<#MonthHumLD>
|-
|colspan="4" style="background:lightgray;"|Pressure
|-
|<#MonthPressH>
|This month's highest pressure
|<#MonthPressHT>
|<#MonthPressHD>
|-
|<#MonthPressL>
|This month's lowest pressure
|<#MonthPressLT>
|<#MonthPressLD>
|-
|colspan="4" style="background:lightgray;"|Wind
|-
|<#MonthGustH>
|This month's highest wind gust
|<#MonthGustHT>
|<#MonthGustHD>
|-
|<#MonthWindH>
|This month's highest wind speed
|<#MonthWindHT>
|<#MonthWindHD>
|-
|<#MonthWindRunH>
|This month's high Daily Wind Run
|n/a
|<#MonthWindRunHD>
|-
|colspan="4" style="background:lightgray;"|Rainfall
|-
|<#MonthRainRateH>
|This month's highest rainfall rate
|<#MonthRainRateHT>
|<#MonthRainRateHD>
|-
|<#MonthHourlyRainH>
|This month's highest hourly rain
|<#MonthHourlyRainHT>
|<#MonthHourlyRainHD>
|-
|<#MonthDailyRainH>
|This month's wettest day (greatest daily rain)
|n/a
|<#MonthDailyRainHD>
|-
|<#MonthLongestDryPeriod>
|Longest dry period ending this month (days)
|n/a
|<#MonthLongestDryPeriodD>
|-
|<#MonthLongestWetPeriod>
|Longest period of rain every day, ending this month (days)
|n/a
|<#MonthLongestWetPeriodD>
|-
|colspan="4" style="background:lightgray;"|Solar
[[File:Badge vMx.png]] (Available from release 3.12.0 onwards)
|-
| <#SunshineHoursMonth>
| the total sunshine hours in month-to-date, or with [[Webtags/Parameters#Input_modification_Parameters|input modification parameters using either '''y''' and '''m''' or '''r''']] for a past month
| n/a
| n/a
|}
==Monthly All Time Records==
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