Default Website Development: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 09:52, 26 October 2025

The default CMX website Development

These section of the Wiki will enable you to get the latest information and resources for the alternative to the default CumulusMX public website.

Alternative public website

Please visit the Alternative Public Website

 Please note.  This is NOT part of the CumulusMX Distribution package and is provided only for those interested in having a public site that uses similar structures to the Alternative Interface.

Although it should function at the date of release, no guarantees are given that it will continue to do so with subsequent releases of CumulusMX. Users should take time to investigate how it reacts and uses the library and data files uploaded by CumulusMX so that you are able to do some troubleshooting for yourself.

Full details of the alternative public website, including screenshots can be fond on my wiki together with comprehensive instructions on how to install, use and modify.

This site also comes with new themes (unfortunately not compatible with the AI or previous versions) that should be easier to modify for your own needs.

Editing the website menu

Please refer to my wiki for full details of the menu and how to edit it.

Changing the Theme and Other Settings

Please refer to my wiki for full information on configuring and setting up the alternative website.

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 ==The default CMX website Development==
-These section of the Wiki will enable you to get the latest information and resources for the alternative to the default CMX website shipped with version 3.10.x
+These section of the Wiki will enable you to get the latest information and resources for the alternative to the default CumulusMX public website.
+===Alternative public website===
- '''This page is under development at the moment'''
+Please visit the [[AlternativePublicWebsite|Alternative Public Website]]
+  Please note.  This is NOT part of the CumulusMX Distribution package and is provided only for those interested in having a public site that uses similar structures to the Alternative Interface.
+ Although it should function at the date of release, no guarantees are given that it will continue to do so with subsequent releases of CumulusMX. Users should take time to investigate how it reacts and uses the library and data files uploaded by CumulusMX so that you are able to do some troubleshooting for yourself.
-==Editing the website menu==
+Full details of the alternative public website, including screenshots can be fond on [https://oaktreewebs.co.uk/wiki/ my wiki] together with comprehensive instructions on how to install, use and modify.
-The website menu is held in the file ''menu.js''.  An image of this is shown below:
+This site also comes with new themes (unfortunately not compatible with the AI or previous versions) that should be easier to modify for your own needs.
- Menu configuration file for NEW CuMX template
- Last modified: 2022/07/05 11:39:38
- menu.js - typical name, you define the one used in setpagedata.js<br>
- It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that if you customise this file, you create a new file with a different name, e.g. mymenu.js
- and change setpagedata.js to use that file. This will avoid your customisations being accidentally overwritten during upgrades<br>
- Properties:
-   .title            - This is the text that appears in the menu bar.
-   .menu             - can be 'b' (both menus), 'w' (wide menu ONLY), 'n' (narrow [mobile] menu ONLY)
-   .new_window:true  - forces the link to open in new browser window
-   .url              - This is the address of the page.  if it is to an external page on another site it must include the full url
-                       The two entries that are '#' are special and are configured by the website.
-   .forum:true       - flags a forum link menu item, it will use the url provided in CuMX config, if that is blank the menu item will be hidden
-   .webcam:true      - flags a webcam link menu item, it will use the url provided in CuMX config, if that is blank the menu item will be hidden
+==Editing the website menu==
- some text
- menuSrc = [
-     {title: "Now",         menu: "b",  url: "index.htm"},
-     {title: "Today:,       menu: "b",  url: "today.htm"},
-     {title: "Yesterday",   menu: "b",  url: "yesterday.htm"},
-     {title: "Today-Yest",  menu: "b",  url: "todayyest.htm"},
-     {title: "Records",     menu: "b",  submenu: true,  items: [
-         {title: "This Month",     menu: "b",   url: "thismonth.htm"},
-         {title: "This Year",      menu: "b",   url: "thisyear.htm"},
-         {title: "All Time",       menu: "b",   url: "record.htm"},
-         {title: "Monthly",        menu: "b".   url: "monthmlyrecords.htm"},
-    ]},
-    {title: "Charts",       menu: "b",  submenu: true,   items: [
-         {title: "Trends",         menu: "b",   url: "trends.htm"},
-         {title: "Select-a-graph", menu: "b",   url: "selectchart.htm"},
-         {title: "Historic",       menu: "b",   url: "historic.htm"},
-    ]},
-    {title: "Reports",      menu: "b",   url: "noaareport.htm"},
-    {title: "Forum",        menu: "b",   url: "#",   forum: true,   new_window: true},
-    {title: "Webcam",       menu: "b",   url: "#",   webcam: true}
- ];
-* If you want to change the language, simply enter translations for the titles only.
-* If you want to add an entry copy the entry above and edit it as required.
-* To create a whole new sub-menu, copy and paste either the section that starts with the '''title: "Records"...''' or '''title: "Charts"...''' and then edit as required.
-==An Alternative Default Website==
-Following on from the development of the current default website, the author of the default website has generated an alternative that is more adaptable and responsive.
-It is designed to work on all screen sizes while using exactly the same data that is uploaded to the default website.
-It allows your data to be sent to its own sub-folder of the site rather than mixing in with the web pages so makes it easier to manage.  It comes with a number of themes or colour schemes that you can implement as required.
-To find out more please visit the [[Alternative Public Website]] page.
+Please refer to my [https://oaktreewebs.co.uk/wiki/ wiki] for full details of the menu and how to edit it.
-==An Alternative Interface==
+==Changing the Theme and Other Settings==
-In addition to the existing Interface site used for managing your weather station, an additional Alternative Interface is also available from the author of the default website.
+Please refer to my [https://oaktreewebs.co.uk/wiki/ wiki] for full information on configuring and setting up the alternative website.
-Details of this can be found here: [[Alternative_Interface|Alternative Interface]].