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Finalised version of script in forum 7:08 am 15 Jan 2014, minor update 8:51 pm 15 Nov 2014 | Finalised version of script in forum 7:08 am 15 Jan 2014, minor update 8:51 pm 15 Nov 2014 | ||
Find my package in [http://sandaysoft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=8690 alternative Javascript/jQuery solution] within the '''3rd party tools''' sub forum of the Cumulus forum. | |||
I originally created the alternative Javascript version in December 2011 by editing the DAJ original (with similar aims to BCJKiwi with his PHP version 1.2) to offer easier customisation plus standards compliance, i.e. addressing all the issues [[AnnualDataSummary#Possible_problems|with | I originally created the alternative Javascript version in December 2011 by editing the DAJ original (with similar aims to BCJKiwi with his PHP version 1.2) to offer easier customisation plus standards compliance, i.e. addressing all the issues [[AnnualDataSummary#Possible_problems|with David's version]]. If you don't use PHP, this is the script you should install, and you will find various threads on the forum about it in the Web site - General sub-forum as well as posts in the thread containing the source. | ||
<span style="color: red">It really is much easier to add new data sets if you use this alternative JavaScript version in the forum. That includes more explanation about the original coding, and an alternative simpler way to specify and adjust the columns in a revised version of the array specified for the PHP version above.</span> | <span style="color: red">It really is much easier to add new data sets if you use this alternative JavaScript version in the forum. That includes more explanation about the original coding, and an alternative simpler way to specify and adjust the columns in a revised version of the array specified for the PHP version above.</span> | ||
The advantages of my script are fully described in a file within the package. They include standards compliance, better integration with standard Cumulus pages, statistical additions to the bottom of each month's column, and easier tailoring to your preferences on wording, language, and text colouring. During 2012-2013, my alternative JavaScript version was rewritten from scratch (losing the original DAJ code), a number of additional features were added, whilst attempting to preserve ease of customisation to suit any requirements you have e.g. on the language and level of diagnostics output. One new feature is ability to scroll sideways, so calendar look can start with any month (any year) but always with 12 columns showing month headings. | The advantages of my script are fully described in a file within the package. They include standards compliance, better integration with standard Cumulus pages, statistical additions to the bottom of each month's column, and easier tailoring to your preferences on wording, language, and text colouring. During 2012-2013, my alternative JavaScript version was rewritten from scratch (losing the original DAJ code), a number of additional features were added, whilst attempting to preserve ease of customisation to suit any requirements you have e.g. on the language and level of diagnostics output. One new feature is ability to scroll sideways, so calendar look can start with any month (any year) but always with 12 columns showing month headings. | ||
One site using in January 2013 a variant based on an early version of my Javascript/jQuery alternative code, with its own look to the page, is [http://sassafras.id.au/projects/weather/dailyrecords.shtml found here]. Whilst a number of other people have tried later versions of this alternative code, and you can see some commenting in the forum thread, remember this was designed for easy tailoring, so is not an off the shelf package. | One site using in January 2013 a variant based on an early version of my Javascript/jQuery alternative code, with its own look to the page, is [http://sassafras.id.au/projects/weather/dailyrecords.shtml found here]. Whilst a number of other people have tried later versions of this alternative code, and you can see some commenting in the forum thread, remember this was designed for easy tailoring, so is not an off the shelf package. | ||
At the end of 2014, I rewrote this again, by adding use of PHP script for some of the actions previously done by JavaScript, retaining JavaScript for handling the selection of a change of criterion, and for handling the change of months to be shown (either by scrolling one month at a time or by picking one of the predefined periods on buttons). The resulting script was to prove very useful to me, and still remains on my own personal web server, but with the mix of languages (and the way it was developed) I found it is not easy to understand and hard to improve so I abandoned any idea of a version to share. | At the end of 2014, I rewrote this again, by adding use of PHP script for some of the actions previously done by JavaScript, retaining JavaScript for handling the selection of a change of criterion, and for handling the change of months to be shown (either by scrolling one month at a time or by picking one of the predefined periods on buttons). The resulting script was to prove very useful to me, and still remains on my own personal web server, but with the mix of languages (and the way it was developed) I found it is not easy to understand and hard to improve so I abandoned any idea of a version to share. | ||
== Variants of the original Daily Summary discussed in the support forum == | == Variants of the original Daily Summary discussed in the support forum == | ||