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 [[File:Extra web settings.png]]How to use these settings is explained for both Cumulus flavours on  [[Customised_templates#What_to_select_on_the_.27Files.27_tab_of_the_Internet_Settings_screen_within_the_.27Configuration.27_menu|this wiki page]], MX has an extra "end of day" (EOD) option, but otherwise you fill it out exactly the same way.  Settings in one table cell are stored when you click in another table cell.
-Although, there is no Save button as clicking in another cell stores previous edit, the "Enter" button on many keyboards can optionally be used to be sure you have saved all edits made before you leave the screen.
+#'''Local Filename'''
+#*Enter here something like "<currentlogfile>" or "./web/moon.png" or "./data/dayfile.txt" or "./webMX/realtime-xT.txt"
+#*You will see that "./" specifies the folder where '''CumulusMX.exe''' is stored, and you can refer to sub-folders within it that MX provides or for non-standard files that you have added
+#'''Destination Filename'''
+#*You can put a path to somewhere else on the device running MX here, or a path from your FTP root on your web server.
+#*Always enter a full path and file name, but you can incorporate in what you put here any of the constants that MX provides (which are  "<currentlogfile>" and  "<currentextralogfile>" and "<airlinklogfile>")
+#'''Process'''
+#*You tick this box if, and only if, the file specified in '''Local Filename''' is a Cumulus Template file, i.e. it contains [[Webtags#The_Web_Tags_for_Cumulus|Cumulus Web Tags]].
+#*A template file can have any file extension you like (e.g. '''.tmpl''' or ''.cum'' can be used in '''Local Filename''') and used to generate any of these file types: .htm, .html, .js, .json, .php, .txt (used in '''Local Filename''')
+#'''Realtime'''
+#* Only available if you have selected "Enable realtime" in the '''Internet Settings''' page as described above
+#*You tick this box if you want the local filename read, and the destination filename created at the interval you have set up for real time processing
+#'''FTP'''
+#* Only available if you have defined host and other settings for FTP, SFTP, or FTPS, in the  '''Internet Settings''' page as described above
+#*You tick this box if you want the file to be transferred using the defined settings
+#'''UTF-8'''
+#*For the content of files to be understood they must use the right [[Reports_folder#Encoding|Encoding]]. You can follow the link for the full technical explanation.
+#*For non-technical people, tick this whenever you leave the next box un-ticked, it is safest as this signifies the modern standard encoding
+#'''Binary'''
+#*You tick this box if what you are uploading is for example an image file (.jpeg, .png, and many others) or complied code
+#*You leave this box without a tick if what you are uploading is text (any of these file types: .htm, .html, .js, .json, .php, .txt)
+#'''End of day'''
+#*You tick this box if you want the local filename read, and the destination filename created when Cumulus is processing the end of any meteorological day
+#*Note that if neither '''Realtime'''  nor '''End of day''' are ticked, the local filename is read, and the destination filename created when Cumulus is processing the Standard Upload Interval as defined by your settings
+#*Although to tick both real-time and end-of-day (EOD) seems nonsensical, MX will let you tick both for any selected file(s), as it will then do any processes, and uploads, at both intervals. I don't see why you should do that for normal running, but you might tick both to test a template without waiting for EOD, and after it has been processed once, remove the unwanted real-time tick, so from then onwards it just happens at EOD
-Although to tick both real-time and EOD seems nonsensical, MX will let you tick both for any selected file(s), as it wil then do any processes, and uploads, at both intervals. I don't see why you should do that for normal running, but you might tick both to test a template without waiting for EOD, and after it has been processed once, remove the unwanted real-time tick, so from then onwards it just happens at EOD.
+Although, there is no Save button (as clicking in another cell stores previous edit), you can optionally press the "Enter" button (as labelled on many keyboards) to be sure you have saved all edits made before you leave the web page.
-'''If you have moved from Cumulus 1''', and are therefore using an existing Cumulus.ini, these screens may be partly pre-populated, but because mX adds extra options you might need to:
+====Been using legacy Cumulus?====
+'''If you have moved from Cumulus 1''', and are therefore using an existing Cumulus.ini, these screens may be partly pre-populated, but because MX adds extra options you might need to:
 # change some paths in local column, (if your Cumulus 1 and your MX locations are different)
-#*if you have moved to a Raspberry Pi, or other Unix-derived operating system, remember that path names in Windows use "\" as directory separator, but all other systems use "/".
+#*if you have moved to a Raspberry Pi, or other Unix-derived operating system, remember that path names in Microsoft Windows operating systems use "\" as directory separator, but all other systems use "/".
 #*There is more advice available at [[Setting_up_Raspberry_Pi#Configuration_files]].
 # untick one column, and tick another, now that EOD is an option for the timing as well as real-time and (normal logging/ftp) interval.