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 '''Instead of producing your own template''' as described below, there are a number already produced (if they contain output parameters they are specific to a particular flavour of Cumulus), of course ''none of them cover all web tag combinations'' possible using output parameters, but they might cover enough for your purposes:
+=== MX specific ===
 *For version 3.5.3 (build 3074), a single template file can be downloaded from [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=17991 CumulusMX PHPwebtags] topic in the support forum, posted by the administrator (water01).
-* An equivalent for MX version 3.0.x is at [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=13252&p=103860&hilit=cumuluswebtags.txt#p103830 this page on  support forum] posted by the administrator (water01), but that was last edited in 2015 and does not contain any web tags added since then.
+*An equivalent for version 3.0.x is at [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=13252&p=103860&hilit=cumuluswebtags.txt#p103830 this page on  support forum] also posted by the administrator (water01), this one does not contain any web tags added since 2015, but use this one also for versions before 3.5.3 to avoid any errors being reported and accept it may not include some of the web tags available in in-between versions.
+== Cumulus 1 specific ===
 *For the final version 1.9.4 of Cumulus 1 use the download file on '''this page''' (download [[File:Cumuluswebtags.txt]]). Note that in this download the recent history tags only occur with a single 3 hours ago parameter but if you use these tags it is likely you will want to include them for several other periods too.  Edit this template file to put in the necessary time selectors yourself.
-** The advantage of only choosing one possible input parameter is that this template can use PHP variable names that match the web tag name, and no arrays.
+** The advantage of only choosing one possible input parameter is that this template can use PHP variable names that match the web tag name, and only use PHP arrays when the web tag returns an array.
+== Alternatives ===
+Be aware that if you are using Cumulus 1, it ignores any web tags it does not recognise. If you are using MX it issues a warning and a detailed error report for any web tag that is either not recognised in the particular version you are using or has output parameters where the interpretation is unclear. The latter is because parameters like 'h' and 'M' have different interpretations depending on context and might need a '%' before them as explained on [[Webtags|Web tags page]].
 *An alternative simpler template, that should work for Cumulus 1 or MX as it does not contain any output parameters, can be downloaded at [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10424&sid=123ca9bf91d769094eed72096c7920ea&start=15#p99549 by Brandon in this support forum link].
 * Another simple template called ''CUtags.txt'' produced by BCJKiwi that works with both Cumulus 1 and MX is at [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=17985&p=140688#p140688 this post of mine in a zip], this one does not contain any web tags that are only available in MX, nor does it contain any that require output parameters. The PHP variable names match the web tag names, but some of those PHP variables are set to "not used", instead of to the web tag contents, because this template file is designed for a specific set of web pages.