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{{Template:Version badge Mx}}{{Version badge 1}}This Wiki page applies to both Cumulus flavours.[[Category:Cumulus | {{Template:Version badge Mx}}{{Version badge 1}}This Wiki page applies to both Cumulus flavours. | ||
[[Category:Cumulus Files]] [[Category:MX_txt_Files]] | |||
This Wiki page describes one of the [[:Category:Cumulus Files|files]] that Cumulus can optionally generate. | |||
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Some users, and some third-party supplied web pages, require fewer, or more, fields than those provided in the standard '''realtime.txt''' file. | Some users, and some third-party supplied web pages, require fewer, or more, fields than those provided in the standard '''realtime.txt''' file. | ||
Arranging this is easy, the content of | Arranging this is easy, the content of a file, that Cumulus uploads to an external site for you, can be tailored to the needs of whatever you choose. | ||
All you need to do is create your own [[Cumulus template file]], sometimes called ''realtime-xT.txt'' (to indicate it is an e''X''tra file, a ''T''emplate file and is related to ''realtime''.txt), you can place this file in the [[web folder]], and ask Cumulus to process that file for you: | All you need to do is create your own [[Cumulus template file]], sometimes called ''realtime-xT.txt'' (to indicate it is an e''X''tra file, a ''T''emplate file and is related to ''realtime''.txt), you can place this file in the [[web folder]], and ask Cumulus to process that file for you: | ||
* [[File:Badge v1.png]] | * [[File:Badge v1.png]] Legacy software versions: | ||
*# Create the template file picking the web tags you want to include from: | *# Create the template file picking the web tags you want to include from: | ||
*#* If you use decimal commas, the list [[Webtags#CURRENT_CONDITIONS:|here]] | *#* If you use decimal commas, the list [[Webtags#CURRENT_CONDITIONS:|here]] | ||
*#* If you use decimal points, the list [[Webtags#Current_Conditions|here]] | *#* If you use decimal points, the list [[Webtags#Current_Conditions|here]] | ||
*# Arrange for the processing and uploading by using the Cumulus Configuration | *# Arrange for the processing and uploading by using the Cumulus menu selections: '''Configuration''' → ''Internet'' → '''Files''' tab dialog. [[File:Cumulus Internet Settings Files.png|Right]] | ||
*#* Type in the name you have used for your template file in ''Local Filename'' | *#* Type in the name you have used for your template file in ''Local Filename'' | ||
*#* Tick the ''Process?'' checkbox, | *#* Tick the ''Process?'' checkbox, | ||
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*#* Finally, supplying a remote path and filename that you want created remotely, you can call it "realtime.txt" after the path name if you like | *#* Finally, supplying a remote path and filename that you want created remotely, you can call it "realtime.txt" after the path name if you like | ||
* [[File:Badge vMx.png]] From build 3075 onwards, all decimal web tags now support the "rc=y" modification parameter. | * [[File:Badge vMx.png]] From build 3075 onwards, all decimal web tags now support the "rc=y" modification parameter. | ||
*# Create the template file based on the list of web tags in the code snippet below. If you are unsure what they represent, look [[Webtags#Current_Conditions|here]]. | *# Create the template file based on the list of web tags in the code snippet [[#MX web tags|below]]. If you are unsure what they represent, look [[Webtags#Current_Conditions|here]]. | ||
*# Arrange for the processing and uploading by using the '''Extra web files''' page in the [[MX_Administrative_Interface#Extra_Web_Files|interface]], follow the instructions in that link, ticking the ''Process?'' checkbox, and the '' | *# Arrange for the processing and uploading by using the '''Extra web files''' page in the [[MX_Administrative_Interface#Extra_Web_Files|interface]], follow the instructions in that link, [[File:Extra web settings.png|Right]] ticking the ''Process?'' checkbox, the ''Real Time?'' checkbox, and the '''UTF8''' checkbox (as shown in first row in image) | ||
