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=== webfiles folder from zip ===
=== webfiles folder from zip ===
<big>PLEASE COULD SOMEONE USING LATEST MX RELEASE ENSURE THIS IS KEPT UP TO DATE</big>


You do need a further action, if any files in this folder have been updated.  The updated files must be uploaded to your web site.
You do need a further action, if any files in this folder have been updated.  The updated files must be uploaded to your web site.
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*'''weatherstyle.css''' has not been updated since its last update by Steve Loft in 2009.
*'''weatherstyle.css''' has not been updated since its last update by Steve Loft in 2009.
*subfolder '''images''' contains 2 pictures that have stayed same since MX launch
*subfolder '''images''' contains 2 pictures that have stayed same since MX launch
*subfolder '''js''' contains one file. The file '''\CumulusMX\webfiles\js\cumuluscharts.js''' has changed in a lot of releases.  The standard web page '''trends.htm''' will only work if the correct version of that file has been uploaded to your web site and placed in a sub-folder "js" of where "trends.htm" is installed. BCJKiwi's user interface '''charts.php''' also requires the same JavaScript file, so upload the file anytime it is updated in a MX release.
*subfolder '''js''' contains one file or two files (depending on which MX release you are using:
**The standard web page '''trends.htm''' will only work if the correct version of any file here has been uploaded to your web site, and placed in a sub-folder "js" of where "trends.htm" is installed. .
*** BCJKiwi's user interface '''charts.php''' also requires the same JavaScript file (or files?), so upload the file(s0 anytime there is a change in a MX release.  
** The file '''\CumulusMX\webfiles\js\cumuluscharts.js''' has changed in a lot of releases, it is updated whenever there is a change in the JSON files used for providing data to the charts, and you must use the right upgrade.
** The file '''historiccharts.js'' (it was introduced from release ??????) is similar to previous script, but drives the historic chart functionality on your web server
*subfolder '''lib''' currently contains 3 folders:
*subfolder '''lib''' currently contains 3 folders:
**'''highstock''' - this folder is no longer needed on your web site
**'''highstock''' - this folder is no longer needed on your web site (and the most recent MX releases have emptied it)
**'''jquery''' - this folder is needed for "trends,htm" to work, but it has not been updated since 2014. Both the files included are obsolete packages, no longer officially available, and there are no plans to replace them.
**'''jquery''' - this folder is needed for "trends,htm" to work, but it has not been updated since 2014. Both the files included are obsolete packages, no longer officially available, and there are no plans to replace them.
**'''steelseries''' - this folder has 3 sub-folders, and I can only think of 2 MX releases when anything was changed here, and I don't anticipate any further changes.
**'''steelseries''' - this folder has 3 sub-folders, I can only think of 2 MX releases when anything was changed here, and I don't anticipate any further changes.


== After update - checking for bugs in MX or mistakes in your installation ==
== After update - checking for bugs in MX or mistakes in your installation ==
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