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==Where is the information stored?== | ==Where is the information stored?== | ||
See [[Log.xml]] | See [[Log.xml]] | ||
This file can be opened as a text file, but there are database file readers that can open this sort of file and display them in a spreadsheet like format (or even convert them to formats like CSV). | This file can be opened as a text file, but there are database file readers that can open this sort of file and display them in a spreadsheet like format (or even convert them to formats like CSV). It is possible to upload this file, or a transformed version of it, onto your webspace and write coding to display the contents. | ||
=Snow= | =Snow= | ||
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==Displaying on a customised web page== | ==Displaying on a customised web page== | ||
If you understand HTML table syntax, the [[Webtag]] ''<#snowdepth>'' can be inserted on the ''todayT.htm'' web template (see [[Customised templates]]) to display the snow depth (updating at time set in [[Cumulus.ini]] as explained above. If you understand JavaScript and HTML, you can arrange to upload a background with a scale on which the script can use ''<#snowdepth>'' to overlay the correct depth as a white blanket for example. The script would have similarities to the current part of the script provided with Cumulus that plots rainfall as a bar chart. | If you understand HTML table syntax, the [[Webtag]] ''<#snowdepth>'' can be inserted on a ( for example the ''todayT.htm'') web template (see [[Customised templates]]) to display the snow depth (updating at time set in [[Cumulus.ini]] as explained above. If you understand JavaScript and HTML, you can arrange to upload a background with a scale on which the script can use ''<#snowdepth>'' to overlay the correct depth as a white blanket for example. The script would have similarities to the current part of the script provided with Cumulus that plots rainfall as a bar chart. | ||
Some sites use the ''current conditions'' feature (optional box on main screen, plus ability to create a file that is deleted on use - see Cumulus help) to display further snow information. | Some sites use the ''current conditions'' feature (optional box on main screen, plus ability to create a file that is deleted on use - see Cumulus help) to display further snow information. | ||
