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While CumulusUtils started as a collection of modules to be used at will in the creation of a weather website - for the site of the author - after several modules it became clear that generation of a complete website would not be too difficult. It required a HTML framework within which the modules would fit, a menu, a runtime system to handle the realtime data, loading of files, clocks, sun and moon and an adaptation of mcrossley's gauges or a rewrite of a total new set of gauges. | While CumulusUtils started as a collection of modules to be used at will in the creation of a weather website - for the site of the author - after several modules it became clear that generation of a complete website would not be too difficult. It required a HTML framework within which the modules would fit, a menu, a runtime system to handle the realtime data, loading of files, clocks, sun and moon and an adaptation of mcrossley's gauges or a rewrite of a total new set of gauges. | ||
The work set out on a scratch board where the site was drafted and the runtime was coded. The choice was made to split the screen in two in a 5/7 ratio which never changed since. The right pane became the ReportView where the user chooses the report he wishes to see while the realtime data are always visible in the left pane, the Dashboard. The contents of the Dashboard can be | The work set out on a scratch board where the site was drafted and the runtime was coded. The choice was made to split the screen in two in a 5/7 ratio which never changed since. The right pane became the ''ReportView'' where the user chooses the report he wishes to see while the realtime data are always visible in the left pane, the [[Dashboard]]. The contents of the Dashboard can be toggled between two sets of twelve panes (see the [[Dashboard]] page). | ||
In the example on the image on the right you see Holgers' fully translated site with expanded user menu and even multilingual by his own design to show off the things possible with the CumulusUtils framework. | In the example on the image on the right you see Holgers' fully translated site with expanded user menu and even multilingual by his own design to show off the things possible with the CumulusUtils framework. | ||
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SiteTitleAddition= => A free text addition to the title, default is empty | SiteTitleAddition= => A free text addition to the title, default is empty | ||
All parameters starting with '''''Panel''''' affect what you actually see in that panel See [[Dashboard]] for more information.<br> | |||
All parameters starting with '''''Color''''' affect the Bootstrap elements relevant for the interface and give the user the possibility to create a personal touch to the presentation.<br> | All parameters starting with '''''Color''''' affect the Bootstrap elements relevant for the interface and give the user the possibility to create a personal touch to the presentation.<br> | ||
All parameters starting with '''''Steelseries''''' affect the presentation of the gauges. You may find examples [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoRadial.html here] <ref>See the site of Mark Crossley if you wish to see more and create gauges yourself: [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoLinear.html lineair], [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoExtras.html extras], [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoStopWatch.html stopwatch], [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoLightBulb.html lightbulb], [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoLcdSections.html LCD] and [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoLcdSections.html trafficlight]</ref> and [http://www.boock.ch/meteo/gauges_stelserie_demoradial.php here].<br> | All parameters starting with '''''Steelseries''''' affect the presentation of the gauges. You may find examples [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoRadial.html here] <ref>See the site of Mark Crossley if you wish to see more and create gauges yourself: [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoLinear.html lineair], [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoExtras.html extras], [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoStopWatch.html stopwatch], [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoLightBulb.html lightbulb], [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoLcdSections.html LCD] and [https://www.wilmslowastro.com/steelseries/demoLcdSections.html trafficlight]</ref> and [http://www.boock.ch/meteo/gauges_stelserie_demoradial.php here].<br> | ||
