Administration : Forecast Types |
HAMweather administration allows you to set what forecasts you want to be made available to the web visitor. Along with what forecasts are available, HAMweather will also allow you to set the name of the template used to display the forecast and the maximum time (in minutes) before a forecast in the HAMweather cache expires. To modify these settings, click on the "Forecast Types" link in the Administration options at the top left of any administration page.
When viewing the main "Forecast Types" screen, you will see a table of all the available forecast types. Each row will look similar to this:
Forecast Types | |||||
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Add New | Forecast Type | IWIN/URL | Template | Mode | Max Age |
Del Edit | aviation | aviation.html | other.html | 0 | 120 |
Del Edit | crop | crop.html | usother.html | 2 | 600 |
Del Edit | discussion | discussion.html | other.html | 0 | 120 |
Forecast Type Column:
This is the forecast type name that you will use inthe forecast=xxxx
parameter when requesting a forecast.
IWIN/URL Column:
This is the either the name of the html file on the IWIN the corresponds
to the needed weather info. Or it can be a complete URL to the information needed.
Template Column:
The template name, to the right of the forecast type, is the name of the
template to use when outputting this forecast. You may notice that several forecast
types use the same template, this is fine. To change template name, simply type in
the name of the new template you want to associate the with the forecast type. Then
click the submit button at the bottom of the table.
NOTE: HAMweather administration will not check to see
if the template exits. If it does not, remember to create it before allowing web
visitors to obtain this forecast type.
The Mode Column:
This will be expanded in the future but for now it shoudl be a number
between 0 and 3. With:
- 0 = State level general data. Simply clean up and send to output.
- 1 = Local level data. such as zone forecast and shortterm forecasts
- 2 = National Level general data. Simply clean up and output.
- 3 = Metar Data. Treat special as a metar current Observation.
Max Age Column:
The max age is the right most text box on each row. This number is the amount of
time a cached forecast is good for before expiring.
Add New Link:
You click on this link to make a new forecast type be available for use in
HAmweather. When you click this you will see a new page with a form that looks similar to
below appear. Simply enter the Forecast type, what template to use whenoutputting, the
IWIN file or URL to use to fetch the data, function type per the info stated above and
finally the Max age to cache the data for in the HAmweather Cache.
Add Forecast Type | ||||||||
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DEL Link:
Use this link to delete the current forecast type and it various settings. Be
careful when deleting the various forecast types.
EDIT Link:
Use this link to edit the properties of the current forecast type.