Topic: Switch from WView to Weewx and Template....

[bassemolufda]

I used the WVIEW software before. Now I use the WEEWX software. I installed the plugin for WEEWX weewx-saratoga-main. A WEEWXtags.php is created by WEEWX.

Now I would like to have this data entered into my weather page. Unfortunately, that doesn't work.

In wview: <?php print $WX['outsideTemp']; ?> the temperature was entered with this parameter.

What parameter do I have to use in the template for WEEWX? Unfortunately, the page https://saratoga-weather.org/wxtemplates/maint.php doesn't show me a solution.

Can someone please help me?

Regards Uwe

[saratogaWX]

The weewx-saratoga skin for weewx creates and uploads a WEEWXtags.php (just like Weather-Display testtags.php).  There are no $WX[...] tags, just named $tags.

Use http://your.website.com/WEEWXtags.php?sce=view to see the list of what tags are available on your site.

[bassemolufda]

Thank you for the tip. That helped me a little. But it means that I now have to completely reprogram the entire homepage with the new tags.... Is there no other solution?

Sincelery Uwe

[saratogaWX]

Alas, no .. with Weather-Display or weewx-saratoga, the variables only exist in $tagname format.

But.. all the other plugins which use a [name]-defs.php to convert [name]tags.php entries into $tagname format that is used natively throughout the Saratoga template set.  So your one-time conversion to $tagname from $WX['tag'] format would work if you switch to yet another weather software in the future.

For ease of switching weather software, I recommend not using the $WX[] tags as the names are unique with each weather software -- use the $tagname variables instead to add custom pages with markups.  The ajax-dashboard and ajax-gizmo both have examples of using the $tagname format for common weather variables.