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| * [[folder_contents|2]] | * [[folder_contents|2]] | ||
| * [[test_program|3]] | * [[test_program|3]] | ||
| - | * [[settings|Adapt the settings file]] | + | * **[[settings|Adapt the settings file]]** |
| * [[upload|5]] | * [[upload|5]] | ||
| * [[menu|6]] | * [[menu|6]] | ||
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| ==== Two most important questions ==== | ==== Two most important questions ==== | ||
| - | After you entered your password you are faced with the first and most important 2 questions in customizing the template. Based on these two questions, all other questions are selected including default values if possible. | + | After you entered your password you are faced with the first and most important 2 questions in customising the template. Based on these two questions, all other questions are selected including default values if possible. |
| {{:qu_first2.jpg?nolink|}} | {{:qu_first2.jpg?nolink|}} | ||
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| After making your selections you should always press the **Save** button at the lower right, to store the answers in the answers file. | After making your selections you should always press the **Save** button at the lower right, to store the answers in the answers file. | ||
| - | So for now select the weather-program you are using and the region your weatherstation is in and press Save. | + | **DO it!** |
| + | * select the weather-program you are using and the region your weather-station is in | ||
| + | * and press Save. | ||
| ==== The generate button ==== | ==== The generate button ==== | ||
| Lets just check the bottom part of the question screen. There is a new button now which needs some explanation. | Lets just check the bottom part of the question screen. There is a new button now which needs some explanation. | ||
| {{:qu_generate.jpg?nolink|}} | {{:qu_generate.jpg?nolink|}} | ||
| - | As you can see in the image (bottom - left) ], I selected europe for the part of the world and Meteohub (MH) as my weather-program. Your screen should reflect the choices you made and display **your** region and the name of **your** weather-program. | ||
| - | For your information, PHP is very unforgiving for typing errors. That said, if you realy do not like answering questions and think you can do it better by modifying PHP settings you can generate the settings file now and start messing with PHP. You can also generate the settings file multiple times during the whole answering process, just to see if your changes are reflected in the website pages. | + | As you can see in the image (bottom - left) ], I selected Europe for the part of the world and Meteohub (MH) as my weather-program. Your screen should reflect the choices you made and display **your** region and the name of **your** weather-program. |
| - | <WRAP important> | + | **DO it!** Press the Generate button and I can explain the messages which are printed: |
| - | DO NOT USE special characters when they are not realy needed. So do not use characters like @ which should only be used in an e-mail address, quotes and or apostrophes and so on. | + | |
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| - | If you think you absolutly have to do so, generate the settings file at the end of that page with questions, copy it to the correct folder and click the home menu choice and see if the special characters are not making a mess of your window. | + | |
| - | </WRAP> | + | |
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| - | When you press the Generate button on any moment during the question and answer pages the folowing messages are printed: | + | |
| {{:qu_check.jpg?nolink|}} | {{:qu_check.jpg?nolink|}} | ||
| - | You can view a text version of the generated settings file, you can download a version to your PC also. | + | You can view a text version of the generated settings file and you will see the changes applied |
| - | At the bottom right side you see the buttons to go back to your last questionary page (Continue where we were), and so on. | + | You should download as a backup this version to your PC also, do it often during the customisation. |
| + | At the bottom you see the buttons to continue where you was last time BUT do not press them for now. First we are going to use the generated settings themselves. | ||
| ==== What to do with the generated settings file? ==== | ==== What to do with the generated settings file? ==== | ||
| - | If you pressed the **Generate** button you can download a zip of the wsUserSettings.php as adapted until that moment. | + | Anytime you press the **Generate** button on one of the answer pages, |
| - | Unzip that file and copy it to the **weather28/_my_texts/** folder replacing the previous version there. | + | - you should download to your PC/Mac a zip or php of the newly generated wsUserSettings.php from the cache |
| + | - you should then upload (or move) that wsUserSettings.php to the** _my-texts/** folder. | ||
| - | Depending on which FTP program you use, you can also move the not compressed version from the **cache** folder to the** _my-texts/** | + | Remember: The settings are only replaced by you, not by the configure scripts. As long as you do not put them in the weather28/_my_texts/ folder they are not used. |
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| + | **DO it now** Please replace the wsUserSettings.php with the newly generated one NOW! | ||
| + | * Do not wait after these "only" two choices. | ||
| + | * They are the most important ones | ||
| + | * and your page will look different from the intial one | ||
| + | * menu choices will be adapted to your region | ||
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| + | If it will not work out as you want go to the support-ste and request support NOW. | ||
| ==== Start answering the questions ==== | ==== Start answering the questions ==== | ||
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| - | A lot of questions can be answered by selecting fro the drop-down lists. | + | A lot of questions can be answered by selecting your choice from a drop-down list. |
| Sometimes you have to type text values, such as the name you want to use for your website or the map coordinates for your station. | Sometimes you have to type text values, such as the name you want to use for your website or the map coordinates for your station. | ||
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| <WRAP important> | <WRAP important> | ||
| - | A lot of questions are region specific or weahter-program specific. You will see only the questions which are relevant for your situation. So if you are on a forum and see other questions mentioned as you have answered, do not bother they are not relevant for you. | + | A lot of questions are region specific or weather-program specific. Only the questions which are relevant for your situation will be displayed from now on. So if you are on a forum and there are questions mentioned you did not see / answered, do not bother they are not relevant for you. |
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | <WRAP alert> | ||
| + | Please remember | ||
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| + | Unzip wsUserSettings.zip => wsUserSettings.php | ||
| + | **and** | ||
| + | copy the unzipped version to the **weather28/_my_texts/** folder replacing the previous version there. | ||
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| + | PLEASE do not forget that you yourself have to copy the new settings.\\ After answering the questions YOU copy the generated settings after making a backup of the old version. | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
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