Hello Thomas,

Thanks for the advice. Job done - zip files removed and files and folders 
open for inspection.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 12:43:43 PM UTC+1, Thomas Keffer wrote:
>
> Sharp looking webpage!
>
> May I offer a suggestion? Right now, your GitHub repository is just acting 
> as a place to store a bunch of .zip files, making it very hard to see 
> what's inside them. Many people, myself included, are reluctant to download 
> unknown zip files. 
>
> Why not just store the raw files, then let GitHub do the zipping? By 
> storing the raw files, you let people see what they're getting into, as 
> well as allow them to fork the repository and offer pull requests. 
> Upgrading is also much easier. GitHub is an amazing resource --- might as 
> well take full advantage of it.
>
> As you Brits would say, cheers!
>
> -tk
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 1:55 AM <steep...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> I think that we can all agree that the real strengths of weeWX are what 
>> goes on 'under the hood (or the bonnet for a Brit like me)', its sheer 
>> adaptability and a huge community working out solutions together.
>>
>> I came to weeWX after years of being a Cumulus user (another excellent 
>> software) but came to a grinding halt when changing to unsupported Weather 
>> Station. It was weeWX to the rescue along with the HP1000 driver and I was 
>> back up and running. In my Cumulus days I had been an early adopter of the 
>> excellent weather34 template, designed and owned by Brian Underdown. This 
>> was originally designed for use with Cumulus as a single dashboard concept 
>> where everything is accessible from a single web page. So could I use the 
>> template with weeWX, yes by deploying the CRT extension to generate a 
>> realtime.txt file.
>>
>> Now I wanted it to do more, I am not a coder so it takes me a bit longer 
>> to discover the snippets of code that I need to make things happen and this 
>> is where this forum and others became a valuable resource for myself along 
>> with contributions and technical support from others. A big thanks here to 
>> David Marshall who has rescued me on more than one occasion.
>>
>> Recently Brian Underwood took the decision to only support the 
>> Meteobridge version of his template going forward. However, he was very 
>> happy for the other versions of the template to hosted and maintained by 
>> others. On this basis, both the weeWX and Cumulus versions live on. I am 
>> now hosting the weeWX version and actively maintaining it in the spirit of 
>> Brian's original concept. You can find it here: -
>>
>>
>> https://github.com/steepleian/weather34-Home-Weatherstation-Template-weeWX-adapted
>>
>> The latest version is now using the weeWX archive database to generate 
>> the pop-up CanvasJS charts instead of relying on Weather Underground. The 
>> setup guides are provided for general guidance only due to the multitude of 
>> ways weeWX can be setup by individual users.
>>
>> I would like to re-iterate that although Brian Underdown is very happy 
>> for this version to exist and be maintained, he offers no support 
>> whatsoever for this version. Any requests to do so will remain unanswered. 
>> Please respect Brian's wishes in this respect. Any issues should be 
>> directed to this forum.
>>
>> My own current version of the template shows additional features which 
>> may be included in future updates if there is sufficient demand. It can 
>> found here https://claydonsweather.org.uk
>>
>> When used with a smartphone or a narrow browser window, the page morphs 
>> into a slimline mobile version.
>>
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