Does that mean that I'll see alerts even though I only use the Darksky current conditions? Did you pop in the option to disable the alerts?
On Thu, 27 Dec 2018, 09:49 Pat <p...@obrienphoto.net wrote: > Sounds good! > > I should add another disclaimer that the showing and hiding of the alert > bar automatically without reloading the website is only accomplished if you > have the MQTT feature enabled. > > Which reminds me I need to add an option to show that bar if MQTT is > disabled. I'll have to make another update later today. > > On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 1:45:49 PM UTC-5, rich T wrote: >> >> Thanks Pat...Downloaded and installed both files and restarted weewx. No >> alerts in the area at this time; mostly likely some alerts towards end of >> week when the icy weather comes through. We'll keep you informed. >> >> Rich >> >> On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 11:47:44 AM UTC-5, Pat wrote: >> >>> Oops - forgot to hide the alert bar >>> <https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/commit/cac70b881e99ddd54eea017d37fcdf3866d97541> >>> when >>> an alert clears. Try this updated version attached. Same rules apply as >>> above. >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 11:39:24 AM UTC-5, Pat wrote: >>>> >>>> I just committed an initial attempt >>>> <https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/commit/b3883dbd67a2b4d5368961e2479631f7de86e128>. >>>> You can download the files from GitHub or from the attachments here. >>>> >>>> As usual, have a backup of your setup just in case. To test it out, >>>> copy the attached files to skins/Belchertown and restart weewx. Wait >>>> for an archive period and if you have a weather alert, it should appear >>>> like in the screenshot. Clicking the link will take you to the source of >>>> the alert. >>>> >>>> The alert area should update automatically in the background (no page >>>> refresh needed). So if an alert goes active, it'll pop up the alert area. >>>> When it's gone it'll disappear. At least it should in theory :) >>>> >>>> Will need some testing and ironing out over the next few days for >>>> sure... Let me know how it goes. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 9:54:46 AM UTC-5, Pat wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Agreed. Let me work on a concept >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 9:47:56 AM UTC-5, rich T wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I think underneath the timestamp with the Icon would look fine. Same >>>>>> text size as the timestamp but bold. Maybe make the Alerts optional >>>>>> feature, so the users has a choice to display the Alerts. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 9:29:16 AM UTC-5, Pat wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ok cool. That GitHub repo just confirmed that I am doing what >>>>>>> they're doing. I'm not using JavaScript though, I'm just grabbing the >>>>>>> raw >>>>>>> JSON from DarkSky. I guess I've never seen the alerts array in my output >>>>>>> when I initially created it, so out of sight out of mind? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I just grabbed a forecast for an area in South Dakota that was under >>>>>>> weather >>>>>>> advisory <https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/wwa/>, and I see in >>>>>>> DarkSky's forecast it has the alert data. So I can use this sample data >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> include it in the skin. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Where and how should the alert be shown? I'd like to keep it in line >>>>>>> with the clean look of the skin. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think I'll show the alert at the top of the page beneath the >>>>>>> timestamp. An alert icon (maybe something like this? >>>>>>> <https://www.freeiconspng.com/img/1575>) and a brief text of the >>>>>>> alert next to it. Then you can click the alert to see the full details. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 9:57:56 PM UTC-5, rich T wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Could this work with in your code: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> DarkSkyApi.loadItAll(excludes, position); >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> DarkSkyApi.loadItAll() >>>>>>>> .then(console.log); >>>>>>>> DarkSkyApi.loadItAll('daily,hourly,minutely,flags') // just return >>>>>>>> alerts >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Found at https://github.com/deanbot/dark-sky-api >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 8:17:22 PM UTC-5, Pat wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Belchertown skin is using the DarkSky API >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at 2:41:58 PM UTC-5, rich T wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Happy Holidays >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I have the embedded widget; to get the alerts you must click on >>>>>>>>>> the provided link. Which API are you using? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 8:46:44 PM UTC-5, Pat wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I don't see their alerts in the API doc. Only what Colin is >>>>>>>>>>> doing on his site to have their widget embedded. Do you see >>>>>>>>>>> something I'm >>>>>>>>>>> missing for API alerting? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 10:13:16 PM UTC-5, rich T >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Pat >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Wondering if there was a way to pull/display the Alerts for the >>>>>>>>>>>> area from Darksky using your coding? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Rich >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
