Can you at least identify where in the code the trailing dots are coming from so I can try to look into whether I can provide a PR ?
On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 4:58:39 PM UTC-7 uajqq wrote: > The code is open-source and can be infinitely customized by any user to > their exact preferences, as the vibrant WeeWX user community can attest. > The fork that I maintain does not support that specific feature, however. > My apologies. > > On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 1:25:01 PM UTC-4 Vince Skahan wrote: > >> Confused. If we can set our desired wording/punctuation in skin.conf why >> would you possibly choose to not honor what the user modifies that to be ? >> Seems like a bug to me. How do I get it to use the headings *I* specify >> - no more and no less ? >> >> On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 10:00:42 AM UTC-7 uajqq wrote: >> >>> Not a bug, just the deliberate style/personality of the skin! >>> >>> On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 12:45:03 PM UTC-4 Vince Skahan wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks. Yes I found the labels in skin.conf and have been fiddling >>>> with them a bit. >>>> >>>> One question though - how do I suppress the trailing '.' after the four >>>> major section headers on the toplevel page ? (Example - 'Charts.' rather >>>> than 'Charts') - I'd expect the page to have literally what I have in the >>>> definitions in skin.conf with nothing added. Bug ? >>>> >>>> I'll give the centering tweak a test today and reply in the github >>>> issue. Thanks ! >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 9:21:31 AM UTC-7 Pablo Sanchez wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Vince, >>>>> >>>>> Can we perhaps get options to let us specify the strings we use in the >>>>> various sections for their titles and 'view more' wording or alternately >>>>> supersede the defaults with a something.conf file so we'd be upgrade-safe >>>>> ? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Please see the Wiki for the available skin options where one can >>>>> override many labels. Anything missing? I would suggest opening up an >>>>> Issue >>>>> - https://github.com/uajqq/weewx-belchertown-new/wiki/Skin-options >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Here's what the centering bug looks like on my iphone in chrome >>>>> (attached). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> A change has been pushed out. Please add any comments to the issue I >>>>> opened on your behalf - >>>>> https://github.com/uajqq/weewx-belchertown-new/issues/197 >>>>> >>>>> I am going to test it out shortly. >>>>> >>>>> Thx! >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> pablo >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 2026-06-03 11:22, Vince Skahan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the reply. >>>>> >>>>> Can we perhaps get options to let us specify the strings we use in the >>>>> various sections for their titles and 'view more' wording or alternately >>>>> supersede the defaults with a something.conf file so we'd be upgrade-safe >>>>> ? >>>>> >>>>> Here's what the centering bug looks like on my iphone in chrome >>>>> (attached). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 6:53:38 AM UTC-7 uajqq wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> - The new installer not only writes out all the available options, it >>>>>> automatically re-organizes with each installation. If you set an option >>>>>> and >>>>>> then want to return it to default, you can simply delete it, and the >>>>>> installer will put it back commented as the default on the next >>>>>> go-around. >>>>>> - Installation bug -- "aeris" should still be accepted automatically >>>>>> as a legacy term. Did that not happen? >>>>>> - Docs -- I'll change that to take out sudo, you're right it's >>>>>> usually not required. >>>>>> - Yes, it's always necessary to restart weewx to see changes after >>>>>> you change settings. >>>>>> - Day/night setting is indeed now auto. That's just kind of a modern >>>>>> expectation with websites these days. >>>>>> - "View all records here" and "Charts. View more here" is a >>>>>> deliberate legacy holdover from the original Belchertown. I just like >>>>>> the >>>>>> wording and look, it's a distinct personality from Pat's original site. >>>>>> - Records label is centered to the page itself, not only the cards >>>>>> underneath it. I can try to tinker with it for clarity but I think it >>>>>> might >>>>>> look like a mistake if it's "centered" off to the right. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 12:41:26 AM UTC-4 Vince Skahan wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I tried it on the simulator and it went well so I went for smoke as >>>>>>> we used to say and switched my production system over. Wow. Very >>>>>>> slick. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Answering my own question - I do see that it wrote out a full stanza >>>>>>> with my previous entries in there ok. Excellent. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> More info.... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> - one installation bug - I was using aeris for my forecast >>>>>>> provider and had to manually rename it to xweather >>>>>>> - docs - your wiki says to install using sudo - not really >>>>>>> required any more in weewx v5 and certainly not for pip >>>>>>> installations. You >>>>>>> might just point to the authoritative weewx docs for installing >>>>>>> extensions >>>>>>> - note - after fiddling with belchertown in general it is >>>>>>> 'usually' required to restart weewx to make it take effect >>>>>>> - your day/night setting default is 'auto' where Pat's was >>>>>>> 'light'. I had to edit weewx.conf to set it to use light always >>>>>>> which >>>>>>> worked fine. Not a big deal. >>>>>>> - your 'weather records snapshot' card has a needlessly verbose >>>>>>> 'view all records here'. I'd suggest perhaps truncating that to >>>>>>> '(see all) >>>>>>> or (more)' >>>>>>> - your 'Homepage.' card really should be called 'Charts' (no . >>>>>>> on the word) and again the 'view more here' is too verbose. Again >>>>>>> perhaps >>>>>>> ('see all') or ('more') there. >>>>>>> - the records labels not being centered bug I mentioned earlier >>>>>>> appears in portrait mode only on my iphone. Landscape mode looks >>>>>>> ok. >>>>>>> - I did get bitten by the old aqiChart being deprecated out in >>>>>>> new versions but figured it out from the nice docs >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Super nice major update !!!! The cards look just great. So great >>>>>>> looking. So great. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 8:01:21 PM UTC-7 Vince Skahan wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Can you explain how the new one differs from the original ? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> i like the new records format a lot but the headings on >>>>>>>> https://weather.hillsandlakes.com/records/ are not aligned with >>>>>>>> the data items (cards?) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Also one of the nice features of original belchertown is that the >>>>>>>> installer wrote out a full stanza with all the many configurable >>>>>>>> elements >>>>>>>> in the right place, just commented out. This helped reduce user errors >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> lot (disclaimer - I provided that code and the install.py to Pat years >>>>>>>> ago >>>>>>>> now). Does the new fork still do that ? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 3:08:41 PM UTC-7 Pablo Sanchez wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 2026-06-02 17:13, uajqq wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> New Belchertown (the updated fork of the original Belchertown) >>>>>>>>> v2.0 is now out with a refreshed card-based layout and tons of new >>>>>>>>> features. Let me know what you think! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I am a bit biased as I am a very minor contributor and a user of *New >>>>>>>>> Belchertown: *this skin is absolutely fantastic. The support is >>>>>>>>> awesome too. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If anyone is interested, they can go to my weather website to see >>>>>>>>> v2.0 live: https://weather.hillsandlakes.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This is a screen scrape. I scaled down the image so it looks a bit >>>>>>>>> fuzzy. The new card layout is very cool. Resizing the web page, as >>>>>>>>> expected, dynamically adjusts the cards. I am excited to try >>>>>>>>> kiosk-mode on >>>>>>>>> an old table. On Mobile, it works great too! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -pablo >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>>> To view this discussion visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f70ac830-29ed-4fd4-9931-f40a9f2ae3d6n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f70ac830-29ed-4fd4-9931-f40a9f2ae3d6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- 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 [email protected]. 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