Apologies for all the followups - I found where the 'dot' was being appended in the cheetah directives in index.html.tmpl - I'll open a PR to you tomorrow....
On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 7:15:52 PM UTC-7 Vince Skahan wrote: > 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]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/5c8356cd-4616-4076-a23c-6ca4850c205bn%40googlegroups.com.
