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Weather Discussion => Hardware Software and Technology => Weather Display => Topic started by: choc-a-holic on August 25, 2013, 04:17:01 PM

Title: SteelGauges
Post by: choc-a-holic on August 25, 2013, 04:17:01 PM
In the quest to find a way to present my weather station data on devices that cannot use Adobe Flash I have setup SteelGauges - http://www.worldsouroyster.com/cms/weather/mahana-weather-uses-java (http://www.worldsouroyster.com/cms/weather/mahana-weather-uses-java).  The intention is to have this page as an iframe page within my website but I am having issues with iframe on my Joomla config so will solve that another day.

One of the things I found the hardest was reading through the long threads on the forums and the wiki to find out how to set this all up.  I have created a document to help others achieve this more easily.  Hopefully you find it helpful.  Oh and if you find errors do let me know!

I would love to use linear graphs for my temperature and rain readings but that is another learning curve for another day.
Title: Re: SteelGauges
Post by: gabba on August 25, 2013, 08:51:12 PM
That's awesome work choc-a-holic. A really useful resource.

Whats the trouble you are having with Joomla and Iframing? Much of my site is iframed joomla
Title: Re: SteelGauges
Post by: Weather Display on August 25, 2013, 09:11:05 PM
looking good, your steel gauges :)

(even consolewd for raspberry pi can now create the needed for for the steel gauges :) )
Title: Re: SteelGauges
Post by: choc-a-holic on August 25, 2013, 09:21:55 PM
Thanks Andrew.  Whilst the iframe config says to use the steelgauges.html file it is opening the WDL iframe instead.  I tried doing it two ways...via menu option iframe and imbedding the iframe info into an article and I get the same result.  I haven't looked for this issue on the Joomla website yet.  I will look to see what it says in the database tomorrow as well.  There will be a solution I am sure :)
Title: Re: SteelGauges
Post by: gabba on August 25, 2013, 09:49:33 PM
All mine are setup via the menu item. What happens when you save the menu item, and then go back in - does it show correctly?
Title: Re: SteelGauges
Post by: choc-a-holic on August 26, 2013, 12:30:59 PM
I have solved the problem...the menu item was a sub menu item of weather - If you clicked on weather it would take you to WDL using iframe or if you hovered you would get a whole list of menu options.  I changed weather to be a txt separator menu type instead and now it works!  Thanks for the offer of assistance it is much appreciated Andrew :) 

I will update the link above.