The changes didn't break anything here when there are no alerts, and perhaps tomorrow morning I'll be able to see the alert in action.
Thanks On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 7:53:57 PM UTC-5, Pat wrote: > > I've made more changes to this. Now you have to opt in for the alerts. > Erring on the side that alerts may not appeal or be available to everyone > in every region, it's opt-in. Simply add forecast_alert_enabled = 1 to > your skin options in weewx.conf. > > The alert description has a default truncate at 75 characters. You can > override that with skin option forecast_alert_length > > Also non-MQTT sites now have alerts available to them. > > Changes made to skin.conf, index.html.tmpl and user/bin/belchertown.py. > You can find the latest files in the repository and in the list of recent > commits <https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/commits/master>. > > Please test it out. > > On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 4:09:00 PM UTC-5, Colin Larsen wrote: >> >> 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+...@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. 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