Updated the files and all is running well. thanks Pat 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 <[email protected] 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 [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>
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