Yup, and I drop those variables in there and they do not render either. (I just tried it). I do not think the about.inc.example supports dropping variables into it as it seems to be straight html.
On Friday, February 22, 2019 at 11:18:54 PM UTC-6, Colin Larsen wrote: > > Hmm, not quite sure what you are doing different to me, but if you edit > the file as per instructions it certainly works. Can you confirm that your > file is just called about.inc and it resides in the skins/Belchertown > directory? > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 5:33 PM <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> All answers are correct, yet if you put those variables into about.inc, >> the do not work. I am wondering if you need to have the page PHP like. >> Maybe Pat can post the source for his? >> >> On Friday, February 22, 2019 at 10:15:13 PM UTC-6, Colin Larsen wrote: >>> >>> Creating About Page and Records Page >>> >>> The About Page and Records Page offer some areas for custom HTML to be >>> run. To create or edit these pages, go to the skins/Belchertown folder. >>> These files should not be overwritten during skin upgrdades, but it's >>> always best to have a backup just in case! >>> >>> - Create (or edit) the skins/Belchertown/about.inc and >>> skins/Belchertown/records.inc files with your text editor, such as >>> Notepad or Nano. >>> - These files take full HTML, so you can get fancy if you want. >>> - You can view, and use the sample file about.inc.example >>> >>> <https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/blob/master/skins/Belchertown/about.inc.example> >>> and records.inc.example >>> >>> <https://github.com/poblabs/weewx-belchertown/blob/master/skins/Belchertown/records.inc.example>. >>> >>> Just rename to remove the .example, edit and you should be good >>> to go. >>> - Wait for an archive interval for the pages to be generated. >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 5:13 PM Colin Larsen <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> You should just edit the Inc file, about.inc >>>> >>>> On Sat, 23 Feb 2019, 17:04 Andrew Milner, <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> which file did you edit?? looks as though you perhaps changed the >>>>> .html file instead of the .html.tmpl file >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, 23 February 2019 04:54:28 UTC+2, G Hammer wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'd like to include some WeeWX variables in the About page, but when >>>>>> I use the HTML sample I get the variable names as output. >>>>>> >>>>>> This: >>>>>> <ul> >>>>>> <li>Station hardware: $station.hardware</li> >>>>>> <li>Server uptime: $station.os_uptime</li> >>>>>> <li>WeeWX uptime: $station.uptime</li> >>>>>> <li>WeeWX version: $station.version</li> >>>>>> <li>Belchertown Skin Version: $belchertown_version</li> >>>>>> </ul> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Results in this: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> - Station hardware: $station.hardware >>>>>> - Server uptime: $station.os_uptime >>>>>> - WeeWX uptime: $station.uptime >>>>>> - WeeWX version: $station.version >>>>>> - Belchertown Skin Version: $belchertown_version >>>>>> >>>>>> As long as I'm on the topic, is there a list of inbuilt variables? >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
