I second the recommendation to use a separate installation with the simulator weather station for trying out new things without breaking your main station. As well as a spare physical machine, you could use a virtual machine (VirtualBox, or similar).
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 7:13 PM Ron Short <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Gary, > > All I want to do is to modify an existing skin. Nothing more. > > Thank you for taking the time to explain what is available to do and > options that are present. > > Ron > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 18:49 gjr80 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ron, >> >> When i read your first post on skins I took it you were looking at >> installing a skin other than those supplied with WeeWX, your last post >> indicates more of a 'roll your own' approach. Unfortunately there is no >> skin tutorial available, the closest there is the Customization Guide >> <http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm>, in particular the The standard >> reporting service, StdReport >> <http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#_____________The_standard_reporting_service,_StdReport_________>, >> Customizing reports >> <http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#customizing_reports>, The Cheetah >> generator <http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#customizing_templates> >> and The image generator >> <http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#image_generator>. The >> Customization Guide is necessary reading for those that wish to tinker. >> >> If you are looking at installing an existing non-WeeWX shipped skin then >> you will likely find them mentioned in the WeeWX wiki >> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki#skins>, via the WeeWX showcase >> <http://weewx.com/showcase.html> or station map >> <http://weewx.com/stations.html> or by googling. Many skins can be >> installed with the WeeWX extension installer, others need to be manually >> installed. Most have some instructions for installation and/or >> customisation, sometimes these are included in up front comments in some of >> the skin files. >> >> If you are wanting to roll your own or modify another skin to suit your >> needs I recommend you get in and get your hands dirty with a bit of >> tinkering on an existing skin. I would avoid the more complex skins like >> Belchertown and even the WeeWX Seasons skin, there are just too many other >> things going on in these skins for the novice to grasp the WeeWX report >> basics. Something like the original WeeWX Standard skin is ideal, it is a >> very simple skin that touches on most of the WeeWX report capabilities. As >> of WeeWX v3.9.0 Seasons is the default skin for new installs but Standard >> is still there, you may just need to enable it. The good thing about >> playing with skins is for output only skins if you do make a mistake you >> tend to only bring down your report generator rather than crashing WeeWX >> and risking your data. >> >> How you approach working with skins is up to you, if you have a spare >> PC/RPi etc you might install WeeWX with the simulator and work away there >> until you have what you are after and then copy over the changes to your >> on-line system. You might stand up a linux virtual machine on Virtualbox or >> the like and work with WeeWX and the simulator in a virtual environment. >> You could work on your live machine if you want, just make sure you have a >> backup copy of weewx.conf and your skins directory before you start. >> >> Gary >> >> On Wednesday, 1 January 2020 08:19:38 UTC+10, Ron Short wrote: >>> >>> No worries. I am trying to create my own skin, then enable it. >>> >>> As this thread states in the title, Newbie. Thank you for your patience. >>> >>> Ron >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 2:06 PM vince <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 12:59:43 PM UTC-8, Ron Short wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ok, my goal is to figure out how to apply Skins to the look of the >>>>> weewx reports. I think this is correct. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> I'm sorry, I still have no idea what you are asking. >>>> >>>> Are you asking how to 'alter' an existing skin, 'enable/disable' one, >>>> 'create' your own skin ? >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f911c253-ad12-44e7-9544-51e7e01f4bbd%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f911c253-ad12-44e7-9544-51e7e01f4bbd%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 on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/394aef89-702c-4c79-9d8d-bbf1d72af5fa%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/394aef89-702c-4c79-9d8d-bbf1d72af5fa%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 on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAAn2D63hFPAJM%3DrUBG82p9LL5oh6nvbrfBpWujaO-eNbw2oLew%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAAn2D63hFPAJM%3DrUBG82p9LL5oh6nvbrfBpWujaO-eNbw2oLew%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Peter Quinn (415)794-2264 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. 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