Just to close out this thread, I installed apache2 and the monthly and yearly reports now open as promised from the Seasons Skin webpage in all browsers/machines on my local network using "http://localhost/weewx";.
Thanks again to TK and mwall for taking the time to explain this to me! Cheers! ExprmntAl On Monday, December 28, 2020 at 7:31:18 AM UTC-6 ExprmntAl wrote: > Thanks for the explanation mwall! I will install apache2 and see what > happens. > > On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 2:18:27 PM UTC-6 mwall wrote: > >> On Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 11:08:46 AM UTC-5 72604... wrote: >> >>> Hi TK. What is the function of the "tabular.html?report=" portion of >>> the address? Is this something that gets filled in when you have a >>> webserver installed? >> >> >> the javascript in tabular.html uses the 'report=xxx' to determine which >> NOAA file should be displayed. when you read tabular.html directly (i.e., >> no web server), your browser interprets the javascript but refuses to open >> the file, since most browsers now consider opening a file to be a nefarious >> activity. >> >> it just happens that the path is 'NOAA/xxx' so that when you remove the >> '?report=' the url is simply a path, not a path plus cgi arguments. >> >> -- 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/74545208-dd38-4017-a8ee-cb7c7448ae2en%40googlegroups.com.
