Nothing like complaining about a thread from 4 years ago.

It is called StdReport because it is the original report from 10+ years ago.

If you have a particular question please open a new thread with actual 
details.
On Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 11:42:07 AM UTC-7 Benedict wrote:

> I was just about to write this exact same thing. It's a very confusing 
> config. I just wanted to install a skin and work from there, but not only 
> was the skin dev not very helpful (it just said "see weewx docs"), it isn't 
> even properly described in the docs. It uses "friendly" wording that is not 
> the same in the weewx.conf itself. Why even call if "StdReport" ?
>
> On Monday, August 23, 2021 at 12:36:23 PM UTC+2 Julius Thijssen wrote:
>
>> Not to burst your weewx fanboy bubble here, but its config is a total 
>> mess, to be fairly honest.
>> There's a weewx.conf that holds no "defaultskin =" entry anywhere. It 
>> does have
>> [StdReport], which every new user assumes is short for [StandardReport],
>> except it isn't, because under it you also find
>> [[StandardReport]] (which defaults to "false", strangely) and also
>> [[Defaults]]
>> both of which also do not hold default skin settings.
>>
>> Seriously, it took me hours to find out how to get a skin for the 
>> standard html report to be used. I have never seen a config for a skin in 
>> any package before in my 40 years in IT that was so unclear. And no, it's 
>> not explained well in the docs.
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 10:53:42 PM UTC+2 vince wrote:
>>
>>> On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 11:52:08 AM UTC-7 [email protected] 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> It is refreshing to have that level of detail to read through, but 
>>>> it also takes some time to figure out what isn't there, what is there, and 
>>>> what section it's in.  Sometimes, it's quicker to ask people.
>>>>
>>>
>>> With all due respect, the purpose of the docs is so you can do the 
>>> research and fend for yourself, rather than asking several thousand of 
>>> people questions that have answers that are already documented. (and then 
>>> the 'next' person does the same thing....and the next....and the next....)
>>>
>>>

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