The code is open-source and can be infinitely customized by any user to their exact preferences, as the vibrant WeeWX user community can attest. The fork that I maintain does not support that specific feature, however. My apologies.
On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 1:25:01 PM UTC-4 Vince Skahan wrote: > Confused. If we can set our desired wording/punctuation in skin.conf why > would you possibly choose to not honor what the user modifies that to be ? > Seems like a bug to me. How do I get it to use the headings *I* specify > - no more and no less ? > > On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 10:00:42 AM UTC-7 uajqq wrote: > >> Not a bug, just the deliberate style/personality of the skin! >> >> On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 12:45:03 PM UTC-4 Vince Skahan wrote: >> >>> Thanks. Yes I found the labels in skin.conf and have been fiddling with >>> them a bit. >>> >>> One question though - how do I suppress the trailing '.' after the four >>> major section headers on the toplevel page ? (Example - 'Charts.' rather >>> than 'Charts') - I'd expect the page to have literally what I have in the >>> definitions in skin.conf with nothing added. Bug ? >>> >>> I'll give the centering tweak a test today and reply in the github >>> issue. Thanks ! >>> >>> On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 9:21:31 AM UTC-7 Pablo Sanchez wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Vince, >>>> >>>> Can we perhaps get options to let us specify the strings we use in the >>>> various sections for their titles and 'view more' wording or alternately >>>> supersede the defaults with a something.conf file so we'd be upgrade-safe ? >>>> >>>> >>>> Please see the Wiki for the available skin options where one can >>>> override many labels. Anything missing? I would suggest opening up an >>>> Issue >>>> - https://github.com/uajqq/weewx-belchertown-new/wiki/Skin-options >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Here's what the centering bug looks like on my iphone in chrome >>>> (attached). >>>> >>>> >>>> A change has been pushed out. Please add any comments to the issue I >>>> opened on your behalf - >>>> https://github.com/uajqq/weewx-belchertown-new/issues/197 >>>> >>>> I am going to test it out shortly. >>>> >>>> Thx! >>>> >>>> --- >>>> pablo >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2026-06-03 11:22, Vince Skahan wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for the reply. >>>> >>>> Can we perhaps get options to let us specify the strings we use in the >>>> various sections for their titles and 'view more' wording or alternately >>>> supersede the defaults with a something.conf file so we'd be upgrade-safe ? >>>> >>>> Here's what the centering bug looks like on my iphone in chrome >>>> (attached). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 6:53:38 AM UTC-7 uajqq wrote: >>>> >>>>> - The new installer not only writes out all the available options, it >>>>> automatically re-organizes with each installation. If you set an option >>>>> and >>>>> then want to return it to default, you can simply delete it, and the >>>>> installer will put it back commented as the default on the next >>>>> go-around. >>>>> - Installation bug -- "aeris" should still be accepted automatically >>>>> as a legacy term. Did that not happen? >>>>> - Docs -- I'll change that to take out sudo, you're right it's usually >>>>> not required. >>>>> - Yes, it's always necessary to restart weewx to see changes after you >>>>> change settings. >>>>> - Day/night setting is indeed now auto. That's just kind of a modern >>>>> expectation with websites these days. >>>>> - "View all records here" and "Charts. View more here" is a deliberate >>>>> legacy holdover from the original Belchertown. I just like the wording >>>>> and >>>>> look, it's a distinct personality from Pat's original site. >>>>> - Records label is centered to the page itself, not only the cards >>>>> underneath it. I can try to tinker with it for clarity but I think it >>>>> might >>>>> look like a mistake if it's "centered" off to the right. >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, June 3, 2026 at 12:41:26 AM UTC-4 Vince Skahan wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I tried it on the simulator and it went well so I went for smoke as >>>>>> we used to say and switched my production system over. Wow. Very >>>>>> slick. >>>>>> >>>>>> Answering my own question - I do see that it wrote out a full stanza >>>>>> with my previous entries in there ok. Excellent. >>>>>> >>>>>> More info.... >>>>>> >>>>>> - one installation bug - I was using aeris for my forecast >>>>>> provider and had to manually rename it to xweather >>>>>> - docs - your wiki says to install using sudo - not really >>>>>> required any more in weewx v5 and certainly not for pip >>>>>> installations. You >>>>>> might just point to the authoritative weewx docs for installing >>>>>> extensions >>>>>> - note - after fiddling with belchertown in general it is >>>>>> 'usually' required to restart weewx to make it take effect >>>>>> - your day/night setting default is 'auto' where Pat's was >>>>>> 'light'. I had to edit weewx.conf to set it to use light always which >>>>>> worked fine. Not a big deal. >>>>>> - your 'weather records snapshot' card has a needlessly verbose >>>>>> 'view all records here'. I'd suggest perhaps truncating that to >>>>>> '(see all) >>>>>> or (more)' >>>>>> - your 'Homepage.' card really should be called 'Charts' (no . on >>>>>> the word) and again the 'view more here' is too verbose. Again >>>>>> perhaps >>>>>> ('see all') or ('more') there. >>>>>> - the records labels not being centered bug I mentioned earlier >>>>>> appears in portrait mode only on my iphone. Landscape mode looks ok. >>>>>> - I did get bitten by the old aqiChart being deprecated out in >>>>>> new versions but figured it out from the nice docs >>>>>> >>>>>> Super nice major update !!!! The cards look just great. So great >>>>>> looking. So great. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 8:01:21 PM UTC-7 Vince Skahan wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Can you explain how the new one differs from the original ? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> i like the new records format a lot but the headings on >>>>>>> https://weather.hillsandlakes.com/records/ are not aligned with the >>>>>>> data items (cards?) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Also one of the nice features of original belchertown is that the >>>>>>> installer wrote out a full stanza with all the many configurable >>>>>>> elements >>>>>>> in the right place, just commented out. This helped reduce user errors >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> lot (disclaimer - I provided that code and the install.py to Pat years >>>>>>> ago >>>>>>> now). Does the new fork still do that ? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 3:08:41 PM UTC-7 Pablo Sanchez wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 2026-06-02 17:13, uajqq wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> New Belchertown (the updated fork of the original Belchertown) v2.0 >>>>>>>> is now out with a refreshed card-based layout and tons of new >>>>>>>> features. Let >>>>>>>> me know what you think! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I am a bit biased as I am a very minor contributor and a user of *New >>>>>>>> Belchertown: *this skin is absolutely fantastic. The support is >>>>>>>> awesome too. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If anyone is interested, they can go to my weather website to see >>>>>>>> v2.0 live: https://weather.hillsandlakes.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This is a screen scrape. I scaled down the image so it looks a bit >>>>>>>> fuzzy. The new card layout is very cool. Resizing the web page, as >>>>>>>> expected, dynamically adjusts the cards. I am excited to try >>>>>>>> kiosk-mode on >>>>>>>> an old table. On Mobile, it works great too! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -pablo >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>> 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 visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f70ac830-29ed-4fd4-9931-f40a9f2ae3d6n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/f70ac830-29ed-4fd4-9931-f40a9f2ae3d6n%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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0d46b09c-66a2-426a-887e-3cf69021eea6n%40googlegroups.com.
