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Hi guys, Now that we have the forum running (and so far so good, I have to say I am shocked how well-received it was and how many people have already used it), I decided to go one step further with making the template international. I came up with a concept of “Language admins”. This … Read moreLanguage Admins
Hi guys, first of all, I am very surprised how well received the forum was and it is amazing to see there is already almost 50 registered users after a few hours (on Sunday…). If you have any ideas for modifying the forum structure (add new categories etc.) let me know, I already added one … Read moreForum vs Blog
Hi guys, After a lot of thinking I have changed my mind and decided to create a dedicated Meteotemplate forum. It is something several of you suggested in the past, but I always dismissed the idea given how much time/work it is to administer/install a forum. However, due to the ever increasing number of users … Read moreForum
Hi guys, I have some great news for you. About a year ago I had to stop the Meteotemplate network because it was overloading my server too much. I have now decided to give it another try, this time, knowing a lot more than I did year ago in terms of programming, I have been … Read moreMeteotemplate network is back
Hi guys, unbelievable how quickly our “Meteotemplate community” grows. And I dare to say it now spread worldwide as I have just added a user from the 50th country today 🙂 Although it might not be so clear, I probably benefit from all this at least as you do because I meet people all over … Read more50 countries
Hi guys, I added a new feature here in the Blog, where you will see a red PDF link in the bottom-right corner of each post and clicking it will create a nice PDF file from the post which is ideal for example if you want to print out some instructions etc. Enjoy
Hi guys, to help you understand the logic behind updates I will try to clarify it a little bit. The template has a major version number and a minor version number. Example: Meteotemplate 14.2 – major version number is 14, minor version number is 2 New Installation download the Main download file which will install … Read moreTemplate Versioning – How to update
Hi guys, I would like to say a few words about getting information across to you. As some of you probably have noticed already, I stopped sending bulk emails to people after version updates etc. There are actually several reasons for this. One is technical – I would have to find a different way because … Read moreMeteotemplate Info
Hi guys, similiarly to the Blocks page I added tags to the plugins to make it easier to find the ones you want. Each plugin can have more than one tag. http://www.meteotemplate.com/web/plugins.php Enjoy
Hi guys, I removed all ads from the videotutorials so you can now enjoy watching them ad-free, just like the entire meteotemplate.com site.
Hi guys, this is something several of you asked me about. Our goal is always to try to make our websites load as fast as possible. To “help us”, Google created a tool called “PageSpeed”, and in fact there are several other similar services, which give your site a score based on how optimized it … Read morePageSpeed Insights
Hi guys, just a little tip. If you want to get information about a certain block/plugin, then you can simply type its namespace to the Search box in this blog (on the left). Everytime I release a new feature/update, I include the namespace of the corresponding block/plugin in the label, so you can easily find … Read moreTip: Info about blocks/plugins
Hi guys, I decided to now try to improve the translations of blocks and add missing ones. However, I want to say a few things about this. I have mentioned this before, it will never be a perfect translation. The template is by default created in English and if the translation was to be perfect, … Read moreMeteotemplate Translations
Hi guys, at the Meteotemplate homepage I added a new section on the left “Recommended Software”. In this section you will find a list of SW, which support the API and thus guarantee you will be able to use Meteotemplate to its full potential, ensuring highly accurate and reliable data and very easy to set … Read moreMeteotemplate Recommended Software
Hi guys, ideally you will always keep your template up-to-date. However, in case you fall too far behind, you might ask yourself whether it is worth doing the individual updates or a clean install. I will now try to give you some general tips. It is impossible to say how many versions behind you have … Read moreMeteotemplate Version Update Tips
Hi guys, just like there is lots of blocks there is also lots of languages now, so again to make it easier and better adapted to the current situation, I added a new link in the Translations section “Download All”, which will download all the language files at once as a ZIP file. Translations Enjoy
Hi guys, just a little change on the Blocks download page. Over the time the number of blocks has grown to over 165. It could now be a bit difficult for a new user to easily choose the ones they want at the beginning. I have therefore decided to implement a new feature – each … Read moreNew – Blocks Page
Hi guys, I am looking for a user with whose help I could develop some more stuff thanks to the new API. I am looking for someone who fits the following criteria: – you are running Meteotemplate 12.0 – you are using the API script for the udpates – you have some extra sensors (eg. … Read moreVolunteers needed
Hi guys, some of you might have noticed already, I have made a change in the Downloads section. The main template and update packages can now only be downloaded with a download token. To get a token, all you need to do is email me and this token will be then valid for 24 hours. … Read moreDownload Tokens
Hi guys, unbelievable to me… I would never imagine there will be more than 10 to 20 people using this… July 17, 2015 – First release February 27, 2016 – 100 users August 31, 2016 – 200 users October 29, 2016 – 300 users January 9, 2017 – 400 users Thanks! Great to see so … Read moreAnother 100…
Hi guys, Merry Christmas and a happy new year 2017 to all of you and your families! After at least 5 years we finally have snow here on Christmas Eve so it at least feels a bit like winter here 🙂 It’s been an amazing year and pleasure to work and meet all of … Read moreMerry Christmas
Hi guys, I added a new option in the Weather Journal page to select paper size: A4 Letter (U.S.) Enjoy
Hi guys, based on the Stickers plugin for Meteotemplate I have created another stand-alone script, like the other ones for Weather Display and Cumulus. In this case all you need is to provide your WU ID and a few details about what units and location you want to use and you are ready to go. … Read moreNew Stand-alone Script – Stickers for Weather Underground
Hi guys, last year I released a new version of the template as sort of a Christmas present for all Meteotemplate users. This year I decided there will be no Christmas present for Meteotemplate users. Why? Because this year there will be a Christmas present for everyone. It is also almost the end of the … Read moreYour Weather Journal
Hi guys, up until now, meteotemplate.com (including the site as such, the demo, download pages etc.) was running PHP 5.4. I thought it was time to upgrade to 5.6, which is now the standard, but in the end I decided to go a step further. Meteotemplate.com now runs completely using PHP 7.0. This is the … Read moreMeteotemplate Server Upgrade
Hi guys, there will be a newsletter next week. In this newsletter I want to include a Q & A section (Questions / Answers). I already have a few questions/answers that I want to include because very often I get asked the same thing several times. I will then also choose some that I think … Read moreQ & A
Hi guys, as unbelievable as it seems, there is already 23 languages available, over 1600 strings for translation, and 14 languages have over 90% of translations available! This obviously is something you have extremely helped me with and would not be possible without you! Let me once again emphasize that every single translation has been done … Read moreTranslations page – new graph
Hi guys, thanks to all of you, by more and more users Google seems to have noticed Meteotemplate is quite popular. Many common phrases now show it quite high in google results (tested using incognito mode with no context results). Here is an example for “weather template”, where Meteotemplate is at the very first position … Read moreMeteotemplate – Google Rank
Hi guys, when I developed the Blocks section at meteotemplate.com there were exactly 7 blocks…. back then the page looked perfectly fine, but now when there is over 100 of them, it has become difficult to find things and also the naming was not ideal, so I decided to redesign the whole page. Now the … Read moreBlocks Page redesigned
Hi guys, I created a new section “Stand-alone scripts” on the Extras page at meteotemplate.com. This section will include download files of some of the Meteotemplate scripts, but completely rewritten so that they work stand-alone. You can use those on any webpage you want, however, if you are using Meteotemplate, then use the corresponding plugin/block … Read moreStickers – stand-alone for Weather Display and Cumulus
Hi guys, as some of you pointed out (thanks) I did forget to include some plugins in the menu. The updated menu.php can now be downloaded in the Downloads section. Added: – live gauges Cumulus – live gauges MB – BloomSky Just one thing regarding the gauges. In the menu, the page will load the … Read moreMenu.php update
Hi guys, I hope you will like the completely new website I created. I think based on what has Meteotemplate become, it needs slightly more professional and user friendly look, less scrolling, responsive, everything is not black . Complete redesign and what is more – a completely new Wiki, now a very easy to follow … Read moreNew Meteotemplate.com
Hi guys, as part of the planned upcoming optimization, I have also created a new section at meteotemplate.com, called Bugs/Suggestions. In this section, you can directly report bugs or send ideas for new features. Your issues will be emailed to me and I will then review them and add them to the table. In the … Read moreNew page – Bugs/Suggestions
Hi guys, to make it a bit easier, I added a table of all blocks to the Blocks page. It is therefore now possible to quickly sort the blocks by release date as well and you can immediately see the recently published/updated blocks. The rest of the page is the same (the download, previews etc. … Read moreNew feature on the Blocks page
Hi guys, so the community of Meteotemplate users now covers all the contintents! Thanks to all !!! http://www.meteotemplate.com/web/users.php P.S. OK, technically speaking we are still missing one, so if you happen to know someone from Antarctica, please ask them if they were interested in also using it 😉
Hi guys, just a few updates. Block updates I have updated two blocks – the current conditions block and the summary block. Both updates have to do with changes in the CSS to better fit in with the rest of the page. I modified the colors and size. They now use the same color as … Read moreUpdates and sneak preview of version 6!
I guess this doesn’t need much comments, just wanted to say big thank you to everyone who supports me and for all the help and great feedback you gave me. Since there were so many people I have been in contact in the past few months, I decided not to mention anyone in particular. Thanks … Read moreMeteotemplate – 100 users 🙂
Several blocks were updated: Greetings 1.1 It is now possible to set particular color for each interval. This however means that for updating it you will also need to replace your original settings.php. The information how to do it is inside settings.php. Summary 2.0 Some new strings were added and some minor bug fixes. Also, … Read moreBlock updates + Meteotemplate Network 2.0
Based on the positive feedback I got in the poll, I have created a Meteotemplate Weather Network. The only problem now is that unfortunately I did have to make some changes in the original script so if you want to be added, simply re-download the version 4.1 update and just replace the original pages/station/network.php with … Read moreMeteotemplate Weather Network
Meteotemplate now finally has a proper documentation, which hopefully will make the installation process much easier for those who would like to start using Meteotemplate. I also emphasized and explained things that I am most often asked about. New wiki has been updated to reflect all the new features of Meteotemplate (translations, data imports, new … Read moreNew WIKI!
An updated version of the Extended Graphs plugin has just been released. This update now contains brand new pages and graphs. First new graph is basically just like the original graph, but this time there are two parameters which you can compare side by side. In addition you can set graph type, color, grouping etc. … Read moreNew graphs and Users section
Based on your feedback, questions and suggestions I have created a new FAQ section, which includes information about the template and how to work with it. It is divided into several sections, one deals with general information, one is to help you with installation, one is about the template in general and last but not … Read moreNew FAQ section
There is now a new section on the Meteotemplate homepage in the plugins section. Basically, up until now, the information about individual plugins was only available in the corresponding blog posts. Over time I realized this is not the ideal way of doing it and as there is now over 50 different plugins available it … Read morePlugins documentation
At www.meteotemplate.com you will now find a new section Extras. This section will contain some extra features, which you can download to tweak your template. First extra is a set of weather station icons, which you can save and replace the default weather station icon in your weather station section of the template. Simply choose … Read moreExtra features
A new domain has been registered for the template, which will no longer run as part of meteopage.com. This is to make it much easier to navigate through the page, which will be divided into several major sections – the download section, documentation (i.e. wiki), this blog and contact and a few others.