Doppler 1.1

[AndyB]

Recommended Cron Job:

I suggest creating a Cron so the NOAA Doppler image is copied every 5 minutes to your server. That way your forum list will load faster. This Cron would be created on your server.

Example of a PHP file you would call from your servers Cron.

<?php

// define dopplerUrl
$dopplerUrl = 'http://radar.weather.gov/lite/N0R/MUX_loop.gif';

// define dopplerPath
$dopplerPath = '/home/southbay/www/misc/doppler.gif';

// copy remote image to server
copy($dopplerUrl, $dopplerPath);

 

[owtlawatv]

I followed directions to get the image link, however it shows as an broken image on my forum.
The image shows fine in the web browser via the url...
http://radar.weather.gov/lite/N0R/CRP_loop.gif

Any thoughts?

www.motocorpus.com

 

[owtlawatv]

When I put the link in the local field, it worked...
When it was in the remote, it showed broken image...

How do I remove Large View Text??

Thanks for addon

 

[WCFA]

Our site covers the westcoast will this work covering that large of an area?
Our outdoor niche could use this information but would need a regional areas like the whole west coast.

 

[AndyB]

AndyB updated Doppler with a new update entry:

See description.

Doppler v1.1 changes:

1) Updated for use with Sidebar Positions add-on.
2) Simplified Options page.

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[McKel]

For the first line of the template code, I had to change this:

<xen:if is="{$visitor.permissions.sidebarExtraThreeGroupID.sidebarExtraThreeID}">

To this:

<xen:if is="{$visitor.permissions.sidebarExtraOneGroupID.sidebarExtraOneID}">

After that little edit, all was well.

 

[McKel]

Recommended Cron Job:

I suggest creating a Cron so the NOAA Doppler image is copied every 5 minutes to your server. That way your forum list will load faster. This Cron would be created on your server.

Example of a PHP file you would call from your servers Cron.

<?php

// define dopplerUrl
$dopplerUrl = 'http://radar.weather.gov/lite/N0R/MUX_loop.gif';

// define dopplerPath
$dopplerPath = '/home/southbay/www/misc/doppler.gif';

// copy remote image to server
copy($dopplerUrl, $dopplerPath);

Can this be done from the AdminCP under Cron Entries? The options for that are kind of confusing.