Netagi Aplinx User's Manual : Weather Feeds

How to

Insert a Miscellaneous Object onto your page or Masterpage
Understand weather feed codes
Edit Weather Feeds

Inserting a Miscellaneous Object

First make the desired object available in the Miscellaneous Manager.
On a page or Masterpage, locate the section where the object is required. Select the button in that section.
The Object Manager will load. Select Miscellaneous under Page Content at the bottom of this Manager to load the Miscellaneous Manager. If you know the ID number of the object you may alternatively type this in the text box below the Object Manager and click 'Select'.

object manager

If you have loaded the Miscellaneous Object Manager, locate the desired object and click the 'Insert' button next to that object's ID number.

click insert to select an object to insert

The object will be inserted onto your page or Masterpage.

Using Weather Feed Codes

Weather feeds in the Aplinx system are created with dynamic code. When a weather feed is compiled and displayed on your webpage these codes are replaced with their respective details. For a real example of this see the demonstration at the end of this page.

Before editing this object type we recommend familiarising yourself with these codes. Incorrect codes will not be translated by the system and will therefore appear as text and not the correct weather details.

Standard Items:

{location} - This is equal to the weather station's name, or nearest town.
{state} - The Australian state containing the weather station.

Numbered Items:

Numbering of the following items will show information for a particular day. When followed by the number zero, information for the current day will be displayed. {day_1} will show tomorrow's name (ie: if today is 'Monday', it will show 'Tuesday'). {min_1} will display the minimum temperature expected tomorrow. Depending on which weather station you have chosen, you may include up to four days. Some stations provide forecasts for multiple days. Others will only show the current weather, or single day forecasts.

{day_0} - The name of the day being forecasted.
{image_0} - An animated graphic to represent the weather type for the day forecasted.
{desc_0} - A simple description of the type of weather forecasted.
{min_0} - The minimum temperature forecasted.
{max_0} - The maximum temperature forecasted.

Editing Weather Feeds

To edit a Weather Feed object, first enter the Miscellaneous Manager

Select the radio button of the object you wish to edit.
Click 'Edit' in the Manager Options menu.
In the same window the Weather Settings box will load.
- Select a Weather Station/location from the dropdown list.

select a location

The editor below represents the layout, or how your weather forecast will be displayed. This editor is similar to the Article Editor, but with significantly less buttons. Please refer to the Article Editor for more information on using any of the features in this editor.

Arrangement of the weather feed code may be in any order. Other text may also be included, as demonstrated in the following image.

When you have finished editing your weather feed click 'Save' to activate the code. When inserted onto a page or Masterpage the most recent weather feeds will now be available to you and your users.

Example of Weather Feed:

The weather feed in the example below is created using the following code:

{location}, {state}
{day_0}	{day_1}	{day_2}	{day_3}
{image_0}	{image_1}	{image_2}	{image_3}
{desc_0}	{desc_1}	{desc_2}	{desc_3}
{min_0}	{min_1}	{min_2}	{min_3}
{max_0}	{max_1}	{max_2}	{max_3}

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