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Published: 2015-06-29 14:50:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 66806; Favourites: 53; Downloads: 7150
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Complete Overhaul! Now using "The Weather Channel" JSON as source!Version 2.2021.07.08
Current weather details on first panel will fade to 3-day forecast on second panel
Click Title to toggle current/3-day
Data provided by The Weather Channel JSON.
Set your location by editing the Latitude and Longitude values; right-click, select 'Custom skin actions', 'Edit weather variables and follow the instructions. Save that file and refresh the skin.
Requires the latest Rainmeter beta (4.3.0.0), available here rainmeter.net
Version 2.2021.08.07
Corrected wind direction display (Thanks IOgens!)
Version 2.2021.07.08
Corrected language translations... Thanks for the heads up, IOgens!
Version 2.2021.06.11
Corrected to use JSON data
Version 2.2016.05.14
Changed the Website accessed for Weather data
Version 2.2016.04.19
Corrected Celsius temp unit display
Version 2.2016.04.18
Hid unneeded separator lines in Locator lookup
Modified Location to display longer names on 2 lines
Version 1.2016.04.18
The Weather Channel as new source
Added Locator skin to lookup your location
Measurement type (Imperial/Metric) select-able from context menu
Version 1.2016.03.25
Using alternate site for weather Yahoo data (thanks moshiAB)!
Version 1.2016.02.10
Removed ActionTimer.dll
Corrected test for celsius; now test for 'c' and 'C' (thanks jmward007!)
Version 1.2015.12.07
Modified to allow toggle between current/3-day by clicking title
V 1.08.30.2015
Corrected 2 issues causing previous skin to bleed-through (not totally hidden on change)
V 1.08.03.2015
Updated the ActionTimer.dll to prevent issues with some commands
Requires Rainmeter V3.3.0.2423
V 1.06.30.2015
Modified Wind Direction to display Compass Cardinal directions rather than degrees
(Edit 'meterValue2' if you want degrees used instead)
V 1.06.29.2015
Initial release
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Comments: 73
Thank you for answer. I try to be patient too
Greetings.
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Thank you for the fix! This whole business with Yahoo has really throw my Rainmeter out of whack. Just last month I discovered your Simple Sentence skin and I was really loving it, but now I can't get it to work even with the fixes. It really bummed me out because that was one of my favorite skins. Here's hoping this whole mess gets sorted out sooner rather than later.
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We are at the mercy of the providers of 'free' information. That means every once in a while we will need to make modifications. But that is what makes Rainmeter so flexible is the ability to customize it to your need!
Hopefully, there won't be any drastic changes, but again, we are not the ones "in control"...
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Yahoo is making changes to what can be accesses without logging in... hopefully this new site will last.
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Hi, love the skin but for some reason the time is off by an hour. I dont know how to fix it
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The time is NOT the current time, but the time the weather info was updated by Yahoo.
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Sorry, accidentally added the same comment again. Finger trouble.
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This is really good; I have just started using RainMeter, and it's good to have an Illustro weather gadget. Just one comment though - here in the UK we use Celsius now, and I got some weird results when I modified illustroWeather.ini accordingly. When I checked your code I noticed that you say this:
weatherUnit=f
; set weather unit to 'F' for Fahrenheit or 'C' for Metric
but in fact it should say this:
weatherUnit=f
; set weather unit to 'f' for Fahrenheit or 'c' for Metric
because line 97 and following have:
[mUnits]
Measure=String
String=#weatherUnit #
IfMatch="c"
You test only for "c", not for "C"or "F", so unless weatherUnit=c, the code assumes degrees F. (Also, conventionally most coders write the comment just before the line in question, but I guess that's a matter of taste).
Otherwise, it's great; thank you.
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An oversite =8) The skin only test for 'c'... I will change it to test for CAPITALIZATION, and it doesn't need the quotation marks, yikes!
Should be: IfMatch=c|C
The variables are preset to use Imperial measurements (Fahrenheit, MPH, etc.) and the way Yahoo weather works, the only time you will get Metric readings is if the weather unit is 'c' or 'C'.
If you enter any other letter as the 'weatherunit' value, the site will return Imperial by default. Try setting it to any letter other than 'c' and see (no pun intended!), so I only test for that letter.
Thanks for the feedback
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Nice good looking skins (both this and the "basic" one). Well done!
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Thanks... poiru's original illustro theme deserves most of the credit!
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Yeah, well, might be. But you must have done something good with it as well
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I did set it I already knew that it still gave the wrong data
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No problems here...
Have you linked to the Yahoo site to see what they report for your location?
It will be the same data they supply as their feed for this skin.
Yahoo weather can return some 'odd' temperatures especially later in the day.
Works here and have not had any other issues...?
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nice but it gives the wrong info says its 67 here when its 90 loL
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You have to set it up for YOUR location...
Open the skin in a text editor and follow the instructions included...
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