daveg955
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| 04/10/2007 10:24 PM |
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I have a client that has local weather information displayed in his site using the Weather Channel. It was fairly simple to do: register at their site, select the style of 'box' you want, they generate the code, and then copy and paste it in to the web page.
I'm migrating his site into DNN. I've tried doing the cut/past thing but all that shows up is an embedded text link to the Weather Channel.
I found a module (I forget where) that was supposed to accommodate working with Weather Channel info but it requires some sort of license key (from the Weather Channel) to function. ???
I've used these Weather Channel boxes in the past and have never had to deal with a license key. Trying to get an answer from TWC is like communicating with a stone wall.
I know there are other ways to display weather information but my client is adamant about using the Weather Channel because "it looks nice." [laugh]
Any ideas on how to get this working are greatly appreciated. |
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daveg955
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| 04/18/2007 4:16 PM |
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Surely I'm not the only one with this particular issue. |
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Lee Sykes
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daveg955
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| 04/19/2007 3:12 AM |
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Thanks, Lee. I'm doing some heavy-duty Googling at the moment for other issues related to some of my other DNN portals (customers). Your timing was perfect [laugh]. |
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daveg955
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| 04/19/2007 3:15 AM |
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I had to share this... I just did a Google search and the third entry was my original post on this subject in this forum [LOL] |
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Lee Sykes
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daveg955
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| 04/19/2007 4:29 AM |
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The original module I tried was from Oliver Hine. But like I said in the original post, it is designed to work with a license key supposedly given by the Weather Channel. His module won't work without one. I've put TWC info on other sites (before getting into DNN) without any problems and I've never had to deal with a license key. TWC makes it really simple. But rather than go through the tedium of explaining how TWC does this, you should see for yourself at http://www.weather.com/services/oap.htmlSince Oliver Hine's module wouldn't work without a license key, I went through the process (at the URL above) and pasted the code into a Text/HTML module using the basic (not rich) text editor. The only thing that shows up is a text link, which is buried within the rest of the code. I've submitted a support ticket to TWC... as best I could since I was limited to 500 characters. I suppose I should attempt to contact Oliver Hine. But the truth be known, the example of his module on his site looks rather clunky. At any rate, it's almost 11:30pm here. I'm calling it a day. |
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Lee Sykes
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daveg955
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| 04/20/2007 9:48 PM |
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Also to let you know...
I went to Oliver Hine's site and found a link to TWC where these license keys are generated. I went through the process, which said I would be emailed the key. That was Wednesday evening (Hawaii Time). It is now Friday afternoon and no key.
Also, prior to that I submitted a support ticket to TWC tech support. Nothing there either.
To hell with this. Do you have any recommendations for alterntives?
Thanks!
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Lee Sykes
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Tom Hopper
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| 02/14/2008 9:08 AM |
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Dave;
Paste the Weather Channel info into an html document and then display the html document in an IFrame module. It works for me at www.carillonlakes.info
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firstcayman
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| 12/18/2009 10:47 AM |
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Dave - did you ever get this to work. I am struggeling with the same issue. I put the script from Weather Channel into a file and have an Iframe displaying it. That works fine for IE but when I view that same module on a Mac with Safari it doe snot work and only text characters of the script itself get displayed. Did you ever have this successfully displayed on a Mac/Safari? Thanks in advance. |
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Joseph Craig
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| 12/18/2009 2:07 PM |
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I didn't get the Weather Channel's script to work with a few minutes of fiddling.
But, I found it a snap to register at the Weather Channel's site and get a copy of the necessary keys. Then, I downloaded Oliver Hine's module and configured it. It works like a charm.
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daveg955
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| 12/18/2009 2:30 PM |
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I had forgotten about this. All I wanted was a local weather 'bug' to place on a page. At the time - nearly two years ago (laugh) - I received absolutely no response from either the Weather Channel or Oliver Hine when I needed help as to why it wasn't working.
I went with AccuWeather. Much easier to deal with and no additional modules to download. |
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Joseph Craig
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| 12/18/2009 2:48 PM |
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I just tested an AccuWeather script, and it works just fine when pasted into the "Source" mode of a Text/HTML module.
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daveg955
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| 01/16/2011 9:35 PM |
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OK... I'm back. Now I'm having a problem with AccuWeather in a DNN 5.5.1 installation.
I've put AccuWeather in a handful of my sites with no problem. They were all later versions of DNN 4.x.
Now all I get is the 'box' for the AccuWeather info but no info. It shows the background and a couple of links that takes you to their website, but no local weather info.
Is there some sort of security "feature" in DNN 5.x that would prevent this? I contacted my provider (Reseller Choice) and they wimped out saying this was beyond their scope of support.
Anyone? |
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Joseph Craig
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| 01/16/2011 9:47 PM |
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Can you provide a limlmto the code you are using? |
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daveg955
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| 01/16/2011 10:23 PM |
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What is "limlmto"? |
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daveg955
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| 01/16/2011 10:37 PM |
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This is the AccuWeather code (I hope I did this correctly). |
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daveg955
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| 01/16/2011 10:40 PM |
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Drat... that didn't work. How do I get you the code? I don't see a way to attach it. Essentially what is happening with the AccuWeather AND Weather Channel code is that everything between the script tags (essential for them to work) is being removed.
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