WDC Skin

Hi guys!

I just wanted to do some advertisement for a new weewx Skin, I developed: https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc

The visual part is based on another weather app, I wrote earlier this year: https://daveiano.github.io/weather-data-center/

Please feel free to check it out, a working demo is hosted here: https://www.weewx-hbt.de/

Key features included:
- Clear and beautiful UI thanks to IBM Carbon and nivo
- Configurable Statistic Tiles and Diagram tiles
- Combinable diagrams via skin.conf
- Responsive
- Day, week, month, year and all-time pages
- Archive and NOAA Reports
- Almanac
- Translated for DE and EN
- Tabular representation with Carbon Data Tables

I consider the skin as feature-complete but I will do some updates in the coming weeks to optimize some things like responsiveness or perhaps add some more statistics.

I am a software developer but I never worked with python before. I have been looking for an opportunity to work with python for a long time, so working with weewx and creating a skin did that for me. I am really caught by how things work together in weewx, a great piece of software.

Any chance for a web version of the weather data center, so one could publish the visualized csv's to the web? Or even comibne it with weewx live data in one page? Just a thought

Currently, this is not possible. The skin uses the IBM Carbon Design System, so these values are more or less predefined. But you are right, using the space and layouting all the graphs were one of the most challenging parts of this. I am also not yet 100% happy with it. Perhaps I could predefine some "Spacing variations", like a dense one and a wide one for example.

Do you mean like an export Button on the Desktop Application to export all data as HTML pages? Well you can also use the WDC Skin with weewx and import all data to weewx via csv, generate the report and there you go ;)

"sudo wee_extension --install=weewx-wdc.zip

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I can see the service-worker.js is located in a different directory than where the install is looking. It is located "weewx-wdc-1.2.0\skins\weewx-wdc\src\js\service-worker.js"

The latest release is v1.2.0, the download path for the zip is https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/releases/download/v1.2.0/weewx-wdc-v1.2.0.zip

Release page is here: https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/releases/tag/v1.2.0 (its the first linked zip)

Background: The files in the src/ directory are the Source files (TypeScript, SCSS). When creating a release, the source files get transformed and optimized, the output location of these transformed files is the location from the install.py. The release.zip should contain all these transformed files (like service-worker.js), but if you download the current state of the repo, these files are not included, hence the error. 

Please let me know if this helps and solves the problem, I will also add a notice about it on the readme page.

Yes, that's correct, I think weewx wants the zip to contain only one folder which contains the whole extension. (if you want to directly install from zip without the "extract to folder" step)

May 28 12:35:16 raspberrypi weewx[8931] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2022-05-28 12:35:00 EDT (1653755700) to database 'weewx.sdb'
May 28 12:35:16 raspberrypi weewx[8931] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2022-05-28 12:35:00 EDT (1653755700) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
May 28 12:35:20 raspberrypi weewx[8931] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 8 files for report SeasonsReport in 1.54 seconds
May 28 12:35:21 raspberrypi weewx[8931] INFO weewx.imagegenerator: Generated 15 images for report SeasonsReport in 0.95 seconds
May 28 12:35:21 raspberrypi weewx[8931] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 files to /var/www/html/weewx
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: Evaluation of template /etc/weewx/skins/weewx-wdc/year-%Y.html.tmpl failed with exception '<class 'TypeError'>'
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Ignoring template /etc/weewx/skins/weewx-wdc/year-%Y.html.tmpl
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: '>=' not supported between instances of 'NoneType' and 'float'
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  Traceback (most recent call last):
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 348, in generate
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      unicode_string = compiled_template.respond()
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_weewx_wdc_year__Y_html_tmpl.py", line 183, in respond
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Cheetah/Template.py", line 1707, in _handleCheetahInclude
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      self._CHEETAH__cheetahIncludes[_includeID].respond(trans)
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_weewx_wdc_includes_climatological_days_inc.py", line 277, in respond
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_weewx_wdc_includes_climatological_days_inc.py", line 106, in __errorCatcher6
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/user/stats_util.py", line 175, in get_climatological_day
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      return len(list(days))
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/user/stats_util.py", line 173, in <lambda>
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      days = filter(lambda x: x.raw >= value, list(day_series.data))
May 28 12:35:23 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  TypeError: '>=' not supported between instances of 'NoneType' and 'float'
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: Evaluation of template /etc/weewx/skins/weewx-wdc/statistics.html.tmpl failed with exception '<class 'TypeError'>'
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Ignoring template /etc/weewx/skins/weewx-wdc/statistics.html.tmpl
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: '>=' not supported between instances of 'NoneType' and 'float'
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  Traceback (most recent call last):
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 348, in generate
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      unicode_string = compiled_template.respond()
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_weewx_wdc_statistics_html_tmpl.py", line 191, in respond
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Cheetah/Template.py", line 1707, in _handleCheetahInclude
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      self._CHEETAH__cheetahIncludes[_includeID].respond(trans)
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_weewx_wdc_includes_climatological_days_inc.py", line 277, in respond
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_weewx_wdc_includes_climatological_days_inc.py", line 106, in __errorCatcher6
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/user/stats_util.py", line 175, in get_climatological_day
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      return len(list(days))
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/user/stats_util.py", line 173, in <lambda>
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      days = filter(lambda x: x.raw >= value, list(day_series.data))
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  TypeError: '>=' not supported between instances of 'NoneType' and 'float'
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 9 files for report WdcReport in 14.05 seconds
May 28 12:35:35 raspberrypi weewx[8931] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 files to /var/www/html/weewx/wdc

I added a check to address this issue. Could you please replace /usr/share/weewx/user/stats_util.py with the attached stats_util.py?

I'm testing this on my "Test" weewx on a 2nd raspberry pi. It's running in simulation mode so I don't think there are any missing values. If you still need the db let me know.

Here's the conf.

Did you try the updated stats_util.py (https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/commit/49c4a42dfa2d4eb4b4226f9c676f98f99a260019)?

Would be great to get the DB, would save me some time trying things out :)

Shared the db via drive. Haven't tried the updated stats but will let you know when I do.

I was able to reproduce the issue you described. It was like I said, due to missing data (days without any values). I will include a Bugfix for this in the next release. Attached is an updated stats_util.py.

Again - Thank you very much. Every feedback is appreciated!

It's working without errors. Thanks again!

So the spacing can be predefined, but not the graph and font on the cards/tiles size?  If so, yeah maybe you can do something with the spacing or the possibility to move "current weather conditions" into the left menu like sort of a widget, but to only show the graphs in the content area or the possibility to prioritize them. As an optional skin setting for example. But if they could in any way be made as small as the ones in the new bootstrap skin "fuzzy-archer 3.0" this would be amazing. If you two could ever mix up your skins, this would probably be the most functional and clear skin ever :) 

These are just suggestions though, I know tastes are different, but imo weewx stil lacks an interactive alternative or version of the very clear seasons skin where nearly all values and graphs are visible at a glance. I just like to zoom in if needed, instead of scrolling.

Well, true, nearly forgot about that option. That way, a custom menu entry in the WDC Skin to e.g. station info/news content would be the icing on the cake :)

I had a look at fuzzy-archer 3.0, cool skin!

You mean station info/news content as a configurable menu link to let the user link to any generated Blog/News/whatever page, right?

Thank you for all these suggestions and feedback! I really like the idea of an Classic/Alternative Layout switch, btw :)

Glad you like my feedback and ideas! This will be a great feature, customization is everything imo 

I mean kind of like the "about" page on the fuzzy-archer skin, where one can put custom content in it, as it seems there can be more than 1 additional page and menu entry. I'm not sure how it's done, if the page content is written in the skin config directly or if it somehow embeds an additional html page into the content area(?)

Another great thing would be, if the station/hardware info could somehow be overwritten or complemented with an additional info field, if the driver doesn't pass enough information, as it's the case with an SDR setup or the interceptor driver: It just shows "sdr" or "ecowitt-client" instead of, as an example, "WS80 over SDR" or "WS80 with ecowitt-client / GW1000". It would be sufficient if there would just be an additonal customizable text field below "weewx 4.x.x with ecowitt-client" which would show e.g. "Sensor: WSxx" or "Station hardware: WSxx with GW1100". But it should be able to read it out of the weewx.conf, if it can be defined there somehow, because in a multiple instance weewx setup the skin.conf is the same for all instances. But yeah not sure if this makes sense or if it should rather be adressed by weewx itself, I know it's just a little detail but would be neat :)

See https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/issues/14

I got you. Sounds like a good addition. One could also provide pictures of the station or extreme weather events or whatever. This would personalize the skin for each user, definitely a good Addition.

Also added an Issue for that https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/issues/15

Like I said in the first post, I'm new to the weewx ecosystem, so everything I write now is speculation: (without further investigation) this sounds more like a Driver issue? The driver should provide the station data to weewx (and the skin). Not sure about adding this as configuration to weewx.conf. I don't know if weewx would support this out of the box. The Extras Section (https://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#Extras) inside the skin.conf would be suitable for this, but then you will need to set this for every weewx-wdc installation. I will keep this in mind and do some investigation.

Here is a demo of the release: https://www.weewx-hbt.de/

I am also working on a second "more weewx like" layout for the skin, preview can be seen here: https://www.weewx-hbt.de/classic/

Feedback is always appreciated!

I will have a look into that!

• Added classic layout, preview here: https://weewx-hbt.de/classic 
• More customisation via skin.conf: diagram height, digram aggregate_type, Time formats, some basic diagram options like line width or point size (please see the readme for more information)
• windDir ordinals display support, new chart type: windRose 
• Some Frontend JavaScript optimization results in smaller files and better performance

The new version can be seen here: https://www.weewx-hbt.de/

More info about the new customization options or the wind rose diagram can be found in the readme: https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc

Feedback is always welcome!

Jul 30 13:46:16 raspberrypi weewx[12721] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 9 files for report WdcReport in 27.19 seconds
Jul 30 13:46:16 raspberrypi weewx[12721] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 files to /var/www/html/weewx/wdc

---First run after installing new version---
Jul 30 14:09:29 raspberrypi weewx[1682] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 64 files for report WdcReport in 211.60 seconds
Jul 30 14:09:29 raspberrypi weewx[1682] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 10 files to /var/www/html/weewx/wdc

--Each run after---
Jul 30 14:11:16 raspberrypi weewx[1682] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 9 files for report WdcReport in 28.28 seconds
Jul 30 14:11:16 raspberrypi weewx[1682] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 files to /var/www/html/weewx/wdc

Screenshot of what the webpage looks like:

I guess there is something wrong with the Javascript and Stylesheets, the paths have changed from v1.x to v2.x. Can you verify that the files 

/dist/main.js and /dist/main.css exist on your webserver? E.g. on my page its https://www.weewx-hbt.de/dist/main.js and https://www.weewx-hbt.de/dist/main.css

Did you try to open the webpage in an incognito window? Perhaps there is something with the caches messed up.

Btw: Is your webpage public available so I could take a look by myself?

I removed all files in /var/www/html/weewx/wdc and before removing I did verify that */dist did contain main.js and main.css. After removing, the report ran again but it did not update those /dist folder or files. I stopped weewx and started again and the /dist files are there but website is still showing the same.

In this case, you have found a bug: The skin currently only works if deployed in the webservers root directory. 
If this is the case, please try to replace the template file "weewx-wdc/includes/html-head.inc" with the updated, attached file and re-generate. This should do the trick.

If so, I will include this change in a bugfix release!

That is correct, it is not running in root, but */wdc. I will replace the file when I get home and let you know if that fixes it.

One other thing to mention, the scale for barometric pressure when using standard units (inHg) needs to be tighter. See screenshot:

Yes, the rounding for inHg does not make sense (one decimal place). This will also be included in an upcoming 2.0.1 bugfix release.

not sure if this is the right place or if it's better to start a new thread. In that case, please let me know.

Anyway...

I was trying to install Daveiano's skin to my weewx installation, on my raspberry, but the attempt failed. This the log:

    

The weird thing is that I don't have any `archive_util.py` in that folder

Is there something wrong in my setup/installation, or the root cause is possibly something else?

Btw: I released 2.0.1 which resolves the "non-web-root"-issue, the "Pressure diagram with inHg unit"-issue and includes a few other bugfixes: https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/releases/tag/v2.0.1

Thanks for your input!

Yes, the suggestion solved my problem. I was not installing as root user.

Thank you.

Version 3.1.1 has been released and this is now one of the nicest skins I've used.

Clear text, excellent graphs, histograms, live data from MQTT.

Scales well to tablets.

For my needs, replaced the Belchertown skin.

Hi,

I am testing the wdc skin and have set the html document root to /var/www/html/weather/wdc

If I go to https://weather.ubeaut.work/wdc/ (because I am testing and want to leave my other webpages) it shows the wdc index.html which is good.

If I click on any of the menu items eg Today  week month it takes me to my other web page. Yesterday doesn't work because on my other webpage there isn't a yesterday web page.

I suspect it is because of the $get_base_path which would be https://weather.ubeaut.work in this case.

How or where can I change this to be https://weather.ubeaut.work/wdc so I can test it out?

Thanks

See https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/wiki/WeeWX-related#setting-html_root-and-basepath and https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/wiki/Configuration#extras. This should resolve the problem.

Yes that works.

I did a grep of the whole directory and sub directories looking for that and missed it.

But I was looking for get_base_path and not just base_path

Thanks again.

Skin is not generating any of the templates. Why is that? 

Any chance you are using an old skin.conf file? Please compare with https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/blob/v3.3.0/skins/weewx-wdc/skin.conf

Or, perhaps, have you overwritten the  search_list_extensions  config for the skin via weewx.conf?

Would be great if you could post the relevant section from weewx.conf and your current skin.conf so I could have a look.

Could you please remove cloudbase from [DisplayOptions][[diagrams]][[[day]]][[[[observations]]]] in skin.conf?

If this does not help, you can try to remove cloudbase also from [DisplayOptions]table_tile_observations and [DisplayOptions]stat_tile_observations.

This error really only appears for the index page?

I'm trying to install the template using  WeeWx 5.0.0b10. I copied the skin files to the relevant WeeWx directories and created the stanza in weewx.conf. as you can see from the attached syslog, there were errors.

I installed WeeWx using pip, so WeeWx is unning in a virtual environmrnt

Any ideas?

Gert

I just spotted this the line before where the error was triggered:

If I remember correctly, this could be possible if you have less than 1 day of data in your archive. I assume you are using a new installation with no data? So it "should" work tomorrow, I guess. The error is only triggered from the statistics page and there is no other error?

I think I noticed this while testing, but forgot to fix it... Anyway, I finally added an issue for this: https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/issues/192

For the weewx 5 part: I did not get any time to test the skin with the new version, so I am quite happy there are no errors yet ;)

David

I copied a database from another system with  4 years of data and the that helped. I can now start further testing.

It seems that I need to run the skin from the webservers root and not from a directory under the webservers root. Is that right?

Gert

You can run the skin wherever you want, but if it's not in the root of the webserver, you have to tell the skin, see here: https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/wiki/Configuration#extras

David

I'm missing the compass direction where the letter "Ø" is, but only in the first chart . The windrose is ok.

Any ideas how to get the direction in the first chart?

Thanks

gert

Could you please set [DisplayOptions]diagram_tile_winddir_ordinal to False, and post back what the legend shows?

I made a change to the main.js file, you can download the updated file here: https://public-images-social.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/main.js

I tried to attach the file here but the messages were deleted...

You need to replace the original file at the skins install location (see https://weewx.com/docs/latest/usersguide.htm#Where_to_find_things), at eg. /etc/weewx/skins/weewx-wdc/dist/main.js

If this fixes the issue, I will include this in the release.

Thanks for the prompt answer.

The link you provided will just open the file in the browser. so I'm not able to download the file.

Is it possible to move the the Archive and NOAA Reports Menu to the upper Menu line, besides the Year Menu. As you can see from the screenshot, I can't see the last months of the NOAA report and i's not possible to scroll in the left menu.

Thanks

Gert

The problem with this menu is that you can not scroll the sidebar. The sidebar should be scrollable so you can access all the items, but that's not the case. I added https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/issues/193 for this, will have a look soon!

Unfortunately, the new main.js, did not solve the problem as you can see. The WindRose seems fine

Rgds

Gert

I was to fast, it seems to work with the new main.ja.

Thanks for that

Gert

New user of WeeWx and found this thread with your Skin which Im trying to install. I saw above that data might be needed so hopefully that explains why Im getting a blank page but the Menu's are showing.

I used the DEB package to do fresh install in a Debian machine. Everything was setup and accesible at https://IP/weewx/. When I select any submenu on the skin I see it goes back to root https://IP/about.html so I probably missed a sym-link during setup? (https://IP/weewx/about.html should be the correct? ) 

Thanks for your help

yes, the wiki realy includes a lot of information. I guess you are missing the base_path setting, see https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/wiki/WeeWX-related#setting-html_root-and-basepath and https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/wiki/Configuration#extras

Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: Evaluation of template /etc/weewx/skins/weewx-wdc/index.html.tmpl failed with exception '<class 'ValueError'>'
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Ignoring template /etc/weewx/skins/weewx-wdc/index.html.tmpl
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: could not convert string to float: 'geocode=34.743313'
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  Traceback (most recent call last):
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 348, in generate
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      unicode_string = compiled_template.respond()
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_weewx_wdc_index_html_tmpl.py", line 267, in respond
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Cheetah/Template.py", line 1708, in _handleCheetahInclude
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      self._CHEETAH__cheetahIncludes[_includeID].respond(trans)
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_weewx_wdc_includes_body_alternative_inc.py", line 286, in respond
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Cheetah/Template.py", line 1708, in _handleCheetahInclude
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      self._CHEETAH__cheetahIncludes[_includeID].respond(trans)
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_weewx_wdc_includes_forecast_inc.py", line 256, in respond
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Cheetah/Template.py", line 1708, in _handleCheetahInclude
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      self._CHEETAH__cheetahIncludes[_includeID].respond(trans)
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_weewx_wdc_includes_forecast_table_inc.py", line 1749, in respond
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_etc_weewx_skins_weewx_wdc_includes_forecast_table_inc.py", line 520, in __errorCatcher65
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
Jan 12 15:30:34 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  ValueError: could not convert string to float: 'geocode=34.743313'
Jan 12 15:30:50 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 11 files for report WdcReport in 19.02 seconds
Jan 12 15:30:50 raspberrypiNAS weewx[19495] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 files to /var/www/html/weewx

I also changed the base path in skin.conf to /weewx/wdc/ and still trying to send the generated files to /weewx/

Thanks,

Troy

This bug was introduced with 3.4, please see here: https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/issues/191#issuecomment-1877890285 or https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/discussions/218#discussioncomment-7470782

You want to change the HTML_ROOT, not the base_path. See https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/wiki/WeeWX-related#setting-html_root-and-basepath or https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/wiki/WeeWX-related#setting-html_root-and-basepath and https://github.com/Daveiano/weewx-wdc/wiki/Configuration#extras

I realized I needed to update the weewx.conf HTML_ROOT section after posting. All is working now, thank you David!

Hi all,

I've a strange problem with weewx-wdc.

I installed the skin in order to replace my old one, actually weewx-wdc it's up and running and you can see the result at https://www.claudiobergero.it/meteo/wdc/

It seems to work fine, except for archive reports: if I click on a month in the left menu it doesn't work, and if I open the browser developer console I can see errors coming out, like:

It seems to ignore base_path in skin.conf (by the way, its' base_path = /meteo/wdc/ )

Any idea on what is not working, and how to solve?

Many thanks

Ok,  thanks to a user of this group (thanks again) I'm able to post here the "solution", in the case someone else should be stuck in this situation.

Simply, when I installed weewx-wdc skin I didn't properly set up the base_path config variable, and since NOAA and monthly reports will not be regenerated at each run they still used the old and wrong base_path.

 

Completely deleting the output folder and waiting for the next run solved my issue.

Now everything works fine and if you like you can see it running here: https://www.claudiobergero.it/meteo/index.html

Many thanks again.