Default Website Development

The default CMX website Development

These section of the Wiki will enable you to get the latest information and resources for the alternative to the default CumulusMX public website.

Alternative public website

As part of the development process of the CumulusMX Interface, I have generated a new public website (with template pages) as an alternative to the one provided with CumulusMX.

This template builds on the development of the AI and introduces a number of features and/or improvements.

Full details of the alternative public website, including screenshots can be fond on my wiki together with comprehensive instructions on how to install, use and modify.

Its major change is that all configuration data is held in one place: the CMXConfig object, so you can set the location of your data, your NOAA reports and the menu just by editing one part of one file.

The menu has also been enhanced with some additional features while maintaining the single json structure of the original.

This site also comes with new themes (unfortunately not compatible with the AI or previous versions) that should be easier to modify for your own needs.

Download the latest version here (Updated:  (09:36 11 Feb 2025)) [Corrected missing 'at' on records pages]

You can view my site using the new default templates on Oaktree Weather .

Amendments since last revision

This is a full rebuild of the site.

Installing

Download the current zip file to you local machine and upload it to your web server.

• Unzip it in the same location as your existing site - it will not overwrite the existing pages

  The new site uses .html pages whereas the existing default site uses .htm

  If you visit your site without specifying a page you will be taken to the new template pages,

  Specifying a page such as index.htm will display your old template pages.

• Please clear your browser cache before viewing.

Your Own Pages

As with previous releases, the public website template also includes a template page.

The template.html page is provided to make it easier for you to add your own pages while retaining the look and feel of the website. The template page is called template.html.

Editing The template page shows all the different column layouts that are available. These are:

ax-column1, ax-column2, ax-column3, ax-column4, ax-column5 and ax-column6

These will always try to display the indicated number of columns but as the screen becomes small will automatically collapse into fewer columns as appropriate.

If there are more panels than columns they will gracefully split onto additional rows while retaining their column settings.

Rows with fewer panels than columns will either stretch the remaining panels across the full width or distribute them centrally - this can be controlled by you.

For full details visit my wiki.

Editing the website menu

Please refer to my wiki for full details of the menu and how to edit it.

Changing the Theme and Other Settings

Please refer to my wiki for full information on configuring and setting up the alternative website.