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** So the page has fewer parameters that have to be edited directly in the file
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=Original content of this page=
==How this page used to be laid out, and why==
For both [[Cumulus.ini_(Cumulus_1)|Cumulus 1]] and [[Cumulus.ini(MX_3.0.0_to_3.9.7)|early MX releases]], the content on this page was arranged assuming people were editing the file directly.
Therefore, the file was described by working through the sections on the file, and explaining the parameters that could go in each section.
For the longer sections, parameters might be split into separate tables to make it easier.
Before release 3.10.1, there were two types of parameters in Cumulus.ini.
#"read-only" settings were made directly in the "Cumulus.ini" file, there was no way to adjust these parameters using the settings screens/pages
#"read-write" settings could be changed in two ways, either by editing the file with Cumulus stopped, or by finding the parameter on a setting screen (for MX, these are in admin interface).
:You will see in the two pages split off from this page ([[Cumulus.ini_(Cumulus_1)]] and [[Cumulus.ini(MX_3.0.0_to_3.9.7)]), how the parameters had to identify themselves as read-only or read-write.
==Why has this original "Cumulus.ini" page been renamed, cleared of old content, and made historic?==
#One big change in 3.10.1 is that (almost) all settings are now made via the [[MX Administrative Interface|Admin interface]].
#*Therefore it makes no sense any more to organise this page how someone editing the file directly might want.
#*The replacement [[Cumulus.ini]] page is now organised by how you change settings in the admin interface (i.e. similar to how settings have been explained in [[MX_Administrative_Interface#Changing_Settings]]).
#Another change is that some of the settings that used to be made on the “Station Settings” page, are now made on different pages in that interface.
#Yet another change is that what you pick in some settings can affect what settings are shown later on the admin interface page.
#*You could say the settings pages have become intelligent.
#*For example, when you select a weather station type it ensures only parameters that relate to that weather station type are shown.
#*As another example, you can opt in or out of the default web site design, so that determines which parameters relating to web sites are shown.
#A final change is that some parameters are grouped as “Advanced”, so that novices can avoid those.
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