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	#This is a one time only exercise but is essential to the operation of your Cumulus website.		#This is a one time only exercise but is essential to the operation of your Cumulus website.
	#Configure your [[FTP tool]] to connect to your web server.		#Configure your [[FTP tools\|FTP tool]] to connect to your web server.
	#Once done, make your connection and change to the correct directory/folder on your site, as advised by your provider.		#Once done, make your connection and change to the correct directory/folder on your site, as advised by your provider.
	#You may wish to create a sub-folder to store your weather site, but for this purpose we will assume not.		#You may wish to create a sub-folder to store your weather site, but for this purpose we will assume not.

Sfws: /* Checklist if you are using FTP */

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Checklist if you are using FTP

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	#You have File Transfer Process (FTP) webspace (i.e. your provider allows you to use FTP to place files in your webspace)		#You have File Transfer Process (FTP) webspace (i.e. your provider allows you to use FTP to place files in your webspace)
	#and an [[FTP tool]] (use this cross-reference to get more information)		#and an [[FTP tools\|FTP tool]] (use this cross-reference to get more information)

	From your webspace provider you will be given:		From your webspace provider you will be given:

Sfws: Simpification

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Simpification

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Text replacement - "[[MXDiags" to "[[MXDiags_folder"

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	#*Cumulus supports just two encodings, please see [[Webtags#Encoding\|Encoding]] section in another article for more information. Here just tick this selection for standard web pages.		#*Cumulus supports just two encodings, please see [[Webtags#Encoding\|Encoding]] section in another article for more information. Here just tick this selection for standard web pages.
	#''FTP logging''		#''FTP logging''
	#*Normally, this is left unticked, but if you want to check MX is uploading (and you use the simple FTP protocol), you can tick this for every FTP transfer to be logged to [[~~MXDiags~~]].		#*Normally, this is left unticked, but if you want to check MX is uploading (and you use the simple FTP protocol), you can tick this for every FTP transfer to be logged to [[MXDiags_folder]].
	#''Upload interval''		#''Upload interval''
	#*Standard web pages are updated on the hour and every x minutes thereafter, where x is the number you enter here. Most people would choose 10, 15, 20, or 30, here depending how much uploading they want, and how up to date they want the displayed information to be.		#*Standard web pages are updated on the hour and every x minutes thereafter, where x is the number you enter here. Most people would choose 10, 15, 20, or 30, here depending how much uploading they want, and how up to date they want the displayed information to be.

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	The assumption in this article is that FTP (protocol may vary for MX) is used to get files onto your web server.		The assumption in this article is that FTP (protocol may vary for MX) is used to get files onto your web server.

	At present this article does not cover alternative of running your own web server and using copy to get files onto that web server.		<big>At present this article does not cover alternative of running your own web server and using copy to get files onto that web server.</big>


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	From your webspace provider you will be given:		From your webspace provider you will be given:

	*FTP server '''Host name''' (this is the name that is equivalent to the w.x.y.z format Internet Protocol version 4 (=IP) address in the screen-shot below - see the notes below it) (N.B. Some servers might have several names at a single IP location). In ~~establising~~ a connection to a host name, Cumulus will contact the domain name server (=DNS) your system uses to convert the name you specify to the IPv4 address that enables the connection to be made; that step not needed if IPv4 used directly.		*FTP server '''Host name''' (this is the name that is equivalent to the w.x.y.z format Internet Protocol version 4 (=IP) address in the screen-shot below - see the notes below it) (N.B. Some servers might have several names at a single IP location). In establishing a connection to a host name, Cumulus will contact the domain name server (=DNS) your system uses to convert the name you specify to the IPv4 address that enables the connection to be made; that step not needed if IPv4 used directly.
	*'''FTP Port''' (in most cases port 21 is reserved for file transfer clients)		*'''FTP Port''' (in most cases port 21 is reserved for file transfer clients)
	*'''username''' (controls access to the directories you can update)		*'''username''' (controls access to the directories you can update)
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	#*This is discussed in the Cumulus 1 help, it was created as many people decided to add an addiitonal web page for their web cam and asked Steve Loft to make a link for that.		#*This is discussed in the Cumulus 1 help, it was created as many people decided to add an addiitonal web page for their web cam and asked Steve Loft to make a link for that.
	#*It can safely be left blank if you are only going to use the standard web pages.		#*It can safely be left blank if you are only going to use the standard web pages.
	#*Other people use it as an easy way for every standard web page to include a link to somewhere else on their web server, a home page, a information about locality page, or a [[~~Category~~::User Contributions\|third party]] web page they have added to their web site.		#*Other people use it as an easy way for every standard web page to include a link to somewhere else on their web server, a home page, a information about locality page, or a [[:Category:User Contributions\|third party]] web page they have added to their web site.

	== Selecting what Cumulus is to upload ==		== Selecting what Cumulus is to upload ==

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updated links

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	#*This is discussed in the Cumulus 1 help, it was created as many people decided to add an addiitonal web page for their web cam and asked Steve Loft to make a link for that.		#*This is discussed in the Cumulus 1 help, it was created as many people decided to add an addiitonal web page for their web cam and asked Steve Loft to make a link for that.
	#*It can safely be left blank if you are only going to use the standard web pages.		#*It can safely be left blank if you are only going to use the standard web pages.
	#*Other people use it as an easy way for every standard web page to include a link to somewhere else on their web server, a home page, a information about locality page, or a [[:User Contributions\|third party]] web page they have added to their web site.		#*Other people use it as an easy way for every standard web page to include a link to somewhere else on their web server, a home page, a information about locality page, or a [[Category::User Contributions\|third party]] web page they have added to their web site.

	== Selecting what Cumulus is to upload ==		== Selecting what Cumulus is to upload ==

Sfws: /* Admin Interface: Settings Menu: Internet settings: Web/FTP settings */

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Admin Interface: Settings Menu: Internet settings: Web/FTP settings

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	You have now told Cumulus how to update your web space with the [[Customised_templates#The_Standard_Templates \|Standard Cumulus Template]] files for the web.		You have now told Cumulus how to update your web space with the [[Customised_templates#The_Standard_Templates \|Standard Cumulus Template]] files for the web.

	ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR OLDER BUILDS:		===ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR OLDER MX BUILDS:===

	Prior to build 3042, you also need to specify an extra file in the table for the steel series gauges page to work:[[File:Extra web settings.png \| Right]]		Prior to build 3042, you also need to specify an extra file in the table for the steel series gauges page to work:[[File:Extra web settings.png \| Right]]

Sfws: /* Admin Interface: Settings Menu: Internet settings: Web/FTP settings */

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Admin Interface: Settings Menu: Internet settings: Web/FTP settings

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	#*Standard web pages are updated on the hour and every x minutes thereafter, where x is the number you enter here. Most people would choose 10, 15, 20, or 30, here depending how much uploading they want, and how up to date they want the displayed information to be.		#*Standard web pages are updated on the hour and every x minutes thereafter, where x is the number you enter here. Most people would choose 10, 15, 20, or 30, here depending how much uploading they want, and how up to date they want the displayed information to be.
	#*As an aside, if you are not using the standard web pages, many [[:Category:User Contributions\|third party]] web pages use ajax (don't worry about what that is) to allow some of the web page content to be updated far more frequently than the actual web pages get uploaded.		#*As an aside, if you are not using the standard web pages, many [[:Category:User Contributions\|third party]] web pages use ajax (don't worry about what that is) to allow some of the web page content to be updated far more frequently than the actual web pages get uploaded.
	#The realtime settings are only needed for the gauges page and settings depend on your MX version.		#The realtime settings are only needed for the gauges page and settings depend on your MX version, right hand picture is Cumulus MX settings screen)[[File:Cumulus MX realtime settings.png \|Right]]

	From build 3042, MX automatically uploads the realtimegauges.txt file.		From build 3042, MX automatically uploads the realtimegauges.txt file.

Sfws: /* Cumulus 1 FTP settings */

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Cumulus 1 FTP settings

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	#Now look at ''Interval'', this is how often Cumulus will update your website.		#Now look at ''Interval'', this is how often Cumulus will update your website.
	#*It has been set in both illustrated examples below to '''5''' minutes as that is quite good when you first start so you can see all your pages being updated frequently. Typically people set this to 10 or 15 minutes on established sites. It is tempting to change this to 1 minute, but little is gained from this as on most web pages very few figures change that frequently.		#*It has been set in both illustrated examples below to '''5''' minutes as that is quite good when you first start so you can see all your pages being updated frequently. Typically people set this to 10 or 15 minutes on established sites. It is tempting to change this to 1 minute, but little is gained from this as on most web pages very few figures change that frequently.
	[[File:Web_settings.JPG \| Left]](Left hand picture is Cumulus 1.x.y interface~~, right hand picture is Cumulus MX settings screen~~)~~[[File:Cumulus MX realtime settings.png \|Right]]~~		[[File:Web_settings.JPG \| Left]](Left hand picture is Cumulus 1.x.y interface)

	The real time settings illustrated here will be explained later, they are optional for now.		The real time settings illustrated here will be explained later, they are optional for now.

Sfws: /* Cumulus 1 FTP settings */

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Cumulus 1 FTP settings

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	[[File:Web_settings.JPG \| Left]](Left hand picture is Cumulus 1.x.y interface, right hand picture is Cumulus MX settings screen)[[File:Cumulus MX realtime settings.png \|Right]]		[[File:Web_settings.JPG \| Left]](Left hand picture is Cumulus 1.x.y interface, right hand picture is Cumulus MX settings screen)[[File:Cumulus MX realtime settings.png \|Right]]

			The real time settings illustrated here will be explained later, they are optional for now.

	=== Cumulus 1 selecting files to include===		=== Cumulus 1 selecting files to include===