Twitter.txt - Revision history

Steve at 09:23, 23 September 2015

2015-09-23T09:23:49Z

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	Wind <#wspeed> <#windunit> <#wdir>. Barometer <#press> <#pressunit>, <#presstrend>. Temperature <#temp> <#tempunit>. Rain today <#rfall> <#rainunit>. Humidity <#hum>%		Wind <#wspeed> <#windunit> <#wdir>. Barometer <#press> <#pressunit>, <#presstrend>. Temperature <#temp> <#tempunit>. Rain today <#rfall> <#rainunit>. Humidity <#hum>%

	You might find the degree symbol from <#tempunit> is displayed by Twitter as &deg; in which case the simple solution is to 'hard code' your temperature units in the twitter.txt file rather than using the web tag.		You might find the degree symbol from <#tempunit> is displayed by Twitter as &deg; in which case the simple solution is to 'hard code' your temperature units in the twitter.txt file rather than using the web tag. You should probably save your twitter.txt file as 'UTF-8 without BOM'.

	[[Category: Configuration Files]]		[[Category: Configuration Files]]

Steve: /* How to configure what is sent */

2012-09-15T07:32:29Z

How to configure what is sent

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	Wind <#wspeed> <#windunit> <#wdir>. Barometer <#press> <#pressunit>, <#presstrend>. Temperature <#temp> <#tempunit>. Rain today <#rfall> <#rainunit>. Humidity <#hum>%		Wind <#wspeed> <#windunit> <#wdir>. Barometer <#press> <#pressunit>, <#presstrend>. Temperature <#temp> <#tempunit>. Rain today <#rfall> <#rainunit>. Humidity <#hum>%

	You might find the degree symbol from <#tempunit> is displayed by Twitter as ° in which case the simple solution is to 'hard code' your temperature units in the twitter.txt file rather than using the web tag.		You might find the degree symbol from <#tempunit> is displayed by Twitter as &deg; in which case the simple solution is to 'hard code' your temperature units in the twitter.txt file rather than using the web tag.

	[[Category: Configuration Files]]		[[Category: Configuration Files]]

Steve: /* How to configure what is sent */

2012-09-15T07:29:22Z

How to configure what is sent

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	The equivalent of the default 'tweet' as a <tt>twitter.txt</tt> file is as follows:		The equivalent of the default 'tweet' as a <tt>twitter.txt</tt> file is as follows:
	Wind <#wspeed> <#windunit> <#wdir>. Barometer <#press> <#pressunit>, <#presstrend>. Temperature <#temp> <#tempunit>. Rain today <#rfall> <#rainunit>. Humidity <#hum>%		Wind <#wspeed> <#windunit> <#wdir>. Barometer <#press> <#pressunit>, <#presstrend>. Temperature <#temp> <#tempunit>. Rain today <#rfall> <#rainunit>. Humidity <#hum>%

			You might find the degree symbol from <#tempunit> is displayed by Twitter as ° in which case the simple solution is to 'hard code' your temperature units in the twitter.txt file rather than using the web tag.

	[[Category: Configuration Files]]		[[Category: Configuration Files]]

Steve: /* How to configure what is sent */

2012-05-03T07:48:00Z

How to configure what is sent

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	*Twitter messages can not be more that 140 characters so bear this in mind when building your message.		*Twitter messages can not be more that 140 characters so bear this in mind when building your message.
	*If you try to put 'accented' characters into the file, it will probably fail		*If you try to put 'accented' characters into the file, the Twitter update will probably fail
	*Take into account the maximum length of any webtag; pay close attention to the [[Forecast_webtag\|<#forecast>]] webtag if you use it as some of the text generated by it can be long. If your eventual ''tweet'' is over 140 character it will be truncated by Cumulus.		*Take into account the maximum length of any webtag; pay close attention to the [[Forecast_webtag\|<#forecast>]] webtag if you use it as some of the text generated by it can be long. If your eventual ''tweet'' is over 140 character it will be truncated by Cumulus.
	*If you want to include any Twitter 'hash tags' in your message, just add them as plain text, e.g. #hashtag		*If you want to include any Twitter 'hash tags' in your message, just add them as plain text, e.g. #hashtag

Steve: /* How to configure what is sent */

2012-05-03T07:47:38Z

How to configure what is sent

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	Note:		Note:
	*Twitter messages can not be more that 140 characters so bear this in mind when building your message.		*Twitter messages can not be more that 140 characters so bear this in mind when building your message.
			*If you try to put 'accented' characters into the file, it will probably fail
	*Take into account the maximum length of any webtag; pay close attention to the [[Forecast_webtag\|<#forecast>]] webtag if you use it as some of the text generated by it can be long. If your eventual ''tweet'' is over 140 character it will be truncated by Cumulus.		*Take into account the maximum length of any webtag; pay close attention to the [[Forecast_webtag\|<#forecast>]] webtag if you use it as some of the text generated by it can be long. If your eventual ''tweet'' is over 140 character it will be truncated by Cumulus.
	*If you want to include any Twitter 'hash tags' in your message, just add them as plain text, e.g. #hashtag		*If you want to include any Twitter 'hash tags' in your message, just add them as plain text, e.g. #hashtag

Steve: /* How to configure what is sent */

2012-05-02T11:11:29Z

How to configure what is sent

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	You can change what information is sent to Twitter. '''Create a text file called <tt>twitter.txt</tt> and save it in your Cumulus program folder'''. The file may contain static text and any combination of Cumulus [[webtags]]. Cumulus will read the file, process ~~and~~ web tags in it, and use the result to update Twitter.		You can change what information is sent to Twitter. '''Create a text file called <tt>twitter.txt</tt> and save it in your Cumulus program folder'''. The file may contain static text and any combination of Cumulus [[webtags]]. Cumulus will read the file, process any web tags in it, and use the result to update Twitter.

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Steve: /* How to configure what is sent */

2012-05-02T11:11:11Z

How to configure what is sent

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	You can change what information is sent to Twitter. '''Create a text file called <tt>twitter.txt</tt> and save it in your Cumulus program folder'''. The file may contain static text and any combination of Cumulus [[webtags]].		You can change what information is sent to Twitter. '''Create a text file called <tt>twitter.txt</tt> and save it in your Cumulus program folder'''. The file may contain static text and any combination of Cumulus [[webtags]]. Cumulus will read the file, process and web tags in it, and use the result to update Twitter.

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Steve: /* How to configure what is sent */

2012-05-02T11:09:45Z

How to configure what is sent

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	You can change what information is sent to Twitter. Create a text file called <tt>twitter.txt</tt> and save it in your Cumulus ~~Program~~ folder. The file may contain static text and any combination of Cumulus [[webtags]].		You can change what information is sent to Twitter. '''Create a text file called <tt>twitter.txt</tt> and save it in your Cumulus program folder'''. The file may contain static text and any combination of Cumulus [[webtags]].

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Steve: default tweet equivalent as twitter.txt

2011-02-12T09:28:14Z

default tweet equivalent as twitter.txt

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	An example of a <tt>twitter.txt</tt>:		An example of a <tt>twitter.txt</tt>:
	Temp: <#temp>°C Wind:<#wspeed>mph Pressure: <#press>hpa <#presstrend> Rain Today <#rfall>mm. Forecast: <#forecast>		Temp: <#temp>°C Wind:<#wspeed>mph Pressure: <#press>hpa <#presstrend> Rain Today <#rfall>mm. Forecast: <#forecast>

			The equivalent of the default 'tweet' as a <tt>twitter.txt</tt> file is as follows:
			Wind <#wspeed> <#windunit> <#wdir>. Barometer <#press> <#pressunit>, <#presstrend>. Temperature <#temp> <#tempunit>. Rain today <#rfall> <#rainunit>. Humidity <#hum>%

	[[Category: Configuration Files]]		[[Category: Configuration Files]]

Steve: /* How to configure what is sent */

2011-01-21T17:48:30Z

How to configure what is sent

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	*Wind speed and direction		*Wind speed and direction
	*Pressure		*Pressure and trend
	*Temperature		*Temperature
	*Rain Today		*Rain Today