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#*In the "'''[FTP site]'''" section (yes, mine was named correctly with second word all lowercase), I had a number of edits to make:
#*# I change any references to any web pages within "Cumulus" folder to say within "CumulusMX" folder. The approach I am taking is to continue to use my customised web pages, but I am editing the template files as required to cope with differences in the output parameters of [[Webtags#Output_.28format_modifier.29_parameters_for_times_and_dates|MX web tags]].
#*# Next where I want a transfer done only at end of day, I have added lines like "ExtraEOD19=1" (when you run MX it will add a ExtraEODnn for each of the 100 possible values of nn that you have not created) and changed the previous "ExtraRealtime19=1" to "ExtraRealtime19=0" (I previously used realtime as that was only way in Cumulus 1 to ensure a template file was processed so it held correct values as close to end of day as possible, but it inefficiently also made huge numbers of unwanted transfers during the day). I had 9 such files being copied far too often, so those 9 changes will cause a huge reduction in processing load! ''I know I could do this later using the MX admin interface, but it makes sense to me to do it as I am working through the file.''
#*# I have a few files that are PHP scripts written as Cumulus templates; each PHP script has a number of PHP variables being set equal to a Cumulus web tag.
#*# I have a few files that are PHP scripts, or web pages, listed in this section, all written as Cumulus templates; each PHP script has a number of PHP variables being set equal to a Cumulus web tag while the web page templates embed a lot of Cumulus web tags. In some cases the web tags have date/time output format parameters, for these I had previously edited any ""hh" into "HH", any "mm" into "MM", any "mmm" into "MMM" and any "mmmm" into "MMMM" in line with the recommendations that I had some years ago typed into [[Webtags#List_of_allowed_modifiers|this table]] for Cumulus 1. That left "nn" for minutes in Cumulus 1 where I could only change it to a MX equivalent "mm" in those cases where Cumulus 1 would have not taken it as month, I was too lazy to check every individual cases (I prefer to use global edits across all my files). So now I created a new version of each PHP script that used "nn", changed it in each new script to "mm" and changed each reference in the MX '''Cumulus.ini''' to the old files to refer to the new files. Subsequently I realised all my "am/pm" references had to be changed to "tt" so I edited my new files again. There were other changes I had to make, in Cumulus 1 you can use tags like 'H' and 'M' on their own, in MX a single modifier on its own often means something different to when that modifier appears with other modifers. Yes quite a lot of work here, despite being able to use the Search ... Replace option in Notepad++. As a result I have done some edits to [[Webtags#List_of_allowed_modifiers|this table]] hopefully making life simpler for the next person faced with this.
#*# I also have a few Cumulus templates that, like the standard ones I don't use, generate web pages and embed a lot of Cumulus web tags.
#*# I mentioned some of my web pages are generated from my own Cumulus templates. Despite now having Cumulus 1 and Cumulus MX templates with different names, these still both generate web pages given the same names, so I don't need to alter any navigation between pages on my web server.▼
#*In some cases the web tags have date/time output format parameters.
#*Ages ago when Steve Loft first released the MX beta, I edited [[Webtags#List_of_allowed_modifiers|this table]] for Cumulus 1. Consequently, where Cumulus 1 allowed lower case or upper case for modifiers, I had changed to the case that suited MX for my Cumulus 1 templates. For example I had edited any "mm" representing a month into "MM", any "mmm" into "MMM" and any "mmmm" into "MMMM". This was in line with what I recommended in that wiki page. That left "nn" for minutes in Cumulus 1 where I could only change it to a MX equivalent "mm" in those cases where Cumulus 1 would have not taken it as month, I was too lazy to check every individual cases (I prefer to use global edits across all my files).
#*Now I had to do lots more editing of these web tags. I created a new version of each PHP script that used "nn", changed it in each new script to "mm" and changed each reference in the MX '''Cumulus.ini''' to the old files to refer to the new files. While in Cumulus 1 you can use tags like 'H' and 'M' on their own, in MX a single modifier on its own often means something different to when that modifier appears with other modifiers. Consequently, I edited any "h" or "H" on its own into "%h", any "hh" into "%H". Next all my "am/pm" references had to be changed to "tt". There were other changes I had to make and there was quite a lot of work here, despite being able to use the Search ... Replace option in Notepad++. As a result I have done some edits to [[Webtags#List_of_allowed_modifiers|this table]] hopefully making life simpler for the next person faced with this.
▲#*# I mentioned some of my web pages are generated from my own Cumulus templates. Despite now having Cumulus 1 and Cumulus MX templates with different names, these still both generate web pages given the same names, so I don't need to alter any navigation between pages on my web server.
#*In the "'''[NOAA]'''" section I had '''MonthFileFormat="NOAAMO"MMMyyyy".txt"''' on a line, I checked at [[Webtags#List_of_allowed_modifiers|List of allowed date/time modifiers]] that 'MMM' and 'yyyy' were valid in Cumulus MX as well as in Cumulus 1, they were so no edit needed either to that line or to "YearFileFormat="NOAAYR"yyyy".txt" line.
#The file "\CumulusMX\Reports\.gitignore" provided in the mX package at download, is joined in the '''\CumulusMX\Reports''' folder by copying in whatthe 200 or so report files I currently have in "\Cumulus\Reports". These are another "Cumulus.ini" (''I am certain this is not used'', but I am playing safe by coping it in) and the existing monthly and annual NOAA reports. I don't need to change those file names as I will continue to use the same format (see change to main Cumulus.ini mentioned above).
#Obviously "\Cumulus\web" and "\CumulusMX\web" have different content, so there are not any Cumulus 1 files to copy across to MX (not that I am using the standard web files).
#Next I compare "\Cumulus\web" with "\CumulusMX\web", I notice the subfolder "images" has gone, I expected that from what I already know about MX and its use of Highcharts instead of uploading weather time-series graphs (and the moon image). Also "realtimegaugesT.txt" is only in MX, I expected that knowing the gauges pages supplied with Cumulus 1 and MX are different. I mostly use my own web pages, so I don't worry about the template files.
# Next I see there is a "MXdiags" folder, so I don't copy across the Cumulus 1 "diags" folder. Equally I don't change anything in the new MX "webfiles" folder, but I do copy across to my web server the "cumuluscharts.js" and "logoSmall.png" files I see there that I have not seen before.
# So left to last is the "data" folder:
#* I have copied all files from "\Cumulus\data" to "\CumulusMX\data" (except '''log.xml''' as MX uses a different file), and will see what edits I need to make later. Some of my '''.ini''' contain date-time entries like "12/03/2019 14:50:45". I'm assured MX can read these, although it changes a date time like that to "2019-03-12T14:50:45", but I am waiting to see if that is true.
 
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