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 CMX website shipped with version 3.10.x

This page is under development at the moment

Alternative public website

As part of the development process, a new public website template is available which can either sit on top of of totally replace the template supplied with CumulusMX.

This template introduces a number of features and/or improvements.

It is significantly more responsive - adaptable to different viewing devices
All the fonts correctly scale on all browsers

All tables have been removed and replaced with more flexible elements

Panels correctly redistribute themselves on all screens.
Panels can be rearranged with minimal coding skills
Different colour schemes can be applied, again with minimal coding required
It has the facility to specify a separate location for your data files

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,

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

Editing the website menu

The website menu is held in the file my-menu.js. This ensures that it does not conflict with the existing menu.

It is now possible to add dividing bars to sub-menus as well as extra menu items. The menu is shown below:

menuSrc = [
	{title: "Dashboard",    menu: "b",    url: "index.html"},
	{title: "Today",        menu: "b",    url: "today.html"},
	{title: "Yesterday",    menu: "b",    url: "yesterday.html"},
	{title: "Today-Yest",   menu: "b",    url: "todayVyest.html"},
	{title: "Gauges",       menu: "b",    url: "gauges.html"},
	{title: "Records",      menu: "b",    submenu: true,       items: [
		{title: "This Month<i class=\"fa-solid fa-rectangle-list\"></i>",        menu: "b",    url: "recordsthismonth.html"},
		{title: "This Year<i class=\"fa-solid fa-rectangle-list\"></i>",         menu: "b",    url: "recordsthisyear.html"},
		{title: "All Time<i class=\"fa-solid fa-rectangle-list\"></i>",          menu: "b",    url: "recordsalltime.html"},
		{title: "Monthly<i class=\"fa-solid fa-rectangle-list\"></i>",           menu: "b",    url: "recordsmonthly.html"},
		{title: "",					 menu: "b",	   url: "#"},
		{title:	"All records<i class=\"fa-solid fa-rectangle-list\"></i>",		 menu: "b",	   url: "records.html"}
	]},
	{title: "Charts",    menu: "b",    submenu: true,    items: [
		{title: "Trends<i class='fa-solid fa-chart-line'></i>",            menu: "b",    url: "chartstrends.html"},
		{title: "Select-a-graph<i class='fa-solid fa-chart-line'></i>",    menu: "b",    url: "chartsselect.html"},
		{title: "Historic<i class='fa-solid fa-chart-line'></i>",          menu: "b",    url: "chartshistoric.html"}
	]},
	{title: "Reports",   menu: "b",    url: "noaareports.html"},
	{title: "Forum",     menu: "b",    url: "#",    forum: true,    new_window: true},
	{title: "Webcam<i class='fa-solid fa-camera'></i>",    menu: "b",    url: "#",    webcam: true}
];

Things to note

It is possible to use Font-Awsome icons in the menu
You don't need to add sub-menu indicator icons as this is embedded in the code.
You can add menu dividers to the sub-menus by adding an entry as shown below:

{title: "", menu: "b", url: "#"}

It can be placed in both menus, only the full screen menu or the mobile menu as required.

Other changes

The mobile menu now collapses correctly if you select a different sub-menu - you don't have to close a submenu manually before you open another one.

An Alternative Default Website

Following on from the development of the current default website, the author of the default website has generated an alternative that is more adaptable and responsive.

It is designed to work on all screen sizes while using exactly the same data that is uploaded to the default website.

It allows your data to be sent to its own sub-folder of the site rather than mixing in with the web pages so makes it easier to manage. It comes with a number of themes or colour schemes that you can implement as required.

To find out more please visit the Alternative Public Website page.

An Alternative Interface

In addition to the existing Interface site used for managing your weather station, an additional Alternative Interface is also available from the author of the default website.

Details of this can be found here: Alternative Interface.