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#*for customised templates (what the chart labels as ''Extra files''), final file name is the name stored for the remote file name in [[Cumulus.ini_(Cumulus_1)#Section:_FTP_Site]]).
= Default Web Pages for Cumulus MX =
[[File:Badge vMx.png]] Please note MX does not use templates to generate web pages, it only uses templates for data files. For further information related to MX see [[New Default Web Site Information]].
=Cumulus Web Templates=
[[Category:WebTips]] ▼
The standard website set up, with several other files, is fully described in [[Simple_Website_setup]], look there for details of all the different files needed on your web site.▼
[[File:badge v1.png]](Please remember this section does not apply to Cumulus MX).
The Cumulus '''template files''' are stored in the 'web'
▲The standard website set up, with several other files, is fully described in [[Simple_Website_setup|Simple web site set up]], look there for details of all the different files needed on your web site.
==The Standard Templates for Cumulus 1==
The Cumulus 1 installer provides a number of example template files, listed below.
▲[[Category:WebTips]]
[[File:badge v1.png]] Cumulus 1 has a number of template files that it uses if you select to 'Include standard files' within Internet Configuration:▼
When upgrading to a new Cumulus 1 release, as you run the installer, untick the selection on [[File:Components_screen.JPG]] if you wish to keep your existing templates. The default on an upgrade is to overwrite the example templates, or any customised ones using same file names, with a fresh set of standard templates (see list in table below).
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[[File:SimpleInternet-StandardTicks.png]]
Cumulus 1 generates some graphics used for the moon image on index.htm web page, for some of the images on the gauges.htm web page, and all the graphs that appear on the trends.htm web page (these are what 'Include Standard Images' selects, and that does not apply to Cumulus MX.▼
▲The '''template files''' are stored in the 'web' folder under your Cumulus installation on your PC. They all have a 'T' (for 'template') in their names:
▲If you select 'Include Standard Images', then Cumulus 1 generates some graphics used for the moon image on index.htm web page, for some of the images on the gauges.htm web page, and all the graphs that appear on the trends.htm web page
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=== Changing the appearance ===
If all you want to do is change the look of the web pages, then it is the [[Stylesheets|CSS]] that needs to be changed, just changing the background picture is explained in [[FAQ#How_do_I_replace_the_.27bird.27_image_on_my_website.3F|this FAQ]], . If you don't like your text being converted to lower case see [[FAQ#I.27m_using_the_supplied_web_pages.2C_and_get_lower_case_in_places_where_I_want_upper_case|this FAQ]]. If you want a more extensive change to the look, you might want to consider a third-party template, see downloads page or the support forum, as a starting point. If those don't suit you, you will need to learn about coding CSS (basically you specify selectors and for each selector you can specify a list of property names and their values), as the selectors available in CSS are really very clever now there is an awful lot you can do just using CSS, but it is too complicated to cover here.
One contributor on [https://cumulus.hosiene.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=15136 the forum] has produced a very impressive looking summary page, that is totally different to the standard Cumulus provision as it takes the numbers from realtime.txt not cumulus web tags, but he has achieved much of the look using CSS.
*You can select your own local folder path.
*You do need to tell Cumulus the local and remote file names you require - as described in [[#Creating or Editing Templates in a Separate Folder ]]
= Some specific customisation examples =
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