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Created page with "= Posting WebCam Images to a Web Page = '''Purpose''' Weather Display can FTP your web cam file (either captured directly by Weather Display or by another webcam program) to your web site. == General == # Click on '''Setup''' in the menu bar, then '''Control Panel'''. # Click on '''Setup FTP/internet/reboot/METAR/etc'''. # Click on the tab labelled '''Web cam'''. # Click on '''Choose a web cam file''', and select the file to FTP. # Set the times to upload, and turn th..."
 
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'''Note''' The '''Main internet switch''' under connections also needs to be '''ON''', and you will need the appropriate FTP settings entered in the connection setup win
'''Note''' The '''Main internet switch''' under connections also needs to be '''ON''', and you will need the appropriate FTP settings entered in the connection setup win
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Latest revision as of 20:57, 9 November 2024

Posting WebCam Images to a Web Page

Purpose Weather Display can FTP your web cam file (either captured directly by Weather Display or by another webcam program) to your web site.

General

  1. Click on Setup in the menu bar, then Control Panel.
  2. Click on Setup FTP/internet/reboot/METAR/etc.
  3. Click on the tab labelled Web cam.
  4. Click on Choose a web cam file, and select the file to FTP.
  5. Set the times to upload, and turn the switch ON, on that page.

If you want it uploaded to a different directory, enter that directory name, and tick that option.

If you do not want Weather Display to automatically insert the image in the default web page, then tick Don't display image on web page.

Note If you have ticked Let me manage datahtm2.txt in the web file setup, then you will have to add the link yourself to the image to the datahtm2.txt file, which is located in the folder web files.

Finally, click on Test to see an upload. If all is as you want it, click on OK to save the settings.

Note The Main internet switch under connections also needs to be ON, and you will need the appropriate FTP settings entered in the connection setup win