Joomla Weather - HOT Weather Forecast Joomla module

HOT Joomla Weather extensionJoomla Weather module HOT Weather helps you to inform your visitors about weather conditions for the selected city! Just enter your ZIP code and select simple mode or 3D mode and you're done! You can also select units (Fahrenheit or Celsius) depending of your preference.

As always, this module is XHTML/CSS compliant and cross-browser compatible, tested on IE6+, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari.

Let there be sun!

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USAGE INSTRUCTIONS

Open Joomla Weather module parameters in Extensions > Module Manager > HOT Weather. You'll see that some default parameters are already there. However, you should change some of them to accomodate module for usage on your site.

  • DISPLAY TYPE: Select wheter to show weather conditions as a small widget with current weather conditions or as a 3D animation with weather forecast.
  • UNITS: Select wether to show temperature as Farenheit or Celsius degrees.
  • LOCATION: Enter ZIP code if you want to show weather for an USA location, or follow instructions to obtain city codes for other countries.

LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE USA

This module can show weather for (almost) all locations worldwide. However, you must enter your city code, not city name in the module parameters. To obtain your city code, please do the following:

  • Go to http://www.weatherlet.com and type your city name in search box. Weather conditions for this city will be shown. Make sure it's the location you need.
  • Open source code of the weather conditions page (Firefox: CTRL+U, IE: Right-click on page > View Source).
  • Around line 150 of the source code, find line that looks like this:

    <param name="movie" value="http://www.weatherlet.com/weather.swf?locid=XXXXXXXX&unit=s" />

In this line, XXXXXXXX is city code that you are looking for. Copy this code in module parameters to get weather conditions for your city.


SUPPORTED BROWSERS

IE6+, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, Safari

CHANGELOG

Version 1.0.0 (2009/11/12)

  • Initial release. We will add more weather providers in future relesase. Please contact us if you encounter any bugs.

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