Re: Weather
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 47465
interpreted = N
texte = Thanks for the ideas.Best, Jeff Logan >on 2/4/03 4:02 PM, Jeff Logan at jefftalk@insideout.com so noted... > >> Ugly looking stuff from the National Weather Service. We used to >> pull the weather right from here: >> >> http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USWA0346_f.html >> >> And it looked great in our web sites. But take a look at the source >> of the page above now and you will see Yahoo's message and then if >> you look further down on the page you will see how they are making it >> hard to tcpconnect and get the weather. >> >> Any other good looking sites to grab weather from? > >Yes, the layout of the NOAA's page is fugly. I didn't know you were grabbing >code wholesale from Yahoo and dropping it into another site. > >Since any other weather site is going to have the same repurposing >limitation as Yahoo (source code disclaimer or no), you've got a few >options. > >1) Keep using Yahoo. > >2) Parse the NOAA's page to get the necessary info and create a new page >based upon it. > >3) Get data free from a third party that formats the NOAA info >
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> >4) Wait for NOAA to update their systems to make the data acquisition easier >(which it sounds like they're in the process of doing). > > >Myself, I'd probably do #1 until #4 comes to pass. > >> and then if you look further down on the page you will see how >>they are making >> it hard to tcpconnect and get the weather. > >Are they changing the text in the comments that divide the sections on a >random basis? As it stands now, their layout makes it easy to pick and >choose just the sections you want, all nice and formatted. There's odd tags >like and in there, but nothing that gets in the way of [middle]. > >[TCPConnect host=weather.yahoo.com] >[text]yahooSrc=[TCPSend]GET /forecast/USWA0346_f.html >HTTP/1.0[UnURL]%0D%0A%0D%0A[/UnURL][/TCPSend][/text] >[/TCPConnect] > >[Middle StartAfter=&EndBefore=][yahooSrc][/middle]
> >[Middle StartAfter=&EndBefore=][yahooSrc][/middle]
> >[Middle StartAfter=&EndBefore=][yahooSrc][/middle]
> >[Middle StartAfter=&EndBefore=][yahooSrc][/middle] > >Rob Marquardt >Designer/Resident Wirehead >Toast Design > >800 Washington Avenue North >Minneapolis MN 55401 >612.330.9863 v >612.321.9424 f >www.toastdesign.com > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-- Personal service is #1 priority to us.------------------------------------------------ InsideOut Marketing and Web Solutions Web, Marketing and Print Design Toll Free: 1-800-500-8401 Phone: 360.683.5774 Fax: 360.683.5857 Email: mailto:jeff@insideout.com 229 South Sequim Ave, Sequim, WA 98382 http://www.insideout.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Thanks for the ideas.Best, Jeff Logan >on 2/4/03 4:02 PM, Jeff Logan at jefftalk@insideout.com so noted... > >> Ugly looking stuff from the National Weather Service. We used to >> pull the weather right from here: >> >> http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USWA0346_f.html >> >> And it looked great in our web sites. But take a look at the source >> of the page above now and you will see Yahoo's message and then if >> you look further down on the page you will see how they are making it >> hard to tcpconnect and get the weather. >> >> Any other good looking sites to grab weather from? > >Yes, the layout of the NOAA's page is fugly. I didn't know you were grabbing >code wholesale from Yahoo and dropping it into another site. > >Since any other weather site is going to have the same repurposing >limitation as Yahoo (source code disclaimer or no), you've got a few >options. > >1) Keep using Yahoo. > >2) Parse the NOAA's page to get the necessary info and create a new page >based upon it. > >3) Get data free from a third party that formats the NOAA info > > > >4) Wait for NOAA to update their systems to make the data acquisition easier >(which it sounds like they're in the process of doing). > > >Myself, I'd probably do #1 until #4 comes to pass. > >> and then if you look further down on the page you will see how >>they are making >> it hard to tcpconnect and get the weather. > >Are they changing the text in the comments that divide the sections on a >random basis? As it stands now, their layout makes it easy to pick and >choose just the sections you want, all nice and formatted. There's odd tags >like and in there, but nothing that gets in the way of [middle]. > >[TCPConnect host=weather.yahoo.com] >[text]yahooSrc=[tcpsend]GET /forecast/USWA0346_f.html >HTTP/1.0[unurl]%0D%0A%0D%0A[/UnURL][/TCPSend][/text] >[/TCPConnect] > >[Middle StartAfter=&EndBefore=][yahooSrc][/middle]
> >[Middle StartAfter=&EndBefore=][yahooSrc][/middle]
> >[Middle StartAfter=&EndBefore=][yahooSrc][/middle]
> >[Middle StartAfter=&EndBefore=][yahooSrc][/middle] > >Rob Marquardt >Designer/Resident Wirehead >Toast Design > >800 Washington Avenue North >Minneapolis MN 55401 >612.330.9863 v >612.321.9424 f >www.toastdesign.com > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/-- Personal service is #1 priority to us.------------------------------------------------ InsideOut Marketing and Web Solutions Web, Marketing and Print Design Toll Free: 1-800-500-8401 Phone: 360.683.5774 Fax: 360.683.5857 Email: mailto:jeff@insideout.com 229 South Sequim Ave, Sequim, WA 98382 http://www.insideout.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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