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OK - I have it all working again.
I've been using the Yahoo Weather widget for so many years, that I just had to find a fix. I keep the engine running mainly for this widget. I went through *every* other widget/gadget/win OS weather app available (I think it was over 50) and none came close to this one. Well, one came close - MSN weather gadget - but it suffers from what all other gadgets fail at:
- graphics are the best with the Yahoo weather widget
- the layout is still the nicest/cleanest
- the biggest advantage is that you can easily/quickly change location. All other solutions require you to go into Options/search/change location. None are as quick/nice as this widget.
So, the solution.
This was done after much searching/testing.
First, you have to decompile the widget. Any changes made to the widget will make the widget fail unless you decompile it (or perhaps better wording is 'unpack' it). You need the 'Widget Converter' widget (I can't post links yet to this forum, as this is my first post). But there are tutorials on how to program widgets (Konfabulator widget programming). This converter simply unpacks the Yahoo weather widget into it's component parts. The file you need to edit is main.js (javascript), in the Scripts directory, line 572, replace the url for 'yahoowidget' to 'wxdata'. Simple text editor is fine to use. (note, I even used the waybackmachine to find links to the widget converter and pdf's of tutorials on how to program widgets)
I was just lucky to find this url from another forum where there was an obscure reference to this url. So, I tried it and magically all started to work again. Again, I would like to post that link, but can't yet. It was a thread on remote central p3 of the discussion titled 'replacement for weather xml feed' a comment by 'Fischi'.
Open the weather.kon file from within Yahoo Wigget engine and it should all start to work again. It does for me, and it seems much quicker than in the past.
I hope this feed link continues for some time with weather.com
I even got in touch with the author of the widget to firstly thank him for his work that I've used all these years, then to ask for his help, but then after I found the fix, I then let him know (and he replied).
I was thinking of having to deconstruct the entire logic of the widget to work out how to accept the feed from another site (if I could find an XML source in the first place).
I tried to edit the post above...but I just noticed the video above has this same fixed url
Only suggestion I have is Notepad to try to open that location.data.db file.
- graphics are the best with the Yahoo weather widget
- the layout is still the nicest/cleanest
- the biggest advantage is that you can easily/quickly change location. All other solutions require you to go into Options/search/change location. None are as quick/nice as this widget.
Thanks so much for figuring out this solution. It worked perfectly (and surprisingly easily) for my computer. It's great to have that Widget back online.OK - I have it all working again.
I've been using the Yahoo Weather widget for so many years, that I just had to find a fix. I keep the engine running mainly for this widget. I went through *every* other widget/gadget/win OS weather app available (I think it was over 50) and none came close to this one. Well, one came close - MSN weather gadget - but it suffers from what all other gadgets fail at:
- graphics are the best with the Yahoo weather widget
- the layout is still the nicest/cleanest
- the biggest advantage is that you can easily/quickly change location. All other solutions require you to go into Options/search/change location. None are as quick/nice as this widget.
So, the solution.
This was done after much searching/testing.
First, you have to decompile the widget. Any changes made to the widget will make the widget fail unless you decompile it (or perhaps better wording is 'unpack' it). You need the 'Widget Converter' widget (I can't post links yet to this forum, as this is my first post). But there are tutorials on how to program widgets (Konfabulator widget programming). This converter simply unpacks the Yahoo weather widget into it's component parts. The file you need to edit is main.js (javascript), in the Scripts directory, line 572, replace the url for 'yahoowidget' to 'wxdata'. Simple text editor is fine to use. (note, I even used the waybackmachine to find links to the widget converter and pdf's of tutorials on how to program widgets)
I was just lucky to find this url from another forum where there was an obscure reference to this url. So, I tried it and magically all started to work again. Again, I would like to post that link, but can't yet. It was a thread on remote central p3 of the discussion titled 'replacement for weather xml feed' a comment by 'Fischi'.
Open the weather.kon file from within Yahoo Wigget engine and it should all start to work again. It does for me, and it seems much quicker than in the past.
I hope this feed link continues for some time with weather.com
I even got in touch with the author of the widget to firstly thank him for his work that I've used all these years, then to ask for his help, but then after I found the fix, I then let him know (and he replied).
I was thinking of having to deconstruct the entire logic of the widget to work out how to accept the feed from another site (if I could find an XML source in the first place).
what do you mean by "not working" ? Mine is still working even with the issue I mentionned about some temperatures not displayong graphic state for the weather for my particular town (Paris, france).
I noticed the issue of the widget not loading on a neighbour's computer (win 10) and I assume it is some kind of windows corruption. I suggest you manage to install a fresh iwndows copy and try again.
By the way did someone try to use anoter weather provider ?
PS: I did contact the support at weather.com for my graphic issue, they didn't even bother to reply (bastards)
Not sure how to be more clear about the issue. I have no plans to install a fresh copy of Win10. Trust me, things are fine with my install. No issues, just with Yahoo Weather again.