hello
as i said in the email thanks for your observations ! however let me clarify and explain you may understand why that the meteobridge-direct option within the template will be removed sooner or later.
some time ago the developer of meteobridge offered to include the option within meteobridge itself , this would make life easier and a more user friendlier way of using the option. currently having to cut and paste a mass of code is prone to error as each week i get an email of some sort and it always boils down to the cut paste of the code into meteobridge itself.
I don't own a meteobridge the solution in use was created kindly by WIM of leuvent template some time ago , in testing everything worked fine however what began to happen is users would try to use a variant of the long code and this began to throw up errors within the template and incorrect values started to appear . if the original long code supplied by WIM was used no problems arose, i still use that output to file as a test to try and replicate issues.
Now some many weeks later exactly i dont know I have only had one email/pm from the developer of meteobridge asking for a homeweatherstation logo image . Thats it thats all I have heard , i even saw a thread started on the meteohub forum which i contributed to once I was able to work my way through the endless spam messages on their forum about adidas,nike etc.. but as of today I have heard nothing more and in its current state its not really and ideal solution as it is nigh on impossible for me to help or support when problems arise.
I have said before a product like meteobridge would never get through customs without charges,translated documents,import duty and so on..so meteobridge is not something I am ever likely to own and be able offer any hands on user experience support. I think even if i was to bring one back from europe as personal luggage item it would be jumped on at re-entry due to the current security measures in place.
Also meteobridge recent changes to there licence conditions in terms of paid support this makes it all sort of not worthwhile from my perspective, whilst I appreciate a product like this needs to sustain a healthy funding to prevent it from becoming a discontinued item or a product that is no longer sustainable to produce and support .It all leaves me to think well what is the point in continuing to try and offer a template solution for something I have no experience or real understanding.
so I sincerely apologise in advance but where it is now is probably as far as it goes in terms of meteobridge use unless the meteobridge developer implements his suggestion.I see no point in offering something that doesn't work accordingly .
so please don't see it as I cant be arsed to do anything , i try to resolve most issues but meteobridge is one dark area for me.
so sorry...brian