Topic: Top radar images

[JupiterJoe]

Hi guys, my top left radar image has been mia for a while now. I was thinking of adding this graphic there, ( https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/SOUTHEAST_loop.gif ) but not sure where to input the new url.
Thank you for any guidance.
www.jupiterwx.com

[92merc]

I'm able to open that radar image. Shows Florida rain moving through.

[JupiterJoe]

Yes, that link graphic is what I’d like to put on the top left image on my weather page which has been unavailable for a while now, but I’m not sure where to add it in the code.

[92merc]

Personally, I added my two images to my index.php file.  I think there is a way to do it via your settings.php file, but I never looked into it further.

[BKS97]

You can place an override script in Settings.php.  For example, to replace the right-side WU satellite map with a Goes 16 image, as I did, the override should be inserted just below the WU block of script in Settings.php:

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$SITE['WUsatellite'] = 'nc'; // Wunderground regional satellite maps
// ="nw" North West, ="nc" North Central, ="ne" North East,
// ="wc" West Central, ="ce" Central, ="ec" East Central,
// ="sw" South West, ="sc" South Central, ="se" South East,

$SITE['rightMap'] = "Satellite|https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/SECTOR/umv/GEOCOLOR/GOES16-UMV-GEOCOLOR-600x600.gif|";

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In your case, you would have to substitute $SITE['rightMap'] with $SITE['leftMap'].  This thread provides more information:

https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=45590.msg461998#msg461998

[92merc]

I'd like to see if I can return my setup to stock setup.

I added those $SITE['rightMap'] and $SITE['leftMap'] into my Settings.php file.

I think I'm missing what's needed in my index.php file to point to that map.

[JupiterJoe]

Thank you. It's interesting. Though an image comes up now after I add the code, it's the wrong image. It shows California instead of the linked map. Hmmm

You can place an override script in Settings.php.  For example, to replace the right-side WU satellite map with a Goes 16 image, as I did, the override should be inserted just below the WU block of script in Settings.php:

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$SITE['WUsatellite'] = 'nc'; // Wunderground regional satellite maps
// ="nw" North West, ="nc" North Central, ="ne" North East,
// ="wc" West Central, ="ce" Central, ="ec" East Central,
// ="sw" South West, ="sc" South Central, ="se" South East,

$SITE['rightMap'] = "Satellite|https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES16/ABI/SECTOR/umv/GEOCOLOR/GOES16-UMV-GEOCOLOR-600x600.gif|";

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In your case, you would have to substitute $SITE['rightMap'] with $SITE['leftMap'].  This thread provides more information:

https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=45590.msg461998#msg461998

[JupiterJoe]

Hi guys, revisiting this to see if anyone knows why a west coast image shows instead of a southeast image. Thank you for any help, I just can't find it!!! 

[saratogaWX]

Looking at the page source for your index.php shows

<!-- incorrect leftMap='Satellite|https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/SOUTHEAST_loop.gif|' for left map - using 'sw' map instead. -->

so that's what is causing the default sw map to show.

In the README-2020-06-10-dashboard-maps.txt it says:

Either or both can be overridden by custom settings:

$SITE['leftMap']  = '<name>|<URL>[|<link-to-page>]';
$SITE['rightMap'] = '<name>|<URL>[|<link-to-page>]';

where:
<name> is the name of the map to display on mouseover (in alt= and title=)
<URL>  is the URL (fully qualified or relative) of the img file to display
<link-to-page> is the OPTIONAL URL (fully qualified or relative) that will be
       used in an <a href=... with a title="Click to open <name> page in new tab."

In your Settings.php you have

$SITE['NWSregion'] = 'se'; // NOAA/NWS regional radar maps
// 'ak' = Alaska,
// 'nw' = Northwest, 'nr' = Northern Rockies, 'nm' = North Mississippi Valley,
// 'nc' = Central Great Lakes,  'ne' = Northeast,
// 'hi' = Hawaii,
// 'sw' = Southwest, 'sr' = Southern Rockies, 'sc' = Southern Plains,
// 'sm' = South Mississippi Valley, 'se' = Southeast

$SITE['WUsatellite'] = 'se'; // Wunderground regional satellite maps
// ="nw" North West, ="nc" North Central, ="ne" North East,
// ="wc" West Central, ="ce" Central, ="ec" East Central,
// ="sw" South West, ="sc" South Central, ="se" South East,
$SITE['leftMap'] = "Satellite|https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard/SOUTHEAST_loop.gif|";

Your $SITE['leftMap'] entry has a trailing | but no alt URL, so removing the trailing | before " should fix the issue;
or you could just comment out $SITE['leftMap'] and the SE radar loop should show.

[JupiterJoe]

Thank you, Ken!
Removing the trailing | didn't do the trick, but commenting out that line of code did it. Thank you. It was driving me crazy!