The Weather Channel Widgets Updated!!
All done!!
Monday, November 7, 2011 by RedneckDude | Discussion: OS Customization
Hey guys, just a heads up. Due to a lack of Weather Channel weather feed, once again, I will be updating all my TWC weather widgets with ones from weatherunderground, which is what I'm currently using. Replacement will take time, especially since I'm a tad busy at this time.
It uses scripting by sViz, she's awesome and I thank her for the working weather script!! She has a template for it in her gallery.
I'll come back here to update this thread with a list of widgets/gadgets I'm updating so you guys will know not to download them, and to look for their replacements.
EDIT:
These are the weather widgets I'll be updating. While I'm at it, I'll be uploading gadget versions too.
- Vox Weather I
- Ozone Weather
- Solid State Weather
- One Tribe Weather
- Infinity Ultimate Weather
- Smokey DX Weather
Please do not download any of the above until I update them as they will not work.
EDIT: All of my TWC weather widgets have now been replaced with new, working versions and gadgets have been made too.
Links below in comment #22.
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Reply #5 Tuesday, November 8, 2011 6:28 PM
OP has been updated to show which of my weather widgets are non functioning. Please do not download them as they do not function.
I will update them as I can with working weather widgets.
If anyone wants weather widgets for any of my older skins that I never got weather made for, feel free to tell me here and I will try to accomodate.
When I had to reup my entire gallery due to the last TWC fiasco, I never got around to weather for some of the older skins. I will do those now, on request.
You may now return to your regularly scheduled programming. 
Reply #6 Wednesday, November 9, 2011 12:21 PM
Not only Winstep and DX got cut off. MyWindows Sidebar gadget quit connecting as well.
So long to The Worthless Channel. 
Reply #7 Wednesday, November 9, 2011 1:37 PM
There's a new release of Winstep Xtreme/Nexus Ultimate/Nexus currently being beta tested that solves this problem by using two other weather feeds (one primary and another as a backup feed in case something similar to this happens again). Official versions will be released this week.
I wouldn't mind making some kind of a reasonable deal with TWC to keep using their feed (it's their business, after all) but not when they seem to value their data as being more precious than gold and impose absurd limitations: for an absolute maximum of 2 million monthly requests, they want $900 per month.
Not only is that an outrageous figure (I know the value of bandwidth, trust me), as, even if weather forecast requests were cached and performed only once every 24 hours per user, those 2,000,000 maximum requests would only be enough for a maximum of 66,000 simultaneous Winstep users. Given that the amount of people using Winstep applications (free and paid) at a single point in time is MUCH larger than that, 2 million maximum requests per month is totally insufficient.
Reply #8 Wednesday, November 9, 2011 1:52 PM
Damn Jim...Déjà vu...there's a glitch in the Matrix 
Reply #9 Wednesday, November 9, 2011 4:20 PM
Yeah, but it's only 6 this time. This is why weather is no longer a part of my themes. Secondary upload for weather seems best.
Oh, I thought you said Jark.
Reply #17 Wednesday, November 16, 2011 11:41 PM
So, back on topic, other than the six listed above, if anyone wants weather widgets for any of my older skins that I never got weather made for, feel free to tell me here and I will try to accomodate.
Reply #18 Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:38 AM
Two of my favorites were Knot and GT3 (ya that was Tiggs', but while I'm wishin' 
).
edit- argh, I see you'd already done Knot with Weather Underground. You get to keep the compliment anyway 
Reply #19 Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:24 PM
TWC went the way of all the other corporate greed mongers and this is what they get for it. PFFFT! Take that and smoke in your next joint ya mookaloids!
I'm stickin' with my buds here. At least they know what they're doin'.
Reply #20 Thursday, November 17, 2011 12:34 PM
edit- argh, I see you'd already done Knot with Weather Underground. You get to keep the compliment anyway
I can only update my own, and getting in touch with Tiggz for permission is almost impossible.
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Reply #1 Monday, November 7, 2011 6:43 PM
Thanks for the heads up. Bye, bye TWC.