Weather mod for US using Accuweather

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novanilla
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Weather mod for US using Accuweather

Post by novanilla »

I have a partially built weather mod for the US that uses a custom profile field for zip code for the location. It's a badly edited version of the current mod in development here, combined with the old weather mod from B3P version 1. I can't upload the files here, but if somebody wants to help me figure out how to fix it, I can upload the code to my next post.

So far, I have a mod that actually works. However, I can't get add the module without getting an error, I can't get into the ACP settings, and I can't delete it without removing it from the database manually. It DOES get added and it DOES work. :-)

Just need a little help finishing it up. Anybody interested?

Topic author
novanilla
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Posts: 40
Joined: 11. October 2008 17:40

Re: Weather mod for US using Accuweather

Post by novanilla »

Okay, well... Without further ado, let me just post what I have and I'll see if anybody can see the mistakes - and there are many! First, you create a custom profile field for zip code (field ID = zip_code). I limited it to five characters, as I think that's what Accuweather uses in the US and it has to match.

Next, the language file (english only at the moment): root/language/en/mods/portal/portal_weather_module.php

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<?php
/**
*
* @package Board3 Portal v2 - AccuWeather Weather Module
* @copyright (c) Board3 Group ( www.board3.de )
* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
*
*/

/**
* DO NOT CHANGE
*/
if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
{
	exit;
}

if (empty($lang) || !is_array($lang))
{
	$lang = array();
}

// DEVELOPERS PLEASE NOTE
//
// All language files should use UTF-8 as their encoding and the files must not contain a BOM.
//
// Placeholders can now contain order information, e.g. instead of
// 'Page %s of %s' you can (and should) write 'Page %1$s of %2$s', this allows
// translators to re-order the output of data while ensuring it remains correct
//
// You do not need this where single placeholders are used, e.g. 'Message %d' is fine
// equally where a string contains only two placeholders which are used to wrap text
// in a url you again do not need to specify an order e.g., 'Click %sHERE%s' is fine
$lang = array_merge($lang, array(
	'PORTAL_WEATHER'			=> 'Regional Weather',
	
	// ACP
	'ACP_PORTAL_WEATHER_SETTINGS'	=> 'Weather settings',
));
This is modified from the other module version, which I don't understand and since we don't use country codes, etc., I stripped some of it out.

Then, the portal_weather module, in root/portal/modules, which is taken from the new european module with the old weather.php code inserted:

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<?php
/**
*
* @package Board3 Portal v2 - AccuWeather
* @copyright (c) Board3 Group ( www.board3.de )
* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License
*
*/

/**
* @ignore
*/
if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
{
	exit;
}

/**
* @package Weather
*/
class portal_weather_module
{
	/**
	* Allowed columns: Just sum up your options (Exp: left + right = 10)
	* top		1
	* left		2
	* center	4
	* right		8
	* bottom	16
	*/
	public $columns = 31;

	/**
	* Default modulename
	*/
	public $name = 'PORTAL_WEATHER';

	/**
	* Default module-image:
	* file must be in "{T_THEME_PATH}/images/portal/"
	*/
	public $image_src = 'portal_weather.png';

	/**
	* module-language file
	* file must be in "language/{$user->lang}/mods/portal/"
	*/
	public $language = 'portal_weather_module';
	
	/**
	* custom acp template
	* file must be in "adm/style/portal/"
	*/
	public $custom_acp_tpl = '';
	
	/**
	* hide module name in ACP configuration page
	*/
	public $hide_name = false;

	public function get_template_center($module_id)
	{
		global $config, $template, $user, $db;

                $sql = "SELECT pf_zip_code
                    FROM " . PROFILE_FIELDS_DATA_TABLE . "
                    WHERE user_id = " . $user->data['user_id'];

                $result = $db->sql_query_limit($sql, 1);
                $zip_code     = $db->sql_fetchfield('pf_zip_code');
                $db->    sql_freeresult($result);

            $template->assign_vars(array(
                'WEATHER_ZIP'     => (!empty($zip_code)) ? $zip_code : '80201', // Change 20099 to the wished default ZIP code
            ));

		return 'weather_center.html';
	}

	public function get_template_side($module_id)
	{
		global $config, $template, $user, $db;

                $sql = "SELECT pf_zip_code
                    FROM " . PROFILE_FIELDS_DATA_TABLE . "
                    WHERE user_id = " . $user->data['user_id'];

                $result = $db->sql_query_limit($sql, 1);
                $zip_code     = $db->sql_fetchfield('pf_zip_code');
                $db->    sql_freeresult($result);

            $template->assign_vars(array(
                'WEATHER_ZIP'     => (!empty($zip_code)) ? $zip_code : '80201', // Change 20099 to the wished default ZIP code
            ));

		return 'weather_side.html';
	}

	public function get_template_acp($module_id)
	{
		return array(
			'title'	=> 'PORTAL_WEATHER',
		);
	}

}
I think this needs to be added to the end before the last "}":

/**
* API functions
*/
public function install($module_id)
{
return true;
}

public function uninstall($module_id)
{
global $db;
$sql = 'DELETE FROM ' . CONFIG_TABLE . '
WHERE ' . $db->sql_in_set('config_name', $del_config);
return $db->sql_query($sql);
}

Am I right?

In styles/template/prosilver/weather_center.html, I have:

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{$C_BLOCK_H_L}{$TITLE}{$C_BLOCK_H_R}
<div class="postbody" style="width: 100%">
<div class="post bg2" style="margin-bottom: 0px">
<div class="inner"><span class="portal-corners-top-inner"></span>
    <div style="text-align: center;">
        <!-- Weather Start -->
<div style='width: 728px; height: 90px; background-image: url( http://vortex.accuweather.com/adcbin/netweather_v2/backgrounds/hurricane_728x90_bg.jpg ); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color: #0F243A;' ><div style='height: 74px;' ><script src='http://netweather.accuweather.com/adcbin/netweather_v2/netweatherV2.asp?partner=netweather&tStyle=dark2&logo=1&zipcode={WEATHER_ZIP}&lang=eng&size=11&theme=hurricane&metric=0&target=_self'></script></div><div style='text-align: center; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; color: #FDEA11;' ><img style='float: right; padding-right: 5px;' src='http://vortex.accuweather.com/adc2004/common/images/misc/netweather_v2/adcwhite.png' /></div></div>
        <!-- Weather End -->
    </div>
    <br />
<span class="portal-corners-bottom-inner"></span></div></div></div>
{$C_BLOCK_F_L}{$C_BLOCK_F_R}
I haven't made a side block yet, but Accuweather offers a small version, so it should be simple.

Anyway, with a (small) database repair, I did manage to install this block, though I still get errors when I try to edit the block, and I'm hoping somebody can help me finish this thing up. If I go to try to modify the settings in the ACP, I get this error:
[phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/adm/index.php on line 389: Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
[phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/includes/acp/acp_portal.php on line 205: Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
[phpBB Debug] PHP Warning: in file [ROOT]/includes/acp/acp_portal.php on line 319: Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
I know I'm asking a LOT, but if somebody can help very briefly (I hope), we'll have a US weather block for B3P v.2.

Thanks!
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