vb.org Archive - vBulletin CMS Widgets - Weather Channel widget that uses members zip code

This adds the Weather Channel widget to your CMS, pulling the weather from the user's zip code.

- Create a new style template titled "vbcms_widget_weather".
- Create a new profile field named "zip code". Take note of the profile field number.
- Insert the following into the new template, changing $bbuserinfo[fieldXX] to the correct field number ($bbuserinfo[field8] in my case):

Code:

<div class="cms_widget">

        <div class="block">

                <div class="cms_widget_header">

                <h3>{vb:raw widget_title}</h3>

                </div>

                <div class="cms_widget_content">

<center>

<vb:if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 1)">

        Registered members can see their local weather forcast here.

        <br /><br />

        <a href="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}/register.php">Click here to register!</a>

        <br /><br />



<vb:else />



<vb:if condition="$bbuserinfo[fieldXX] !=''"> 

        <script src='http://voap.weather.com/weather/oap/{vb:raw bbuserinfo.fieldXX}?template=GENXV&par=3000000007&unit=0&key=twciweatherwidget'></script>



<vb:else />



Add your <A HREF="{vb:raw vboptions.bburl}">/profile.php?do=editprofile">Zip Code</A> to show weather forcast. 



</vb:if>



</vb:if>



</center>



                </div>

        </div>

</div>

- Create a new widget with type "Static HTML".
- Title it "Weather" or whatever else you want.
- Save it.
- Configure the widget to use the "vbcms_widget_weather" template.
- Add the widget to your CMS where ever you like.

You can customize the Weather Channel widget including F/C, background image, etc: http://www.weather.com/services/oap/...r-widgets.html

EDIT: Some users are having a difficult time following my instructions. It makes sense to me, but I guess I'm the only one. Here's Octavius' version of the instructions:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Octavius. (Post 2132996)

In that code he posted you will see fieldXX and if you look a little further you'll see field8

Replace both fieldXX and field8 with the profile field number that you created for the zip code.

That's the fist part.

Second part, do what aenable did in his post.

3rd part, Take that whole code and put it inside the new vbcms_widget_weather template

Then create your static html widget and copy that same code into Configure.

If you have more than one forum skin, you'll have to create a vbcms_widget_weather for each template.

For instance, I have 11 skins so I had to make 11 new templates but configure the widget only one time.

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