rss.xml problems

[Alan]

I get this error when I click the RSS link in the upper right hand corner of the weewx index.html page.:

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

I only get this error on my hosted page. If I point my browser directly at my Raspberry Pi it works fine. I think there is something missing from the files I copied to my hosted site but I can't figure out what. Everything looks the same as what is on the pi.

Has anyone had this problem and figured it out?

weewx version 3.9.1

Raspberry Pi running Raspbian Stretch

HostGator cpanel hosting

[Alan]

It looks like I've got plenty of company. Looking at http://www.weewx.com/stations.html I can't find a station that works as I expect it to. It may have never worked on the hosted site with the previous versions, I've just never clicked on the RSS link. I think I'm going to give up on the RSS and see if I can tweak the skin to get the "Since Midnight" information back on the index.html page.

As a side note, I can view the RSS info on my phone using "Read" for Android linked to the hosted xml URL.

[gjr80]

Might help if you gave an example of a station that does not work as you expected. I just went to a half dozen randomly chosen stations (at least one was remote hosted) on the station map and RSS seemed to function as expected.

Gary

[Alan]

The "as expected" may be where I'm going wrong. http://vtwx.tom.org/ is an older version of weewx but I see the same problem that I have with mine.

The missing "Since Midnight" info that prompted me to go looking around and click the RSS feed is not missing after all; it is a mouse-over popup. I don't really care about the RSS if I can get the skin tweaked to not need a mouse-over.

[Andrew Milner]

i do not know what browser you are using - but on http://vtwx.tom.org I see since midnight with no problems - it is not a mouse-over popup for me and my edge browser on a surface tablet.  Seems like it may be your method of browsing that is the real issue!!  Have you tried the mobile/smartphone versions to see if they behave differently if you are not using a fullsize pc/monitor to do your browsing??

[gjr80]

OK, I go to the rss link on that site in my browser (Firefox) and I am presented with the current, daily, monthly and yearly summary data and asked if I want to subscribe. No 'This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.' error and the 'since midnight' data is there, it's just called 'Daily Weather Summary'. On the hunch that this might be a browser issue I open the same site in Chrome and when I hit the rss link I get the 'This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.' message and the raw xml. So the rss issue sounds like a browser issue instead.

I guess you must be using a skin other than the WeeWX Standard or Seasons skin as both of those show Since Midnight/today data without mouseover/popup.

Gary

[Alan]

I switched to the standard skin and all is right with the world again. The RSS link still shows an error in my browser but it's not something I'm going to spend any time on.

The new skin really looks nice but mouse-over function might drive me to drink. I'm in the weird function over form minority.

[Alan]

Thanks for the help guys!!

It works with Internet Explorer. I'm not sure why pointing Chrome at the Raspberry Pi gives a different result than pointing at the hosted site but that is definitely not a weewx problem.

The Seasons skin requires a mouse-over to see the times in the high-low section. I was using a laptop with a finicky touch pad when I did the new 3.9 install and didn't realize the mouse-over function was there.

[gjr80]

On Tuesday, 14 May 2019 15:44:10 UTC+10, Alan wrote:

It works with Internet Explorer. I'm not sure why pointing Chrome at the Raspberry Pi gives a different result than pointing at the hosted site but that is definitely not a weewx problem.

Interesting, who knows with browsers these days and their various interpretations of standards.

The Seasons skin requires a mouse-over to see the times in the high-low section. I was using a laptop with a finicky touch pad when I did the new 3.9 install and didn't realize the mouse-over function was there.

 

Yes, that has caught a few folks, it's one of those things you tend not to notice if using a touch device (I use an iPad and often have the same problem). The simplest solution in this case is to click (touch) on the High/Low heading (it's a link) and that will open the Statistics page which does show the times.

Gary