wĕdaPanel - interactive weather for the lockscreen

**storyr** · 11-01-2009, 07:08 PM

Interactive weather for the lockscreen.
Updated for IOS 4 on iPhone 4, 3GS or 3G - with 2 complete themes built-in

Features:

A ton of weather data for your location
Multiple cities
World clock
Nine different icon sets
Lunar schedule
Images/radar maps (tap each image to enlarge)
Refresh button
Two complete themes:
- Simple Mind
  - Backgrounds change for weather conditions and time of day
  - Tap screen for slide-up, interactive panels
- wedaPanel original
  - 24-hour time-based backgrounds
  - Interactive, flipping panels

Instructions:

Download and unzip
Edit wedaPanel.theme\weda\settings.xml for your location and other settings (see below)
Copy to the Themes folder on your iphone
Select wedaPanel in Winterboard
Companion apps available in Cydia: Lockscreen Clock Hide + Lockscreen Dim Delay

Downloads:

(wedaPanel.theme.zip) wĕdaPanel theme

Settings:

To change settings, edit the file wedaPanel.theme\weda\settings.xml. The following settings can be changed:

Code:

  <!-- cities: use weather.com locations or zip codes.                -->
  <!--         if your zip doesn't work, look your location up here:  -->
  <!--            http://aspnetresources.com/tools/WeatherIdResolver  -->
  <!--         you can add as many as you want (i guess)              -->
  <cities>
    <city name="Tacoma">USWA0441</city>
    <city name="Des Moines">50316</city>
    <city name="Phoenix">USAZ0166</city>
    <city name="New York">USNY0996</city>
    <city name="Baghdad">IZXX0008</city>
  </cities>

  <!-- refresh interval: in minutes      -->
  <refreshInterval>20</refreshInterval>

  <!-- units: 'imperial' (fahrenheit)    -->
  <!--        'metric'   (celcius)       -->
  <units>imperial</units>

  <!-- clock: '12' or '24' hour format   -->
  <clock>12</clock>

  <!-- theme: 0 = wedaPanel original     -->
  <!--        1 = simplemind             -->
  <themeIndex>1</themeIndex>

  <!-- icon set: 0 = Stardock            -->
  <!--           1 = 7°                  -->
  <!--           2 = Flat White          -->
  <!--           3 = HTC                 -->
  <!--           4 = SPIL                -->
  <!--           5 = Tick                -->
  <!--           6 = Umicons             -->
  <!--           7 = WeatherPod          -->
  <!--           8 = Willy Dedication    -->
  <iconSetIndex>0</iconSetIndex>

  <!-- URLs for weather images (up to 6) -->
  <radar>
    <url>http://fin.bimedia.net/KOMO/4radar_tacoma_anim.gif</url>
    <url>http://fin.bimedia.net/KOMO/puget_sound.gif</url>
    <url>http://fin.bimedia.net/KOMO/sat_close.gif</url>
    <url>http://www.parislive.net/eiffelwebcam01.jpg</url>
    <url>http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/eit_304/512/latest.jpg</url>
    <url>http://images.wsdot.wa.gov/ORFlow/005vc13540.jpg</url>
  </radar>

Updates:

11/10/2010 - Fixed DST bug
11/10/2010 - Added language support, BUT - not widely implemented throughout the UI yet.
11/10/2010 - New setting for controlling clock source (local time or weather source city time)
11/10/2010 - Stopped pre-loading the images tab. This should lower data consumption.
8/10/2010 - Updated for IOS 4, added Simple Mind theme, multiple city support, etc.
11/7/2009 - Radar image enhancement - now allows 6 images, plus tap-to-zoom
11/4/2009 - Added readme.txt file to download
11/4/2009 - Fixed incorrect moon phase text
11/1/2009 - Fixed issue with metric units display

**Raptors** · 11-01-2009, 07:08 PM

this looks AWESOMEEEE

**storyr** · 11-01-2009, 07:11 PM

Tutorials
__________________________________________________ _____
How to find your weather location:

Go HERE and look up your location (thanks dg645). Copy and past the code into the settings.xml file.
Update your settings.xml file with this location.

__________________________________________________ _____
How to set the radar images:

Find an image on the internet. Your local news website or
weather.yahoo.com, for example:

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Right-click on the image and copy it's address:

(note: For IE, you need to choose "Properties", then copy the pictures address from the properties window)
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Paste this address into the settings.xml file:

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**battlecrushr** · 11-01-2009, 07:17 PM

Nice and to show it to copy and paste the link here and it'll come

**golfnut** · 11-01-2009, 07:52 PM

Looks nice!

**amibo21** · 11-01-2009, 07:59 PM

this is so cool, downloading right now!!

**jrod_15** · 11-01-2009, 08:02 PM

wow very nice

**stlcaddie** · 11-01-2009, 08:17 PM

Love it

**golfnut** · 11-01-2009, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by storyr

video

wĕdaPanel - interactive weather for the lockscreen. wĕdaPanel is built with the wĕda weather engine, and showcases many of wĕda's features. See the 3rd post for more information on wĕda.

Features:

A ton of weather data for your location
Interactive, animated panels
Detailed current conditions
Detailed 7 day forecast, with day and night details
Comprehensive lunar data
Time-based backgrounds (thanks Doreen)

More screenshots:

Credits:

backgrounds: 24 hour Bliss walls by Doreen (link)
weather icons: Stardock corporation
moon icons: Yahoo

Instructions:

Download and unzip
Edit wedaPanel.themewedasettings.xml for your location
Copy to the themes folder on your iphone
Select wedaPanel in Winterboard
Enjoy!

Downloads:

Cool Theme, but how do you change the radar to support your current location? Secondly, is there anyway to jump to lockscreen and keep it on longer before dimming black? Thanks

**mbrown038** · 11-01-2009, 08:23 PM

Love theme already have it up and running, just have to work on the radar portion

golfnut, you can install a dim delay that you change in settings to display the lock screen longer. You can get it from the modmyi repository

**Doreen** · 11-01-2009, 08:31 PM

Absolutely gorgeous! What a ton of work you did! Thank you...

**zero-x** · 11-01-2009, 09:05 PM

Looks amazing

great job

**randy92** · 11-01-2009, 09:06 PM

how does this affect the iphone memory and battery wise????

**24trepid** · 11-01-2009, 09:22 PM

How do you set the local radar image ??

**storyr** · 11-01-2009, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by golfnut

Cool Theme, but how do you change the radar to support your current location?

Originally Posted by 24trepid

How do you set the local radar image ??

I threw the radar concept in at the last minute - it's somewhat limited in it's capability.

To configure it, find an image on your local news web site, or weather.com, etc. Right-click and view the properties, then copy it's URL (it must be an image - .png, .gif, .jpg). Paste URL into the settings.xml file.

Once you have it working, you can two-finger scroll the image - although it won't remember the position...

Originally Posted by randy92

how does this affect the iphone memory and battery wise????

I've noticed no impact on battery. It's not to say that it doesn't have some impact - I just don't think it's noticable.

I haven't checked memory. The theme itself is fairly large - because of the images...

**stlcaddie** · 11-01-2009, 10:13 PM

I don't see any big change in memory consumption. Great work on this one. Can't wait till more options on the radar.

**whoadie** · 11-01-2009, 10:36 PM

I can't get the location to change. I went to the settings folder and changed the zip code to mine. But it still say Tacoma.??!

**boki2911** · 11-02-2009, 02:13 AM

how that change temperature F in C please help

**Lurch24-7** · 11-02-2009, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by boki2911

how that change temperature F in C please help

+1
Simply changing the value to "celsius" doesn't seem to do the trick

**boki2911** · 11-02-2009, 02:44 AM

<units>metric</units>
Did you this thought, but when I do nothing changes

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