In the continuing effort to provide timely updates, we have released HW3tides 1.1 for HW3php.
This update corrects several time zone issues that were in the original release, including:
- Fixed issue in the tides.html where the incorrect Timezone name variable was used. changed %%tzname%% to %%loctzname%%
- Fixed issue in HWFetchTides.php to support daylight savings time for tidal locations.
Download: Plug-ins Store
If already purchased: Members Area
Documentation:
HTML: http://www.hamweather.com/hw3/docs/hw3php/plugins/HW3_tides/
PDF: http://www.hamweather.com/hw3/docs/hw3php/plugins/HW3_tides/HW3_tides.pdf
Support: http://support.hamweather.com
There will be an additional update with in the next month that will include the 2009 tidal predictions.
In the continuing effort to improve upon the capabilities of the HW3cacher, we have released HW3cache 1.4.2.
The main goal of this update is to improve the resource handling and bandwidth usage. The script now supports returning a 304 Not Modified header to browsers that request the same page/data multiple times before the cache has expired. This lowers total resource usage and on high volume sites can greatly lower total bandwidth consumption.
Some of the changes included in the new version include:
- Improved mime type handling
- Improved handling of “mod_rewites” within the user rules.
- Added support for improved cache control and ETAG headers for “if not modified since/#)$ not modified”.
- New HWCheaders array in the script allows additional custom headers to be added as needed.
- several other bugfixes and improvement tweaks.
Downloads Via Plugins Area: http://support.hamweather.com/dload.php?action=file&file_id=169
Documentation:
HTML: http://www.hamweather.com/hw3/docs/hw3php/HW3Cacher_php/
PDF: http://www.hamweather.com/hw3/docs/hw3php/HW3Cacher_php/HW3Cacher_php.pdf
Support: http://support.hamweather.com
We have released HWphp 3.991. This release provides a few bug fixes.
A few of the changes include (See the complete change list for the full listing):
- Fixed bug in Template.php that was causing url_pands to do a double urlencode
- Fixed a type that prevented “template_html_encode=#” from setting the global encode option.
- Implemented fix when using html encoding with a formatting command
- Change in the hw3.php to fix issue with some users of the use_sites functionality having issues.
If upgrading from a previous version of HW3php you only need to download the appropriate upgrade file listed under “upgrade distributions”. To determine the version of your current HW3 installation, you can normally query your HW3 installation by appending “?version=1″ to your HW3 URL. I.E. hw3.php?version=1
NOTE: If you are using HW3 with a debug mode password required then the above URL may not display the HW3version information. In such cases you may need to query your HW3 installation requesting debug output with your debug password. I.E. hw3.php?debug=1&debugpw=XXXXX (where XXXXX is your debug password)
We have released HWphp 3.99. This release adds some new features and many bug fixes to HW3php.
A few of the new features include (See the complete change list for the full listing):
- New “Sounds Like” search capability when using Mysql 4.1 or newer. This new feature allows HW3 to display a list of potential cities when a user misspells a city name (something I do often!).
Note: This feature is off by default for backward capability. Turn on by adding “max_search_type=3″ in the [Database Access] section of the configs/hw3.ini.php
- Support for loading custom configs based on the domain being accessed. This is a great feature if you have multiple domains parked on a single HW3 installation and need to display a custom template set and/or default locations for each domain.
Note: HW3 licensing is per domain the output is used on. When using this feature ensure that you have proper licensing for each domain that is being used.
- Improved how HW3php handles apostrophes in location names which should correct template errors that occassionally occurred for some users.
- Added some items for security such as the default “.htaccess” file which will block many of the bots that may attempt to hit the HW3php install looking for users with versions prior to HWphp 3.986.
- Improved integration for HWdata subscribers with international subscriptions. Now supports, snow fall, thunderstorms, POP and Canadian postal code searches.
- Many other Bug fixes and improvements.
This should be the last major release of HW3php as HW4 is right around the corner. We are planning to launch our new website and a HW4 public downloadable beta in mid October. We will be posting more information on HW4 in the next few days.
The animations for Tropical Storm Edouard are now available. Included are several radar and satellite animations, covering different area views of the storm from the Gulf of Mexico to landfall in Texas. The animations are available on the Tropical Storm Edouard Archive page.
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