Customizable Weather Plasmoid (CWP)

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Description:

For >=KDE-4.2 (no plasma 5 support)

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NEWS: I currently don't have the time to update the plasmoid or even work on a plasma 5 version. Sorry! But I will be happy to have either someone else take over the project or to publish corrected xml files to at least maintain the kde 4 version of this plasmoid
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This is another weather plasmoid.
It aims to be highly customizable, but a little harder to setup than other weather plasmoids.
Nearly any weather forecast provider can be used, as long as the data is provided as html files (no flash).
The information how to extract the information from these html files is stored inside xml files.
Commands like grep, head, tail, sed, awk, ... will do this job.

For now, xml files for the weather providers

br.weather.com (°C) (city identifier example: BRXX0043)
de.weather.com (°C) (city identifier example: 80331 or UKXX0085)
espanol.weather.com (°C) (city identifier example: Ciudad-de-Mexico-MXDF0132)
fr.weather.com (°C) (city identifier example: Paris-FRXX0076)
in.weather.com (°C) (city identifier example: New-Delhi-INXX0096)
uk.weather.com (°C) (city identifier example: London-UKXX0085)
wetter.com (°C) (city identifier example: DE0006515)
myforecast.com (°C) (city identifier example: 12844)
myforecast.com (°F) (city identifier example: 12844)
www.weather.com.cn (°C) (city identifier example: 101010100)
accuweather.com US (°C) (city identifier example: 85001)
accuweather.com US (°F) (city identifier example: 85001)
accuweather.com world (°C) (city identifier example: 305448)
accuweather.com world (°F) (city identifier example: 305448)
ilmeteo.it (°C) (city identifier example: Roma)
pogodynka.pl (°C) (city identifier example: Warszawa)
www.gismeteo.com (°C) (city identifier example: 4944)
openweathermap.org (°C) (city identifier example: id=2643743 or q=London,UK)
openweathermap.org (°F) (city identifier example: id=5506956 or q=Las Vegas,US)

are included, but feel free to write your own ones.
Please note, that some of the xml files might not work properly for all locations.
If they don't, try to update your definition files: either install latest cwp release or/and download latest xml definition
file package from
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/show.php?content=98925
and unpack the xml files into ~/.kde4/share/apps/cwp (the cwp application folder inside your kde directory).

To access extended information about current weather condition, left-click inside the current weather description!
The time, when the provider updated his weather information is shown italic when clicked on update time.

CWP saves current weather data on exit inside $HOME/./share/apps/cwp folder, so after crashes you might want to clean up
this directory, or completely remove it.

Parts of the source code are taken from weather plasmoid 0.4, KDE 4.2, qimageblitz, yaWP.
Thanks to the developers!

If you experience any bugs, please report them here.
Running
plasmoidviewer plasma_applet_cwp
or starting plasma from the console
might give you some debug information.

Last changelog:

2 years ago

1.12.1
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- xml: wetter.com updated (thanks to Evi1M4chine)

1.12.0
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- xml: removed www.weather.com support because the website is unparsable now
- xml: splitted openweathermap.org into celsius and fahrenheit versions
- modifications for locating correct data path

1.11.1
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- xml: br.weather.com: location fixed
- xml: de.weather.com: location fixed
- xml: fr.weather.com: location fixed
- xml: in.weather.com: links fixed
- xml: pogodynka.pl: fixes
- xml: weather.com.cn: fixed

1.11.0
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- xml: gismeteo.com: fixed
- removed freemeteo.com due to severe site changes, rendering access impossible

1.10.2
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- xml: gismeteo.com: city name fixed in some cases

1.10.1
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- xml: wetter.com: Current temperature fixed
- xml: openweathermap.org: north wind symbol fixed (thanks to wettermeister)
- xml: gismeteo.com: city name fixed in some cases

1.10.0
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- weather information is stored on disk each time updates are downloaded
- xml: weather.com: current weather description fixed

1.9.1
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- xml: gismeteo.com: location fixed for some locations

1.9.0
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- xml: openweathermap.org: initial support (WARNING: all configurations need to be updated!)
- xml: uk.weather.com: sunrise / sunset fixed
- xml: espanol.weather.com: sunrise / sunset and wind direction fixed
- xml: in.weather.com: sunrise / sunset fixed

1.8.3
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- xml: gismeteo.com: fixes

1.8.2
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- xml: gismeteo: icon fixes
- xml: www.weather.com.cn: fixes

1.8.1
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- xml: wetter.com: fixes (thanks to Evi1M4chine). Weather icons from weather provider should be preferred over system icons!
- xml: [in,espanol,uk].weather.com: UV index fixed

1.8.0
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- xml: myforecast.com: update time added
- xml: wetter.com: weather description modified
- xml: gismeteo.com: current weather icon fixed
- xml: accuweather.com (World): possibly wrong temperature fixed
- increased number of possible weather icons

1.7.3
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- xml: accuweather.com: fixes for some URLs

1.7.2
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- xml: www.weather.com: fixes (thanks to jcasoliva)
- xml: accuweather.com: 5th day fixed

1.7.1
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- xml: ilmeteo.it: fixes (thanks to Maurizio A.)
- xml: gismeteo.com: location fixed
- xml: www.weather.com: current weather conditions fixed
- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed (new location code)
- xml: accuweather.com (World): fixed (new location code)

1.7.0
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- icon for calm wind conditions
- xml: all: inserted "calm" wind condition if possible
- xml: www.weather.com: fixed
- xml: ilmeteo.it: changed (thanks to Maurizio A.)
- xml: espanol / in / uk.weather.com fixed
- xml: gismeteo: location fixed

1.6.13
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- xml: wetter.com: fixed (thanks to Evi1M4chine)

1.6.12
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- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed location
- xml: accuweather.com (world): fixed location etc.

1.6.11
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- xml: accuweather.com (US): feels like temperature and additional information fixed

1.6.10
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- xml: br.weather.com: fixed
- xml: de.weather.com: fixed
- xml: fr.weather.com: fixed

1.6.9
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- xml: www.wetter.com: wind fixed

1.6.8
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- xml: www.wetter.com: wind and additional info fixed

1.6.7
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- xml: gismeteo.com: location name fixed

1.6.6
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- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed

1.6.5
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- xml: gismeteo.com: fixed (thanks to Dreid)
- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed forecast
- xml: accuweather.com (world): fixed forecast

1.6.4
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- xml: ilmeteo.it: fixed apostrophe character in location names
- xml: pogodynka.pl: fixed wrong low temperature in some cases
- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed location names
- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed forecast after midnight

1.6.3
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- xml: de.weather.com: fixed wind directions
- xml: br.weather.com: fixed wind directions
- xml: espanol.weather.com: fixed wind directions
- xml: ilmeteo.it: fixed wind description
- xml: gismeteo.com: fixed country names

1.6.2
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- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed wrong data at night time

1.6.1
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- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed wrong weather data

1.6.0
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- Greek translation (thanks to pkoukousoulas)
- xml: satellite_images: new images
- xml: accuweather.com (World): port to new location code
- xml: www.weather.com: fixed

1.5.14
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- xml: gismeteo.com: current wind condition fixed

1.5.13
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- xml: www.wetter.com: current temperature fixed (thanks to Steffen)
- xml: accuweather.com (World): forecast temperature fixed

1.5.12
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- xml: www.wetter.com: complete rewrite
- xml: www.weather.com: current weather description fixed

1.5.11
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- xml: gismeteo.com: fixed (thanks to Dreid)
- xml: www.weather.com.cn: fixes

1.5.10
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- xml: gismeteo.com: negative temperature values fixed

1.5.9
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- xml: accuweather.com (World): mostly fixed (thanks to Jota Jota)
- xml: accuweather.com (US): bugs fixed
- xml: gismeteo.com: wind and location bugs fixed
- xml: uk.weather.com: variable wind bug fixed
- xml: in.weather.com: variable wind bug fixed
- xml: espanol.weather.com: variable wind bug fixed

1.5.8
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- xml: weather.com: location fixed
- xml: accuweather.com (US): wrong days for forecast fixed

1.5.7
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- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed

1.5.6
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- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed
- xml: pogodynka.pl: fixed

1.5.5
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- xml: accuweather.com (US): Forecast icon for 1st day fixed
- xml: weather.com: Fixed
- xml: pogodynka.pl: Fixed

1.5.4
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- xml: ilmeteo.it: icon and description fixes

1.5.3
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- xml: accuweather.com (US): links and location fixes

1.5.2
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- xml: espanol.weather.com: date name fixes
- xml: fr.weather.com: date name fixes
- xml: in.weather.com: date name fixes
- xml: uk.weather.com: date name fixes
- xml: accuweather.com (US): update time fixed
- xml: www.weather.com: current weather icon fixed

1.5.1
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- ru.po updated (thanks to Boris Pek)
- new cwp-app directory not used in some cases
- xml: gismeteo.com: add some icon codes
- xml: www.weather.com.cn: fixes

1.5.0
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- on request: changed app directory from ~/.cwp to ~/.[kde4]/share/apps/cwp
- xml: gismeteo.com: display N.A. if no update time is available
- xml: gismeteo.com: add some icon codes

1.4.0
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- on request: export / import settings from configuration dialog

1.3.4
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- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed temperature not shown in some cases
- xml: ilmeteo.it: fixed icon and forecast information issues

1.3.3
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- xml: www.weather.com: update time fixed, weather description fixed
- xml: www.weather.com.cn: current weather description fixed
- xml: www.accuweather.com (US): fixed

1.3.2
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- xml: www.gismeteo.com: location fixed (thanks to yurikirin)
- xml: pogodynka.pl: fixed
- xml: wetter.com: fixed rain forecast
- xml: ilmeteo.it: fixed missing weather description

1.3.1
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- xml: pogodynka.pl: fixed forecast for 1st day

1.3.0
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- display invalid weather data rather than spinning circle
- xml: www.gismeteo.com: links to www.gismeteo.ru now
- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed
- xml: pogodynka.pl: fixed
- xml: others: small fixes

1.2.3
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- xml: www.weather.com: fixed

1.2.2
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- tiny spelling fix (thanks to tehnick)
- debug information for icon codes added
- xml: ilmeteo.it: fixes for some locations like Roma
- xml: accuweather.com (US): night icon fixes

1.2.1
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- xml: accuweather.com (World): small fixes (thanks to naradla)
- xml: gismeteo.com: location name fixed
- xml: www.weather.com: wind & encoding fixed
- xml: ilmeteo.it: fixes (thanks to lbonco)
- xml: www.weather.com.cn: icon description fixed
- xml: accuweather.com (US): special icons fixed
- xml: gismeteo.com: some missing icons added

1.2.0
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- use KDE's scheduler for download jobs (let KDE limit kio_http process number to 30)
- xml: accuweather.com (World): new URL to find location code

1.1.1
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- xml: fr.weather.com: fixed wind direction
- xml: espanol.weather.com: fixed wind direction
- xml: www.weather.com: fixed
- xml: accuweather.com (World): fixed (both °C and °F)

1.1.0
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- fixed namespace bug in xml files
- fixed panel bug in KDE 4.5
- xml: gismeteo.com: fixed

1.0.5
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- xml: freemeteo.com: fixed & added new languages support

1.0.4
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- xml: accuweather.com (World): fixed (thanks to Jota Jota)
- xml: accuweather.com (US): fixed

1.0.3
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- xml: satellite_images: broken links fixed
- xml: accuweather.com (World): fixed wrong icon code

1.0.2
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- xml: accuweather.com (World) fixed (both °C and °F)

1.0.1
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- xml: www.gismeteo.com: location fixed
- xml: wetter.com: update time fixed, current weather icon fixed
- xml: weather.com.cn: day names fixed

1.0.0
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- update function (xml files in .cwp folder preferred over xml files from install directory)
- weather-windy icon: fixed (newer kde versions don't load scalable icons any more)
- xml: accuweather.com: US celsius and fahrenheit: fixed
- xml: ilmeteo.it: fixed (thanks to Pasquale Ceres)
- xml: www.weather.com: fixed

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jaegerschnitzel
5 years ago

Please update to cwp 1.6.10

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hamelg
5 years ago

me too.
All values are empty. In the log, I see this error :
Current temperature is invalid: Download didn't fail, but (all?) values are obviously invalid.

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jaegerschnitzel
5 years ago

Thanks for your comment. I'll fix it, as soon as I can, however, only some timer after Christmas.

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roctheme
5 years ago

Since yesterday evening doesn't work any longer with de.weather.com and all of my locations:
Berlin, München, Dortmund, Fehrbellin, etc.

Also es wird plötzlich oben nur noch <TITLE></TITLE>,<TITLE></TITLE> und keine Informationen mehr angezeigt.

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jaegerschnitzel
5 years ago

Please update to cwp 1.6.10

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KaptenBeard
5 years ago

Hello.

I apologise if this has been solved. I looked several pages back and could not find the solution.

I have been using cwp for a long time and it worked fine without any problems. However, the last few versions of it (which I got from the KDE repo of openSUSE) as well ass the one I downloaded from your link, do not convert the Fahrenheit temperatures to Celsius. To make it clearer, when I use accuweather-world (F) 2012-11-14 the temparatures are displayed correctly (63F, feels like 58F). Wind speed is also shown in miles per hour.
However, when I switch to the Celsius version of Accuweather, the temperature symbol changes to C, but the numerical values do not. It now reads 63C, feels like 58C.
Right-clicking and selecting Link, the browser loads and displays the correct location and temperature (Celsius).

I am not very knowledgeable with xml and I can not examine the files.
The settings file I exported is https://dl.dropbox.com/u/23824517/Talanta.cwp

I am using the latest version of the plasmoid (downloaded from the link you provide) and openSUSE 12.2 64bit.

Thank you

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jaegerschnitzel
5 years ago

Hi!
The reason for this behaviour is a change in the accuweather homepage. The setting °C and F are stored in cookies, which is not supported by cwp.
Sorry!

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woko1754
5 years ago

Hi, I like cwp and use it for years, but now my
favorite weather-page changed something in their details, so cwp can't display the wind-direction anymore. What can I do ?

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jaegerschnitzel
5 years ago

Hi,
what is your weather provider? Also the location string would be helpful.

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woko1754
5 years ago

thank you for answering, here it is:
http://www.wetter.com/wetter_aktuell/aktuelles_wetter/deutschland/berlin/mitte/DE0001020332.html

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jaegerschnitzel
5 years ago

Please try the latest cwp version.

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woko1754
5 years ago

Thanks a lot, now the details are displayed again and the direction works, if it is 'East'. But unfortunately not for other directions. So after checking the changes in 'wetter_com.xml' I tried it myself with:
<wind_transform i1="Nord" o1="N"
i2="Nordnordost" o2="NNE"
i3="Nordost" o3="NE"
i4="Ostnordost" o4="ENE"
i5="Ost" o5="E"
i6="Südsüdost" o6="SSE"
i7="Südost" o7="SE"
i8="Ostsüdost" o8="ESE"
i9="Süd" o9="S"
i10="Nordnordwest" o10="NNW"
i11="Nordwest" o11="NW"
i12="Westnordwest" o12="WNW"
i13="West" o13="W"
i14="Südsüdwest" o14="SSW"
i15="Südwest" o15="SW"
i16="Westsüdwest" o16="WSW"
i17="Var" o17="Var"
i18="Umlaufend" o18="Var"
i19="Variabel" o19="Var"
i20="" o20=""
/>
, but it doesn't work, if the word contains a german special-character.

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jaegerschnitzel
5 years ago

Thanks for your comment. I'll look at the wind direction problem, as soon as I can.

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jaegerschnitzel
5 years ago

Please try 1.6.9!

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woko1754
5 years ago

Now it works like a charm again, thanks a lot !

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janet
5 years ago

Would it be possible to add sunrise and sundown times for the current day? Maybe in a tooltip or the context menu or...?

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janet
5 years ago

Oops, changed some settings and now it is there again...

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tehnick
5 years ago

Hi,

Now CWP does not show city name when Gismeteo is used. It's a bit uncomfortable.

Regards,
Boris

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jaegerschnitzel
5 years ago

Please try the newest version.

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tehnick
5 years ago

Now works fine. Thanks a lot!

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OdinEidolon
6 years ago

Hi, I have a problem with CWP, it's a wonderful plasmoid but I use it in the panel and this is the result:

http://imageshack.us/a/img3/1434/cwpdimensionproblem.jpg

This is my config:
http://pastebin.com/LrGERYAi

Is there any solution?

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jaegerschnitzel
6 years ago

Did you try to resize the popup-widget? It can be resized by dragging one of the corners, in your case most likely the upper left corner.

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OdinEidolon
6 years ago

Whoops. I feel stupid now :D

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jcasoliva
6 years ago

The weather data is not getting updated, even if I click on "Reload Weather Data". I have no clue on why since it was properly working a few days ago.

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