Weather GK4
Version
1.3 (last update on Jan 7, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
35
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
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86075
Date Added
24 December 2009
Editor's Note
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Weather GK4 is a module used for presenting weather conditions with a possibility of choice from two information sources, namely: Google Weather or Yahoo! Weather.
This module allows you to display weather forecast from any place in the world you wish with a great ease. It is displayed in the form of images and text coming from two weather services, such as: Google Weather and Yahoo! Weather.
Thanks to configuration options, it is possible to adjust its look by configuring it by a user or using default images from Google or Yahoo Weather Service.
Module version for Joomla 1.5 (support only Google Weather Services) you can download here: http://bit.ly/g79ALo
Works fine for me, except for two issues. Firstly, it uses "floor" instead of "round" for the celcius to fahrenheit calculations, so 2.9C is displayed as 2C (not a big issue, and easily fixed with a quick hack). More importantly, it has a limited set of icons, so "sunny", "mostly sunny" and "partly sunny" are all shown with a blazing sun icon, which is pretty misleading.
Would be better if it had proper timezone support for my locality, Australia ACST (UTC+9:30)
ACDT (UTC+10:30) etc.
When I opt to use Google weather feed, the icons don't show and there is no option to use Google's default icons.
The Backend user interface would be more friendly if it were to use Joomlas default styling instead of the orange sliding DIV's.
I don't understand why you can not forecast more than 2 days when using Yahoo Weather.
Apart from the above mentioned it has great functionality, easy to implement and looks clean from the front end.
ACDT (UTC+10:30) etc.
When I opt to use Google weather feed, the icons don't show and there is no option to use Google's default icons.
The Backend user interface would be more friendly if it were to use Joomlas default styling instead of the orange sliding DIV's.
I don't understand why you can not forecast more than 2 days when using Yahoo Weather.
Apart from the above mentioned it has great functionality, easy to implement and looks clean from the front end.
Does exactly what it says. Easy setup and support for multiple languages (including PT-BR). I'm using on my site and recommend it to everyone. Perfect.
I like it but I experienced that my site got a loooooong load time and a nasty PHP XML error because the weather service was down for some hours. I got my site up and running normal again when I disabled the weather module (using Joomla 1.5 and GK1 v.1.2). So kind of weather online service check is needed in order to use it fully on a professional site :-) So for now I have disabled it, but I loved it before I knew about the missing weather service online check.
Works well for "famous" cities like London, Paris etc.
But for anywhere else it's very hard to know what to put for Location and you'll get "An error occured - you set wrong location or data for your location are unavailable".
Supposedly it uses both (or either?) Google and Yahoo weather. But it's not immediately apparent if this can be configured or how, or which one it is using at any given time.
The location I want (Yanbu, Saudi Arabia) shows up in both Google and Yahoo weather, but I've tried all possible combinations of names and spellings and can't get anything but the error message. Perhaps with clearer documentation it is simple.
Click on the "need you help" link and you'll be invited to pay between 40 and 199 Euros.
I'm not too impressed.
But for anywhere else it's very hard to know what to put for Location and you'll get "An error occured - you set wrong location or data for your location are unavailable".
Supposedly it uses both (or either?) Google and Yahoo weather. But it's not immediately apparent if this can be configured or how, or which one it is using at any given time.
The location I want (Yanbu, Saudi Arabia) shows up in both Google and Yahoo weather, but I've tried all possible combinations of names and spellings and can't get anything but the error message. Perhaps with clearer documentation it is simple.
Click on the "need you help" link and you'll be invited to pay between 40 and 199 Euros.
I'm not too impressed.
I downloaded the extension from their Gavick website the version 1.1.0 which the website says was last updated Jan 25, 2011. However, upon installation, the backend says the extension was actually Jan 31, 2010 update.
The extension itself looks nice. Unfortunately, the latitude, longitude, and timezone settings don't work. Supposedly, based on these settings the displayed icons will alternately show either a sun or a moon depending on the time of the day for these settings. However, in my case, the icons appear stuck as a moon 24 hours a day based on the latitude/longitude settings i obtained from Google Maps. If you change the values to null, the icons are stuck to a sun all day long for 24 hours. Changing timezone values don't have any effect.
Also, the weather forecast displayed seems to be less accurate compared to The Weather Underground. The other day, it was raining heavily here in my place, but the forecast says "Partly Cloudy", while The Weather Underground accurately says "Rainy".
The extension itself looks nice. Unfortunately, the latitude, longitude, and timezone settings don't work. Supposedly, based on these settings the displayed icons will alternately show either a sun or a moon depending on the time of the day for these settings. However, in my case, the icons appear stuck as a moon 24 hours a day based on the latitude/longitude settings i obtained from Google Maps. If you change the values to null, the icons are stuck to a sun all day long for 24 hours. Changing timezone values don't have any effect.
Also, the weather forecast displayed seems to be less accurate compared to The Weather Underground. The other day, it was raining heavily here in my place, but the forecast says "Partly Cloudy", while The Weather Underground accurately says "Rainy".
We tried using this weather module however the documentation provided is very limited in content for specific settings to configure the module. Lack of any listings for Location and City settings makes it impossible to configure correctly which causes errors to display on the frontend. Attempted to look in the developers forums but was redirected to a membership purchasing page just to access their forums...ludicrous! It may work well IF you know the details which are required to configure it correctly but this developers failure to provide these details in their documentation makes this module in effect useless.
Glad that it displays weather in local language! That's the best feature I like! Unfortunately, I have some disaligment problems of the weather forecast elements (that's why I give 4 stars). Backend CSS settings didn't help. Probably I have to change the layout manually. Anyway the module has transparent background and suits perfect for any design template.
I used this module on a site for a bait shop and it installed effortlessly. Configuration was a little tricky, but if you read the documentation, you'll find any quirks to be easily fixable. (Hint: surround your location text with quotes.)
It looks great installed and the road map for the Joomla 1.6 version looks really cool.
Gavick extensions are always well-maintained and have great functionality.
It looks great installed and the road map for the Joomla 1.6 version looks really cool.
Gavick extensions are always well-maintained and have great functionality.
There is no way to tell if your city is going to be supported. Sao Paulo, Brazil, for one, doesnt seem to have support.
While registering with this publisher to be able to download, you are told that they will use your email address for spam.
Then when i tried to enter the forum to see what is going on with the city support, you need to pay to access the forum.
Kind of a bummer, if you are not in Lisboa..
Nice icons, though.
While registering with this publisher to be able to download, you are told that they will use your email address for spam.
Then when i tried to enter the forum to see what is going on with the city support, you need to pay to access the forum.
Kind of a bummer, if you are not in Lisboa..
Nice icons, though.
I tested v1.1.0 of GK Weather module today. It can really show my local weather, and allows to use local language. This is great. But the City name I entered can't be shown up. Don't know why, and the official forum refuse my to post due to subscription plans, so I have to rate it here.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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