Weather GK4
Version
1.6.1 (last update on Sep 7, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
31
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
24 December 2009
Weather GK4 is a module used for presenting weather conditions from Yahoo! Weather forecast services.
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.
Module version for Joomla 1.5 (support only Google Weather Services) you can download here: http://bit.ly/g79ALo
Changelog:
- Google Weather API is no longer available so all options connected with this API was removed.
- Support for Yahoo! Weather forecast added
- Module options interface totally rebuilt
- New system to download data which creates backup copy, thanks to which in the case of unavailability of data, there will be used data downloaded recently
- Possibility of specifying number of days a weather forecast involves
Images
This may work great but it requires a WOEID for your city, but there are many zip codes that WOEID doesn't recognize, rendering the module useless.
I found this the very best weather module. Easy to install, looks nice.
But ... it installs itself in a separate subdomain. That's something the developer should inform the user about. Not somewhere on page 999 of a manual, but right away.
Apart from that, I certainly recommend this one. But I can't give it 5 stars due to the above problem.
But ... it installs itself in a separate subdomain. That's something the developer should inform the user about. Not somewhere on page 999 of a manual, but right away.
Apart from that, I certainly recommend this one. But I can't give it 5 stars due to the above problem.
They had to remove the Google feed and left it only with the Yahoo feed, which is not too bad, unless you're outside of England, then you'll be wasting your time for hours trying to fix all the issues, you'll be facing, such as the icons, the languages, and finding the WOEID... If you have a suscription with them, then they'll fix it, but if you want this as a FREE extension, then look somewhere else since you don't have a suscription, if you click help then you can choose between paying between $40 and $199 euros...
Great extension. Very easy to configure. It uses Google and Yahoo weather data. I used Google data and checked with our official local webstie, Voila! they match. Only (-) minus was (maybe I couldn't see) was the unit of wind speed was in mph while I prefer kmh. Thanks to devs.
P.S. You can see it working at www.majesticistanbul.com.
P.S. You can see it working at www.majesticistanbul.com.
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.
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