Weather plugin problems

[Thomas Henry Sutton]

On 21/07/2004, at 10:04 AM, Steve Cooke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the endless questions. I am having trouble getting the 
> weather plugin to work. I checked the archives for similar problems 
> but it appears that most previous problems have been to do with the 
> plugin causing the panel to crash.
>
> My problem is that when I enter my location code from weather.com, the 
> plugin simply says it "Cannot update weather data." My location 
> (Hobart, Australia) is ASXX0057. Entering it in the location field, as 
> per the documentation, does not do the job. Could the problem be 
> related to the fact that my internet traffic goes through a proxy? If 
> so, is there any way I may tell the plugin about the proxy please?
Probably not. I'm getting the same problem for Launceston and I have a 
direct connection (though it is NAT'd). The weather plugin just stopped 
working a while back. Perhaps whichever website it uses (weather.com?) 
no-longer supports .AU locations. If it is weather.com, I couldn't find 
.tas.au on the website. Then again, I didn't try very hard as my 
computer is right next to a window :-)

I certainly hope someone knows that I am wrong, but I think it is just 
the data source deciding to stop working rather than the plugin being 
broken.

Cheers,
Thomas Sutton