YoWindow weather widget parameters

This is a list of parameters you may pass to YoWindow weather widget.

The parameters (variables) are passed through "flashvar" parameter of Flash component.
The parameters must be divided by & symbol.
Example.
<param name="flashvars" value="location_id=gn:5128581&amp;time_format=12"/>

• Location
  • name: location_id
  • value: gn:[supported geonames-id]
  Example: location_id=gn:498817
  

• Custom location-name
  • name: location_name
  • value: [custom location name]
  Example: name=Emerald City
  

• Landscape
  • name: landscape
  • value: landscape URL
  Example:
  landscape=http://landscape.yowindow.com/landscapes/colosseum/colosseum.ywl
  
  
• Language
  • name: lang
  • value: [valid language-id. eg.: de, de-at, en, ...]
    
    
• Time-format
  • name: time_format
  • value: [12|24]
    
    
• Unit-system
  • name: unit_system
  • value: [metric|us]
    
    
• Background-color
  • name: background
  • value: [valid color code: #rrggbb]
    
    
• Show temperature
  • name: mini_temperature
  • value: [true|false]
    
    
• Show time
  • name: mini_time
  • value: [true|false]
    
    
• Show location-bar
  • name: mini_locationBar
  • value: [true|false]
    
    
• Show moment-bar
  • name: mini_momentBar
  • value: [true|false]
    
    
• Force weather forecast provider
  • name: forecast_provider
  • value: [yrno|nws]
    
    
  yrno - yr.no weather forecast
  nws - National Weather Service forecast (United States only)
  

• Force METAR station for the current weather
  • name: current_weather_icao
  • value: [METAR station ICAO code]
  
  Example: current_weather_icao=ULLI
  

• Provide weather from Personal Weather Station (PWS)
  • name: current_weather_url
  • value: [url to the weather-xml-file]
    
    
  When you use this parameter make sure you have a special file crossdomain.xml placed on your server. Otherwise the weather will NOT be loaded. Read this section for the details.