Weather Company Feed

A Weather Company Feed asset allows subscribers to The Weather Company’s RSS Feed to display information about the weather in their site. Each record in the XML feed will be displayed as a shadow asset in the Asset Map. From there you can use the tools within Squiz Matrix, such as an Asset Listing, to display this information in your site. Please note that the RSS Feed subscription is not a free service. You will need to contact The Weather Company for details.

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  1. Details Screen

Once you have created your Weather Company Feed, you can configure the asset on its associated screens. Many of these screens are the same or similar to those for a Standard Page and are described in the Asset Screens manual. In this chapter we will only describe the Details screen, which is different for a Weather Company Feed.

Details Screen

The Details screen allows you to configure the Weather Company Feed. For more information on the Status, Future Status, Thumbnail and Details sections of the Details screen, refer to the Details Screen chapter of the Asset Screens manual.

XML Feed Details

This section allows you to set up the Weather Company Feed.

XML Feed Details section
The XML Feed Details section of the Details screen 

The fields available are as follows:

  • Link For The XML Feed: enter the hyperlink for the XML feed. The Weather Company will supply this URL.
  • Root Tag: enter a tag to start reading the XML feed from. If nothing is specified, the entire XML feed will be parsed for the tags that have been specified in the Tag Names field.
  • User ID: enter the user ID that has been provided by The Weather Company.
  • Password: enter the password that has been provided by The Weather Company.
  • Tag Names: enter a comma-separated list of tags that you would like to use from the XML feed provided by The Weather Company.

Once you have entered the details into these fields and clicked Commit, shadow assets will appear in the Asset Map under the Weather Company Feed. Each shadow asset represents one item from the XML feed. For more information on shadow assets, refer to the Shadow Asset chapter in this manual.

Tag Attributes

This section allows you to set the name for each of the tags that you are using from the XML feed and will only appear once you have entered the URL into the Link For The XML Feed field. Enter a name for each tag into the Attribute field.

Shadow Asset Name

The Shadow Asset Name section appears on the screen once you have entered the URL of the XML feed into the Link For The XML Feed field. The fields available are as follows:

  • Enter The Name Of the Shadow Asset: this field allows you to specify the name of the shadow assets. It can either be a normal string or a combination of strings and keyword replacements.
  • Available Keywords: this section provides a list of available keywords for the shadow assets. You can use any combination of these keyword replacements as well as strings as the name of the shadow assets.

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