WeatherZone Embed
Allows you to easily embed Australian weather forecast and observation data on your website.
Data is provided in the form of a WeatherZone.com.au button.
Supports both weather forecast and current weather observations buttons.
Requires no knowledge of JavaScript, and is compatible with WordPress Multisite.
To use this plugin, add a [weatherzone] shortcode to a page or text widget on your website:
eg. [weatherzone mode="a" postcode="b" locality="c" showradar="d"]
Description of parameters:
mode
Specifies which type of weather button to add.
Valid values for the mode parameter are:
currentweather: (default) Current Weather Observation buttonforecast: Weather forecast button
postcode
The postcode of your desired location to show weather data for.
Required: Yes
locality
You may also add a locality parameter if you wish. This is recommended as it will ensure that your closest weather station is provided.
For example if you wanted the current weather for Shenton Park to appear in your page, your script call would look like this:
[weatherzone mode="currentweather" postcode="6008" locality="Shenton Park"]
where 6008 is the postcode for Shenton Park.
showradar
Whether or not to display a link to the weather radar below the weather button.
Valid values for the showradar parameter are:
true: (default) Yes, display the linkfalse: No, do not display the link
See the WordPress WeatherZone Embed Plugin home page for further information.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.