World Clock and Weather Product Summary

World Clock and Weather Product Summary

World Clock and Weather Features

WorldClockWeather.pngThe Bamboo Solutions World Clock & Weather Web Part allows users to display local time and weather for selected major cities around the globe.

Key Features
Show weather or clock by location with temperature, date, and time.
Show temperature in celsius and/or fahrenheit.
Show only date, time and location.
Choose from analog or digital clock styles as well as colors.
Choose a date and time format.
Change the font and font color of the date and time, temperature and location.
Show the country or province of a location.
Arrange the weather or clocks vertically or horizontally.
Show as many locations as you want with the option to scroll through each location.
Holiday Features
Configure the Web Part so that snow falls and gathers at the bottom of the screen when users access the page that contains this Web Part.
Set the density of the snow fall (i.e. 50%, 75%, etc.).
Indicate whether the snow will fall on a light background or dark background. Light background snow is darker colored for visibility.
Show a custom Holiday message that moves across the Web Part.

World Clock and Weather Limitations

The following limitations apply to World Clock and Weather when it is connected to a File Share Library:

  • Item versioning is not supported.
  • The Document ribbon item options E-mail a Link and Download a Copy do not work properly.
  • The World Clock and Weather Upload Media File and New Media File Link options will use the default Document Library upload page, not the customized World Clock and Weather page with the link to supported file types. The functionality is the same.

Weather Providers and Locations

Weather Providers and Locations

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Step Action Result
Select Weather Provider Choose your preferred weather provider. Providers.jpg
Weather content and images may vary by provider. Some weather providers require an API key. If required, you must contact these providers directly to request a key.
Search Weather Location You can select up to 20 Current Weather Locations to be displayed on the page. SearchingLocations.jpg
Search Results The results appear in the drop down so when you click the Add button, the results will display.

Results.jpg
To add a new location:

  • Type the name of the city in the Search Weather Location text box. Cities matching the search criteria are displayed in the Search Results list.
  • Select the desired city from the Search Results drop down list.
  • Click Add.

To change the order in which locations are displayed on the page:

  • Check the box at the end of the weather location row to select it.
  • Click Up or Down to move the location in the display list.
  • To remove a weather location:
  • Check the box at the end of the weather location row to select it.
  • Click Remove.

To customize the display name for a location:

  • Enter a custom display name in the Display Name box.
  • Leave this box blank to accept the default display name.

To display the weather in Celsius and/or Fahrenheit

  • Select the appropriate check box (C or F) for each location. Selecting both boxes will display both temperature formats.
  • The temperature display will default to Fahrenheit if no option is selected.

To add a hyperlink to the location:

  • Enter a URL in the Link box. This URL will be opened in a new browser window when you click on the location name.
  • Leave this box blank to default to a Bing Maps view of the location.

To add an RSS feed to a location:

  • Enter an RSS feed location in the RSS Feeds box. RSS feed contents will be displayed when you click the RSS Feeds icon (Icon-RSS).
  • For more information about how to enter RSS feeds, click here or click the RSS Feeds column name.
Weather Preferences

Select the Show Weather checkbox to display current weather data.

  • Choose a Detailed forecast time period to be displayed when you click on the Detailed Forecast icon

  • Select the Show Country/Province checkbox to display the location name for the selected location.

showResults.jpgIn the example here, we are displaying the weather in diverse locations across the globe. Since Europe and Asia use the Celsius measurement for temperatures, we are displaying temperatures in Celsius for those countries while showing temperatures in Fahrenheit for locations in the US. We also show the country and province for the location in this example.

Troubleshooting World Clock & Weather

Troubleshooting World Clock & Weather

Whenever you see this error:

error: Create list location :: there are multiple root elements . Line 2, position 2

Check the other web parts on your page and either remove the World Clock and Weather web part or another web part that might be in conflict. We have often seen scenarios where customers will customize pages or web parts and when we they upgrade World Clock and Weather to a new release, errors will occur. One thing you can do is use the web parts maintenance page within SharePoint to see all the web parts that are on a particular page. There might be conflicts with different versions of JQuery or JavaScript.

See this topic for further details: Page hangs or does not open.

Special Effects for World Clock and Weather

Special Effects for World Clock and Weather

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World Clock and Weather has two special effects that you can select: Rain or Snow.

Step Action Result
1. You can customize the density of the effect using the scroll bar.

HW17_SpecialEffectsWPP.jpg

NOTE: Enabling these effects will consume additional CPU resources on the client machine.

2. You can also display a holiday greeting message by entering text in the Show holiday message box. The message will scroll once across the Web Part after the page is loaded. HW17_HolidayMessage.jpg

Show Clocks in World Clock and Weather

Show Clocks in World Clock and Weather

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Step Action Result
1. In order to display the clock, you must first uncheck the Show Weather checkbox. Now, you can select the Show Clocks checkbox to display current local time data.
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2. Select the digital or analog clock. Customize the clock style using the Select Skins drop-down list.
3. Check Hide seconds display on digital clock if you only want to display hours and minutes.
4. Clocks are displayed using JavaScript by default. If you want to display the clock using Silverlight technology, check the Use Silverlight check box.
5. Users must have the Silverlight client installed in order to view the clock. HW17_Clocks.jpg
Clocks displayed using Silverlight will use an additional 10-20% of the available CPU resources to perform real-time updates. The JavaScript client will use fewer CPU resources.

Show Weather

Show Weather

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BambooWCW.jpg One of the great features in World Clock and Weather is the flexibility you have in showing weather, forecasts, locations, and/or date/time in the web part display. In this example, Bamboo is showing weather across six areas of the globe and we are also showing the date and time as well as the Country and/or Province for which the weather and date and time are being displayed. For globally diverse enterprises, this is such a useful way to let your users know at a glance the time and weather in another office of your company.

Breakdown.jpgEach section of the weather has characteristics that can be set based on your preferences. We’ve enlarged one location’s weather to show the areas that you can configure.

Step Action Result
1. Show Weather: Click to set the checkmark on this box which will now display an icon representing the current weather in that location.
ShowWeather.jpg
2. Detailed forecast in: Other than None, you also have a choice of forecasts for two, three or five days.
Forecasts.jpg
When you choose to show the forecasts, a plus symbol displays on the upper right of the location which will then provide the mechanism to see more days of weather based on your number of days in the forecast.
3. Show Country/Province: Check this box to display the city and state or province.
4. Show Date and Time: The date and time for that location will display based on the format you select next.
5. Date and Time Formats: Because there are a variety of ways to display time, Bamboo provides a variety of choices in how you prefer to show the date and time in the web part.
TimeFormats.jpg
6. Update date and time every minute This does not appear in the web part; it is a setting on the tool pane you can configure. Just remember that it will use up server resources to update the web part every minute.
7. Cache Weather Data This setting allows you to cache recently pulled weather data to reduce calls and speed up display of data when the same location is called again.

Show Upcoming Events in World Clock and Weather

Show Upcoming Events in World Clock and Weather

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To display a link to the next five events in a SharePoint Calendar list at the top of the web part:

Step Action Result
1. Check the Show Upcoming Events box. HW17_LocalEventsWPP.jpg
2. Enter the URL for the site that contains the events calendar, and click the green arrow to retrieve the Calendar lists from that site.
3. Select the events calendar from the drop-down list.
4. Select a list view from which to show events.
5. To change the display name for the Upcoming Events link in the web part, enter new text. HW17_LocalEventsLink.jpg

Release Notes for World Clock & Weather

Release Notes for World Clock & Weather

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WSSv3/MOSS SharePoint 2010 SharePoint 2013 SharePoint 2016
Release Notes Release Notes Release Notes Release Notes
Microsoft ended mainstream support for SharePoint 2007 in October 2012. See Microsoft’s Lifecycle Support Policy.
At that time, Bamboo stopped enhancements to our SharePoint 2007 product line, but continues to provide support and bug fixes to customers with active support contracts until October 2017. Previously purchased licenses will continue to function after October 2017, but support for these products will end, and no additional bug fixes will be provided beyond that time. Bamboo plans to cease selling new licenses and annual support contacts for its SharePoint 2007 products in October 2016 to ensure customers will be eligible to receive support for at least one year after purchase.
Microsoft plans to end mainstream support for SharePoint 2010 in October 2015. See Microsoft’s Lifecycle Support Policy. At that time, we will stop any enhancements for our SharePoint 2010 product line but will continue to provide support and bug fixes for our SharePoint 2010 products to customers with active support contracts until October 2020. Previously purchased licenses will continue to function after October 2020, but support for these products will end, and no additional bug fixes will be provided beyond that time. Bamboo plans to cease selling new licenses and annual support contacts for its SharePoint 2010 products in October 2019 to ensure customers will be eligible to receive support for at least one year after purchase.

Visit our website where you can get the latest info about each of our products for SharePoint 2013.

A separate installation package and license key is required for SharePoint 2013 deployment. For additional details, review the following knowledge base articles:

Bamboo Solutions has also begun releasing products for SharePoint 2016. For additional details, check the product release notes in the link above, or contact us.

For details on migration, see the Knowledge Base Article “Migrate Bamboo Products from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2016”

Understanding Bamboo Releases:

  • Bamboo offers Trial, Basic and Premium support.
    • Free Trial support expires after 30 days.
    • For more information about Basic and Premium support, please see the Support Plans page.
    • There may be a fee to upgrade from a major version to another.

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Page hangs or does not open

Page hangs or does not open

When the weather feed is not currently available from either MSN or Yahoo!, there are times when your page will hang on loading and you might feel as though your page has completely broken.

A quick and simple way to remove to the web parts that might be causing a page load issue is to look at the web parts maintenance page. To do this, add a string of characters to the end of the URL in your address bar

?contents=1

Example: http://CompanyName/sites/SitePages/default.aspx?Contents=1

This opens the Web Parts maintenance page showing you a list of all the web parts that are on the page so that you may delete any that are causing conflicts. Be aware of which web part you delete; this is a permanent action that you cannot undo! Typically older versions of web parts or web parts using JavaScript or JQuery code may be in conflict. By removing one at a time, you can determine the one causing the issue.

Overview of World Clock & Weather Configuration

Overview of World Clock & Weather Configuration

WCWv3.jpgTo modify the web part properties, select Edit (or Modify) Web Part from the drop-down menu of the World Clock and Weather configuration tool pane.

We have broken out the overview for this configuration tool pane into multiple sections for ease of understanding how the parts fit together to make the whole. You can click on any of the topics below to read detailed information about configuring that section of the tool pane.

  1. Weather Providers and Locations
  2. Show Weather
  3. Showing Clocks in World Clock and Weather
  4. Show Upcoming Events in World Clock and Weather
  5. Location Arrangements & Text Styles for World Clock and Weather
  6. Special Effects for World Clock and Weather
  7. Localizing the Language for World Clock and Weather

Migrating World Clock and Weather from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010

Migrating World Clock and Weather from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010

Be sure you have at least the Minimum SharePoint 2007 Product Release (shown in the table below) installed before migrating. If not, upgrade your Bamboo product release before migrating. For more information, see Upgrading your Bamboo Web Part. Also, the target SharePoint 2010 farm requires at least the Minimum SharePoint 2010 product release shown.

Icon-Warning IMPORTANT: When migrating from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010, you MUST select the option to change existing SharePoint sites to use the new user experience. Your Bamboo products will not perform as expected with the old look and feel.

Minimum SharePoint 2007 Product Release 2.3.15 Minimum SharePoint 2010 Product Release 20.3.15
In-Place Upgrade
Issues The World Clock and Weather Web Part migrates without any errors or additional steps required.
Resolution N/A
Database Attach Upgrade Method
Issues The World Clock and Weather Web Part migrates without any errors or additional steps required.
Resolution N/A

Migrating World Clock and Weather from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

Migrating World Clock and Weather from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013

Be sure you have at least the Minimum SharePoint 2010 Product Release (shown in the table below) installed before migrating. If not, upgrade your Bamboo product release before migrating. For more information, see Upgrading your Bamboo Web Part. Also, the target SharePoint 2013 farm requires at least the Minimum SharePoint 2013 product release shown.

Icon-WarningIMPORTANT: When migrating from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013, the Database Attach Upgrade Method is the only method supported.

Minimum SharePoint 2010 Product Release 20.4.47 Minimum SharePoint 2013 Product Release 20.4.52.2013
Database Attach Upgrade Method
Issues The World Clock and Weather migrates without any errors or additional steps required.
Resolution N/A

Location Arrangements & Text Styles for World Clock and Weather

Location Arrangements & Text Styles for World Clock and Weather

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Location Arrangements
HW17_LocationArrangementsWPP.jpg Step Action Result
1. Size

Select Medium or Small from the Size drop-down list.

  • Medium images measure 96×64.
  • Small images measure 36×36.
2. Orientation Select Horizontal or Vertical from the Orientation drop-down list. This option will arrange multiple locations in a row (horizontal) or in a column (vertical).
3. Alignment Select Right, Center or Left from the Alignment drop-down list. This option will align the icons within the Web Part zone.
4. Maximum locations to display per row Select the maximum number of locations that you want to display per row, using the drop-down list.
5. Enable Scroll If you select the Enable scroll checkbox, the maximum number of images will be displayed with scrollbars instead of in multiple rows.
Text Styles
Format the Location, Temperature, and Date/Time text by clicking on the icon to display the Text Formatting dialog box.
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FontDialog.jpg
Font Dialog: The Font dialog box appears with six combo boxes of a simple style, a group box that contains the font label, a combo box of a drop down font style, and a size box for the font size. Below these combo boxes are more style boxes to generate foreground and background colors as well as more font styles such as superscript or all uppercase fonts.

The box below is a preview box so that when you click apply, you can see how your choices will look before you commit them. Click OK when you are finished formatting the text.

Location Borders
Define the color of the border line around each location. Select the color or provide a hexadecimal value for the color of the border around each location.