DesktopX Weather Widget Issues - Read This
Friday, July 10, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: OS Customization
As many of you know from reading the forums over the past couple of days, that weather feeds being pulled in from DesktopX created widgets/objects have stopped working. To make a short story even shorter, TWC has shown a requirement put upon all widget creators and users, and anyone else accessing their data to abide by new and quite specific demands/rules. This goes for anyone using the feeds, not just WinCustomize users.
If you want to continue to use TWC weather feeds you will need to abide by their new rules, which includes a requirement to place a logo and links back to them. Several DX coders including sViz and Vad_M have been posting new feeds, and some code fixes to help others fix their weather objects.
An ongoing thread from sViz can be found here:
Which ever new weather feeds creators decide to use, they need to make sure they also abide by any rules or guideline imposed by the originating feed provider.
Starting Monday, July 20th, we will start removing broken weather widgets from the WinCustomize galleries that have not been updated and/or violate any ToS/ToU in regards to weather feeds. The WC moderators are going to keep a close eye on the DesktopX queues so that updates will be pushed through as soon as possible. When updating a current skin, please be sure to make a note in the description that it has been updated with a new weather feed. If authors are do not have a copy of their widgets and are not able to retrieve them from Wincustomize, they are available by request to an admin.
We understand this has caused quite a stir, but this is nothing that can be easily fixed as it’s an issue that is not in Stardock’s nor WinCustomize’s hands. Please keep an eye on the forums for updates from DX coders who are looking at alternative solutions.
Regards,
Spencer
WC Admin
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Reply #242 Monday, August 16, 2010 6:42 PM
Broken widgets should be completely removed from the site...
Ctrl/Alt/Delete will get you the task manager, then you can kill DX there. Disconnect from the internet to reload the theme, then remove the weather part. (Unless it's my theme, where this is unneccessary). Then reconnect the net.
Reply #243 Monday, August 16, 2010 6:51 PM
Thanks for the reply, maybe you can help me with my NEW problem. You seem to have created a lot of content on this site.
I was loading this theme https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/desktopx_themes/3512/ when the zip code issue occured. I did exactly what you said and killed DesktopX in the Task Manager.
Well, something in the theme made my task bar completely disapear. Its not been resized. When I press CTRL+ESC the start menu pops up but not the task bar. When I lock the task bar in the start menu properties other programs leave a space across the bottom for the task bar but its not there. F11 does nothing.
I'm not an idiot when it comes to Windows but I am at a loss at how to restore my task bar at this point.
Very annoying.
Reply #244 Monday, August 16, 2010 7:07 PM
udderjuice...if you slowly bring your mouse cursor down to the bottom of the screen edge...does it change to a size arrow?
If so...while it's such left click...hold and drag up....
Reply #245 Monday, August 16, 2010 7:09 PM
Figured it out. The "Hide Windows Taskbar" option in Object Dock Settings.
I have to say, this zipcode issue renders 90% of the stuff on this site unusable to the average end-user. Not good...
Reply #246 Monday, August 16, 2010 7:41 PM
I have to say, this zipcode issue renders 90% of the stuff on this site unusable to the average end-user. Not good...
You can use zipcodes in my new widgets. 
Reply #247 Monday, August 16, 2010 8:53 PM
Quoting udderjuice,
reply 245
Figured it out. The "Hide Windows Taskbar" option in Object Dock Settings.
I have to say, this zipcode issue renders 90% of the stuff on this site unusable to the average end-user. Not good...
You can use zipcodes in my new widgets.
LOL. Can you make me a Halo Reach desktop suite with a something similar to your Observation Deck but Halo themed and a desktop dream with an animation of a Covenant fleet flying by to put undernieth it?
That's what I'm trying to peice together from what's available without having to create anything on my own...
Reply #248 Monday, August 16, 2010 10:21 PM
I could do the DesktopX theme, I don't do dreams, yet, and I don't do the windowblinds, yet.
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Reply #241 Monday, August 16, 2010 6:39 PM
Broken widgets should be completely removed from the site...
I agree. And if you don't mind a little shameless plugging on my part, you can go here and be sure that every weather widget works.
Weather by RedneckDude
I deleted all my non working ones and reupped new, working ones. WC said we had so much time, a week or so, if I remember right, to remove our bad widgets and then they were going to do it for us, well, I did, they didn't. So now there are a bunch of broken widgets in the galleries. I'd be pissed too, if I were you.
The reason my weather widgets are now seperate from my DX themes, is because I may need to do it again in the future. I don't want to have to replace all my themes too.