xpose
04-23-2006, 04:09 AM
This goes to show you that you can use Easy Calendar for more than just the obvious. Let me try to explain what I have done. . . .
Basically, the idea was to showcase how many good beach days there are in a year in my town in New Jersey. By seasons end people always say, "it seemed like it rained every day" or "how many really solid beach days were there". Since I am a beach bum and know some php I decided to see what I could do. I googled for a pre-made calendar and got much more than i ever expected. . .
So I created a script to grab the weather stats in my zipcode to determine a "good" "average" or "bad" beach day based on the weather conditions. Of course to do this, I'd need to input the data automatically (once a day with crontab) via my own customized input query. The weather information for each day would be recorded in the description box and given a shaded color based on how the beach day is looking. Mouseover it, instant weather stats for that day including weather forecast, temp, wind, wind gusts, etc.
Then I take these daily stats and figure out what day of the week happens to have the best weather conditions, or how many weekends this summer were "good" beach days, total beach days, etc etc. There are plenty of stats I can formulate with this info. hehe :)
Right now I just have the beta version running. I have yet to put all of the stats due to the fact it's not beach season just yet here in New Jersey. So far, so good with it. If you'd like to see it, go to http://www.x-pose.org. This is the beta page for now, it would eventually be on the regular main page.
I'd just like to thank the author of Easy PHP Calendar because it is just a fantastic script!
Still a work in progress, but let me know what you guys think. :)
- brant
Basically, the idea was to showcase how many good beach days there are in a year in my town in New Jersey. By seasons end people always say, "it seemed like it rained every day" or "how many really solid beach days were there". Since I am a beach bum and know some php I decided to see what I could do. I googled for a pre-made calendar and got much more than i ever expected. . .
So I created a script to grab the weather stats in my zipcode to determine a "good" "average" or "bad" beach day based on the weather conditions. Of course to do this, I'd need to input the data automatically (once a day with crontab) via my own customized input query. The weather information for each day would be recorded in the description box and given a shaded color based on how the beach day is looking. Mouseover it, instant weather stats for that day including weather forecast, temp, wind, wind gusts, etc.
Then I take these daily stats and figure out what day of the week happens to have the best weather conditions, or how many weekends this summer were "good" beach days, total beach days, etc etc. There are plenty of stats I can formulate with this info. hehe :)
Right now I just have the beta version running. I have yet to put all of the stats due to the fact it's not beach season just yet here in New Jersey. So far, so good with it. If you'd like to see it, go to http://www.x-pose.org. This is the beta page for now, it would eventually be on the regular main page.
I'd just like to thank the author of Easy PHP Calendar because it is just a fantastic script!
Still a work in progress, but let me know what you guys think. :)
- brant