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Right. I'm gradually figuring this out. Looks like I have to set up a PWS, and then generate a yowindow.xml file. All seems very tricky. All I want is to overlay my picture on a small (240x150) widget!

Is there a simple way I can do this, please?

I believe you can just leave the PWS parameter out and proceed with the rest. Your image and .ywl file must be available on your server for this to work.

- Jim

Thanks for replying.

Actually, that's what I did at first. Both the png and ywl are on the remote server, so I really don't know why it's not working.

Alex

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Alex

Tutorial is great for converting images to transparant, for getting things to work we require below or you will only see the sky, clouds and sun/moon and no picture;

It only mentions the crossdomain.xml in the PWS section, but it also applies to the Landscaping....
Refer to below highlighted point 2 in the PWS section;

2. Make sure a special crossdomain.xml file is available on the server where YoWindow XML file or script is kept.
WARNING: YoWindow will NOT be able to access YoWindow XML file or script if crossdomain.xml is missing.
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Hi guys...please take a look at

http://meteosantamaria.altervista.org/w ... ow-002.php

using Internet Explorer AND Firefox. I do not know because it happens ... I followed tutorial step by step...crossdomain.xml is ok, the transparency is OK (tested with test.html by nico),link with my pws is ok, yo_sma.png (image file) is in IMG folder, sma.ywl is in the rott of server....but something is wrong!!!

The code of sma.ywl is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<landscape name="sma" type="picture" id="sma">
<data horizonLevel="189" src="img/yo_sma.png">
<about>
</about>
</data>
</landscape>
I tried ./img/yo_sma.png; /img/yo_sma.png; img/yo_sma.png; I put image file (yo_sma.png) in the root of server...(so the cose of .ywl was yo_sma.png)...I've done a thousand tests...but only firefox works, IE doesn't.........WHYYYYY?????
Who will solve the strangeness will win a million of........

Bye for now
Lucio

Dear Lucio, I have made a couple of experiments, now I am almost sure where the problem is.
In crossdomain.xml
This file must be put in the root directory of the web server.

This is where you have it now
http://meteosantamaria.altervista.org/crossdomain.xml

And this is where Microsoft Internet Explorer expects it to be
http://altervista.org/crossdomain.xml

And my guess is that you are not able to do this on altervista.org

So I would suggest you to change the hosting.
You may ask Herman to host the landscape for you.

par wrote:Dear Lucio, I have made a couple of experiments, now I am almost sure where the problem is.
In crossdomain.xml
This file must be put in the root directory of the web server.

This is where you have it now
http://meteosantamaria.altervista.org/crossdomain.xml

And this is where Microsoft Internet Explorer expects it to be
http://altervista.org/crossdomain.xml

And my guess is that you are not able to do this on altervista.org

So I would suggest you to change the hosting.
You may ask Herman to host the landscape for you.

Many Thank Par...
No, I cannot access to altervista.org...
Do you know any other server that works with yowindow??? In Italy or in another coutry...
Meanwhile, I sent an email to Herman....I hope he can host 2 or 3 my landscape images...
Thanx agai Par
Lucio

Sorry, I don't know.

Please ask your question on this QA site
http://serverfault.com

And share the answer with us

Hi Lucio

You can use

http://131.211.131.10/yowindow/landscape/sma/sma.ywl

The results you can see at http://131.211.131.10/yowindow/landscape/sma/

The weather is from the netherlands. It is fine holliday weather with a beautiful landscape.

gr
Herman