Some quick coloring tips for making weathermaps

[egarnel]

Found these through experimenting:

1) match the default background for seamless appearance (no more white box on gray background)

change map property BGCOLOR 255 255 255 to BGCOLOR 245 245 245

2) Using Nodes as labels with matching background to map background

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 LABELOUTLINECOLOR none
        LABELFONTCOLOR 215 75 60
        LABELBGCOLOR 245 245 245

Note the the fontcolor is per your preference.

This link is extremely helpful with color options:
http://www.december.com/html/spec/colorcodes.html

[egarnel]

I wanted to draw lines that show connections but not act as links ( no bw, etc)
Came up with the following:

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 WIDTH 1
        BWOUTLINECOLOR none
        BWBOXCOLOR none
        BWFONTCOLOR 245 245 245
        LINKSTYLE oneway

Adjust the BWFONTCOLOR to match your background.

[ikorzha758]

Can you post a portion of your config as a sample. I would like to try to replicate your results but so far I can't figure out what am I doing incorrectly....

[egarnel]

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HTMLSTYLE overlib
TITLE Wifi Infrastructure

KEYPOS DEFAULT 160 509 Traffic Load
KEYSTYLE  DEFAULT horizontal
KEYTEXTCOLOR 0 0 0
KEYOUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
KEYBGCOLOR 245 245 245
BGCOLOR 245 245 245
TITLECOLOR 0 0 9
TIMECOLOR 0 0 0
SCALE DEFAULT 0    0    192 192 192
SCALE DEFAULT 0    1    255 255 255
SCALE DEFAULT 1    10   140   0 255
SCALE DEFAULT 10   25    32  32 255
SCALE DEFAULT 25   40     0 192 255
SCALE DEFAULT 40   55     0 240   0
SCALE DEFAULT 55   70   240 240   0
SCALE DEFAULT 70   85   255 192   0
SCALE DEFAULT 85   100  255   0   0

SET key_hidezero_DEFAULT 1

# End of global section

#NODES that are just labels on the map
NODE node06145
        LABEL UT 311mbps
        LABELOUTLINECOLOR none
        LABELBGCOLOR 245 245 245
        LABELFONTCOLOR 215 75 60
        POSITION 175 105

NODE node06178
        LABEL ATT 155 Mbps
        LABELOUTLINECOLOR none
        LABELBGCOLOR 245 245 245
        LABELFONTCOLOR 0 0 255
        POSITION 603 104

#LINKS that are just lines
LINK asa5550a-interneta
        WIDTH 1
        LINKSTYLE oneway
        BWOUTLINECOLOR none
        BWBOXCOLOR none
        BWFONTCOLOR 245 245 245
        OUTCOMMENT ATT 155 Mbps BU
        NODES asa5550a internet

LINK asa5550b-interneta
        WIDTH 1
        LINKSTYLE oneway
        BWOUTLINECOLOR none
        BWBOXCOLOR none
        BWFONTCOLOR 245 245 245
        OUTCOMMENT UT 311 Mbps BU
        NODES asa5550b internet

[egarnel]

some of the settings could be put into templates, but I have other links as well and did not want to re-create the entire file at the moment....

[ikorzha758]

I see thank you very much for your reference.
I was thinking along the lines of drawing lines in weathermap.
Such as specifying begin/end coordinate for line , thickness in pixels and color.
I will ask howie if that is possible.

[egarnel]

Yes, it would be nice to be able to draw lines instead of faking it with links would be nice.

[Howie]

2) Using Nodes as labels with matching background to map background

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 LABELOUTLINECOLOR none
        LABELFONTCOLOR 215 75 60
        LABELBGCOLOR 245 245 245

LABELBGCOLOR none is also a valid option, just to save one line of config

[msantana]

Hi Folks,

This is a very old subject, but I'll ask the question anyway.

I'm using Weathermap 0.97c. On of my maps, I'd like to use the BWOUTLINECOLOR none & BWBOXCOLOR none commands but notice the text is not readable for certain percentages.

Will the BWFONTCOLOR coomand support a contrast function, just like the COMMENTFONTCOLOR does? I noticed it currently does not.

Thank you,

-Moises

[Howie]

Well, what is the contrasting colour of 'none'?

Depending on what the bwlabelpos is set to, the label could be on either one of the two halves of an arrow, or there could be only one arrow, or it could be on the border. All of those things are visible when BWBOXCOLOR is none... which one should it contrast with?

Then again, comments are positionable just the same way... Those just use the relevant arrow fill colour. I guess there's an implicit caveat that if you mess with it too much, it'll probably break

Sure, let's add it.

[msantana]

Hello Howie,

Thank you for your response. Based on your response, I assume there's nothing I can do in the 0.97c version to fix this. I was hoping there was some workaround.

Anyway, I've attached a snapshot of what I'm currently seeing.

Regards,

-Moises

[Howie]

It wouldn't be a huge change actually... I'll take a look.

[msantana]

Thank you Howie.