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Build web 1	Use VWS Weather website builder to create templates for daily.htm, details.htm and wx.htm. Set VWS to parse (add the data to the parsing tags) and display results in .htm file
Build web 2	Use the wx.htm file created in Web 1 adding internal and external links, parsing and viewing the wx.htm, I will be using Microsoft FrontPage to edit the wx.htx file.
Build web 3	Add META Tags to your web pages for search engines to index. Upload your Web Pages/Files using VWS in built "FTP Upload" and FTP Login.

Ok before we start lets get something straight :) DON'T rush take your time and enjoy! a little patience will pay dividends in the end.
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Note if you have a version of VWS installed prior to version 10.xx back it up for later reference or in case you decide to go back to older version for some reason, a few easy ways to backup is to rename the existing vws folder (directory) or save it onto a network PC or CD writer or in my case I have my C Drive partitioned as C and D Drive so I cut and paste the whole vws folder onto my D drive.
Ok ok I hear the experts say :) "but you can have more than one version of vws installed at the same time" Ok I say try it and if you have conflicts then don't blame me ;P

For this example we will use the wx.htx template, because it uses both jpegs and file tags (note images i.e jpegs gifs etc don't need to be parsed) more on this later.

The htx file is the file that has the raw parsing tags showing VWS then uses this file to add the data (parse) to the htm file, as you probably know it's files that end in .htm or .html that are viewed as a web page in your browser.

TIP: from Christine Blount, the suffix .htx is arbitrary it could be anything you like say .tmp or maybe .vws etc. Thanks Christine

Before you continue you will need web space with either your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or some third party Web Space Provider (WSP) there are many FREE WSP's available do a search for "FREE web space providers" be careful some plague you with banners and pop up browsers some won't allow FTP (File Transfer Protocol) uploads, they insist you use their web tools unless you pay.

NOTE: I will be covering uploading to web space in more detail in "Build web 3"

Go to VWS menu "Internet" then "Weather Website Builder"

Follow the instructions

Hint: On the vast majority of web servers you are directed to the root directory which will look like this / (forward slash or for the pedantic slash cos a slash points forward anyway unless it leans back then it's a backslash) but some have a sub directory that you upload your files to, could be something like this bin/ in that case when you configure VWS rather than just a / for root Directory it would be bin/
Don't forget to schedule for internet update intervals "Update Schedule" (select button)
You can also schedule from other menu's but for now lets not confuse the issue, I will explain later.

Ok if all went well you should now have 3 htx files: wx.htx, details.htx and daily.htx
They will be in your vws\template folder :)
Ah but where are your wx.htm, details.htm and daily.htm files Note the ticks in left hand boxes, this tells VWS to parse those files which then gives you the .htm files.
By default the .htx files go into C:\VWS\template folder and the .htm files into C:\VWS\jpeg folder (Earlier versions the htm went into C:\VWS\root)

Before we leave this menu note the "HTML File Update Timer" in this example it is set to 30 mins this is how often VWS will will parse the htm files you can set it to what you like, for example if you have set VWS to update your web every 10 minutes then you will want the updated files to show the latest parsed data so lower this time to 10 minutes or less, I wouldn't have it set to frequent because every time it updates it will be using your computer resources and could cause stutters in other programs you are running.
Hint: You might like to make extra .htm templates say for displaying METAR or a Index page with your unique Display etc, more on this later lets leave that for now and crash on to next page.

Ok enough for one page lets move on to Build web 2