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Plugin
configurations |
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Select Plugin at preference window switch to plugin setting
page, see figure 1:

(Figure 1)
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| 1. Plugins |
- Choose correspond plugin category, then choose related plugin
from the list to config. (Currently only have weather plugins)
- Select correspond plugin, click OK to use the plugin
as the default plugin for the selected plugin category.
- Click Preference... bring up the plugin configuration
window, refer to below content for how to config the weather forecast
pluin options.
- Upate interval: Set the selected plugin's auto
refresh duration, when the time comes, program will auto connect
to internet and download the newest plugin content if needed.
- Note: After you exit the program and launch again, the
timer is continue from the last saved time, such as you set change
wallpaper every 3 hours, after 2 hours you exit the program, then
after 1 hour you launch again, the plugin contents should auto
refresh immediately, not 3 hours later.
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| 2. Lunar plugin |
- You can change the default lundar plugin here, this only affect
the skin which support lunar.
- Refer to lunar support for
more information.
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Installing
new plugin |
- Navigate to http://www.coolcalendar.net/cn/plugins.php
to browse the exist plugins.
- Download the plugin which you like and copy to the plugins folder
under the directory where cool calendar installed.
- Modify the plugins.ini according it's format, then restart program,
the new plugin will available for using.
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Weather
forecast |
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Feature of cool calendar weather forecast:
- Fully integrate with desktop wallpaper, no application window,
only take little system resources.
- Support moon phase, after sunset, for some weather conditions,
will display the moon phase.
- We'll keep adding more weather plugins, to provide more exact
weather information for different locations.
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| 1. Yahoo! Weather |
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Weather forecast from Yahoo! Weather, see figure 3:

( Figure 2)

( Figure 3)
- Temperatures mode: Celsius or Fahrenheit
- Weather icon set: Currently only have Dashboard.
- Location / Zip code: Input the correspond location, click
the
button to query the localtion. It will pop up a window to let
you choose a location if there are more than one locations are
accord with the query string (Figure 3), otherwise, the textbox
will auto filled with the location name. Click OK to make
new setting take effect.
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Manual
refresh plugin contents |
- You may need to manual refresh the plugin contents when unexpected
error happens such as internet breaked.
- Right click the cool calendar icon at system tray, then select
Update plugins content... from the pop up menu.
- Note: Sometimes even you have selected manual refresh
plugin content, but the desktop doesn't refresh, this is because
program will compare the updated contents with current contents
displayed on desktop, if no change, it will keep current contents.
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Plugin
SDK |
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