From ff2ab85d28c259f266942e6edf04c1e28dff3eca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Wall Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2023 20:56:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] push userguide paragraphs up. simplify versions. --- docs_src/index.md | 5 +++++ docs_src/usersguide/index.md | 11 ----------- docs_src/versions.md | 11 ++++------- mkdocs.yml | 1 - 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs_src/usersguide/index.md diff --git a/docs_src/index.md b/docs_src/index.md index 08d721e9..d73ea015 100644 --- a/docs_src/index.md +++ b/docs_src/index.md @@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ stations and sensors, then generates plots, HTML pages, and monthly and yearly summary reports. It can push plots, pages, and reports to a web server, and data data to many different online weather services. +Initial development began in the winter of 2008-2009, with the first release +in 2009. + +The source code is hosted on [GitHub](https://github.com/weewx/weewx). Installation instructions and releases are available at [weewx.com/downloads](http://weewx.com/downloads). + See the [hardware list](https://weewx.com/hardware.html) for a complete list of supported stations, and for pictures to help identify your hardware! The [hardware comparison](https://weewx.com/hwcmp.html) shows specifications for diff --git a/docs_src/usersguide/index.md b/docs_src/usersguide/index.md deleted file mode 100644 index 6e2e9a24..00000000 --- a/docs_src/usersguide/index.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,11 +0,0 @@ -# WeeWX User's Guide - -This is the complete guide to installing, configuring, and troubleshooting WeeWX. - -## About WeeWX - -[WeeWX](http://www.weewx.com) is software, written in [Python](https://www.pythong.org), that interacts with a weather station to produce plots, reports, and HTML pages. It can optionally upload the reports to a remote Web server as well as publish to weather services such as [WeatherUnderground](https://www.wunderground.com/), [CWOP](http://wxqa.com/), or [PWSweather.com](https://www.pwsweather.com/). - -Initial development began in the winter of 2008-2009, with the first release in 2009. - -The source code is hosted on [GitHub](https://github.com/weewx/weewx). Installation instructions and releases are available at [weewx.com/downloads](http://weewx.com/downloads). diff --git a/docs_src/versions.md b/docs_src/versions.md index 3637faf6..f8c53196 100644 --- a/docs_src/versions.md +++ b/docs_src/versions.md @@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ If you are upgrading from an old `setup.py` installation, see the instructions [_Migrating setup.py installs to Version 5.0_](https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/v5-upgrade). -These are the instructions for upgrading WeeWX: +The instructions for upgrading WeeWX are in the quick start guides: * [Upgrading using Debian DEB](../quickstarts/debian/#upgrade) * [Upgrading using Redhat RPM](../quickstarts/redhat/#upgrade) * [Upgrading using SUSE RPM](../quickstarts/suse/#upgrade) * [Upgrading using pip](../quickstarts/pip/#upgrade) -* [Upgrading git repository](../quickstarts/git/#upgrade) +* [Upgrading using git](../quickstarts/git/#upgrade) + +The rest of this document describes the changes in each WeeWX release. ## Upgrading the WeeWX configuration file @@ -40,11 +42,6 @@ upgrade the configuration file `/etc/weewx/other.conf`: sudo weectl station upgrade --config=/etc/weewx/other.conf ``` - -## Instructions for specific versions - -The rest of this document describes the changes in each WeeWX release. - ## Upgrading to V5.0 ### Python 2.7 no longer supported diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml index abf11f26..fb4ba206 100644 --- a/mkdocs.yml +++ b/mkdocs.yml @@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ nav: - git: ./quickstarts/git.md - "User's guide": - - "Introduction": ./usersguide/index.md - "System requirements": ./usersguide/system-requirements.md - "Installing WeeWX": ./usersguide/installing-weewx.md - "Where to find things" : ./usersguide/where.md