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wiki:aw:configure [2025/10/19 12:46] – [Initial Configuration] Neilwiki:aw:configure [2025/10/20 08:32] (current) – [Dynamic Configuring] Neil
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 **Like all previous versions of the alternative website, all settings are now held in one place - the cmxConfig object held in the <color #80f>**page-control.js**</color> file.** **Like all previous versions of the alternative website, all settings are now held in one place - the cmxConfig object held in the <color #80f>**page-control.js**</color> file.**
  
-This object holds the location of the menu to use, the location of your data, the path and name of your menu, the location of your NOAA Reports and other features that the website uses.  This object is stored locally on your machine as '**SessionStorage**' so is only stored for the current browsing session and will **not be retained once the browser is closed**.+This object holds the location of the menu to use, the location of your data, the path and name of your menu, the location of your NOAA Reports and other features that the website uses.  This object is stored locally on your machine as '**SessionStorage**' with the name suffix **//apwConfig//** so is only stored for the current browsing session and will **not be retained once the browser is closed**.
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
 ===== Initial Configuration ===== ===== Initial Configuration =====
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-My preferred method is to use the **Developer Tools** available in most browsers and to edit the sessionStorage variable directly.  For my Alternative Public Website the variable always ends: **-cmxConfig** and is prefixed with the parent folder name.  You should be able to edit the **Values** directly and see the effect simply by refreshing the page.+My preferred method is to use the **Developer Tools** available in most browsers and to edit the sessionStorage variable directly.  For my Alternative Public Website the variable always ends: **-apwConfig** and is prefixed with the parent folder name.  You should be able to edit the **Values** directly and see the effect simply by refreshing the page.
  
 If this is not possible, for whatever reason, simply close the browser and reload the page.  The session variable will have been deleted and whatever you have stored in the **page-control.js** cmxConfig variable will be used. If this is not possible, for whatever reason, simply close the browser and reload the page.  The session variable will have been deleted and whatever you have stored in the **page-control.js** cmxConfig variable will be used.
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