zapweather200We are excited to announce Zap Weather version 8 is now available.  This version adds some new features to the recently redesigned component for displaying U.S.A. weather for Joomla sites.  These features include:

  • New 3 hour display of the weather forecast
  • New module to display weather forecasts and observations
  • New plugin to display weather within an article or custom HTML module

The plugin has some exciting possibilities.  Users can now create their own customized weather module using the Zap Weather plugin and the custom HTML module.  Read the Zap Weather plugin examples page for some examples.

As always, Zap Weather provides weather information to Joomla sites with "no commercial interruptions", which means there is no advertising or links to external commercial sites of any kind.  Zap Weather utilizes weather data from the National Weather Service (NWS), a U.S.A. government agency that provides weather to consumers as well as many commercial companies.

Also, look for a new Zap Weather plugin for Zap Calendar that supports version 8 of Zap Weather, coming out soon.