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<blockquote data-quote="madmat17" data-source="post: 25944" data-attributes="member: 14207">Writing a new grabber for german TV channelsHi James,Again I am writing a new template for WebEPG.I guess it does not make any sense to put more time on the tvinfo.de-Grabber. All current issues with that template are a result of different layouts of the HTML tags on the source pages.Thus I've been looking for an alternative source and I guess the HTML tag layout of tvmovie.de is predestinated to be used as WebEPG source. The quality of information is the same (or even better) as provided by tvinfo.dePlease have a short look at the following link:<a href="http://www.tvmovie.de/finder?finder=universal&amp;html=/refresh/technik/suche/index.htm&amp;tag=DI&amp;zeit=alle&amp;sender=5" target="_blank">http://www.tvmovie.de/finder?finder=universal&amp;html=/refresh/technik/suche/index.htm&amp;tag=DI&amp;zeit=alle&amp;sender=5</a>Unfortunatelly I have some difficulties writing the template, as tvmovie.de-page neither uses dates nor full weekday names to query the program listing database. Instead it uses following shortcuts (like the bold&amp;italic part of the link above):MO = monday (Montag)DI = tuesday (Dienstag)MI = wednesday (Mittwoch)DO = thursday (Donnerstag)FR = friday (Freitag)SA = saturday (Samstag)SO = sunday (Sonntag)Is it possible to define custom strings to be used instead of weekdays (#WEEKDAY) like the defination of month-names for listing information?Example:[code]&nbsp; &lt;section name=&quot;DateTime&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;Weekdays&quot;&gt;yes&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;MO&quot;&gt;Monday&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;DI&quot;&gt;Tuesday&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;MI&quot;&gt;Wednesday&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;DO&quot;&gt;Thursday&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;FR&quot;&gt;Friday&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;SA&quot;&gt;Saturday&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;entry name=&quot;SO&quot;&gt;Sunday&lt;/entry&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/section&gt;[/code]Tia for the information,Mat</blockquote>

[QUOTE="madmat17, post: 25944, member: 14207"] [b]Writing a new grabber for german TV channels[/b] Hi James, Again I am writing a new template for WebEPG. I guess it does not make any sense to put more time on the tvinfo.de-Grabber. All current issues with that template are a result of different layouts of the HTML tags on the source pages. Thus I've been looking for an alternative source and I guess the HTML tag layout of tvmovie.de is predestinated to be used as WebEPG source. The quality of information is the same (or even better) as provided by tvinfo.de Please have a short look at the following link: [url=http://www.tvmovie.de/finder?finder=universal&html=/refresh/technik/suche/index.htm&tag=DI&zeit=alle&sender=5]http://www.tvmovie.de/finder?finder=universal&html=/refresh/technik/suche/index.htm&tag=[i][b]DI[/b][/i]&zeit=alle&sender=5[/url] Unfortunatelly I have some difficulties writing the template, as tvmovie.de-page neither uses dates nor full weekday names to query the program listing database. Instead it uses following shortcuts (like the bold&italic part of the link above): MO = monday (Montag) DI = tuesday (Dienstag) MI = wednesday (Mittwoch) DO = thursday (Donnerstag) FR = friday (Freitag) SA = saturday (Samstag) SO = sunday (Sonntag) Is it possible to define custom strings to be used instead of weekdays (#WEEKDAY) like the defination of month-names for listing information? Example: [code] <section name="DateTime"> <entry name="Weekdays">yes</entry> <entry name="MO">Monday</entry> <entry name="DI">Tuesday</entry> <entry name="MI">Wednesday</entry> <entry name="DO">Thursday</entry> <entry name="FR">Friday</entry> <entry name="SA">Saturday</entry> <entry name="SO">Sunday</entry> </section>[/code] Tia for the information, Mat [/QUOTE]

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