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* [Translating the Skin](#translating-the-skin)
* [A Note About Date and Time Formatting in Your Locale](#a-note-about-date-and-time-formatting-in-your-locale)
* [Frequently Asked Questions](#frequently-asked-questions)
* [Raspberry Pi Console](#raspberry-pi-console)
* [Donate](#donate)
* [Credits](#credits)

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* `HH` is the hour in 24 hour format with a leading 0, like 02. If you don't want the leading 0 it would be `H`.
* `mm` is the minute with a leading 0, like 08. If you don't want the leading 0, use `m`.

## Raspberry Pi Console
Belchertown skin comes with a smaller website tailored for the Raspberry Pi 3.5" TFT screen. I personally use this as a second console, and it works great. When used with MQTT Websockets, the timeout is disabled by default so it's always connected. If there's a connection error, the Pi page will keep retrying to connect to the MQTT Websocket server. This means once you're setup you can set it and forget it.

If you're interested in this type of setup, you'll need these items:
* A Raspberry Pi. I'm using the [Raspberry Pi 3 B+](https://amzn.to/2MReZhz) model
* An [SD Card for your Raspberry Pi](https://amzn.to/2IjxVRN)
* The [Adafruit 3.5" Raspberry Pi TFT Screen Hat](https://amzn.to/2KiZxso) (other models may work, your experience may vary)
* Get the Raspberry Pi setup with the easy NOOBS installer and get it updated.
* Once it's setup and the screen is also setup [run this tutorial for getting it into Kiosk mode](https://obrienlabs.net/setup-raspberry-pi-kiosk-chromium/).
* Point your new Raspberry Pi Kiosk to your weather website's `/pi` page, and you should be good to go!

![raspberry pi light and dark themes](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3484775/59552332-7fc22c00-8f53-11e9-8a84-7c3335f47249.png)

## Frequently Asked Questions

* Q: How do I change my site title and page headers? I don't want to be called "My Weather Website"...
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