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I'm red/green color blind, i.e. I cannot usually tell the difference between red and green. Is there a way to change the colors the system tray icon shows to indicate servers up and servers down?

Hi,

Yes, it is possible. Since I know what is the operation of the display icons, I can do testing.
Tell me what colors suit you instead of red and green.

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Hi,

It is also possible to get text information on the services started.
Mousing over the icon Wampmanager you now get a popup with always the message:
WAMPSERVER - server Offline or WAMPSERVER - server Online

We will replace this message by:
server offline - All services running
or
server Offline - x of y services running
or
server Offline - None of services running
The first message is a green icon and the next two to an orange or red icon.

Edit the file C:\wamp\wampmanager.tpl
Replace:

[Messages]
AllRunningHint=WAMPSERVER - ${w_serverOffline}
SomeRunningHint=WAMPSERVER - ${w_serverOffline}
NoneRunningHint=WAMPSERVER - ${w_serverOffline}

by

[Messages]
AllRunningHint=${w_serverOffline} - ${w_allServicesRunning}
SomeRunningHint=${w_serverOffline} - ${w_oneServiceRunning}
NoneRunningHint=${w_serverOffline} - ${w_allServicesStopped}

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Documentation Apache - Documentation PHP - Documentation MySQL - Wampserver install files & addons

Well, now I'm really confused.

I asked my wife to verify the color of the tray icon and she said 'green'. When I mouse over I see 'server Offline'. But sending a request to localhost brings up the WAMPSERVER Homepage.

Am I just not understanding how wampmanager is supposed to work?

I'm adding this after an hour of getting nowhere.

Is this a language issue? I think of the term 'offline' as meaning the server(s) are down. Is the intended meaning something else?

Also, and probably the heart of the matter, I don't see changes in wapmanager.tpl taking effect. Do I need to something other than icon->Restart All Services after editing wapmanager.tpl?

As for colors my wife just informed me that the icon can also be orange, which I cannot tell from red or green.
I'm at a loss to suggest colors because it has been my experience that those with normal color vision will HATE the colors that make sense to me. IF it is not possible to change the colors locally, I can live with changed roll-over messages once I figure out how to make the changes.

Thanks for all the help so far.
-=b



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/28/2014 09:33PM by wamp_was.

The Online / Offline has nothing to do with the Apache and MySQL servers running or not.

It is in fact an indication of whether you have Put the Server

- Online ( accessible to the whole internet )
- Offline ( accessible only on the PC running WAMPServer )


Of course even if the server reports as Online if you have not port forwarded your router it will not be accessible from the internet.

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RiggsFolly,

Thanks for the clarification. When I was a student at university the computer center had a huge neon sign that flashed 'offline' when the IBM/370 was unavailable. I suppose the image has just stuck with me since.

I finally figured out that I had to exit WAMP to get the changes to take effect. I was just restarting the servers after editing wapmanager.tpl. Now I see the updated rollover messages that Otomatic suggested. So no more mystery about what is going on.

Thanks to you both for the help.
-=b

-=b

You dont actually have to restart WAMP. Try right click on the wamp icon and then click the 'Refresh' menu item.

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(Windows 10 Pro 64bit) (Wampserver 3.3.4 64bit) Aestan Tray Menu 3.2.5.4
<Apache versions MULTIPE> <PHP versions MULTIPLE> <MySQL Versions MULTIPLE>
<MariaDB versions MULTIPLE> <phpMyAdmin versions MULTIPLE> <MySQL Workbench 8.0.23>
Read The Manuals Apache -- MySQL -- PHP -- phpMyAdmin
Get your Apache/MySQL/mariaDB/PHP ADDONs here from the WAMPServer alternate Repo
-X-X-X- Backup your databases regularly Here is How dont regret it later! Yes even when developing -X-X-X-