Webspace

Below is a list of some of the webspace providers being used successfully by other Cumulus Users. A list of non-compatiable providers is listed for reference.

Please feel free to add to this list as required

Free Webspace

www.zymic.com[1]

Free hosting features include PHP/MySQL, free sub-domain names, Ad-free hosting and an overly generous disk and transfer allowance. Zymic.com's free web hosting is ideal for personal and business websites.

Commercial (paid) webspace

• DreamHost - good value for multiple domains
• E-Rice - Low cost ($10, $20 or $30 a year) web hosting used by many weather related sites. A great way to start out. All you need is your own Domain and away you go. Offers PHP5, MySQL and more. Does not provide crontab abilities however.
• Godaddy
• Hostgator - Both individual sites and reseller sites. Works very well with weather related sites. Especially useful if you need multiple domains contained within a single management system (reseller account).
• ozemail.com.au / iinet.net.au
• 1&1 - more expensive than other host but their reliability has been excellent. www.1and1.com or www.1and1.co.uk
• iWeb
• GloVine Web HostingAn Aussie site but anyone from anywhere can be hosted there. Great support. cPanel & Fantastico, Unlimited Emails, PHP5, MySQL, Unlimited Subdomains. First Month Free. 60 Day Money Back Guarantee. Check out their 'Personal' Package $1.95 p/month. 'Starter' and 'Premium' packages available too.

Non-Compatible with Cumulus

• Google Sites
• Jabry
• 000webhost.com (don't allow realtime.txt in free hosting)
• Zymic (don't allow weather sites (!))

Hosting Your Own

Assuming you have hosting ability via your ISP or use a commercial ISP you can host your own. You need to be able to host port 80 and be within your ISP's AUP to do this.

• Sun GlassFish Web Stack - http://www.sun.com/software/webstack/index.xml

LAMP/SAMP both Solaris x86 and Solaris Sparc. Complete webstack that can be used to build your own webserver

• Apache Friends XAMPP - http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html - Windows and Linux

Popular package for making your desktop into a web server.