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
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.
