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

Currently we are aware of no free hosting services which will permit the regular updating of weather information to free webspace

Commercial (paid) webspace

• RSHostingUK or RSHosting - offers choice of reliable UK and US hosting and supports Cumulus Weather Station software with all web hosting plans. Starting from as low as $1.25 per month, RSHosting offers excellent web hosting services with fast support.
• 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.