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Webspace

2011-06-04T12:51:40Z

Ukwebhosting: /* Commercial (paid) 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 =

*[http://www.zymic.com/ 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=

*[http://www.rshosting.co.uk/ RSHostingUK] or [http://www.rshosting.com/ 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.
*[http://dreamhost.com/ DreamHost] - good value for multiple domains
*[http://e-rice.net/ 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.
* [https://www.godaddy.com/ Godaddy]
* [http://www.hostgator.com/ 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).
* [http://www.iinet.net.au/webhosting/plans.html 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
*[http://www.iweb.com iWeb]
*[http://www.glovine.com.au/ GloVine Web Hosting]An 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.

Webspace

2011-06-04T12:51:21Z

Ukwebhosting: /* Commercial (paid) 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 =

*[http://www.zymic.com/ 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=

*[http://www.rshosting.co.uk/ RSHostingUK] or [http://www.rshosting.cm/ 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.
*[http://dreamhost.com/ DreamHost] - good value for multiple domains
*[http://e-rice.net/ 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.
* [https://www.godaddy.com/ Godaddy]
* [http://www.hostgator.com/ 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).
* [http://www.iinet.net.au/webhosting/plans.html 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
*[http://www.iweb.com iWeb]
*[http://www.glovine.com.au/ GloVine Web Hosting]An 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.