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*[http://www.glohosting.co.uk/ gloHosting] - free, Cumulus-friendly hosting by one of the Cumulus Community users
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=Commercial (paid) webspace=


*[http://www.glohosting.co.uk/ gloHosting] - inexpensive, Cumulus-friendly hosting by one of the Cumulus Cummunity users
*[http://dreamhost.com/ DreamHost] - good value for multiple domains
*[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.
*[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.

Revision as of 19:28, 28 April 2011

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

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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


Non-Compatible with Cumulus

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

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.

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