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=Free Webspace=
=Free Webspace=


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=Commercial (paid) webspace=
=Commercial (paid) webspace=


*[http://www.glohosting.co.uk/ gloHosting] - inexpensive, Cumulus-friendly hosting
*[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.
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*1&1 - more expensive than other host but their reliability has been excellent.  www.1and1.com or www.1and1.co.uk
*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.iweb.com iWeb]


=Non-Compatible with Cumulus=
=Non-Compatible with Cumulus=


*Google Sites
*Google Sites


=Hosting Your Own=
=Hosting Your Own=

Revision as of 22:10, 2 February 2010

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

  • gloHosting - inexpensive, Cumulus-friendly hosting by one of the Cumulus Cummunity users
  • 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


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.

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

Popular package for making your desktop into a web server.