Hi Chris and WeatherCat fans,
I'm not technical at all but do want a good weather station that displays the actual weather on the website we are running to promote our holidays complex in South East Crete. I have some people with enough skills that can help but all want a Windows PC to set it up and running. I prefer to do it on a Mac as I do have a spare MacMini intel based that I want to use for this. Can anybody advice if it's possible to set up a professional weather station on a Mac and integrate it to look professional in our website? I also want to have a weather station that I can connect with a sunshine sensor. So what should I do to achieve the best results?
JC gave you a good start to your question. The one thing you might want to consider is that the quality of the station you buy is reflected in the price. If the weather is mild (or you simply want to get some idea of how this all might work) an inexpensive station might be adequate. However, particularly for a holiday complex, it might be desirable to buy a commercial grade station that can will take considerable abuse. That way your staff don't have to spend a lot of time keeping the station running.
Indeed, most of us have websites.
A very austere, plain, and neglected website is my own:
http://www.canebas.org/Weather/It is based on a template that can be edited using free-software.
For something much more flashy, check out the templates created by more talented folks than me.
One is the Ajaxeline AJAX and PHP template. You can see it action here:
http://wx.atkinsfamily.org/There is more information on setting it up here:
http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=200.0Another is Saratoga AJAX/PHP template. You can see it in action here:
http://saratoga-weather.org/There is more information on setting it up here:
http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=158.0So you do have many choices from simply adding some weather data to existing pages to dynamic displays of the weather as it happens on your holiday complex.
Hope this helps!
Cheers, Edouard