Hello all who are trying the Meteotemplate,
I think this template is a wonderful development and am especially impressed by being able to include so many interesting weather maps and models. However I think as far as displaying my own data I am happy with WC Simple Web, as well as with WeatherCloud and WU. The extra goodies on MT I can view on some of your websites. For these reasons I do not plan to continue trying to install MT. Jachym deserves great credit and even a little money for his efforts. So I am making now a tiny contribution.
Irving
Hi Irving,
thanks for your nice comment and also thank you very much for the contribution, it is realy appreciated because it helps me to cover the costs. I invest all the donations towards webhosting and domain, given I now have 2000x higher traffic than I head a yr ago I already had to upgrade my hosting plan, so it helps with that :-) My goal is to break even and if sometime in the future there was more money available than the costs I could consider reducing my part-time job which I currently do in the evenings on weekdays and afternoons on weekends, but obviously I can only do that if I know that I will get the money elsewhere, the rent, bills, food... all quite expensive here and with just 2yrs of work experience, despite MsC degree you are very close to minimum wage here
Interestingly the prices here are sometimes even higher than in the U.S.,e.g. a Davis Pro 2 is around 1400 bucks (now compare that with average wage of 4dollars/hour, which is still much more than people like me have..)
But it is just a hobby and the great thing about it is that it is basically a "free hobby" - I mean compare that with for example the costs for hobbies like skiing etc. And I really enjoy it, meet new people, learn new things, and sometimes it even helps me with studying
Either way, I totally understand your point, my template is for those who want lots of info and I am well aware of the fact this is not the case for everyone and thats why it is great that people have the ability to choose - SW built-in webpages, Saratoga template, Leuven, Meteotemplate.... I dont see any of those as competitots, just alternatives and I have very good relationship with Ken (Saratoga), Wim (Leuven), Brian (WD), Boris (Meteobridge) etc. and we often help each other or co-operate.
Best regards