Best company to provide dynamic local weather forecast?

WebMasterKrames · #1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2007, 02:45 PM

The president of the company I work for asked me to add the local weather to several of our web sites.

I don't want some free thing that I can't control the look of and it's loaded up with ads or logos. I want it to match my web sites, so it will probably need to be a custom job.

I got a bid from Intellicast (Sister Company to The Weather Channel) and they said $100 per month and that does not include implementing it, that's just for the feed.

I thought that was a little steep, does anyone know of a place that can do better?

Thanks.

Webnauts · #2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2007, 03:13 PM

Have you seen this one? http://www.wunderground.com/

WebMasterKrames · #3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2007, 03:32 PM

I think I did. If I remember correctly, I sent them an email describing what I needed and they never responded. Have you used them?

Webnauts · #4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2007, 06:38 PM

They are using them: http://www.manolyahotel.com
And you do not need to mail them, so far I know. You can just generate the code on their site.

**weegillis** · #5 (**permalink**) 01-16-2007, 08:53 PM

The Weather Network, implements their own remotely located script and images. All you need is to insert a small amount of code in the page, and in the head of your page you will need a location ID:

Code:

<head><script type="text/javascript">
var LocationID = 'CAAB0321';
</script></head>

Code:

<body><div id="weather" title="The Weather Network">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weatherbutton/wxbutton.js">
</script></div></body>

Just go to the main page, select Canadian, U.S. or International and search for a city. The ID is in the URL of the page that is returned. Grab that and you're away.

The image is around 150 pixels wide and 100 pixels high, and fits nicely into any typical sidebar.

WebMasterKrames · #6 (**permalink**) 01-17-2007, 08:43 AM

I don't really want one that's an ad for some weather site. Thanks though.

I'm really looking for a company that will custom create a script for your site and at least help you implement it on your site.

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