Your web site pass the following minimum requirements before you will be able to use
the HWimage on your server: (If you have the first requirement then odds are you have the
rest.)
NOTE: HWimage 1.0 Beta 3.1 is require that
HAMweather Pro 2.0 Beta 3.1 or higher be installed.
- HAMweather 2.0 Pro Beta 3.1 or Higher must
be installed on your server. Note:
If you have HAMweather Pro working on your site then you already meet the following
requirements. If you have HAMweather standard or Lite you will need to first install
HAMweather Pro before you can use HWimage.
- Account. You must have an account to store
www pages on a Unix, Linux, Windows NT or Windows 95/98 web server.
- CGI Permission. You must have
permission to run custom CGI scripts on your web server.Be aware that the majority of free
web services do not allow this ability. (America Online, GeoCities and Tripod are such
accounts that do not allow for custom CGI scripts)
- Perl. Perl 5.004 or later must be
installed on the web server. On Windows NT and 95/98 server we prefer ActiveState Perl be installed.
- Perl Sockets Module. The perl Sockets
module should be installed on the server, for this module allows HAMweather to fetch the
forecasts from the NWS. This module is part of the perl distribution and is usually
automatically installed, but this module may be missing on a few ISPs that do not install
the full Perl distribution. Note:On some servers the use of the LWP::Simple module is
required, such as the Hypermart Servers.
- Perl GD.pm module. HWimage requires
the GD.pm module be installed either system wide or locally to your account. This is
the module that allows HWimage to create the gif images.
- File Permissions. On Unix servers,
you will need to have the ability to set and change file permissions either through FTP or
telnet. The need to set file permissions does not usually exist for Windows NT,
95/98 web servers.
- FTP Access. You will need to have
FTP access to the web directories on your server. An account with Front Page only
access does not count. Telnet access would be a plus, but is not needed.
If your web site meets the above requirements then to fully install HWimage follow the next four easy steps. Following these steps should get a working
version of HWimage on your web site.