Add a forecast to your web site - Part 2

Introduction
If you've got your own web site or web page (for example on Facebook) you can quickly add weather forecasts from our site to it.  In Add a forecast to your web site - Part 1 we looked at some ways this can be done. On this page we'll look at two more options.

1) Weather forecast sticky
Just copy the HTML code below and paste into your web page. It's completely free and can be up and running in seconds. You can change fragments of the HTML if you like to adjust the layout and positioning.

Your weather sticky should look like this on your web page. Visitors to your page will be able to enter their postcode and get a 16 day weather forecast which is usually updated every 6 hours.

2) XML weather forecast data feed
The XML weather forecast data feeds we provide offer a very powerful weather forecasting solution for your intranet or Internet site. They give you access to our forecast database which is usually updated every 6 hours and enable you to brand the forecasts completely. You can use your own styles and icons as well as deciding which forecast data to make available to your web site visitors. Please contact us here for more information about subscription and pricing. 

Here's an example of the XML code which is sent back to you.


Sat 26 SEP 2009
6
sunnyspell
12
94
1027
0
294
6


Conclusion
Adding a Weather Forecast Sticky is a great way of giving visitors to your web site or page access to a comprehensive 16 day weather forecast. 

XML weather forecast data feeds provide the ultimate in flexibility. You can have post code level weather forecasts on your web site which are branded as you like.

If you have any problems adding a weather forecast to your site using the techniques discussed, we're more than happy to try and help, so do ask us.

Issued 26/09/2009 © Brian Gaze 

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