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Does anyone know why my Weather Plugin comes up with this error?

"Loading the PEAR Services/Weather module failed. Please insure that the module is installed."

I double checked everything and even re-installed the plug-in...

The weather plugin requires the additional install of the PEAR Weather Services package.

You can download the package directly from http://pear.php.net/package/Services_Weather, or you can use the pear repository scripts to download it if you have full access to your server.

mgroeninger wrote:The weather plugin requires the additional install of the PEAR Weather Services package.

You can download the package directly from http://pear.php.net/package/Services_Weather, or you can use the pear repository scripts to download it if you have full access to your server.

I did download it and installed it under the weather plugin directory...is that where it should go?

If you put it in the folder with the weather plugin I believe you should place it in a folder called "Services".

I haven't tested it in that configuration, however.

The better way to use PEAR is to use the manager....
Documentation to do this is located at http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.getting.php

mgroeninger wrote:
The weather plugin requires the additional install of the PEAR Weather Services package.

You can download the package directly from http://pear.php.net/package/Services_Weather, or you can use the pear repository scripts to download it if you have full access to your server.

OK, I downloaded the package, but I'm on a shared host-
How/where do I install this package, or do I need to have the hosting company install it for me?

You know, I had the same trouble with that PEAR module. I ended up going to a script from weather.com that I added to a HTML nugget. Looks great. Check out my site for an example.

If you are on shared hosting the easiest way is to have your provider install it.

You should, however, be able to put all the files in the package under a folder called "Services" in the plugin directory... (I haven't tested this and don't really have any way to test this though)

I think the package download uses a different directory name, which includes the version number, so you will have to be careful of that...