I’m not sure what Weathershop UK mean about being unable to contact the software author. That’s me and the last email I got from them was July 2016, so they know my email address, but I’ve not had anything since then.
I should remove Bug Tracker. It is technically still in use but requires it’s own password these days. WML is pretty stable though so the Bug Tracker probably hasn’t been used in a couple of years. Sorry that it confused things even further.
I’m not sure why your installation isn’t working, but whatever’s wrong cab be fixed. Rather than debug in the forum I’ll reply to your email so you have my email address and we can work on it by email.