Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday August 14th 2000
RE: FN-FORUM new e-commerce solution
date posted 14th August 2000 23:54
Sorry I forgot to include the URL.
Have look. The site looks like a pair of old Y-fronts but the content is
there.
Bob.
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new e-commerce solution
date posted 14th August 2000 23:42
My Dad has runs a company up her in the freezing north developing software.
Over the last year he has been busy developing a proprietary e-commerce
solution and it *seems* to be unique. As I unders...
Re: FN-FORUM Gambling-free browsing
date posted 14th August 2000 23:34
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Tony Roberts wrote:
> I wonder if anyone has any advice to offer on this enquiry, please...
>
> Gordon House, the charity that deals with rehabilitating really serious
> gambli...
Re: FN-FORUM Accepting credit cards
date posted 14th August 2000 23:24
>http://www.work24.co.uk/ lets you take online orders & processes
the CC transactions.
Martin - thanks - I've sent my author contact off to look at Work24.
I'd had the promo blurb about Work24, but...
Gambling-free browsing
date posted 14th August 2000 22:45
I wonder if anyone has any advice to offer on this enquiry, please...
Gordon House, the charity that deals with rehabilitating really serious
gambling addicts (it's the other half of Gamblers Anonym...
Re: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 22:33
I'm always surprised at how even people experienced with producing
e-business solutions for clients can find this concept so difficult to
accept.
What you have to remember is that e-businesses are c...
Re: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 21:43
Peter Small wrote on 13/8/00 10:52 am
>The view that you need to be first to the market with an idea has proved
>wrong. It only applied at the beginning of the dotcom boom when first to
>the market...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 21:43
Stephen C Parker wrote on 13/8/00 1:59 pm
>The one thing I have learned (and which is notably NOT carried out within
>Universities - the very place that tries to promote and convey this concept)
>is...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 19:59
Perhaps the internet is an environmental tool.....
And when did an environment and ecosystem become the same thing?
An ecosystem helps to explain the relationships and interactions between one
or m...
Re: FN-FORUM feedback please.
date posted 14th August 2000 18:44
On 14/8/00 at 4:34 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Mart' Woollatt) wrote:
> > You could try a perm job if you are really concerned about job
> > security<
>
> Don't wish to sound cynical or bitter & twisted (...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 18:13
>>You say the web is not a tool; its an environment. Why is the web any
more
>>of an ecosystem than the existing business world? The web and those that
>>work with it can't survive without money an...
RE: FN-FORUM Fwd: CERT Advisory CA-2000-16
date posted 14th August 2000 18:07
My point was that this is fundementally a problem with Internet Explorer,
not the database technology. It just so happens that the bug in IE allows
code within Access files to be run when it shouldn'...
RE: FN-FORUM Disable Back Button in IE & NS
date posted 14th August 2000 17:44
>>I'll assume that because of this situation you are afraid of messing up
the
>>information once they moved on. Keep the information in sessions so the
data
>>wont be lost. People like to go back to...
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date posted 14th August 2000 17:24
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date posted 14th August 2000 17:22
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date posted 14th August 2000 17:14
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Re: FN-FORUM feedback please.
date posted 14th August 2000 16:51
> You could try a perm job if you are really concerned about job security<
Don't wish to sound cynical or bitter & twisted (no really I don't ) but
no such thing truly exists, and probably never has...
Re: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 16:51
From: Paul Bradforth [EMAIL REMOVED]
> On 14/8/00 at 12:09 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Mart' Woollatt)
> wrote:
> > > Hell, I'm beginning to sound like an ageing hippy.
> > Nothing wrong with that..maaann...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 16:39
Pete,
I'm going to read your book so I may see things your way soon, but at the
moment I'm not convinced.
You say the web is not a tool; its an environment. Why is the web any more
of an ecosystem...
RE: FN-FORUM Disable save functions
date posted 14th August 2000 16:15
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> LOL, you have to reset the PC *grins*
>
>
> If it disables the keyboard and mouse, how the hell do
> you close the
> window/move to the next page...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 16:12
Replying to Peter Ebdon's post:
>In reply to Paul's and Peter Small's comments, I find it difficult to see
>the big difference between business on the web and traditional businesses.
>
Yes. This is...
Site check
date posted 14th August 2000 15:40
Sorry for the confusion folks (not bobs site)
Can anybody check out this www.woodysweddings.co.uk just been altering a
few bits, mainly the download speed etc.
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.t...
Re: FN-FORUM feedback please.
date posted 14th August 2000 15:40
Go for it. For a few hours a day your designs look very good, better than
most offerings I see.
At the end of the day, having two kids to support will probably force you
into working effectively, i....
RE: Page not found errors
date posted 14th August 2000 15:33
Hi!
I was wondering if there was some way of directing people to the
home page if they try and enter your site at a page that doesn't exsist. For
example I have a page on a search engine tha...
RE: FN-FORUM feedback please.
date posted 14th August 2000 15:30
On 14/8/00 at 12:07 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Bob Gentle) wrote:
> At the moment I'm only working on this for a few hours a day. D'you
> think The work is good enough to allow me to support two kids. Co...
Re: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 15:30
On 14/8/00 at 12:09 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Mart' Woollatt)
wrote:
> > Hell, I'm beginning to sound like an ageing hippy.
> Nothing wrong with that..maaann
LOL!
...I'm sure I saw someone's sig on t...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 15:30
On 14/8/00 at 11:29 am, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Peter Ebdon) wrote:
> In reply to Paul's and Peter Small's comments, I find it difficult to
> see the big difference between business on the web and traditio...
RE: FN-FORUM Security
date posted 14th August 2000 15:28
Watford!
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>>Want...
RE: FN-FORUM Security
date posted 14th August 2000 15:09
>>Want to increase your knowledge of security? Please see below for details
on
>>a free seminar. All welcome please let me know ASAP as places our going
>>fast.
Where exactly would this be held?
St...
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date posted 14th August 2000 15:08
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RE: FN-FORUM Bob's site check
date posted 14th August 2000 15:04
Yeah I did it with D.Weaver using layers. I will get round to putting it in
proper tables soon.
Thanks for that.
Bob
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RE: FN-FORUM Bob's site check
date posted 14th August 2000 14:59
This is happening to several PC's here at work - Going to try and find IE4
or 5 to check it out...
RE: FN-FORUM Bob's site check
date posted 14th August 2000 14:55
Yeah just checked it... I use IE5.5 NT4.0 SP 6 and I have no problems.........
RE: FN-FORUM Bob's site check
date posted 14th August 2000 14:50
Has anyone checked out www.lode-star.co.uk
using IE 5.5, NT4 SP 6a? I'm getting text and
images overlapping and other such stuff. Works fine in Navigator 4.5....
Re: FN-FORUM CoWorkers
date posted 14th August 2000 14:49
Like the idea a lot Peter!
You go for it... I think there's room for all sorts of web sites in this
area of the market as so far there's bugger all focussed on self-employed
people working together...
Re: FN-FORUM feedback please.
date posted 14th August 2000 13:35
Bob Gentle wrote (Monday, August 14, 2000 12:07 PM)
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM feedback please.
> At the moment I'm only
> working on this for a few hours a day. D'you think The work is good
enough
> t...
Re: FN-FORUM feedback please.
date posted 14th August 2000 13:35
On 13/8/00 at 4:28 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Bob Gentle) wrote:
> I have been designing websites for four years now and am going to go
> full time next summer. I would like to hear from others:
>
> a)...
RE: FN-FORUM Fwd: CERT Advisory CA-2000-16
date posted 14th August 2000 13:25
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, David Nye wrote:
> This advisory relates to a vulnerability within the IE Object model to
> malicious web pages, and has nothing to do with the use of Microsoft
> database techn...
Re: FN-FORUM Fwd: CERT Advisory CA-2000-16
date posted 14th August 2000 13:22
mmmmm, not much use then Martin :-)
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk
http://thomaselliot.freelancers.net/profile.html
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RE: FN-FORUM Fwd: CERT Advisory CA-2000-16
date posted 14th August 2000 13:04
This advisory relates to a vulnerability within the IE Object model to
malicious web pages, and has nothing to do with the use of Microsoft
database technologies for professional web site development...
RE: FN-FORUM Disable save functions
date posted 14th August 2000 12:37
LOL, you have to reset the PC *grins*
If it disables the keyboard and mouse, how the hell do
you close the
window/move to the next page?????...
Re: FN-FORUM The domain name cost puzzle
date posted 14th August 2000 12:32
> Nominet ARE the authority...
Yep - Nominet are the non-profit making organisation that handle many
of the second-level domains that fall under .uk such as .co.uk,
.net.uk.
So, for example, all .c...
RE: FN-FORUM Disable save functions
date posted 14th August 2000 12:30
If it disables the keyboard and mouse, how the hell do you close the
window/move to the next page?????
Had to ask....
Morgan
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RE: FN-FORUM Disable save functions
date posted 14th August 2000 12:27
Myself, I wouldn't go down the disable right-click route as, IMHO, I hate
this kind of thing.
Why don't you write a nice little ActiveX component that disables the
keyboard and mouse when the page i...
Re: FN-FORUM Disable save functions
date posted 14th August 2000 12:26
That may be the answer Bob
Just imbed some text on the image, but they of course do a decent job of
covering it in Photoshop with the copy tool maybe?
The artist is very well known, got one exhibit...
Re: FN-FORUM Comments (www.woodysweddings.co.uk)
date posted 14th August 2000 12:22
Thanks for the advice Ink
Images were fat weren't they - Dow!
Haven't uploaded them yet but now their smaller.
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk
http://thomaselliot.freelance...
Re: FN-FORUM Disable save functions
date posted 14th August 2000 12:20
Thanks for the tips guys
I don't think its completely unstoppable, got a nice printer and ink? that's
all anyone needs in the end, script to stop screen grab would be nice though
inc the usual extra...
RE: FN-FORUM Disable save functions
date posted 14th August 2000 12:19
Just a thought.
How about placing the picture in a pdf file. The user would need acrobat
reader but most folks have that these days. You can the disable all these
things and get more security. Th...
RE: FN-FORUM Comments on my site
date posted 14th August 2000 12:12
I liked your site.
The flash intro was way fast. Well done.
Bob
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Re: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 12:09
From: Paul Bradforth [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Hell, I'm beginning to sound like an ageing hippy.
Nothing wrong with that..maaann
later
Martin Woollatt
Martin, Lincs, UK
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RE: FN-FORUM feedback please.
date posted 14th August 2000 12:05
Thanks Ruth.
I had a look at your work and it looks great. At the moment I'm only
working on this for a few hours a day. D'you think The work is good enough
to allow me to support two kids. Cos th...
Re: FN-FORUM The domain name cost puzzle
date posted 14th August 2000 11:39
Quoting Peter Small [EMAIL REMOVED]
> This gets more interesting by the minute.
>
> Freenetnames point you to a terms and conditions page which takes you to
> a
> site called nominet.net. This comp...
Re: FN-FORUM The domain name cost puzzle
date posted 14th August 2000 11:38
Nominet ARE the authority...
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Re: FN-FORUM Domain Name Services
date posted 14th August 2000 11:37
Nominet (.co.uk etc) names cost £5 per year for nominet members to register.
Best deal I have come across is www.domainbuster.com, a UK company that will
do .com domains for £10 per year, and don'...
Re: FN-FORUM Comments on my site
date posted 14th August 2000 11:34
On 14/8/00 at 10:57 am, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Jeremy Bassett)
wrote:
> Can someone give me some feedback on my site that advertises my
> services. It obviously looks good to me, but to other people looks...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 11:33
In reply to Paul's and Peter Small's comments, I find it difficult to see
the big difference between business on the web and traditional businesses.
I see the web as having two main uses. One is th...
RE: FN-FORUM Disable save functions
date posted 14th August 2000 11:30
Well yes that is a fair comment but if you can suggest a better thing then I
am listening... ;P
Also you could emboss a logo over the top this is what photodisc and many
other image banks do to stop...
Re: FN-FORUM The domain name cost puzzle
date posted 14th August 2000 11:26
This gets more interesting by the minute.
Freenetnames point you to a terms and conditions page which takes you to a
site called nominet.net. This company charges £80 (+VAT) for direct
registration...
Fwd: CERT Advisory CA-2000-16
date posted 14th August 2000 11:25
I thought a few of the MS guys and gals out there might wanna read this. The
best way to aviod issues like this is to move to php/mysql ;-) errrm second
thoughts don't I've got a child to feed.
s...
RE: FN-FORUM Disable save functions
date posted 14th August 2000 11:24
I thought that all you had to do in that case was to open the image in
Photoshop & either delete the watermark or flatten the image, thus getting
rid of that??? *wonders*
And what about if I do a n...
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date posted 14th August 2000 11:22
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RE: FN-FORUM Disable save functions
date posted 14th August 2000 11:16
You could put digimark watermarks in... thereby being able to prove the
image is yours if someone nicks it and uses it elsewhere....
Morgan...
RE: FN-FORUM The domain name cost puzzle
date posted 14th August 2000 11:15
>How do you arrange to point your name at a particular server, or, re-point
>it from a current server to some other server?
>I was under the impression that you had to get the current server hosting...
RE: FN-FORUM Disable save functions
date posted 14th August 2000 11:12
Damien,
I heard this question many times. There is no way to protect your images
from being copied. even if you disable the buttons, someone can take a print
screen and they got the image. I agree y...
RE: FN-FORUM CD-writer HEeElp
date posted 14th August 2000 11:10
Ryan,
I had the same problem on ME. I checked all cables, looked for drivers (
apparently CD-Writers don't need drivers).
I installed the latest software for CD-creator and it worked.
Have you look...
Re: FN-FORUM Why Hire Freelancers
date posted 14th August 2000 11:09
On 12/8/00 at 10:35 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Martin) wrote:
> Peter Small wrote on 12/8/00 6:54 pm
>
> >On the Web, there are no secrets,
> Not even close to being true, sorry. Things may not stay sec...
RE: FN-FORUM The domain name cost puzzle
date posted 14th August 2000 10:59
Peter,
How do you arrange to point your name at a particular server, or, re-point
it from a current server to some other server?
I was under the impression that you had to get the current server ho...
Comments on my site
date posted 14th August 2000 10:57
Can someone give me some feedback on my site that advertises my services. It
obviously looks good to me, but to other people looks completely different.
Thanks
___________________________________
J...
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Re: FN-FORUM The domain name cost puzzle
date posted 14th August 2000 10:51
I doubt that freenetnames' release fee on domain names play a massive
part in their revenue plans.
Each subscriber is going to have an aquisistion cost to any ISP.
freenetnames gets it's subscribers...
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date posted 14th August 2000 10:42
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RE: FN-FORUM The domain name cost puzzle
date posted 14th August 2000 10:39
After my recent problems trying to transfer my domain from BTConnect (who
registered it for me for free as part of a promotion), I'd recommend
registering your domain yourself through someone like re...
Domain Name Services
date posted 14th August 2000 10:33
I can do co.uk domain names for £15. Not the cheapest I know, but I dont
charge you anything after that and for that you get web redirection and
email to whatever webspace/address you want, and when...
Re: FN-FORUM The domain name cost puzzle
date posted 14th August 2000 10:19
Hi Peter,
I have been with Freenetname now for 3 years, and can say that all has been
fine with the service.
The way they can make some income is when you move your domain name to
another ISP I thi...
Re: FN-FORUM The domain name cost puzzle
date posted 14th August 2000 10:07
one way that freenetnames does make their money is to charge you 98 quid to
move your domain name to a different ISP or nameserver. I know at least 3
people that this has happened to...
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RE: FN-FORUM The domain name cost puzzle
date posted 14th August 2000 09:53
Peter,
They do have a few trick up there sleeves.
You can register a domain name, and then never use there dial-up which is
incidentially
what I have done myself. But when you ever want to alter yo...
Re: FN-FORUM feedback please.
date posted 14th August 2000 09:49
Yes Bob,
I've had a look at your web site and your work is definitely up to it.
You seem to be winning fairly big contracts already so if I were you I would
just go for it. What you feel you don't...
Re: FN-FORUM Accepting credit cards
date posted 14th August 2000 09:46
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The domain name cost puzzle
date posted 14th August 2000 09:35
I've always understood that it costs a fixed amount to register a domain
name - for example, thirty-five dollars per annum for a .com in the USA.
I cannot see how anyone can get registered for a dom...
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date posted 14th August 2000 09:29
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RE: FN-CV CV
date posted 14th August 2000 09:14
Hi Ben
Thank you for sending in your CV. Unfortunately we do not have any
possitions for those that do not have any commercial experience at this
moment in time. I will however put you on to our...
RE: FN-FORUM Security
date posted 14th August 2000 09:06
Want to increase your knowledge of security? Please see below for details on
a free seminar. All welcome please let me know ASAP as places our going
fast.
Regards Damon
Unlocking security
The d...
CoWorkers
date posted 14th August 2000 08:10
I'm in the early stages of setting up an associates programme to work in
conjunction with our consultancy (currently two developers, a part-time
tester and a graphics designer).
I'll eventually be s...
Re: FN-FORUM Comments (www.woodysweddings.co.uk)
date posted 14th August 2000 05:54
pretty site ... but .... (and these are constructive)
the images are *way* too large - optimise them (the
page took ages to download and I'm on a T1 line)
why not use css instead of font tags (also y...
Re: FN-FORUM Accepting credit cards
date posted 14th August 2000 02:18
Ok this service is US based but provides good service.
I have used them for a number of years for number of clients who cant/wont
use UK based solutions.
very good.
Payment in USD but my bank cashes...
Re: FN-FORUM feedback please.
date posted 14th August 2000 01:41
Hi Bob
Well I'm really not as experienced as most here, but I think your site and
clients you have done are definitely worthy.
I freelance but I haven't got a mortgage, but I do have a partner and...
RE: FN-FORUM feedback please.
date posted 14th August 2000 00:48
Thanks to Damian & Thomas
You confirmed what I thought.
I would like to know if you think my work is up to it.
Bob.
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Re: FN-FORUM feedback please.
date posted 14th August 2000 00:27
Totally agree with Tony here
Take my point of view, I'm not a professional designer, I was never employed
or trained in designing, actually I bought my first pc 2 years ago.
I learnt the basics whi...
Accepting credit cards
date posted 14th August 2000 00:22
I know this topic's been done before, but I can't find the messages...
I've been contacted by an author who'se been selling her book on her
website, in a very small way. She wants to accept credit c...
Re: FN-FORUM feedback please.
date posted 14th August 2000 00:15
> a) the relative merits freelance vs. employed work in general.
> b) the relative merits freelance vs. employed working relation to *my*
work
Bob
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