Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday August 16th 2000
Re: FN-FORUM RE: Selling yourself
date posted 16th August 2000 23:30
On 16/8/00 at 9:29 am, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Ruth Arnold) wrote:
> FYI, Stroud is in the cotswolds, near Gloucester and Bristol. I now
> live somewhere even more obscure: Sandbach in Cheshire, near
> Man...
Re: FN-FORUM Re: Jumping on the "criticise me" bandwagon
date posted 16th August 2000 23:30
On 15/8/00 at 7:22 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Atai S.) wrote:
> The self-depreciating comments are like.. a joke :) I don't know, but
> I had an idea for the site to be a bit different in the verbal conte...
Collaborative Resource
date posted 16th August 2000 22:56
I have a dream .... actually I've been trying to get this sodding dream of
the ground for the past few months. This is the third try and it will work
this time!
Anyway here's the dream :
- Net-l...
New Portfolio
date posted 16th August 2000 22:56
Evenin all ..
Updated my portfolio a bit, find it at http://www.minty.net/
Comments welcome (I think).
Jon Hadley
Designdojo.com Ltd.
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Fw: Starting out!
date posted 16th August 2000 22:56
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Graphic help
date posted 16th August 2000 22:27
Can someone "please" tell me how to make a cylinder shaped image.
I want to make a tiled bg image for my site (the background is sooo boring)
.I want to have the button panel appear to be sliding up...
Starting out!
date posted 16th August 2000 22:02
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I've bee...
Re: FN-FORUM Meet in Oxford
date posted 16th August 2000 21:33
Hi Garret,
I'm sorry for taking time responding to this. Trying to work out how long
I'll be in Oxford.
I know the Pubs you've listed and all of them are fine. However I do have
another recommendat...
Re: FN-FORUM Jumping on the "criticise me" bandwagon
date posted 16th August 2000 21:24
>From: "Atai S." [EMAIL REMOVED]
>There. Also, anyone think that it's quite a bitch to get a job (even a
>junior one) without any "formal" qualifications as a web designer? I never
>knew they taught...
Re: FN-FORUM Fireworks and Flashing in Berkshire
date posted 16th August 2000 21:10
I certainly would have been if I didn't live In S Wales :-) good idea
though, could do with some of that myself down here, what about you Morgan?
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.thomaswebdesign.c...
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date posted 16th August 2000 21:05
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Re: FN-FORUM: Domain Name hogs
date posted 16th August 2000 21:01
Peter Small wrote on 16/8/00 7:45 pm
>I was really pissed off when I found petersmall.co.uk had been registered
>only two months ago. Luckily, peter small.net was still available.
If it's not being...
RE: FN-FORUM Telnet Update
date posted 16th August 2000 20:30
Martin Woollatt wrote on 15 August 2000 10:08:
> ...how to use Telnet even for what many of you probably (definitely)
> would find menial tasks such as changing file permissions (my next task).
> .....
RE: FN-FORUM Formal education
date posted 16th August 2000 20:30
I've been tempted by a course at the University of Reading - 'Postgraduate
Certificate in Typography & Graphic Communication: Designing for the Web'.
But I don't think I'll be forking out the £700 f...
Fireworks and Flashing in Berkshire
date posted 16th August 2000 20:30
Now I have your attention...... ;-)
I'm not a newbie to graphics. I use Photoshop and PaintShop Pro but not in
anger. Just enough to get by. But I'd like to learn Fireworks 3 and Flash 4
properly....
Re: FN-FORUM Comments on my site
date posted 16th August 2000 19:59
Jeremy
Have you (or a skilled proofreader) read your text through carefully?
Here's what I found on the home page alone:
1) "You've may have read" - I suggest "You may have read"
2) "about having...
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain Name hogs
date posted 16th August 2000 19:46
Last week I visited a Web site that was offering to register names for free
and were also running an auction for people to sell names.
I was really pissed off when I found petersmall.co.uk had been...
Re: FN-FORUM South West meeting
date posted 16th August 2000 18:46
If the South West has a meeting does that mean there's a SE/London meeting
as well?
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Re: FN-FORUM Re: Jumping on the "criticise me" bandwagon
date posted 16th August 2000 17:50
> Second. Forget about freelancing (*ducks*). Get yourself a perm job which
> will in turn get some big names on your portfolio. If you don't mind
> re-locating, try some of the London based agencies...
Re: FN-FORUM South West meeting
date posted 16th August 2000 17:09
errrrrm.......as soon as I stop zipping back and forth to London.
If people can make it to a meet mid-week then I can arrange it sooner .....
e-mail me direct.
Jon Hadley
Designdojo.com Ltd.
E-Mai...
Re: FN-FORUM Re: Jumping on the "criticise me" bandwagon
date posted 16th August 2000 17:09
Note: Speaking from experience here, I'm 21.
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From: "Atai S." [EMAIL REMOVED]
> I usually apply for a job, and the URL is only on the CV, and it's last in
the list.
Sti...
Re: FN-FORUM Disabled access to WAP sites
date posted 16th August 2000 17:07
>Hi there freelancers ...
>
>Does anyone have a view on the obligations of WAP site creators
>to make them accessible to people with disabilities ?
>
>Thanks, Judith
>
From what I'm hearing about WA...
Disabled access to WAP sites
date posted 16th August 2000 16:54
Hi there freelancers ...
Does anyone have a view on the obligations of WAP site creators
to make them accessible to people with disabilities ?
Thanks, Judith
Judith Armstrong, Product Manager, Arg...
Re: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 16:40
S
can I have that web address again please as the dog ate it, nope sorry, I
mean it doesn't work. nuttin, squat...
ta!
> Check out http://www.cgi-resources.com , under the database,cms/newspaper
>...
Re: FN-FORUM netscape
date posted 16th August 2000 16:34
it doesn't render 1:1 as for some reason Microsoft didn't release the full
windows source when Netscape developed for the windoze platform.
It doesn't pose too much of a problem if anything it makes...
Re: FN-FORUM iframe - edit mode: catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 16:30
can someone on window check whether this editor works under ie5 please. I'm
testing on 4.5 & 5 on MacOs and the little critter ain't playing..
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Re: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 16:10
Mike
At 08:01 16/08/00 +0000, you wrote:
>I am interested in the development of this idea. I have a client that wishes
>to update their site on a monthly basis using a web interface.
Check out http:...
Re: FN-CV CV
date posted 16th August 2000 15:01
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Re: FN-CV CV
date posted 16th August 2000 14:59
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Training for Freelancers
date posted 16th August 2000 14:41
Hi Guys n Gals,
After being on this list for quite a while know there are a number of
threads that are repeating each time we take new subscribers and a lot of
advice requested is on the same topic....
Re: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 14:08
At 11:58 16/08/00, Norman wrote:
>I was asking after a component to allow me to apply formatting to text
>within a textarea (a thread on Evolt which Martin contributed to as well)
>and someone had th...
Re: FN-FORUM RE: Selling yourself
date posted 16th August 2000 14:08
At 12:07 16/08/00, you wrote:
>A few folk are saying 'specialise', but...
>
>This is a really difficult area for a small concern. I get 90% of my
>business from just 2 clients, but (I've just looked)...
Re: FN-FORUM DDA Question
date posted 16th August 2000 14:08
At 11:57 16/08/00, Morgan wrote:
>Does anyone actually have experiance of using a screen reader.... How the
>hell do these things work?
Essentially they read out the content of the page as presented...
tonight
date posted 16th August 2000 13:35
8pm ha ha bar? or earlier
angela kennedy
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Re: FN-FORUM Formal education
date posted 16th August 2000 13:24
on 16/8/2000 12:18 pm, Tony Roberts at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>> From: Simon Dew and Martin...
>> we have done a module on web design, but they didn't teach me anything
>
>> whereupon, when speakin...
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date posted 16th August 2000 13:21
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Re: Selling yourself (was Re: FN-FORUM: Calling all critics ...)
date posted 16th August 2000 13:11
From: martin burns [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Gain the expertise in building things for free (as demoes, as part of a
community, whatever), ...... Relationships are best built in an environment
where you're...
Re: FN-FORUM Telnet Update
date posted 16th August 2000 13:11
From: martin burns [EMAIL REMOVED]
>At 10:08 15/08/00, I wrote:
>
> >What has become glaringly clear though is that I am woefully short on
know
> >how as to how to use Telnet even for what many of y...
Re: FN-FORUM iframe - edit mode: catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 13:05
Rather than relying on an MS proprietary IFRAME solution (it doesn't even
work in MacIE5), we should be heading for WebDAV. MS support it in Office
2000, and GoLive 5 supports it too. Hopefully a few...
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date posted 16th August 2000 12:52
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netscape
date posted 16th August 2000 12:48
hi everyone,
i've been searching for a bit of info that i saw a long time ago....
its regarding the fact that netscape doesnt render certain things at an exact
1:1 pixel ratio (if you see what i me...
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date posted 16th August 2000 12:43
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Re: FN-FORUM Formal education
date posted 16th August 2000 12:29
> From: Simon Dew and Martin...
> we have done a module on web design, but they didn't teach me anything
> whereupon, when speaking with one of the tutors about what I wanted to
> learn/achieve in t...
Re: FN-FORUM RE: Selling yourself
date posted 16th August 2000 12:11
A few folk are saying 'specialise', but...
This is a really difficult area for a small concern. I get 90% of my
business from just 2 clients, but (I've just looked) over 50 clients for
that last 10%...
Re: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 12:08
I was asking after a component to allow me to apply formatting to text
within a textarea (a thread on Evolt which Martin contributed to as well)
and someone had this URL for the DHTML Editing Compone...
iframe - edit mode: catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 12:03
check this out:
http://www.insidedhtml.com/tips/contents/ts12/page1.asp
could be useful
--- mike karthauser [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > >
> > i havent tried this one mysel, but if they can use IE, t...
DDA Question
date posted 16th August 2000 12:00
Does anyone actually have experiance of using a screen reader.... How the
hell do these things work? How can you write a site that is not
discriminatory if you don't know what, or how their softwar...
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain Name hogs
date posted 16th August 2000 11:56
At 10:54 16/08/00, you wrote:
>Martin,
>
>If you try www.computerhardware.co.uk you'll see what I mean. This is not a
>company that registers domains for you - it's one that sells on names it has
>al...
Re: FN-FORUM Jumping on the "criticise me" bandwagon
date posted 16th August 2000 11:53
At 11:26 16/08/00, you wrote:
>Martin Burns wrote:
>
> > And then wonder why you get a kicking under the 1995
> > DDA
Disability Discrimination Act - if you're producing a site which
can be construe...
CV
date posted 16th August 2000 11:45
Hi
I'm emailing my CV to you as recommended on your website.
Thanks
Jonathan Kahn
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Curriculum Vitae
Jonathan Kahn
17 Fieldhead Gardens
Bourne End
Buckinghamshire
SL...
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date posted 16th August 2000 11:22
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Re: FN-FORUM Jumping on the "criticise me" bandwagon
date posted 16th August 2000 11:22
Martin Burns wrote:
> And then wonder why you get a kicking under the 1995
> DDA
Que?
Chas Walton
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RE: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 11:17
Can you explain this further. I dont quite get it.
> i havent tried this one mysel, but if they can use IE, then how
> about using
> Iframe, and turning design mode (or edit mode, whatever its ca...
RE: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 11:08
I'm Kind of busy today but I'm still following this thread. It looks like
the right system for my needs. More questions later.
Bob
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Visit bob at....
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date posted 16th August 2000 11:08
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Re: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 11:08
>
> i havent tried this one mysel, but if they can use IE, then how about using
> Iframe, and turning design mode (or edit mode, whatever its called) on?
> seen this in a couple of places before - a...
Re: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 11:00
i havent tried this one mysel, but if they can use IE, then how about using
Iframe, and turning design mode (or edit mode, whatever its called) on?
seen this in a couple of places before - and it loo...
Re: FN-FORUM Creating PDFs or MS Word docs on the fly...?
date posted 16th August 2000 10:59
> http://www.activepdf.com/
Thanks Martin! Looks great......
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain Name hogs
date posted 16th August 2000 10:58
Martin,
If you try www.computerhardware.co.uk you'll see what I mean. This is not a
company that registers domains for you - it's one that sells on names it has
already registered.
I fully understa...
Re: FN-FORUM Re: Selling yourself
date posted 16th August 2000 10:57
For freelancers who are well known or who are imbedded into the industry I
suppose cold calling wouldn't do much good, you have the portfolio to get
the work on a on-going basis.
But where it is ef...
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date posted 16th August 2000 10:52
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Re: FN-FORUM Creating PDFs or MS Word docs on the fly...?
date posted 16th August 2000 10:51
At 10:31 16/08/00, you wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>A client has asked me if we can create PDF or Word documents on the
>server, on the fly for download, as the result of a database query.
>
>Presumably, as t...
South West meeting
date posted 16th August 2000 10:51
Does anyone when the s.west meeting is now?
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk
http://thomaselliot.freelancers.net/profile.html
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Creating PDFs or MS Word docs on the fly...?
date posted 16th August 2000 10:28
Hi guys,
A client has asked me if we can create PDF or Word documents on the
server, on the fly for download, as the result of a database query.
Presumably, as these are binary files, I would need...
Re: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 10:24
At 09:01 16/08/00, you wrote:
>I am interested in the development of this idea. I have a client that wishes
>to update their site on a monthly basis using a web interface. (I don't know
>who span thi...
Re: FN-FORUM Jumping on the "criticise me" bandwagon
date posted 16th August 2000 10:24
At 18:32 15/08/00, Colin wrote:
>3.) Act as if you already are getting mad cash.
And turning away business every day. Go in with professional
rates (say £200 a day - not top pro rates, but certa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain Name hogs
date posted 16th August 2000 10:24
At 18:29 15/08/00, you wrote:
>If, like me, you often type an address into the browser hoping that it
>might take you where you want to go without all that tedious searching,
>then you'll have got...
Re: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 10:22
Hi Mike
The system we use runs online on the server. We use an NT host (and hence
ASP), but I'm sure it would be easy to do it with most server side
languages.
Costs to implement it - well we deve...
Re: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 09:54
So the system runs offline, pages get updated and then FTP'ed? What would it
cost to implement this system? Do we need any *special* hosting?
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CV
date posted 16th August 2000 09:44
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I am interested in a position as a web designer.
Attached is a copy of my CV in wor...
Re: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 09:43
Hi Mike
What else do you want to know about it?
Basically it's just a low powered CMS. Clients access a simple forms based
web interface. The application grabs the information from the forms, stu...
selling yourself
date posted 16th August 2000 09:41
Having a internet consultancy in Wales for several
years , the most important aspect of selling yourself
is nowing your market and targeting your specific
clients.
I tend to use fax and email as my p...
RE: Selling yourself (was Re: FN-FORUM: Calling all critics ...)
date posted 16th August 2000 09:35
In response to Martin Burns' email:
>Cold calling will only ever get you the crappy wee jobs
Cold calling does work in the IT industry. I've not had to do it for my own
company yet but we used to...
Re: FN-FORUM RE: Selling yourself
date posted 16th August 2000 09:29
Hi Paul,
FYI, Stroud is in the cotswolds, near Gloucester and Bristol. I now live
somewhere even more obscure: Sandbach in Cheshire, near Manchester. Next
time I plan to move to somewhere that's onl...
RE: FN-FORUM Jumping on the "criticise me" bandwagon
date posted 16th August 2000 09:09
At 16:34 15/08/00, Simon wrote:
>As long as you have basic design skills, and you are at ease with a computer
>than I would say 'web design' is pretty easy to learn.
Some people find it easy, yes, b...
Re: FN-FORUM Telnet Update
date posted 16th August 2000 09:09
At 10:08 15/08/00, Mart' Woollat wrote:
>What has become glaringly clear though is that I am woefully short on know
>how as to how to use Telnet even for what many of you probably (definitely)
>woul...
Re: FN-FORUM Jumping on the "criticise me" bandwagon
date posted 16th August 2000 09:09
At 16:39 15/08/00, you wrote:
>There. Also, anyone think that it's quite a bitch to get a job (even a
>junior one) without any "formal" qualifications as a web designer? I never
>knew they taught w...
RE: FN-FORUM: Calling all critics ...
date posted 16th August 2000 09:09
At 16:18 15/08/00, Richard wrote:
>By the way Morgan, I had intended to target the tourist industry in the
>South West - they have after all got the most potential for increasing
>their market shar...
Re: FN-FORUM Re: Selling yourself
date posted 16th August 2000 09:09
Damian wrote:
>PS Unless you have had no prior contact with a big fish company, it is
>fairly difficult to get a appointment since their are targeted by most
>design houses anyway and are used to...
Re: Selling yourself (was Re: FN-FORUM: Calling all critics ...)
date posted 16th August 2000 09:09
At 14:41 15/08/00, Martin W wrote:
>Cold calling leaves me cold anyway (pun?) because it p.o's me when I'm on
>the receiving end; let alone seeming a soul destroying way to go about
>things. Doing s...
CV
date posted 16th August 2000 09:00
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Re: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 08:25
Hi,
What will they be updating on the page each month? Perhaps you could
use a simple perl script similar to the one I have used for the pub guide I
am working on at www.dustnet.co.uk . This...
FN-FORUM: Interesting Article
date posted 16th August 2000 08:18
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Re: FN-FORUM RE: Selling yourself
date posted 16th August 2000 08:09
> Hell, Ruth...I find the cold calling hard enough, but I'm not even sure
> where Stroud IS ;-)
I do, on the motorway near us boys down in Bristol, ;-0)
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Re: FN-FORUM catalogue questions.
date posted 16th August 2000 08:07
I am interested in the development of this idea. I have a client that wishes
to update their site on a monthly basis using a web interface. (I don't know
who span this idea out to them). They're only...
RE: FN-FORUM Jumping on the "criticise me" bandwagon
date posted 16th August 2000 07:50
Simon Dew,
DeMontfort in Leicester?
If so I am based in Leicester and may be able to find some work for you on a
project I am doing on site.
Mail [EMAIL REMOVED]
Cheers,
Ryan....
Re: FN-FORUM: Domain Name hogs
date posted 16th August 2000 07:38
Richard,
This is an extremely valid point. I would point out
that as pure and simple insurance against being
blackmailed by the aforementioned "Domain Name Hogs"
many companies are taking precaution...
CV
date posted 16th August 2000 03:37
Adrian Portsmouth
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Covingham
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01793 614269
Employment
Apprentice Panel Beater Years Employed (Ex: 1996 - 2000)
Bailey`s Garage Swindon Wiltshire
During m...
Re: FN-FORUM RE: Selling yourself
date posted 16th August 2000 00:25
On 15/8/00 at 4:18 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Ruth Arnold) wrote:
> Another thing I did to help try and break my fear of cold calling was
> to stand for election in Stroud, where I used to live.
Hell, R...
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