Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday September 26th 2000
Apologies - Re: No HTML email request
date posted 26th September 2000 23:56
God I hate being guilty of anything, sorry guys.
But when was the last time you sent an e-mail to yourself? I didn't know it
was in HTML format :(
Changed it now though :-) OK
Regards,
Lee.
A humbled...
Re: FN-FORUM Self-Calculating Order Form
date posted 26th September 2000 23:47
Hi Derek
Are you looking to do it all on one page (in which case you really want to
use some clientside Javascript) or spread over a number of pages (in which
case you probably want to use something...
Re: FN-FORUM Attachments - the BBC2 thing (Waaay OT)
date posted 26th September 2000 23:47
Damn I forgot it was on too, was it really that bad, tell tell....
Lee
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Re: FN-FORUM Self-Calculating Order Form
date posted 26th September 2000 23:45
Derek
You could do that in ASP no problem (requires NT Server), but what do you
want to do with it just informational or for transactions?
Lee
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Re: FN-FORUM some objective critism please
date posted 26th September 2000 23:24
On 26/9/00 at 4:21 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Lee Brown) wrote:
> I have just finished (I hope) a site for a client and was hoping that
> some of you may check it out and give me your thoughts & opinions,...
Detection of scrollbars, image positioning and £
date posted 26th September 2000 22:00
Hi
Im producing a site where one frame may or may not have a vertical scroll
bar depending on the page being viewed. I want to know if there's an easy
way of detecting whether the scrollbar is pre...
RE: FN-FORUM Attachments - the BBC2 thing (Waaay OT)
date posted 26th September 2000 21:41
> Oh my god!!!!
>
> What a load of c***!!!
Some nice touches though (you can tell my expectations weren't high):
- Genuine code in the screen shots
- Designers vs Techies war ("That animiated gif w...
FN-FORUM Naming the HTML ROLL OF SHAME (was E-Mail for Dummies)
date posted 26th September 2000 21:35
> | Plain text is for e-mails. Cos it's fast.
> | HTML is for web sites. Cos it's purty.
> | Simple. No? :o)
>
> To every complex problem there is a simple solution
> - and it's wrong! :c)
>
>> Can f...
Re: FN-FORUM Attachments - the BBC2 thing (Waaay OT)
date posted 26th September 2000 21:33
>Oh my god!!!!
>
>What a load of c***!!!
>
>Why do I think this is going to make our lives much more difficult. I
>can see it now. Clients saying they saw such and such on
>"Attachments" so it must b...
Re: FN-FORUM Self-Calculating Order Form
date posted 26th September 2000 21:13
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Hi Derek,
Yes...
Attachments - the BBC2 thing (Waaay OT)
date posted 26th September 2000 21:13
Oh my god!!!!
What a load of c***!!!
Why do I think this is going to make our lives much more difficult. I
can see it now. Clients saying they saw such and such on
"Attachments" so it must be tru...
Re: FN-FORUM Self-Calculating Order Form
date posted 26th September 2000 20:50
Off hand, I cannot provide you with such details, but would it not be easier
to use a shopping cart program such as Shop @ssistant ? JavaScript
calculators are availble though. If I can find the one...
Re: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 20:46
cool music site,
have you guys seen the new Madonna web site?
even the NON-Flash version is really cool. they are using Quicktime
http://www.madonnamusic.com/
-gerard...
Self-Calculating Order Form
date posted 26th September 2000 20:34
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Re: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 18:45
>To my knowledge there is a Windows Media Player available for the Mac OS as
>well. Dunno about Linux ..?
every time i use the MAc asf player it hasn't worked because it is a
version or two behind...
Re: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 18:41
>I'd recommend using ASF rather than RealAudio, for two reasons (at
>least) - it plays through Windows Media Player which is bundled with
>IE (and Win98 I think) so the majority of your target audi...
Re: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 18:40
The windows media player for the Mac is over 6 megs. I'd stick to the real
audio plugin.
Plus w media player is nasty.... (I downloaded it and it sux)
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Re: FN-FORUM Help !
date posted 26th September 2000 18:27
Hi Lee,
I actually used a program to disable it
Regarding the site, it is not bad to say you had to keep it within your
clients demands, but a few alteration could be made :
- I have IE5 running at...
Re: FN-FORUM some objective critism please
date posted 26th September 2000 18:26
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The Expo 2000 - 29-30 Sept
date posted 26th September 2000 18:13
Hi,
Anyone going to The Expo 2000, the Mac show that's taking place in
london on 29-30 September?
You can get a free ticket by downloading the PDF at the following
location.
http://www.theexpo20...
NT/IIS/Index Server Person
date posted 26th September 2000 17:43
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Re: FN-FORUM some objective critism please
date posted 26th September 2000 17:21
Lee,
>I have just finished (I hope) a site for a client and was hoping that some
>of you may check it out and give me your thoughts & opinions
MacOS 8.6 , IE5.0
I am viewing the site with my moni...
Quick (onsite) job: NT, IIS, Index Server
date posted 26th September 2000 17:16
Hi guys,
I client of mine has asked if I can handle the above, but I'd never even
heard of Index Server before he mentioned it!
If anyone fancies it, contact him direct, he's posted a description o...
Re: FN-FORUM some objective critism please
date posted 26th September 2000 17:14
Hi Morgan,
Some times on the first page, sometimes on the fourth.. it seems pretty
random. When visiting other sites using Netscape (not very often) it works
fine ( I think it has done it once) but m...
Re: FN-FORUM some objective critism please
date posted 26th September 2000 17:11
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Thanks Mez,
I'll...
Re: FN-FORUM some objective critism please
date posted 26th September 2000 17:02
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One th...
Re: FN-FORUM some objective critism please
date posted 26th September 2000 16:41
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I just took...
RE: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 15:53
I stand corrected I am sorry...
Just had not heard of an .ASF player for any other platform
Morgan (till tomorrow bye!!!!)...
Re: No HTML email request
date posted 26th September 2000 15:50
At 03:45 PM 26/09/2000 +0100, Morgan wrote:
>haven't we had this request?
Quite possibly:
a) But, the chances are I haven't seen it because it very easy to miss
stuff if you're having to leapfrog...
Re: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 15:49
To my knowledge there is a Windows Media Player available for the Mac OS as
well. Dunno about Linux ..?
ruth arnold
spacehoppa.com
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Re: FN-FORUM some objective critism please
date posted 26th September 2000 15:45
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Again as I say w...
another sql server query
date posted 26th September 2000 15:33
im trying to attach a trigger to a table but it states i dont have
permission to do so, ive got admin rights so where what do i change to allow
me to save a trigger?
dave ecky
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RE: FN-FORUM some objective critism please
date posted 26th September 2000 15:32
Which files do you get the GPF fault or is it on any Lee?...
RE: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 15:31
is .ASF only readable from a MS platform then.... is there a Mac based .ASF
Player, what about Linux. I know it is a smaller userbase but sometimes on
this forum I get the feeling that some develope...
some objective critism please
date posted 26th September 2000 15:24
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I have j...
Re: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 15:24
I tend to agree. I way prefer the sound quality of .asf files over .ra files
and microsoft are giving the whole shebang (player, converter, producer,
etc) away entirely free at microsoft.com.
Also,...
RE: FN-FORUM ASP file detect
date posted 26th September 2000 15:08
Thanks to everyone for all the info on the ASP books, I'll take a look at
the Wrox series and decide which best fits my needs.
I'll even post a URL very soon so you can all see what I've been workin...
CV
date posted 26th September 2000 14:59
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CV
date posted 26th September 2000 14:50
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Re: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 14:35
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I'd recommend us...
RE: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 14:25
Flash won't allow Netcasting in real time (I don't believe) it is fine for
recorded music but won't encode in realtime for live broadcasting, for
example live radio over the net being the most common...
RE: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 14:22
>On the same subject to an extent... you can download the products for
>realtime netcasting from RA for free!! (only allows about 10 connections
>though)
>
...or you could use Flash....
-gerard...
RE: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 13:22
On the same subject to an extent... you can download the products for
realtime netcasting from RA for free!! (only allows about 10 connections
though)
Morgan...
Re: FN-FORUM music
date posted 26th September 2000 13:19
you need a copy of RealProducer so you can convert your audio over to a .ra
format. You can get real producer from real.com.
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Re: FN-FORUM ASP file detect
date posted 26th September 2000 12:56
im in agreement with moragn and caroline there - the wrox series are superb,
although i think asp unleashed is the best - my best advice is to avoid to
avoid asp bible as its not very good. i wouldn...
RE: FN-FORUM Digest V1 #293
date posted 26th September 2000 12:51
haven't we had this request?
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From: Ian Fenn [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 1:41 PM
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Digest V1 #293
Can folks...
Re: FN-FORUM Digest V1 #293
date posted 26th September 2000 12:48
Can folks stop sending email as HTML? It makes reading the digest a
nightmare, and I really would like to be able to contribute.
Thanks!
--
Ian Fenn
http://www.chopstix.net/ - The award-winning Or...
RE: FN-FORUM ASP file detect
date posted 26th September 2000 12:43
I also recommend the Wrox ASP range
I use ASP Databases, ASP 3.0 (programmers refrence) and Professional Active
Server Pages
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RE: FN-FORUM ASP file detect
date posted 26th September 2000 12:25
I like the WROX books about ASP. The have three:
Beginning ASP 2.0/3.0
Professional ASP 2.0/3.0
ASP for Webmasters
another good one id from SAMS Tech yourself ASP 2.0/3.0 in 21 days. It's
written by...
more agency moans
date posted 26th September 2000 12:23
Have also had recent run-in with agency, specifically Computer People, Leeds
branch. They posted a job on jobserve, I sent in CV (at about 10pm one
evening), then phoned first thing next day to talk...
RE: FN-FORUM ASP file detect
date posted 26th September 2000 12:21
Bloody excellent!
Up and working now - I thought there must be a way to do it :-)))
I've only been using ASP for a couple of months now and am finding it pretty
impressive so far, can you recommend...
Re: FN-FORUM revised co2co.uk.com
date posted 26th September 2000 12:07
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music
date posted 26th September 2000 11:57
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RE: FN-FORUM bloody aol
date posted 26th September 2000 11:52
Another handy trick to remember is:
Simply put. "Don't bother designing sites for AOL".
After all they are the No.1 ISP of Choice "WorldWide". (ROFL) :-)
C.
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Re: FN-FORUM revised co2co.uk.com
date posted 26th September 2000 11:51
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Clare
I had a qu...
Re: FN-FORUM E-Mail for Dummies.
date posted 26th September 2000 11:40
To every complex problem there is a simple solution - and it's wrong! :c)
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RE: FN-FORUM Agencies
date posted 26th September 2000 10:51
Generally yep, it also seems that the bigger they are the more like you
describe they become.
Still they are a necessary evil and as long as you accept this then all
should work out ok.
IMHO
Robin...
RE: FN-FORUM revised co2co.uk.com
date posted 26th September 2000 10:29
Clare,
Here are a few coments about the pages...
The front page is far better and I have no problems with it....
The service page, has a few minor points, obliviously the links don't work,
but I g...
Re: FN-FORUM ASP file detect
date posted 26th September 2000 10:25
yup, using the FSO:
set fname=server.CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
fpath=server.MapPath(".")&pathname&filename&suffix
if fname.FileExists(fpath) then....
end if
hth
dave ecky
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ASP file detect
date posted 26th September 2000 10:07
Hi
Is there a way of detecting whether or not a file exists using ASP?
Why? I need to display a product image next to a description but if it
doesn't exist I'd like to show an image saying "no phot...
Agencies
date posted 26th September 2000 10:06
Does anyone else view agencies in the same way as I do. They don't seem to
be willing to put you forward to the clients that you feel they should,
infact they don't appear to be interested in what i...
revised co2co site
date posted 26th September 2000 09:08
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revised co2co.uk.com
date posted 26th September 2000 09:07
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E-Mail for Dummies.
date posted 26th September 2000 09:05
Plain text is for e-mails. Cos it's fast.
HTML is for web sites. Cos it's purty.
Simple. No? :o)
Jon Hadley
Designdojo.com Ltd.
E-Mail: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Web: www.designdojo.com
Editor: www.net-log...
Re: FN-FORUM bloody aol
date posted 26th September 2000 09:03
Quite right you are,
I should have started the thread as bloody aol, he's the second client I 've
had using the aol browser on a Mac! aarhh, both of them in a run too.
Regards
Damian Thomas
http:/...
Re: FN-FORUM bloody macs
date posted 26th September 2000 09:01
Thanks for that Paul,
Thought as much, the layout is so simple I would have been surprised if it
didn't render okay on a Mac-surely they can't be that bad :-)
Anyway I'm going to take him IE and sh...
Re: FN-FORUM bloody macs
date posted 26th September 2000 08:57
Damian,
>Could anybody tell me if their having problems with this page on a mac. My
>client tells me on his (by the way he's using the aol browser on his mac)
>that the images are overlapping and...
Advice needed on database
date posted 26th September 2000 08:24
Hi guys,
I've had a mail from someone in London who has said:
> We are a small estate agent based in London and would like a website
> similar to the one featured at
>
> http://www.propertyworld.c...
RE: FN-FORUM Cartoons 2 Vector etc.
date posted 26th September 2000 08:09
No ruth it was actually me.... Thanks Tony
Morgan
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Re: FN-FORUM Re: Do the people who employ your services know what they are doing? (long)
date posted 26th September 2000 07:49
I'm trying to educate clients. Let them know it's OK to ask stupid questions because
probably there's many more people that also want these answers. I've put up an advice
section on my website to hel...
email
date posted 26th September 2000 07:02
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Re: FN-FORUM bloody aol
date posted 26th September 2000 03:47
changed the topic coz it isn't a mac problem - it is a
aol problem (warning will robinson never put an AOL cd
into your machine as it has a nasty autorun which you
can't seem to stop and it takes ove...
Re: FN-FORUM bloody macs
date posted 26th September 2000 00:28
On 25/9/00 at 10:43 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Damian Thomas) wrote:
> Could anybody tell me if their having problems with this page on a
> mac. My client tells me on his (by the way he's using the aol br...
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