Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday October 18th 2000
RE: FN-FORUM Image Script
date posted 18th October 2000 23:53
Thanks George after you replied to myself I tried dreamweaver "after
purchasing a 21" monitor and I have really taken to it much more space to
put the toolbars and actually I am embarrassed at using...
Re: FN-FORUM Image Script
date posted 18th October 2000 23:35
> I'm using dreamweaver if that helps
So you've ditched Front Page? ;o)
Brian, the answer to your question, and most of the other facile questions
which occasionally pop up on this list, can be f...
Re: FN-FORUM ntl:
date posted 18th October 2000 23:35
I tried it too, but the dial-up number I've got (0 800 5190100) seems to be
defunct. The help desk fobbed me off with a line about NTL not being
available yet for C&W customers in some areas.
Anyon...
RE: FN-FORUM daddy v.2 9 (beta)
date posted 18th October 2000 23:31
Well done Bob and Mrs Bob! A proud day indeed. Sleep well. Johan
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Re: FN-FORUM daddy v.2 9 (beta)
date posted 18th October 2000 23:30
Bob Gentle proudly announced:
> I had a son today.
> This may be off topic but i need to sleep.
Not a bit of it! Ecky has just told us that he was programming at 8
and hacking at 12. Finn on the Fre...
Contract jobs in London
date posted 18th October 2000 23:27
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RE: FN-FORUM daddy v.2 9 (beta)
date posted 18th October 2000 23:16
Congratulations to both you and your other half.
Glad to see some great news, and that you cared to share it with us as well
as the other 1000 phone calls im sure you made.
So where are the cigars...
Re: FN-FORUM daddy v.2 9 (beta)
date posted 18th October 2000 23:15
congratulations bob, who gives a damn if its off topic - good news is
welcome everywhere!
dave ecky
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daddy v.2 9 (beta)
date posted 18th October 2000 23:02
I had a son today. Number two. Just wanted to share that. He's called
Finn. This may be off topic but i need to sleep.
Bob
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www.lode-star.co.uk
commercial & private...
Re: FN-FORUM The reason we get the work is because we know what we know
date posted 18th October 2000 22:56
if thats the case wouldnt that negate the need for this forum ;)
my bona fides:
programming at 8
hacking internal networks at 12 (i WAS a child...)
running rings around network admins at 13 (it was...
RE: FN-FORUM Image Script
date posted 18th October 2000 22:39
thanks ecky I will try I have become a bit lazy as well ;)
much appreciated...
Re: FN-FORUM Image Script
date posted 18th October 2000 22:29
If you don't want to use layers...the swap image behaviour within DW select
the image as your trigger and the select it's target...TIP place a
transparent spacer.gif where your final image will be th...
RE: FN-FORUM The reason we get the work is because we know what we know
date posted 18th October 2000 22:28
At the risk of doing what one is supposed to _never_ do on a mailing list
...
"I AGREE 100%" !!
Alison
ps. my bona fides? over 25 years in the business ... designed & managed
Europe-wide B2B e-com...
RE: FN-FORUM advice on slow paying clients
date posted 18th October 2000 22:28
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From: Derek Clarke
Sent: 18 October 2000 17:18
I seem to recall that in the early days of the Act someone was
successfully prosecuted for basically doing that, logging on...
Re: FN-FORUM Image Script
date posted 18th October 2000 22:17
i though id give you a civil reply! :)
one reply mentioned layers - DONT! this is much simpler and less browser
compat hassles - which is a good thing! :)
try the following:
swpimg(imgx, srcy, srcx)...
Free job listings until year end
date posted 18th October 2000 22:10
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Re: FN-FORUM The reason we get the work is because we know what we know
date posted 18th October 2000 22:06
theres no real need to take that attitude, ive certainly rolled my eyes at a
few questions asked but not everyone here is from the same background.
a lot of people coming from a design aspect simply...
Re: FN-FORUM Image Script
date posted 18th October 2000 21:52
I can understand Andrew's frustration when some of the questions being asked
are extremely easy to find answers to and especially when a basic working
knowledge is assumed.
Michelle
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RE: FN-FORUM Image Script
date posted 18th October 2000 21:40
Can I just say thanks Ray for some positive information and also Andrew get
off your high Horse not all of us are know it alls....
I though this forum was to help each other is it not ???...
RE: FN-FORUM ntl:
date posted 18th October 2000 21:06
There are ways to set up the account without using gearbox at all or even
putting the CD in your drive for that matter. You just need the pin number
on the front and your account number off a bill an...
Re: FN-FORUM Image Script
date posted 18th October 2000 20:38
Brian,
>Could anyone please send me a mousover script that when the mouse is over
>the image, another image changes in another part of the page
>I'm using dreamweaver if that helps
Use the Show-Hid...
The reason we get the work is because we know what we know
date posted 18th October 2000 20:31
I just can not believe some of the posted messages that come through the
forum for FREELANCERS.
How do I create an image tag from a technical director not to mention
previous simple question from...
RE: FN-FORUM Image Script
date posted 18th October 2000 19:35
Have you tried reading how to write simple javascripts?
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Sent: 18 October 2000 18:28
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Subject: FN-FO...
Image Script
date posted 18th October 2000 18:27
Could anyone please send me a mousover script that when the mouse is over
the image, another image changes in another part of the page
I'm using dreamweaver if that helps
(hope you understand the que...
Re: FN-FORUM ntl:
date posted 18th October 2000 18:25
saying that though I have had no probs,
Matt
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RE: FN-FORUM ntl:
date posted 18th October 2000 17:27
>the CD doesn't support Win2000 I made the setting manually and it's
>fine for me - no problems anymore. And moneywise it is a winner for me (try
>to avoid the 18:00 - 20:00 timespan).
I did this to...
Re: FN-FORUM hotels
date posted 18th October 2000 17:20
http://www.travelodge.co.uk is a good corporate site and
http://www.smoothhound.co.uk is an OK private guide type site.
In article [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] (Damian Thomas) wrote:
> Does an...
Re: FN-FORUM advice on slow paying clients
date posted 18th October 2000 17:20
I seem to recall that in the early days of the Act someone was
successfully prosecuted for basically doing that, logging on to a client
system and deleting all the code after a payment was withheld...
Re: FN-FORUM re: M.Russell- recommending agencies
date posted 18th October 2000 17:20
Agency interviews are a complete waste of time. The only time I believe
in meeting an agent is when they're buying me a drink after I've got the
contract...
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Re: FN-FORUM Drop Down Boxes
date posted 18th October 2000 17:16
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I a...
RE: FN-FORUM Comments Appreciated
date posted 18th October 2000 17:04
When I clicked on the German index link I got an JavaScript error.
Secondly, the German text is very poor. I sounds as it's translated by an
application. I would recommend you to not go live with tha...
Re: FN-FORUM Drop Down Boxes
date posted 18th October 2000 16:44
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RE: FN-FORUM ntl:
date posted 18th October 2000 16:41
I installed NTL. I didn't have problems connecting to the server and to
register, but the ntl software made my system quite instable. It froze very
frequently while surfing (at times constantlt so th...
Re: FN-FORUM ntl:
date posted 18th October 2000 16:21
tried this twice with 2 different CD's and not once could i get a
connection to the registration server once i got online via the software
provided on the CD.
seems to create a temporary dial up se...
ntl:
date posted 18th October 2000 16:07
hi all,
I've got a CD from ntl - offers free internet access if you take their phone
service. No problem. However you can only sign up via the CD which install
IE5 etc - is there a danger it will...
RE: FN-FORUM Drop Down Boxes
date posted 18th October 2000 16:02
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Re: FN-FORUM xslt
date posted 18th October 2000 15:40
On 18/10/00, david eckersall wrote about 'FN-FORUM xslt':
>anybody know of any good places to work this out? msdn has turned out to be
>less than helpful on this subject
What do you mean by 'work t...
Drop Down Boxes
date posted 18th October 2000 15:32
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xslt
date posted 18th October 2000 14:30
anybody know of any good places to work this out? msdn has turned out to be
less than helpful on this subject
tia
dave ecky
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RE: FN-FORUM The Submit button
date posted 18th October 2000 14:17
Freelancers,
Thanks - I was looking along those lines but the submit button wouldn't
actually do the functionality of submitting. Now the problem has been
sorted.
Thanks Again
Stephen Parker
Cont...
Re: FN-FORUM Free webspace
date posted 18th October 2000 13:44
Try these sources:
http://webhosts.thelist.com
http://www.hostfind.com
http://www.hostindex.com
http://www.webhostmagazine.com
http://www.hostinvestigator.com
http://webhostlist.internetlist.com
pe...
Comments Appreciated
date posted 18th October 2000 13:41
I would appreciate someone to give two of my sites, the once over....
www.bodyguard.org.uk
http://andybarlow.tripod.com
Thank you
Andy...
Re: FN-FORUM hotels
date posted 18th October 2000 13:10
Cheers Paul and John (and anyone I've missed) have a gander in 5 mins and it
should look okay.
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM hotels
date posted 18th October 2000 12:42
Damian, if you put DIV align=left (rather than center) in your very first
div tag after the then the layers of text stay aligned when you drag
the browser about. Then use your background image as an...
Re: FN-FORUM The Submit button
date posted 18th October 2000 11:37
HTH
Ema (BandWidth)
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www.BW3.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM The Submit button
date posted 18th October 2000 11:28
Try putting something similar to the following into your style sheet
(css) class definition:
BACKGROUND-IMAGE: URL(filename.jpg);
Regards
Stuart Bull
From: "Stephen C Parker" [EM...
Free webspace
date posted 18th October 2000 11:27
Hi,
A mate of mine in looking for some free webspace, e.g. fortune city, to put
up some MP3 files. Anyone got any suggestions/recommendations?
Cheers
Dan...
Re: FN-FORUM The Submit button
date posted 18th October 2000 11:24
Stephen,
>When making a form - you always have the submit button there to take the
>values across to another file where asp can sort out all the details. I have
>been able to change the colours of t...
RE: FN-FORUM hotels
date posted 18th October 2000 11:19
Cafe G initial image is missing.
Take out the 'Sorry 800x600 res is best' image. It doesnt look that bad at
1024x768, until you see that image ;o)
The text on the layer goes all over the place if y...
Re: FN-FORUM The Submit button
date posted 18th October 2000 11:11
yup:
will give you an image that submits the form
hth
dave ecky
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Wize.Net Limited
Reg Co No 3662126
Reg Office and Business...
RE: FN-FORUM The Submit button
date posted 18th October 2000 11:10
You use type="image" Button default to submit so no need to change that
HTH
Martin Kellie
Dream Weavers Home
ICQ: 11219980
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Re: FN-FORUM Comments much appreciated
date posted 18th October 2000 11:08
Thanks all, for your comments and advice. I'll be taking everything into
consideration for version 2 of the site :)
Thanks again,
Mark Williams
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Fo...
Re: FN-FORUM hotels
date posted 18th October 2000 11:06
> It looks okay at 800x600 though Hot doesn't it? I hope so though I know
its
> not very cool at 1028 +, would you mind sending me a screenshot to see
what
> you mean?
> Regards
> Damian Thomas
I wo...
The Submit button
date posted 18th October 2000 10:59
Freelancers,
When making a form - you always have the submit button there to take the
values across to another file where asp can sort out all the details. I have
been able to change the colours of...
Re: FN-FORUM hotels
date posted 18th October 2000 10:51
Thanks Carol, yea I seen it now, cheers :-) does it look okay at your
resolution?
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk
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RE: FN-FORUM hotels
date posted 18th October 2000 10:50
On 18/10/00 at 10:13 am, [EMAIL REMOVED] (Caroline Afzal) wrote:
> when I click on the button 'accommodation', the 'Cafe G' disappears
> and instead I can see the x placeholder for that with the tex...
Re: FN-FORUM hotels
date posted 18th October 2000 10:48
It looks okay at 800x600 though Hot doesn't it? I hope so though I know its
not very cool at 1028 +, would you mind sending me a screenshot to see what
you mean?
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.th...
RE: FN-FORUM hotels
date posted 18th October 2000 10:19
Damien,
when I click on the button 'accommodation', the 'Cafe G' disappears and
instead I can see the x placeholder for that with the text. It seems to me
that there is something wrong with the roll...
Re: FN-FORUM hotels
date posted 18th October 2000 10:11
Damian just a brief comment re your background, when you maximise your
browser you could afford to enlarge the background 'jpg' to avoid the
're-tiling' effect on the right handside as it doesn't loo...
Re: FN-FORUM Comments much appreciated
date posted 18th October 2000 10:09
Hi Mark,
First of all, I like the site.... but... why did you produce nice looking
buttons, but use html text for your logo? That seems the wrong way round to
me. You could do with a more distinctiv...
ASP Shopping Cart
date posted 18th October 2000 10:08
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RE: FN-FORUM Hiding JavaScript files
date posted 18th October 2000 10:02
At 09:44 18/10/00 , you wrote:
>It can be done, by linking the external script file to be called and printed
>by a perl file. Just put a referrer check in place. This way it can only be
>called from...
FW: new media people
date posted 18th October 2000 10:00
if your interested in some free press coverage in nma this might be of
interest.
angela
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Re: FN-FORUM Comments much appreciated
date posted 18th October 2000 09:52
Hi Mark, from a search engine position point of view I would do the
following:
1. Put the .css in an external file
2. Move the Javascript to the end of the page or an external file
3. Remove all met...
RE: FN-FORUM Hiding JavaScript files
date posted 18th October 2000 09:45
It can be done, by linking the external script file to be called and printed
by a perl file. Just put a referrer check in place. This way it can only be
called from your pages living on your domains...
Re: FN-FORUM hotels
date posted 18th October 2000 09:35
Nice site Lindsey, here's what I've done with my one so far
www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk/ambassador/index.html
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk
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BIG Windows 98 problem
date posted 18th October 2000 09:18
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Hiding JavaScript files
date posted 18th October 2000 08:35
Hello,
Does anyone know if it's possible to stop people from viewing external
Javascript (.js) files directly from the browser? I don't think it can be
done but I just want to make sure.
Thanks for...