Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday December 14th 2000
Just Curious.....
date posted 14th December 2000 23:44
Any of you guys/girls located around Heathrow at all??
Regards,
Dave Raza
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2D Creative Ltd
Website Design, Hosting & Management
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RE: FN-FORUM Secure Sites and IE 5.5
date posted 14th December 2000 23:06
Thanks to everyone for checking for me. I think it must be something to do
with the DNS setup.
Any DNS experts out there?
Cheers
Andy
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Re: FN-FORUM Damian...
date posted 14th December 2000 22:50
Mart' Woollatt was awestruck:
> Yeah, but you're learning us proper English like, aren't yer ? ;O)
What! You read Damian's list of typos right through to the end! There
are idle hands in Lincolnshi...
Re: FN-FORUM Secure Sites and IE 5.5
date posted 14th December 2000 21:50
Very strange then because its OK here with Win98 & IE 5.00
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From: Ruth Arnold [EMAIL REMOVED]
> I get a "Cannot find server or DNS Error" too and I'm using IE5 not
IE5.5...
Re: FN-FORUM Any Flash experts?
date posted 14th December 2000 21:15
You could do it with the get property function.
Create an empty movie and place it on a timeline on its own. Use the start
drag function on the level and use the lock to centre, you can then build a...
Re: FN-FORUM Secure Sites and IE 5.5
date posted 14th December 2000 20:30
I get the username and password fields Andy, win98 IE 5.5.
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM Secure Sites and IE 5.5
date posted 14th December 2000 19:46
I get a "Cannot find server or DNS Error" too and I'm using IE5 not IE5.5...
Your guess is as good as mine?
ruth arnold
spacehoppa.com
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Re: FN-FORUM flash
date posted 14th December 2000 19:23
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:56:15, dave ecky wrote:
>does anyone know if and how i can set a flash variable from outside the
>movie in flash 4 without using a geturl or loading variables from a
>textfile...
Re: FN-FORUM Secure Sites and IE 5.5
date posted 14th December 2000 18:17
authentication dialogue box appears [PC IE5.5]
Ema
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Re: FN-FORUM Damian...
date posted 14th December 2000 18:10
From: Chas Walton [EMAIL REMOVED]
> You can tell that I've got time on my hands today...
Yeah, but you're learning us proper English like, aren't yer ? ;O)
later
Martin Woollatt
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RE: FN-FORUM Secure Sites and IE 5.5
date posted 14th December 2000 18:04
>>Works fine for me (Win 98 and IE5.5) Mind you I spent 2 hours downloading
>>SP1 for IE5.5 yesterday, as the original installation was getting
>>increasingly buggy - it seems to have done the trick....
Any Flash experts?
date posted 14th December 2000 17:48
Hi All,
I have to create a hidden grid on an image. When a square is rolled over the
square reference ie A1 displays.
The grid is 22 rows by 38 columns a total of 836 squares...do I really have
to...
Re: FN-FORUM Secure Sites and IE 5.5
date posted 14th December 2000 17:38
No probs here - nice design, btw ;-)
Marion...
RE: FN-FORUM fallowfieldonline.com
date posted 14th December 2000 17:18
just thought you guys could do to unwind for 1/2 an hour, maybe tomorrow aye?...
RE: FN-FORUM Secure Sites and IE 5.5
date posted 14th December 2000 17:15
Works fine for me Andy
IE 5.5 W2K PC
Paul
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RE: FN-FORUM www.fallowfieldonline.com
date posted 14th December 2000 17:12
Rob,
Can you please stop spamming the group about your web site. It has no
relevance to FN-Forum.
Thanks
John
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Re: FN-FORUM Secure Sites and IE 5.5
date posted 14th December 2000 17:11
Works fine for me (Win 98 and IE5.5) Mind you I spent 2 hours downloading
SP1 for IE5.5 yesterday, as the original installation was getting
increasingly buggy - it seems to have done the trick.
Paul...
RE: FN-FORUM Secure Sites and IE 5.5
date posted 14th December 2000 17:07
Win2k IE5.5 worked as it should. :)
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RE: FN-FORUM Secure Sites and IE 5.5
date posted 14th December 2000 17:06
It is a problem with the way in which IE5.5 handles the initial SSL
handshake when persistant connections are used by the webserver. If the
webserver is Apache (which this server seems to be) then th...
RE: FN-FORUM fallowfieldonline.com
date posted 14th December 2000 17:04
Exactly, a little thing called 'work' :)
> no - busy....
>
> > It's still not too late to join in the hot Java discussions at
> > www.fallowfieldonline.com...or are you all frightened?
>
> ---
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css
date posted 14th December 2000 17:03
how the hell do i remove/hide borders on select boxes? i can handle a
IE-only way of doing it! :)
i actually managed it last week, but cant remember how i did the bugger or
replicate it :(
tia
dav...
flash
date posted 14th December 2000 17:02
does anyone know if and how i can set a flash variable from outside the
movie in flash 4 without using a geturl or loading variables from a
textfile?
thing is that the flash posts info to a page, ho...
css
date posted 14th December 2000 17:02
having hassles getting messages to post, so apologies if this is a repeat :(
how the hell do i remove/hide borders on select boxes? i can handle a
IE-only way of doing it! :)
i actually managed it...
flash
date posted 14th December 2000 17:01
having hassles getting messages to post, so apologies if this is a repeat :(
does anyone know if and how i can set a flash variable from outside the
movie in flash 4 without using a geturl or loadin...
www.fallowfieldonline.com
date posted 14th December 2000 17:01
The pace is really picking up at the fallowfieldonline.com chat room....plenty of tips and tricks so come along for the last half an hour!!!...
RE: FN-FORUM Odd Order?
date posted 14th December 2000 16:51
heh ... ignore me ... just realised all my mail is coming in with a 2 hour
delay. The freelancers list is just making it all the more confusing with
it's normal delays.
*Going for a lay down*
Jon...
RE: FN-FORUM Odd Order?
date posted 14th December 2000 16:49
Urrrrngggg ... this proves my point .... I haven't even seen Pauls response
to Martin in my inbox yet. But I've just got Martins retort to Paul!!
*Very Confused*
Jon H
Freelance Designer
[EMAIL RE...
Authorware - export for web
date posted 14th December 2000 16:46
Hi guys,
I've just posted this project:
http://www.freelancers.net/project.html?ID=276
If anyone on the list can help, or can recommend someone, let me know.
Cheers
Dan...
Re: FN-FORUM Java - what the point?
date posted 14th December 2000 16:44
Hi Martyn,
I've not had experience with PHP, Zend etc but I would think it unlikely that Java
itself offers performance benefits. Because Java is an interpreted language (although
there are compiler...
Re: FN-FORUM fallowfieldonline.com
date posted 14th December 2000 16:39
no - busy....
> It's still not too late to join in the hot Java discussions at
> www.fallowfieldonline.com...or are you all frightened?
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Secure Sites and IE 5.5
date posted 14th December 2000 16:38
Hi all
Has anyone had any problems accessing secure sites using IE 5.5?
Dan and I are having problems accessing one of our secure sites using IE
5.5, we keep getting "Cannot find server or DNS Erro...
css
date posted 14th December 2000 16:33
how the hell do i remove/hide borders on select boxes? i can handle a
IE-only way of doing it! :)
i actually managed it last week, but cant remember how i did the bugger or
replicate it :(
tia
dav...
flash
date posted 14th December 2000 16:32
does anyone know if and how i can set a flash variable from outside the
movie in flash 4 without using a geturl or loading variables from a
textfile?
thing is that the flash posts info to a page, ho...
Re: FN-FORUM Damian...
date posted 14th December 2000 16:31
Thank-you Chas (I'm going to try not to make any spelling mistakes in this
message -lol)
I used to use FrontPage (as we all know) but I moved onto DW a little while
back, and to the mightly pleasure...
RE: FN-FORUM The best Free Counter + Stats
date posted 14th December 2000 16:24
Hitbox is very good, gives comprehensive stats, 'specially for a freebie :o)
Jon H
Freelance Designer
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fallowfieldonline.com
date posted 14th December 2000 16:21
It's still not too late to join in the hot Java discussions at www.fallowfieldonline.com...or are you all frightened?...
Re: FN-FORUM jump-in
date posted 14th December 2000 16:13
>Once technology is able. They're looking eventually to turn the site into a
>moving, animated site (like a game), did anyone ever play 'outrun' in the
>arcades? Its like that but you can stop the ca...
RE: FN-FORUM Quick look at a CV?
date posted 14th December 2000 15:58
Send away :o)
Jon H
Freelance Designer
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fallowfieldonline.com
date posted 14th December 2000 15:28
Has anyone been to www.fallowfieldonline.com and clicked on the forum and chatroom? I reckon this has potential to discuss important internet matters, infact any matters at all...whats say we all me...
jump-in
date posted 14th December 2000 15:22
Bob
Once technology is able. They're looking eventually to turn the site into a
moving, animated site (like a game), did anyone ever play 'outrun' in the
arcades? Its like that but you can stop the...
Ohaha site
date posted 14th December 2000 15:08
Bob
>Is someone paying me or is it just messing about
Come to think about it, i suppose its a bit of both.
Its great fun working with their ideas, and i get loads of free pizzas!
you know what It...
Re: FN-FORUM Damian...
date posted 14th December 2000 15:06
Damian Thomas was seasonally over-optimistic:
> That's the only mistake spotted so far - must be a good thing :-)
Sorry Damian, there are a few more yet. But I'm heartened by the
complexity of your...
RE: FN-FORUM Professional Indemnity Insurance
date posted 14th December 2000 15:05
The only cases I have heard of large companies seeking compensation from
small suppliers are where the supplier has clearly been taking the piss.
Normally a large company will settle for just not pay...
RE: FN-FORUM Wap? Crap!!
date posted 14th December 2000 14:41
I think it does need to compatible with other web technologies. Although it
is actually quite strait forward to create a WAP site the coding isn't
hugely different from HTML. I think one problem at t...
RE: FN-FORUM Quick look at a CV?
date posted 14th December 2000 14:39
Send it over, Bob
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take me off the mailing list.....I beg you!
date posted 14th December 2000 14:33
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Re: FN-FORUM i just couldnt resist it
date posted 14th December 2000 14:31
On 14/12/00 2:01 pm, "Rich" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I've just nicked a ferrari! from clipart.com (dont tell anyone)
> www.jump-in.fsnet.co.uk
>
>
> please send feedback and let me know what...
Re: FN-FORUM i just couldnt resist it
date posted 14th December 2000 14:30
grrrrr HTML email!!!
Do you know how to turn it off Rich?
If not, go to: Tools > Send > Then select 'Plain Text' as the sending format
of emails.
HTH
Matt
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i just couldnt resist it
date posted 14th December 2000 14:07
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I just couldnt resist it
date posted 14th December 2000 14:06
I've just nicked a ferrari! from clipart.com (dont tell anyone)
www.jump-in.fsnet.co.uk
please send feedback and let me know what you think
seeya
Rich
www.thewebber.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM point taken
date posted 14th December 2000 14:05
On 14/12/00 1:32 pm, "Bob Gentle" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Just to get this straight. Is someone actually paying you for this ohaha
> thing or is it just messing about.
>
> I know we promised to...
Re: FN-FORUM Quick look at a CV?
date posted 14th December 2000 13:40
Just thought I might repeat myself. It still stands. Not much uptake so
far.
> I would be very pleased if any of my trusted friends on the freelancers
> forum would be generous enough to cast the...
Re: FN-FORUM point taken
date posted 14th December 2000 13:37
Just to get this straight. Is someone actually paying you for this ohaha
thing or is it just messing about.
I know we promised to stop harrassing you about this but I gotta know.
Bob.
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Re: FN-FORUM Online payment
date posted 14th December 2000 13:27
good point Ray, um bugger it!
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM Damian...
date posted 14th December 2000 13:26
Cheers Ann
That's the only mistake spotted so far - must be a good thing :-)
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk
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RE: FN-FORUM IE Button
date posted 14th December 2000 13:22
Try www.fallowfieldonline.com they might have...but if they don't there's a forum and chatroom so someone might have......
RE: FN-FORUM Online payment
date posted 14th December 2000 13:20
>I cannot think of a single client who would be enthusiastic about paying my
>invoices by credit card, even if they have one for business use. Clients who
>don't like writing cheques use BACS for dir...
point taken
date posted 14th December 2000 13:10
(shit i keep accidently sending html) sorry
Hi paul
Point taken
My client gave me the pictures to put on the site (which isnt finished yet)
Apparently it has something to do with the ferrari owners...
point taken
date posted 14th December 2000 13:09
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RE: FN-FORUM QuickTime v Win Media Player conflict
date posted 14th December 2000 13:03
This is very likely true:) I've been working on one of those mad "Webart"
sites and trying to do it in such a way that it doesn't crash the average
user's computer. It's one way of stretching the pos...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM The best Free Counter + Stats
date posted 14th December 2000 12:56
Cheers everyone!
I use a couple already, but wanted to see what everyone recommends..
Thanks,
Stoo...
RE: FN-FORUM Professional Indemnity Insurance
date posted 14th December 2000 12:42
On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 09:41:19 David Nye wrote:
>This has come up several times now, so this time I have actually dug
>out my file! ....
Thanks, David. I seemed to remember something myself, but I'v...
Re: FN-FORUM Damian...
date posted 14th December 2000 12:40
On 14/12/00 12:21 pm, "Ann Williams" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> lose the apostrophe in 'website's' - plurals dont' have apostrophes.....
...and 'don't' had one between the 'n' and the 't'
...also,...
Damian...
date posted 14th December 2000 12:21
Love the new Thomas Web Design site, but under e-commerce on
the 'services' page, lose the apostrophe in 'website's' - plurals dont'
have apostrophes.....
(Hey, I'm a teacher the rest of the time,...
Re: FN-FORUM Online payment
date posted 14th December 2000 12:13
>Does anyone use a secure online payment scheme for payment from clients?
>
>We're in the e-commerce age and I'm still banking checks, I was thinking of
>linking a secure payment form on my site to o...
RE: FN-FORUM too much to drink......
date posted 14th December 2000 12:11
Me and my girlie started at 8:30 on Sunday morning until 1:00 Monday morning
- still recovering!!!
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RE: FN-FORUM Online payment
date posted 14th December 2000 12:07
I cannot think of a single client who would be enthusiastic about paying my
invoices by credit card, even if they have one for business use. Clients who
don't like writing cheques use BACS for direct...
too much to drink......
date posted 14th December 2000 11:57
You've started on the pop a bit early Martin ;-)
Or is you computer clock still on British Summer Time confusing you into
thinking it's time for a lunchtime snifter.....
Cheers, your good health,
Pau...
Re: FN-FORUM search engine question
date posted 14th December 2000 11:52
even though it is submitted on a regular basis (about once
> a month).
If it aint broke dont..... once you have a position dont mess with
it......esp submitting once a month. If its being submitted...
Re: FN-FORUM Online payment
date posted 14th December 2000 11:48
Netbanx or Worldpay will do this... I've used Netbanx in the past and
they're fine.
Carl.
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Re: FN-FORUM search engine question
date posted 14th December 2000 11:38
I had this problem once before with a site...
I created the Meta Keywords in the order ABCDEFG... so on - and the search
Engine ranked the site 8th on the list...
a few months went by and we were c...
RE: FN-FORUM Odd Order?
date posted 14th December 2000 11:34
I just thought that I'd had too much to drink ;-)
Martin Kellie
Dream Weavers Home
ICQ: 11219980
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Re: FN-FORUM Odd Order?
date posted 14th December 2000 11:32
Yeah, I am Jon.... I keep receiving messages for no apparent reaspn that are
a couple of days old...Dan?
Matt
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Online payment
date posted 14th December 2000 11:31
Does anyone use a secure online payment scheme for payment from clients?
We're in the e-commerce age and I'm still banking checks, I was thinking of
linking a secure payment form on my site to obtai...
Re: FN-FORUM Odd Order?
date posted 14th December 2000 11:28
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Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 10:58 AM
Subject: FN-FORUM Odd Order?
> errrrm .... is anyone else get...
Re: FN-FORUM Odd Order?
date posted 14th December 2000 11:27
yup
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Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 10:58 AM
Subject: FN-FORUM Odd Order?
> errrrm .... is anyone e...
search engine question
date posted 14th December 2000 11:13
I have a quick question about search engine's, I had a client who was ranked
number 4 on google under 'car interiors' but have now completely vanished
from everywhere, even though it is submitted on...
Odd Order?
date posted 14th December 2000 11:07
errrrm .... is anyone else getting the last few days messages to the forum
in a really odd order?
I keep getting replies *hours* before the question even appears....
Jon H
Freelance Designer
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RE: FN-FORUM CGI Prob
date posted 14th December 2000 11:05
Cheers, just what I needed, especially as the page in question is on DSVR
:o)
Jon H
Freelance Designer
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Re: FN-FORUM Making hits
date posted 14th December 2000 10:18
At 09:12 14/12/00 , you wrote:
>For an application that need very detailed logging, I need to be able to
>generate hits on my web server without it returning anything (well, anything
>visible anyway)...
RE: FN-FORUM Professional Indemnity Insurance
date posted 14th December 2000 09:46
This has come up several times now, so this time I have actually dug out my
file!
I had a policy from Hiscox in 1997, annual premium £390 for £250,000 cover.
I was also quoted £364 for cover fro...
Making hits
date posted 14th December 2000 09:18
For an application that need very detailed logging, I need to be able to
generate hits on my web server without it returning anything (well, anything
visible anyway). For example, if a user mouses ov...
RE: FN-FORUM The best Free Counter + Stats
date posted 14th December 2000 09:13
>>Can anyone recommend some free stats and counter sites?
Try:
http://www.fastinfo.com/
http://www.stats4all.com/
I use both and they're very good.
Paul...
Re: FN-FORUM The best Free Counter + Stats
date posted 14th December 2000 09:09
http://www.fastinfo.com
HTH
Matt
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Professional Indemnity Insurance
date posted 14th December 2000 09:08
My current insurers have decided that "freelance multimedia developer" no
longer falls within their definition of a profession. Can anyone recommend
an alternative (insurance company, not profession...
Re: FN-FORUM The best Free Counter + Stats
date posted 14th December 2000 08:57
Hi stoo,
I use extreme tracking which is comprehensive and free. I can't remember the
URL but if you go to www.freedomfieldz.org.uk and click on the blue square
graphic on the bottom left you will ge...
Re: FN-FORUM The best Free Counter + Stats
date posted 14th December 2000 08:54
Who was that kindly offered to compile a FAQ page?
Wasn't there something about counters a while back?
Ema
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The best Free Counter + Stats
date posted 14th December 2000 02:38
Hi,
Can anyone recommend some free stats and counter sites?
Thanks,
Stoo...
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