Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday December 20th 2000
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 19:38
As I mentioned to Glen, I'm getting hooked up to Homechoice in the New
Year. It's ADSL lite, 115k. £40 connection (if you have the box on the
telly) charge and £20 a month.
http://www.homechoice.c...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!/Lineone
date posted 20th December 2000 19:25
Well I use BT's surftime with Lineone! It isn't 24/7, but it is 1p per
minute during the day and free off-peak 6pm to 8am and weekends.
(look at the red box immediately underneath the member login...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 18:59
Are you sure you haven't got the hang up after downloading messages tick box
ticked?
As for unlimited access, I use BT surftime coupled with Demon. It works very
well. Demon costs about £20 per mon...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 18:24
> 2) I have a client who has recently agreed to reimburse me for the
> cost of working online during the day. At normal BT rates (3.8p per
> minute) this will run up quite a bill each month.
C'm...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 17:51
Well I use AOL £14.99 a month and no phone bill, hook up ICQ and I can
leave it on all day and all night, they even have a handy feature which logs
all your Online time for you, you just need sim...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 16:49
You'll find it in Tools--> Options--> Connection
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Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 16:25
True, navigation almost impossible, overloaded homepage, and slow
considering the small use of graphics...
I too have used icq through the different versions for some time...
Matt
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RE: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 16:04
Which incidentally must be one of the worst designed sites of all time :oP
(Used ICQ for years tho of course ;o)
Jon H
Freelance Designer
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Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:54
I use Onetel which bills me at 1p p/min all day everyday. online billing -
the only catch is direct debit but the sweet bit is I work a load of time
online and my total bill is around 30-40 pcm. chec...
RE: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:49
ISP I use is 24/7 which is £20pm for unlimited 24hr access. They had some
early problems due to demand but they seem to have ironed most of those out.
One good thing is if you don't use it for a mo...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:44
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From: "John Brunsdon" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Help!
> Thanks, Glen. What is "icq" when it'...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:37
www.icq.com
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From: John Brunsdon [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Help!
> Thanks, Glen. What is "ic...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:34
:)
an Internet chat / messaging software.
At 15:19 20/12/2000 +0000, you wrote:
>Thanks, Glen. What is "icq" when it's at home?
>
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RE: FN-FORUM XML and 4D
date posted 20th December 2000 15:33
You arn't going to learn XML quickly (well I don't think so cause it's a
b*tch of a language. But the book I found most useful was XML by Example
from QUE.
As for 4D databases, hell I'm not even...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:30
Hi,
NTL is £10, easy to setup - no need to use the useless gearbox software if
you wish, and I have been please so far. Recommended.
Regards,
Matt
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From: Glen Lavery [E...
XML and 4D
date posted 20th December 2000 15:29
I need to learn XML and 4D databases in a very short period of time, anyone
got any recommendations for good books I should get.
Robert Moorehouse
This communication is intended solely for t...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:26
> I believe NTL is £10 a month unlimited access, if you want ot install
the
> relevant software.
I have used NTL for a few months now and have found their service
fault-free. Not only is it £10 pe...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:26
David
Thanks for this. How do I check, where is the control to switch it on/off?
John
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Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:24
Thanks, Glen. What is "icq" when it's at home?
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Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:21
I use Onetel which bills me at 1p p/min all day everyday. online billing -
the only catch is direct debit but the sweet bit is I work a load of time
online and my total bill is around 30-40 pcm. chec...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:19
John,
>Can anyone suggest a good package for unlimited access whereby I pay
>someone a monthly subscription? What is BT's Surf Anytime like? I
>understand from BT that's it's not compatible with...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:13
have icq always on or auto check your email every 8 or 9 mins that will
keep the connection alive.
i have little to complain about other than my pathetic little 33k modem :)
At 14:54 20/12/2000 +00...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:11
Hi John,
Do check that that you haven't got your e-mail program set up to log off
once it has collected your messages (happened to me once after changing ISPs
using Outlook Express)
David
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Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:11
www.plus.net
I think the total cost is about £20 a month for 24/7 unlimited access.
personally i use the evening and weekends option for about a £10 a month.
I believe NTL is £10 a month unlimi...
RE: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:06
Try the 24/7 Surf Unlimited package from www.plus.net , its about £25 a
month. Been using it for a few months with no problems whatsoever.
More importantly it cut my phone bill by several hundred p...
Re: FN-FORUM Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 15:06
John
1) Whenever I access e-mail (using Lineone as my ISP) I regularly get
disconnected once my messages have been downloaded, sometimes even as soon
as I have logged on. At other times, I get log...
RE: FN-FORUM JSP hosting
date posted 20th December 2000 15:01
Er... doesn't any ASP capable ISP have the ability to at least host JSP
pages?...
JSP hosting
date posted 20th December 2000 14:56
Does anyone have any experience/knowledge of companies that provide hosting
for JSP-based web applications?
Thanks,
Ian...
Help!
date posted 20th December 2000 14:43
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RE: FN-FORUM Discussion groups/bulletin boards
date posted 20th December 2000 13:18
Jon H
>Seeing I'm in the market for a discussion board myself. Can you name an
>alternative hacker proof, open source, resource friendly board instead then?
Can anyone actually hear me?
>Ian,
>
>Ta...
RE: FN-FORUM Discussion groups/bulletin boards
date posted 20th December 2000 12:39
I do want to host it myself. That's the problem. Otherwise Delphi etc would
be ideal :o(
Jon H
Freelance Designer
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RE: FN-FORUM Discussion groups/bulletin boards
date posted 20th December 2000 12:36
I'd have to say go for my first choice of Yet Another Bulletin Board at
http://www.yabb.org .It fulfils your request as Open Source. resource
friendly and the code seems pretty robust (no I lie it is...
Re: FN-FORUM Discussion groups/bulletin boards
date posted 20th December 2000 12:05
A bit off-topic, but I found what appears to be a pretty good email forum
facility hosted by www.topica.com yesterday. If you don't want to host it
yourself, this could be a good option.
ruth arnold...
Re: FN-FORUM reasonable cost?
date posted 20th December 2000 12:03
I agree wholeheartedly with Ray. You can negotiate down but not up.
You only really vastly undercharge once and then hopefully learn not to do
it again, so don't worry too much about being bang on t...
RE: FN-FORUM Discussion groups/bulletin boards
date posted 20th December 2000 11:07
Seeing I'm in the market for a discussion board myself. Can you name an
alternative hacker proof, open source, resource friendly board instead then?
;o)
It must be locally hosted though. Due to the...
Re: FN-FORUM reasonable cost?
date posted 20th December 2000 10:45
Hi Clare,
>I've been asked to quote for a website which incorporates the following:
>- a database
>- back end ASP work to retrieve data and to save data to database via the
>web and
>- front end Use...
Re: FN-FORUM reasonable cost?
date posted 20th December 2000 10:40
Maybe its the quality.....
> Ditto. Seems more than reasonable. My hourly charges are virtually the same
> too (perhaps is a brissle thing mike ;o)
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Re: FN-FORUM reasonable cost?
date posted 20th December 2000 10:38
£1800 actually sounds quite low, make sure you spec out exactly what the
client is expecting - they might think that you are providing more than you
actually are if it's not broken down.
As a rule...
Re: FN-FORUM reasonable cost?
date posted 20th December 2000 10:19
Sounds a bit steep to me but then I'm coming from a PHP perspective rather
than ASP! Depends on how much of the work could be done from existing
modules.
Regards
David
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RE: FN-FORUM reasonable cost?
date posted 20th December 2000 10:12
Also consider whether they want you to input all the data and whether they
will require admin screens to keep it up to date etc.
Do you know how many pages they require in total?
How pretty does the...
Re: FN-FORUM reasonable cost?
date posted 20th December 2000 10:08
to have a site done incl. asp, 1800 sounds pretty reasonable to me.
mia
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RE: FN-FORUM reasonable cost?
date posted 20th December 2000 10:03
Ditto. Seems more than reasonable. My hourly charges are virtually the same
too (perhaps is a brissle thing mike ;o)
Jon H
Freelance Designer
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designdojo.com | design resource
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RE: FN-FORUM reasonable cost?
date posted 20th December 2000 09:50
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Clare,
well you won...
Re: FN-FORUM reasonable cost?
date posted 20th December 2000 09:44
Clare,
That sounds more than reasonable - 2K is nothing for a database driven site.
Show the client your breakdown if they object to your quote - atleast they
can see where your costs are. If anyth...
reasonable cost?
date posted 20th December 2000 09:23
Hi all,
I've been asked to quote for a website which incorporates the following:
- a database
- back end ASP work to retrieve data and to save data to database via the
web and
- front end User Inter...
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