Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday March 1st 2001
Re: FN-FORUM Logo design
date posted 1st March 2001 23:30
Nice and clean, just needs anti-aliasing as said earleir. I think a smaller
and more modern font would suit it more than the one your using to match the
funky GW text you have.
Nice, I like it..more...
Re: FN-FORUM PHP/MySQL Books
date posted 1st March 2001 23:22
On Thursday, March 1, 2001, "Darren Spink" [EMAIL REMOVED] said:
>Does anyone have any recommendations for books on these 2 packages ??
Can't offer you any pointers on the MySQL side of things, bu...
RE: FN-FORUM PHP/MySQL Books
date posted 1st March 2001 23:19
>Does anyone have any recommendations for books on these 2 packages ??
MySQL by Paul DuBois from New Riders is excellent. There are 2 database
examples running throughout the book, starting with b...
Re: FN-FORUM Logo design
date posted 1st March 2001 22:34
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From: Andrew McIntyre [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Logo design
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Re: FN-FORUM Logo design
date posted 1st March 2001 21:35
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From: garry woodward [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 9:01 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM Logo design
> Hi all, I would welcome any comments on...
Logo design
date posted 1st March 2001 21:14
Hi all, I would welcome any comments on a logo I have designed (don't be
cruel!).
The logo is at
http://server41.hypermart.net/garryw/
Cheers
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Re: FN-FORUM marketing
date posted 1st March 2001 20:28
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RE: FN-FORUM Windows problem
date posted 1st March 2001 19:14
Try checking that you have all these fonts
DO NOT DELETE THE FOLLOWING FONTS:
Arial (TrueType)
Arial Bold (TrueType)
Arial Bold Italic (TrueType)
Arial Italic (TrueType)...
Re: FN-FORUM PHP/MySQL Books
date posted 1st March 2001 18:49
>Does anyone have any recommendations for books on these 2 packages ??
"Professional PHP Programming" by Jesus Castagnetto, Harish Rawat et al
Published by Wrox Press Ltd
ISBN: 1-861002-96-3
Is ve...
RE: FN-FORUM Virtual ISP
date posted 1st March 2001 18:39
David
They are actually called Virtual ISP Ltd, the url is www.virtualisp.co.uk
I just wondered if it was worth switching or whether its better the devil
you know.
If no-one has heard of them then...
RE: FN-FORUM Online payment services
date posted 1st March 2001 18:22
Do you need merchant status for that?
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Re: FN-FORUM Making a database driven website portable
date posted 1st March 2001 18:01
Ray
If you have some Perl experience you could use the HTML::LinkExtor modules
to build a robot to scan a site and download all the objects making up the
site e.g. html pages, images, .docs, .pdfs e...
RE: FN-FORUM PHP/MySQL Books
date posted 1st March 2001 17:56
> Darren Spink asked...
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for books on these 2 packages ??
Do you really need them? there are numerous online tutorials available.
If you do intend to get int...
Re: FN-FORUM PHP/MySQL Books
date posted 1st March 2001 17:36
Hi Darren,
try www.phpwizard.net for the admin program download. It's a cynch. You
could try these links I came across recently for a decent PHP book.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076153055...
Print advice
date posted 1st March 2001 17:32
Can anyone with a little experience of designing for print give me some
advice off-list? I havent done anything for print except for business cards
and I could do with a little advice on brochure des...
Re: FN-FORUM PHP/MySQL Books
date posted 1st March 2001 17:29
In a message dated 01/03/2001 17:09:57 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL REMOVED]
writes:
>
I second that, this is a great book with lots of examples an...
Re: FN-FORUM PHP/MySQL Books
date posted 1st March 2001 17:20
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 04:55:52PM -0000, Darren Spink wrote:
>
> OK, I managed to get on-line manuals downloaded for both PHP and MySQL, but
> neither seem particuly good. So I am now thinking tha...
PHP/MySQL Books
date posted 1st March 2001 17:08
OK, I managed to get on-line manuals downloaded for both PHP and MySQL, but
neither seem particuly good. So I am now thinking that a book or two would
be a good investmet....
Does anyone have any r...
RE: FN-FORUM Windows problem
date posted 1st March 2001 16:39
Nope, not had that one....but I have had problems where bombproof always
working scripts suddenly stop.....
Darren Spink
ARKAD it Solutions
http://www.arkad.leeds.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM MP3's. (Tech Question)
date posted 1st March 2001 16:37
on 1/3/01 11:32 am, Ben Haldenby at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> any chance of a Mac version Carl, I've got about 6gig on the iMac now!
iTunes is scriptable... It's also pretty good for editing ID3 tag...
Windows problem
date posted 1st March 2001 16:22
Hi All
Has anyone else come across a problem where all websites suddenly seem to
be using italic fonts? (Even when you know they're not because you created
them). This also shows up inside Windows...
RE: FN-FORUM marketing
date posted 1st March 2001 16:01
Martin Kellie said....
> off to get hitched on Saturday. Anyone wanting
> a pint feel free to come to the Derwent Crossing
> after 1:30pm ;-)
You have my deepest sympathies :-)
Marc...
RE: FN-FORUM Online payment services
date posted 1st March 2001 15:43
Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I will be looking into each of them
to see which one will be the most appropriate.
kind regards
Diane
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RE: FN-FORUM marketing
date posted 1st March 2001 15:43
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Re: FN-FORUM marketing
date posted 1st March 2001 15:33
I think you are assuming that a child minding agency site is used as a way
of attracting clients. Web sites are not a good medium for doing this in
almost any field, certainly not for child minding....
RE: FN-FORUM Virtual ISP
date posted 1st March 2001 15:31
"Virtual" is a very common name - can you give a URL to identify them
better?
David Nye
http://dnye.com
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Microsoft SQL Server,...
Re: FN-FORUM Making a database driven website portable
date posted 1st March 2001 15:08
on 1/3/01 2:00 pm, Ray McGinty at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>> If the distribution is via CD and the customers themselves won't be updating
>> or editing the information displayed, then simply capture...
Re: FN-FORUM marketing
date posted 1st March 2001 15:08
emma mulqueeny asked:
>I am in the process of building a childcare agency online,
>any advice for marketing?
My only advice would be to do some careful research into parental
attitudes towards sour...
Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 14:55
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 01:45:54PM -0000, Darren Spink wrote:
> I know I am probably not understanding this correctly, I have just
> downloaded the MySQL manual and I am a litle confused. It appears...
Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 14:53
Hi Darren,
Forgot to mention that in MySQL (unless I'm missing something) you don't
actually create inter-table links. Not sure what you mean by structures, R U
referring to arrays,ENUMs and SETs?
B...
RE: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 14:45
>I know I am probably not understanding this correctly,
I have just
>downloaded the MySQL manual and I am a litle
confused. It appears to be a
>SQL system (Hence the name) but I cannot see
anythi...
Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 14:40
Section 7.7
I recommend using PHPmyAdmin though to use as a simple admin tool.
Regards
David
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Virtual ISP
date posted 1st March 2001 14:35
I've had a mailing from Virtual ISP and they sound OK. Have I heard people
taliking about these before on the forum, the name sounds familiar?
They don't charge for ODBC connections and do domains f...
RE: FN-FORUM Map based websites
date posted 1st March 2001 14:18
Latest Mapinfo product is quite web oriented.... version 6 will certainly
generate image maps for ya from any data that can be geocoded (Post Code,
OS, etc).
I use it a lot to map new grants data o...
Re: FN-FORUM Making a database driven website portable
date posted 1st March 2001 14:13
Marcus,
>Something I can help with?
Thanks for the suggestion but I think they are looking for a cheap and
cheerful solution as they have already paid the other company to produce
a CD-ROM
Ray M...
Re: FN-FORUM Making a database driven website portable
date posted 1st March 2001 14:13
>If the distribution is via CD and the customers themselves won't be updating
>or editing the information displayed, then simply capture the whole site as
>HTML and distribute this.
Garth,
What wo...
RE: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 13:58
I know I am probably not understanding this correctly, I have just
downloaded the MySQL manual and I am a litle confused. It appears to be a
SQL system (Hence the name) but I cannot see anything abo...
Map based websites
date posted 1st March 2001 13:36
I have a potential web project that is basically a panel based layout showing a map and the associated attractions. When the user clicks on a part of the map a description of the attraction appears i...
Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 12:05
Hi David
Unfortunatly I didn't bookmark the site in question but I found it about a
year ago whilst looking for information on DSNLess connections. Possibly as
a link from 4guys or 15seconds.
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Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 12:03
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:24:03AM -0000, Peter Ebdon wrote:
> >Do you have any figures to back up this statement?
>
> >From personal experience over the last ten years: -
>
> Oracle database corru...
RE: FN-FORUM OT Software for digital camera
date posted 1st March 2001 11:54
Peachy!!!
Martin Kellie
Dream Weavers Home
ICQ: 11219980...
Re: FN-FORUM MP3's. (Tech Question)
date posted 1st March 2001 11:43
any chance of a Mac version Carl, I've got about 6gig on the iMac now!
Ben
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Re: FN-FORUM OT Software for digital camera
date posted 1st March 2001 11:42
May help http://www.ixla.com/support/camsup.asp?man=Sanyo
Regards
Phil Ward
Crescent Graphics
[EMAIL REMOVED]
www.crescent-graphics.co.uk
New Media Internet Visuals
Tel/Fax: +44 (0) 1923 270385...
RE: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 11:40
>Do you have any figures to back up this statement?
From personal experience over the last ten years: -
Oracle database corruption - zero occurrences
SQL-Server database corruption - one occurrence...
Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 11:38
only 12? i thought it was 64 - either way both are too small for a
database-driven site.
anybody know how many concurrent users filemaker pro handles? dont worry,
its for a possible client... :)
da...
RE: FN-FORUM Online payment services
date posted 1st March 2001 11:27
paypal.com now have a UK service which has been recommended here recently.
David Nye
http://dnye.com
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Microsoft SQL Server, Ac...
RE: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 11:27
> Back to the subject though, I know that Access 97 can support up to 12
> concurrent users if you're using a DSNless connection
Can you remember where you found this info?
David Nye
http://dnye.c...
RE: FN-FORUM Online payment services
date posted 1st March 2001 11:18
If you don't currently have a merchant agreement I've found www.netbanx.com
is the easiest to get set up with. The likes of Worldpay used to do a bureau
service but actually vet people as closely as...
Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 11:08
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 10:36:38AM -0000, Peter Ebdon wrote:
> Oracle is by far the most stable database platform
Do you have any figures to back up this statement?
> Not sure about MySQL - I've...
RE: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 11:08
SQL cheaper? Is this hosting or buying? as buying SQL 2000 with and
internet licence is close to £8k.... *arrggghhhh*...
OT Software for digital camera
date posted 1st March 2001 11:06
Folks,
Sorry for the off topic question here, but could use some help. I've
borrowed the works digital camera for home use this weekend, but they don't
know where the software is for transferring t...
marketing
date posted 1st March 2001 11:05
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Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 11:03
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 10:24:50AM -0000, Darren Spink wrote:
> Well, I don't mind Database wars as long as Craig Charles does not insist on
> presenting it. I would much prefer the blonde thing in...
RE: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 10:53
If you plan on using XML and XSL, SQL-Server and Oracle provide ways of
transferring data as pure XML without having to play around with recordsets
at all. I've never done it myself but I know some...
thanks for comments on cobaltblue.co.uk
date posted 1st March 2001 10:48
www.cobaltblue.co.uk
thank you for your comments - you are right in that it looks better if it is
all contained in the same window, although i'm not sure what you mean by
slow - the opening movie ta...
Re: FN-FORUM Increase in Spam over the last few days?
date posted 1st March 2001 10:45
> It also carries a _variable_ virus payload (the version I
am receiving daily
> anyway....)
What's one of those then??
Ema
www.bw3.co.uk...
RE: FN-FORUM Online payment services
date posted 1st March 2001 10:38
Hi Dianne
Try taking a look at www.worldpay.com , www.secpay.co.uk , and
www.netbanx.com as these seem to be the main ones.
I've used Worldpay which has worked pretty well in the past, and am
curre...
Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 10:37
For security I keep it all in my head, if anyone wants to know something
from the database then they have to ask me and I get to check their
authorization. And it works in the dark (which it often t...
RE: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 10:37
Well, I don't mind Database wars as long as Craig Charles does not insist on
presenting it. I would much prefer the blonde thing in the tight pants....
Anyway, sorry if I was slightly unclear, I ne...
RE: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 10:36
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> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Questi...
Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 10:21
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 09:51:16AM -0000, Alex Rose wrote:
> > well personally I would use ASP/SQL or Access as these are the
> > most popular
> > about at the moment... it's also the easiest way to...
Re: FN-FORUM Making a database driven website portable
date posted 1st March 2001 10:13
If the distribution is via CD and the customers themselves won't be updating
or editing the information displayed, then simply capture the whole site as
HTML and distribute this.
Garth
>From: Ma...
RE: FN-FORUM Raw Files Property.
date posted 1st March 2001 10:06
I read an article by a legal expert a while back which seemed to be arguing
that it is not legally possible to transfer intellectual property ownership
(under English law), so any contract which impl...
Online payment services
date posted 1st March 2001 10:06
*de-lurking*
Hi everyone:)
I am looking for an online payment service, like kagi.com but based in the
UK. The transaction costs for banking USA chqs is too expensive! I don't
need a full e-commer...
RE: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 10:02
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Carl W Crawley
> Sent: 28 February 2001 18:20
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion...
Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 09:54
heres my 2p on the subject...
imho the best way technologies would be coldfusion on unix/linux box
connecting to an oracle db - fairly expensive (due to the oracle), but then
again you are getting t...
Re: FN-FORUM Making a database driven website portable
date posted 1st March 2001 09:47
on 1/3/01 8:34 am, Ray McGinty at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I have built a website for a client which is mostly populated from a
> PHP/MySQL backend. Its on a Linux server.
> It is mainly lists of pd...
RE: FN-FORUM Raw Files Property.
date posted 1st March 2001 09:11
I think your approach is reasonable - but there are, I believe, some
generally accepted rules which software contracts follow (and site designs
should be no different):
If its a fixed price contract...
Templates in Adobe GoLive???
date posted 1st March 2001 08:57
Can anyone tell me (preferably before 9.15am!) whether Adobe GoLive has a
template facility like Dreamweaver (for a client to update a site)??
Thanks
Paul...
Making a database driven website portable
date posted 1st March 2001 08:47
I have built a website for a client which is mostly populated from a
PHP/MySQL backend. Its on a Linux server.
It is mainly lists of pdf documents which the customer can download from
the site, lis...
Re: FN-FORUM My webcam again (was easy popups)
date posted 1st March 2001 07:24
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 12:37:50AM -0000, Mark Ch wrote:
>
> Thanks for all the help but heres a strange problem
>
> 1 table with 2 rows
> each has a transparent pic in it... (i.e blue frame trans...
Re: FN-FORUM Database Opinion Question
date posted 1st March 2001 02:26
> I would go for Perl or Php and MySQL on a stable unix/linux platform because:
>
> MySQL:
>
> - Is one of the fastest database engines currently available
>
> - Is rock solid even under high load...
My webcam again (was easy popups)
date posted 1st March 2001 00:49
Thanks for all the help but heres a strange problem
1 table with 2 rows
each has a transparent pic in it... (i.e blue frame transparent middle)
so therefore logic ditates that If i put a picture a...
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