Freelancers Forum Messages on Saturday July 21st 2001
Flash and search engines
date posted 21st July 2001 23:00
Hi
A very very useful link, thanks. I have read a few articles and magic potion
scripts for achieving good listings but that link has it all. Thanks for the
info.
Barry Stanton
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Re: FN-FORUM Flash and search engines
date posted 21st July 2001 22:04
Go have a look at http://spider-food.net/cloaking-b.html you'll soon get the
hang of it...
Re: FN-FORUM Urgent Request - Tosh Equium 6230D
date posted 21st July 2001 21:42
I don't think you will find you can create a boot disk, since if memory
serves toshiba laptops cd roms require special drivers not bog standard
adapti drivers to work. You will probably need to inst...
Flash and search engines
date posted 21st July 2001 20:16
Thanks Keith.
Barry Stanton
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Re: FN-FORUM Netscape error
date posted 21st July 2001 19:51
Sorry mate, I've spent an hour trying to make it work and my conclusion is
that I'd need to start from scratch - there are too many tables within
tables to try rejigging it IMHO. Personally I'm not a...
I became a freelancer....
date posted 21st July 2001 19:31
....so I didn't have to spend time indoors working when the sun was shining
outside. Maybe it isn't where you are. Chichester Harbour hasn't seen a drop
of rain since last night or very early this mo...
RE: FN-FORUM Urgent Request - Tosh Equium 6230D
date posted 21st July 2001 17:36
Martin
As far as I can tell from the Toshiba web site, the CD-ROM drive is a
standard ATAPI CD-ROM drive so any standard CD-ROM driver ought to work.
Assuming you havent yet formatted the hard driv...
Re: FN-FORUM Netscape error
date posted 21st July 2001 17:28
God, it's crap in Netscape, is it not? I'll have a look at it for you
tonight.
BTW the Flash intro took well over a minute to load - maybe when I said it
didn't work the other day it was just me gett...
Re: FN-FORUM coffins
date posted 21st July 2001 17:18
Is this it then, the Final Thread?
I went away for a couple of days and came back to several hundred
tedious "oh-yes-you-did" "oh-no-I-didn't" bickering emails.
A discussion on Last Supper coffins...
Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 17:18
At 14:35 21/07/2001 +0100, Kathy wrote:
>I've heard MSoft mentioned in about every conspiracy theory going--I
>think it was some coked-up Merkin idiot who pressed the wrong key in
>Wall Street (proba...
RE: FN-FORUM Urgent Request - Tosh Equium 6230D
date posted 21st July 2001 17:04
Is the Windows 95 disc bootable? If so, you can set your cdrom drive to the
first bootable device in the bios, and then you can install Windows straight
off the cd...
Actually, I have just re-read y...
Re: FN-FORUM Urgent Request - Tosh Equium 6230D
date posted 21st July 2001 16:57
Sorry Martin, no ideas on this one :-(
Paul
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Urgent Request - Tosh Equium 6230D
date posted 21st July 2001 16:50
Folks,
Sorry for the Subject heading, but I am desperate right now.
Just obtained a "surplus to requirements" Toshiba Equium 6230D from work,
which had NT installed on it - not much good for my gir...
Re: FN-FORUM coffins
date posted 21st July 2001 16:16
Yup, I told my trainees that I was going to leave instructions for my
neighbour to put me out in the wheelie bin when I pop my clogs--they
told me it was illegal *sigh*
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM Netscape error
date posted 21st July 2001 16:13
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Re: FN-FORUM coffins
date posted 21st July 2001 16:05
>Just the thing for a cremation ;-)
Waste of money whether you bury it or burn it! As for the French ones, I
recall they come flatpacked and aren't that pricey - surprised IKEA don't do
one, called I...
Re: FN-FORUM pdf security
date posted 21st July 2001 15:44
FileOpen Publisher will probably do what you need
(http://www.fileopen.com ) but might be overkill and it's not cheap. Try
www.pdfwebsearch.com and www.pdfzone.com , they often have useful pdf
tools....
Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 15:33
They remind me of a bigger version of the boxes you used to get software
in--I'm looking at a similar WordStar box right now. (That's a blast
from the past)
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM coffins
date posted 21st July 2001 15:31
It's a highly superior wooden coffin with carved pictures of the Last
Supper on the sides. Just the thing for a cremation ;-)
How do you get our coffin in your trolley? you'd need a credit card,
the...
Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 15:16
well, cemetery-wise a couple of years back some workmen got a surprise!
greenacres cemetary is on a hill and further down the hill workmen were
digging up parts of medlock valley only to start discov...
coffins
date posted 21st July 2001 15:01
And what, may I ask, is a last supper coffin?
I did know about the cardboard box thing, did you know they sell coffins in
supermarkets in France?!
Paul.
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Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 14:57
Glasgow was OK. Two days in Falkirk next week, then home. I have now
actually seen a Last Supper coffin. Did you know you can opt to be
buried in a cardboard box, but it costs as much as a basic wood...
Re: FN-FORUM e-Learning
date posted 21st July 2001 14:54
Too right. I used to work in an FE College and also for a YT training
provider, and the Careers service, and I train for CTECs and other
commercial providers of "real" computer training. The whole th...
Re: FN-FORUM Flash and search engines
date posted 21st July 2001 14:53
> you could detect whether your visitors were real or search engine spiders
> and if they were spiders present them with a html only page
>
Do you have a script to hand, please?
P J White
www.BW3....
Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 14:47
I've heard MSoft mentioned in about every conspiracy theory going--I
think it was some coked-up Merkin idiot who pressed the wrong key in
Wall Street (probably in the pay of the Ellison mob).
Kathy...
Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 14:45
I was better off financially as an employee (MUCH), but I don't suffer
bosses gladly...
Unfortunately, economic downturns affect small businesses like ours as
well as the big ones
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 14:38
>useable in 640x480 though, even if you've got to scroll a bit.
Ah Kathy, a voice of reason, that's exactly how it will work. How was
Glasgow, anyway?
Paul. (lies, damned lies indeed, but at least...
Re: FN-FORUM Flash and search engines
date posted 21st July 2001 14:12
you could detect whether your visitors were real or search engine spiders
and if they were spiders present them with a html only page...
Flash and search engines
date posted 21st July 2001 12:36
Hey Ho
Other than adding the flash text in comment tags and listing the links
contained in flash, is there any other way I can make a flash site more
search engine friendly?
Barry Stanton
email [E...
RE: FN-FORUM e-Learning
date posted 21st July 2001 12:25
I as using www.ilearn.to for several IT courses (InterDev, exchange and
Visual Basic. They are well put together and have an introductory offer
of 1 years access for the cost of your ILA (Individual...
RE: FN-FORUM e-Learning
date posted 21st July 2001 11:42
> > So I wish you a lot of luck.
>
> Does this mean you are not very positive that anything can
> come of it or was
> it just wishing good luck.?
Hmmm,
I think you're going to need luck to unravel...
Re: FN-FORUM Netscape error
date posted 21st July 2001 11:34
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Flash and search engines/Scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 11:33
Hi
Is that not the free market! I am a new boy I make no bones about it but
except that I have a lot to learn. I am not a Tom Dick or a Harry and don't
much like FrontPage but I have come from outsid...
Re: FN-FORUM e-Learning
date posted 21st July 2001 11:29
Hi Tony
Thanx for those links !!!
Great place to start.
> So I wish you a lot of luck.
Does this mean you are not very posotive that anything can come of it or was
it just wishing good luck.?
Th...
Netscape error
date posted 21st July 2001 11:29
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Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 11:07
At 10:39 21/07/2001 +0100, Kathy wrote:
>Some twat looks at a share price and panics and a whole sector bites the
>dust.
Have you heard the "Microsoft brought dot com doom" conspiracy theory?
--
Ia...
Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 11:01
just one of the reasons you're better off as a freelance!
Andrew
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Re: the future (was FN-FORUM scrolling)
date posted 21st July 2001 10:59
It really annoys me that anyone can buy cheap PC components and stick
them together in any combination and call themselves a system builder.
What annoys me even more is that people for it AND THEN I...
Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 10:53
Lies, damn lies etc
Kathy
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Sent: 20 July 2001 20:49
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
> At 20:26 20/07/2001 +0100, Pa...
Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 10:51
You mean this isn't happening in other industries?...regular
redundancies and "restructures" have been a fact of working life for the
last twenty five years or so. It doesn't matter what industry you...
Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 10:45
Stats from most sites I've checked suggest the main res is 800x600 with
1024 in second place. These are consumer not developer sites. It's nice
to make the site useable in 640x480 though, even if you...
Re: FN-FORUM outlook express problem
date posted 21st July 2001 10:39
I thought he meant he was typing the message at the bottom instead of
the top and wasn't going to comment. If that's not it, is his PC date
correct?
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM Java loads new picture on event
date posted 21st July 2001 10:37
Do you want something different from the bog-standard image swap or
image rollover? If so what?
Kathy
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RE: FN-FORUM e-Learning
date posted 21st July 2001 08:58
Big question!
Short answer:
Start at the top and work your way down:
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/index.htm
I used to understand the government approach to lifelong learning
through TEC's and Business...
RE: FN-FORUM new virus?
date posted 21st July 2001 08:09
Did you open the attachment?
I got a jpg attached on yr mail, not sure why?
The virus/worm is very nasty indeed:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,45427,00.html?tw=wn20010720
Go get c...
Re: FN-FORUM AsOh
date posted 21st July 2001 03:12
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RE: FN-FORUM Snowhite virus
date posted 21st July 2001 02:22
In Outlook 2000 you right click on a message and choose "OPTIONS..." in the
dropdown menu, a dialogue appears with a text box showing all the headers.
Mind I'd agree that on this score Outlook Expres...
Re: the future (was FN-FORUM scrolling)
date posted 21st July 2001 02:17
At 01:30 21/07/2001 +0100, Willie wrote:
>Clients are wising up and becoming more net savvy. That'll do the trick in
>the long-term.
Are they really? I have to say that's not my most recent experien...
RE: Speech synthesis (was: FN-FORUM New Hotmail interface...)
date posted 21st July 2001 02:15
At 02:00 21/07/2001 +0100, Nicholas wrote:
>Yes it's quite easy to change a messenger sounds they are listed in the
>Windows control panel/sounds...
Eudora will speak the subjects and other details...
RE: FN-FORUM New Hotmail interface...
date posted 21st July 2001 02:01
Hi Emma
Yes it's quite easy to change a messenger sounds they are listed in the
Windows control panel/sounds (if you are using a PC?) so any or all the
sounds can be customised. I downloaded the "Hel...
Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 01:40
well imo the best way to fight that is what im starting to do - mainly form
a network where i outsource my design, hosting and sales to other companies
with the intention of it spreading initially co...
Re: the future (was FN-FORUM scrolling)
date posted 21st July 2001 01:31
> At 01:03 21/07/2001 +0100, Willie wrote:
> > > you mean like these jokers?: http://www.richandgerry.com/
> >
> >Looks like a damn good deal ... shall we all apply?
> >
> >Their days are numbered in...
Re: FN-FORUM Friendly note for emma
date posted 21st July 2001 01:24
> Warfdale speakers each the size of a wardrobe and capable of major
> structural damage. Though thankfully he was rarely up much before noon.
At least he has good taste in speakers.
Now it really...
Re: FN-FORUM i'm going soon
date posted 21st July 2001 01:21
> apparently first time buyers are planning to do things like
> www.ohaha.fsnet.co.uk
> so they can buy an island!!!!!
I decided very early on, from the first time this site appeared, that I was
goi...
Re: the future (was FN-FORUM scrolling)
date posted 21st July 2001 01:19
At 01:03 21/07/2001 +0100, Willie wrote:
> > you mean like these jokers?: http://www.richandgerry.com/
>
>Looks like a damn good deal ... shall we all apply?
>
>Their days are numbered in the 'New In...
Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 01:15
At 23:46 20/07/2001 +0100, dave ecky wrote:
>i wouldn't say new media is going down the khazi as such, more like maturing.
I think I should explain what I mean a little more. In time I believe that...
RE: FN-FORUM Friendly note for emma
date posted 21st July 2001 01:10
The first morning I woke up in My current flat (in Cardiff) there was a
Scottish (I Think she was Scottish) girl upstairs playing "Wait a minute Mr
Postman" by the Carpenters at full blast at about 7...
Re: FN-FORUM AsOh
date posted 21st July 2001 01:07
> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 21:42:05 +0100
> From: "Willie Jordaan" [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>
> www.interactivefreelancer.com is also a good place to start, since
> Interactive TV and Broadband development...
Re: the future (was FN-FORUM scrolling)
date posted 21st July 2001 01:05
> you mean like these jokers?: http://www.richandgerry.com/
Looks like a damn good deal ... shall we all apply?
Their days are numbered in the 'New Internet'.
Thank gawd for that.
Cheers
Willie...
Re: FN-FORUM WOW! .TV
date posted 21st July 2001 01:04
At 23:20 20/07/2001 +0100, dave ecky wrote:
>iomart will shortly be improving their adsl to a 512k upload speed, now most
>adsl providers will doubtlessly have made sure you cant host but most ways
>...
RE: FN-FORUM coming to you on 32.657 measure wibes
date posted 21st July 2001 01:00
> wicked ---- man! voops sorry its upside down
> are you anything to do with that Boss matrix animation?
Aha .. from your links page ---> www.thewebber.co.uk
I knew your unique brand of ......
AsOh
date posted 21st July 2001 01:00
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 21:42:05 +0100
From: "Willie Jordaan" [EMAIL REMOVED]
www.interactivefreelancer.com is also a good place to start, since
Interactive TV and Broadband development is what I do...
Re: the future (was FN-FORUM scrolling)
date posted 21st July 2001 00:55
you mean like these jokers?: http://www.richandgerry.com/
somebody shoot them!
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coming to you on 32.657 measure wibes
date posted 21st July 2001 00:52
I'm talking about for us/people to watch!!!!!! ITS FREE!!!!
www.Telemate.tv
i'm moving!
wicked ---- man! voops sorry its upside down
are you anything to do with that Boss matrix animation?...
RE: FN-FORUM This is quite interesting...
date posted 21st July 2001 00:51
At 23:47 20/07/2001 +0100, Nicholas Berry wrote:
>It seems to me though that the problem with the concept of content that is
>fee based would be that one would always get free alternatives which
>alt...
Re: the future (was FN-FORUM scrolling)
date posted 21st July 2001 00:48
> That said, it annoys the hell out of me that *anybody* can grab a copy of
> frontpage and stick an ad in the local newspaper a few moments later
> claiming that they are a "Web producer". And it...
Re: FN-FORUM thinking
date posted 21st July 2001 00:44
At 00:03 21/07/2001 +0100, dave ecky wrote:
>can you imagine how tv companies would respond if they
>had to tweak their programmes so to be compatible with 1 major type of tv
>and several smaller typ...
The Hitchhikers guide
date posted 21st July 2001 00:39
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:47:22 +0100
From: Ian Fenn [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM WOW! .TV
At 22:21 20/07/2001 +0100, David wrote:
>what type of upload connection is required of a server fo...
Re: the future (was FN-FORUM scrolling)
date posted 21st July 2001 00:37
At 00:04 21/07/2001 +0100, Willie wrote:
>We also have our very own example of every 'tom, dick and harry' doing web
>development right here in this forum.
True, but what attracted me to the web abo...
RE: FN-FORUM handheld computers
date posted 21st July 2001 00:36
Anyone know of a decent ISP that still offers Internet access via an 0800
number? I know there's aol, but I want to use the ISP for my Palm via my
orange mobile, so aol's no good. I've got no probl...
Re: FN-FORUM Religeous experience
date posted 21st July 2001 00:35
> could have gone to studentsart.tv, they pay you royalties! if the customer
> gets a DVD of it
Hardly DVD material.
Cheers
Willie Jordaan
Audio-Visual, Multimedia & Interactive Producer.
http://w...
Religeous experience
date posted 21st July 2001 00:25
Shame?
could have gone to studentsart.tv, they pay you royalties! if the customer
gets a DVD of it
>I'm not getting paid for streaming it, but it served a purpose anyway.
RGDS
Rich
student voluntee...
RE: FN-FORUM handheld computers
date posted 21st July 2001 00:19
hi
the new communicator runs the Symbian platform, whereas the old one didn't.
To find out about the OS, see www.symbiandevnet.com
Personally, I have a Psion revo, ipaq and palm 3 series, all for w...
Re: FN-FORUM scrolling
date posted 21st July 2001 00:07
Hi Dave
> so yes there's redundancies (i was a victim myself), but it's making a far
> better market where the days of every tom, dick and harry going to a web
dev
> company wanting an ecommerce sit...
thinking
date posted 21st July 2001 00:07
the whole IE/netscape thang:
i'm starting to see this along the lines of television - for example the
internet could be viewed as millions of channels with browsers being the
equivalent of tv's. ca...
RE: FN-FORUM Off-topic - UK Big Brother 2
date posted 21st July 2001 00:00
> I feel a "If you want a free pizza ring 09011 15 44..." email
> coming on :-)
Or order online *grin* (Bristol, London and ... errr .. Holland only)
http://www.urbanbite.com/
Jon H
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