Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday January 17th 2002
Re: FN-FORUM Very small digital camera's
date posted 17th January 2002 23:40
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/202-8946785-4919804
from an almost throwaway £50
Darren
> Hi,
> When I'm travelling I take my main (digital) camera for main shots etc
but
>...
[ OT ] - why chat someone up...
date posted 17th January 2002 23:38
when you have this: http://www.coincidencedesign.com/intro.html
i cant help but feel it'd be cheaper to walk up to her tell her your rich
and if you got married in cali she'd be entitled to half you...
Re: FN-FORUM online art sold anything ?
date posted 17th January 2002 23:20
Hi Susan,
Now I understand the two ribs :-) blue indeed.
Bit late with this one just got in and working through my mail.
> What do you do and have you painted before? Yes, sold a poster of my work...
Re: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group?
date posted 17th January 2002 23:05
nope - I'm still getting mails... in fact, I had a mail back from the
Majordomo autoreply telling me that [EMAIL REMOVED] is not
registered with that group!.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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Re: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.
date posted 17th January 2002 22:56
scalability isnt always an issue with xml - thats why M$ has sunk a few
hundred million into the technology! :)
when you get down to it accessing an xml file via XMLDOM isnt much different
from acce...
RE: FN-FORUM Presentations
date posted 17th January 2002 22:48
Hi Lindsey,
I would suggest you go with what you know and how that fits there criteria
and requirements for the project! I had a boss that on principle always
rejected flashy presentations on the bas...
Here's one for the database experts
date posted 17th January 2002 22:36
Linked an ODBC table (from SQL Server) into Access. When previewing the
table, one of the fields shows the word #S_C_M# instead of the data.
When viewing the table using a query, the proper data is s...
Re: FN-FORUM Presentations
date posted 17th January 2002 22:29
lindsey,
having been part of a presentation i can say the following:
dont bullshit, they're likely to have someone who can sniff out crap from a
good mile.
get a quick flat presentation - if they...
Re: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.
date posted 17th January 2002 22:10
Who said anything about using the XML approach per request?. I only gave
some ammunition for Jonathan to develop a solution. There are other ways
around this.
On other thing, how we use Request.Quer...
RE: FN-FORUM Slow list performance
date posted 17th January 2002 22:07
It is appallingly slow. Come on admins - time to buy a new rodent for
the hamster wheel on that server of yours,
Hutch
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RE: FN-FORUM UK based SMS gateway needed
date posted 17th January 2002 22:05
If you're Web service minded (and you should be)...
http://www.salcentral.com/
Small link in the top right-hand list.
Matthew
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RE: FN-FORUM Flash without browser window
date posted 17th January 2002 22:04
you mean the old chromeless window pop-up?
http://www.microbians.com/
nick
http://www.ibme.co.uk (freelance site)
http://www.neofx.co.uk (company site)
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Presentations
date posted 17th January 2002 21:49
Hi all
I've been shortlisted for a tender for a big website. I didn't think I would
get this far, down to last 3, but I have to give a 15 minute presentation on
Monday.
Now, I have always worked in...
Re: XMLDOM overheads (was RE: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.)
date posted 17th January 2002 21:45
you cant just test like with like here, anyone who tries should try talking
from the mouth instead of the arse. (xecuse any spelling - im pissed)
ADO is *very* intensive - its extremely feature rich...
Re: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group?
date posted 17th January 2002 21:05
Fingers crossed!
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM Writing for multiple browsers
date posted 17th January 2002 21:04
> which uses layers, and he has based his design from a site called
> www.dadaphonic.com.
>
Well, that one crashed IE6 which is not a good start - I've just undertaken
to do a site in Flash as the DH...
RE: FN-FORUM re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 20:42
I have to disagree with you there Ian, using the word link or links on a
page will not cause you problems (tested and re-tested), having a page /
site with thoudands of links (link farm) will damage...
Re: FN-FORUM Slow list performance
date posted 17th January 2002 20:41
Having said that (and I haven't been paying so much notice the last couple
of days) that message took 6 hours to appear...
Carla (on Thursday)
on 17/1/02 2:56 pm, Carla Boulton at [EMAIL REMOVED] w...
RE: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 20:40
Thats a bad idea
Mike
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Re: FN-FORUM Very small digital camera's
date posted 17th January 2002 20:38
We have an Olympus C200 Zoom - about £350 - £450. It fits in the film
storage pocket of the SLR bag and can take 14 pretty good quality pics or
lower quality higher quantity. I love it when I go t...
Re: FN-FORUM re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 20:25
> I too am happy to link to other sites
Ditto.
My links page is at www.textwizard.com/links.htm.
Contact me off list if you'd like to get your site listed there, and
if you're willing to provide a...
Re: FN-FORUM help choosing an accountant
date posted 17th January 2002 20:19
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Derek Clarke wrote:
> On Thursday 17 Jan 2002 9:31 am, Alex Butcher wrote:
>
> > Well, as I'll be offering services that can (theoretically ;-) go badly
> > wrong (ethical hack...
Re: FN-FORUM Slow list performance
date posted 17th January 2002 19:56
Paul posted this at 14:05 and I got it at 17:50.
It spent over two hours bouncing about in i-way.net
then over an hour strolling arround at uk.vianw.net
Paul J White wrote:
> Ed, slow/erratic lis...
Re: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group?
date posted 17th January 2002 19:44
I've tried something drastic - I logged back into Yahoo Groups -
re-Registered myself and then manually unsubscribed again - I haven't had a
mail yet...so we'll see.
C.
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RE: FN-FORUM Writing for multiple browsers
date posted 17th January 2002 19:40
Hi Em,
Yes, I did kinda notice that one. I'll explain a little more:
I've taken on a project where the designer has incorporated a fancy scroll
bar (originating from http://www.ghtml.com/showoff/sc...
RE: FN-FORUM re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 19:28
Okay here goes most of my sites have resources pages, or their like on them.
I'll start with the Link text then the link, followed by a brief description
of the site.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...
RE: FN-FORUM UK based SMS gateway needed
date posted 17th January 2002 19:25
You could try http://www.txtuk.net
Delivery speed is normally within 2-4 seconds
Alan
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Re: FN-FORUM Slow list performance
date posted 17th January 2002 19:20
I'm re-sending this on different thread as it just went
out on the Threading thread: this is what you call a lateral
thread with recursive reference ;>
Enough of this! The bottom line is that the de...
RE: FN-FORUM Slow list performance
date posted 17th January 2002 19:04
> I posted one this morning and it still hasn't arrived here yet :( My msgs
> tend to take at least 12 hours to appear at my end :(
>
> They are never in the right order which has now become a long t...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 18:56
Darren Beale wrote:
>
> test: sending this @ 1.58PM GMT
>
Arrived with me ~ 18:23 delayed over 4 hours
Here are the headers from your message with calculated
Delays inserted. It's bizzare that...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 18:51
And me, although I have to say, I find it bloody annoying when I have to
hunt through for an email with the same subject as the one I'm reading to
understand what the 'me too' is referring to. Parti...
RE: FN-FORUM re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 18:45
Also you don't want to be associated with free web space - to many inbound
link spammers to be found.
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RE: FN-FORUM re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 18:35
I think the ideal is about 4-7 word link with good keywords in the link -
don't call the page a links page or use the words link/links on the page.
Following this with a description is a good plan....
RE: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 18:35
RXed 18:23
Ian
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Re: FN-FORUM Very small digital camera's
date posted 17th January 2002 18:26
Hi,
I forgot to mention....
It would also be good if the camera took pictures of reasonably good
quality - for example it would be nice if I could print them out as photo's
at a later date.
Cheers,...
Very small digital camera's
date posted 17th January 2002 18:21
Hi,
When I'm travelling I take my main (digital) camera for main shots etc but
often think it would be good if I also had a very small digital camera for
catching the night when I'm having a night of...
Re: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 18:15
You're right! Keywords are becoming obsolete. Can't remember which, but I
think only one SE looks for them now, so they're really not worth bothering
about!!
The description and title must be releva...
Re: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group?
date posted 17th January 2002 17:56
So that's why I see all yours twice, several hours apart!
Kathy
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RE: FN-FORUM FW: W2K and Advanced server
date posted 17th January 2002 17:56
Memory - how much have you got? - I would suggest that 256Mb is a minimum
for running W2K Server. Is still pretty poor performance with 256Mb - memory
leaks soon eat your memory away.
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RE: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 17:56
Em,
They are slowly pulling all those little tricks, methinks I just lost a
site in fast because of comment tags.
Ian
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UK based SMS gateway needed
date posted 17th January 2002 17:49
Can anyone recommend a good(cheap) UK based SMS gateway? I am currently
using a Swiss company called Novelsoft but today, I have been informed that
Orange UK has permanently closed its network for SM...
Re: FN-FORUM Interesting Market Research about Internet Content
date posted 17th January 2002 17:45
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Andy Hutchinson wrote:
> I get sent these surveys by various research companies all the time -
> thought list members might be interested - synopsis below - email me
> off-list...
RE: FN-FORUM re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 17:27
AFAIK your nominated Norman.... Let's go for it
Mark
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Does Window-Target work in IE?
date posted 17th January 2002 17:26
I am trying to use Window-Target to direct my CGI output to a certain frame,
or to the whole browser window (and eliminate the frames) depending on the
output.
From what I have read, this should wor...
RE: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group?
date posted 17th January 2002 17:25
The below hasn't appeared as yet so reposting (I'm actually finding I have
to do this with the majority of my messages to this list).
> Anyone had any past experiences with not being able to unsubs...
Re: FN-FORUM help choosing an accountant
date posted 17th January 2002 17:22
Under current regulations, you only need one director/shareholder and a
company secretary.
On Thursday 17 Jan 2002 4:51 pm, Steve Laird wrote:
> To register a Ltd company you don't need to produce...
Re: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group?
date posted 17th January 2002 17:18
LOL--no about 6 hours. They've changed the unsub and group addresses within
that amount (5 months) of time, so it's worth retrying. Have you actually
set it to web only/no mail on the website? I have...
RE: FN-FORUM Slow list performance
date posted 17th January 2002 17:18
Many of my mails are taking four to five hours to appear on the forum. I
dare say I wont see this one until tomorrow morning! For this reason I've
been completely put off posting (except this one ;...
Re: FN-FORUM Slow list performance
date posted 17th January 2002 17:16
Ed, slow/erratic list performance has been an ongoing issue, only slightly
improved by a recent server upgrade. If Andy or Dan know anything about this
'he102war.uk.vianw.net' machine could they let...
Re: FN-FORUM re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 17:16
Norman
excellent - anybody else up for this?
We'd need to have some agreed format for links and text - I'd guess a
linked heading, and (say) 50 or 60 words describing the company &
activities (no...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 17:15
> got well used to answers arriving before questions,
> never mind worrying about threads ;-)
I though it was just me
test: sending this @ 1.58PM GMT
;D...
Re: FN-FORUM FW: W2K and Advanced server
date posted 17th January 2002 17:11
1. Haven't seen this for ages, but could be related to having ms office on
the pc with findfast or outlook journalling enabled. Also check how much
crap there is in your office recent folder.
2. Fir...
Re: FN-FORUM help choosing an accountant
date posted 17th January 2002 16:54
To register a Ltd company you don't need to produce a passport or get a
commissioner for oaths etc .
There is a company called register ( I'll find the url later or try
google ). They do it all for...
Re: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group?
date posted 17th January 2002 16:45
Time lag of 5 months?
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FW: W2K and Advanced server
date posted 17th January 2002 16:45
Not sure if this made it the first time..
16:48
Dave
A couple of questions for you M$ bods...
I have a few pc's (3x2K, 1x98 and 1xLinux) networked through a small switch
with Winroute pro
on the...
Re: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group? OT
date posted 17th January 2002 16:44
Doing 69.5Mph in a 40Mph zone ;)
I blame the Sierra XR4x4 who was trying to wind me up - and with 245Bph
horse and 0-60 in 6.2Secs, I soon showed him who was boss. :-)
unfortunately, I got nicked!...
Re: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 16:38
Another way around this is to put a keyworded para inside comment tags at
the top of your page - which is not quite so frowned upon by SE - or you
could hide the comment tags in JS which they totall...
Re: FN-FORUM worldpay
date posted 17th January 2002 16:33
ive integrated several worldpay pages
you dont need SSL at your end but it would make life easier if u did.
If u dont then you need to upload your header and footer to their area plus
images (one at...
RE: XMLDOM overheads (was RE: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.)
date posted 17th January 2002 16:25
To be honest, ADO recordsets take up very few resources so I use them quite
a bit even where only one value is coming back.
Pete
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Re: FN-FORUM online art sites
date posted 17th January 2002 15:52
thats a fort
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>Its quie a good name 4rt and looks good as a...
RE: FN-FORUM re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 15:45
>is there any reason why freelancers here can't link to each other's sites,
and improve their
rankings?
no its common practice
more benefit is gained if the interlinking sites are on topic, the lin...
Re: FN-FORUM re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 15:38
Would be quite easy to knock up some ASP to allow everyone to manage their
own portfolio, a job I'm probably willing to volunteer for.
Off you pop then, Norm ;c)
Em
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www.BW3.co.uk
Web design p...
Re: FN-FORUM Slow list performance
date posted 17th January 2002 15:37
From: "Ed Cole" [EMAIL REMOVED]
Has anyone else noticed how slow this list works.
Posts take at least an hour to distribute, which
causes some duplication of replies to questions
which wastes time...
RE: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 15:24
You are right in that most SE don't use keywords Meta anymore - I think Alta
is the last of the majors.
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RE: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 15:24
I'm showing a PR of 2 here in the office, I have the older standard toolbar
here - will check the new beta version again when I get home.
All the best
Ian
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RE: FN-FORUM re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 15:24
I too am happy to link to other sites - especially in different locales or
sevice areas.
Contact me off list at [EMAIL REMOVED]
All the best
Ian
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RE: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.
date posted 17th January 2002 15:01
OK Matthew,
You've tempted me... I've looked at the references I've looked at Dave's and
Jon's code and I am finding this a very useful tutorial... NOW let's see how
the expert would code the problem...
Re: FN-FORUM Slow list performance
date posted 17th January 2002 14:55
Ed
The community's nice, the advice is good, the bitching gets interesting.
Freelancers forum jogs along in its own cranky way chugging up and down the
street delivering mail as it goes sometimes ta...
RE: FN-FORUM worldpay
date posted 17th January 2002 14:40
> So when WorldPay present their cc form, does
> that mean you need SSL at your end as well?
No.
> Is it possible at any point to intercept the
> customer details for the purpose of storing
> them...
Flash without browser window
date posted 17th January 2002 14:26
Can anyone remind me how to launch a Flash movie in a pop up without the
browser window surround?
TIA Paul...
Re: FN-FORUM Writing for multiple browsers
date posted 17th January 2002 14:20
Hi Steve,
As you've had no responses to this (that I've seen here anyway) perhaps you
could be more specific about the problems you're experiencing and see if we
can help that way?!
Em
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Re: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 13:38
AltaVista might notice it, Google won't. Most SEs don't read the keywords
meta tag anymore, or if they do, they don't give it any more weight than the
body text. Ian can probably confirm or otherwise...
RE: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 13:37
me too!
(sorry couldn’t resist ;-)
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Re: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 13:35
using meta tags is better than not using 'em... but most engines use
tags as part of a log. calculation - domain name, tags, and page content
are all part of the sum (+ several other factors - rece...
Re: FN-FORUM re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 13:35
Since I don't do design, I'd be quite happy to recommend other members if
they'll link to me as a training provider, troubleshooter and/or copy
editor, as appropriate.
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RE: FN-FORUM online art sites
date posted 17th January 2002 13:33
Fart?...
RE: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 13:29
Hi
AFAIK most Search Engines use the information in the tag first, and
then the page content. What you have in the meta-tags is of very little
(but still some) interest to them. If you're going t...
Re: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 13:20
what if a homepage has a full meta tag description in the head block but no
text is actually displayed on the homepage
is this ok ?
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RE: FN-FORUM re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 13:16
Hi Will
Sounds like a fine idea to me, I'm quite happy to link to compeititors sites
from ours (honestly!). Maybe we could extend it to take in not just our
home sites, but client sites as well? U...
RE: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 13:16
> Pah - thats two keystrokes rather than 1 mouse click.
So create your own toolbar button to do the job.
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Deve...
AW: FN-FORUM worldpay
date posted 17th January 2002 13:14
Carla,
I've recently setup a WP for site(s) we're doing for ourselves and have before for clients and its a complete doddle. On the first site I requested all the contact details on our site, wrote...
RE: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.
date posted 17th January 2002 13:14
I take it the reason why you're constructing a Dictionary from the
querystring values is for debugging? You know that in production, you'd use
Request.QueryString to get the values back, right?
I'm...
re: how do you google
date posted 17th January 2002 13:04
Mike said:
"Getting listed in google is not hard as it has one of the most
aggressive crawlers out there, along with All The Web.
Find a site listed in google and get your site added to that sites l...
Calling PDFs from FLASH/Quicktime!...HELP!
date posted 17th January 2002 12:51
I have a day's work in Battersea to any one who can help us with the
following....
we are creating a presentation CD... in FLASH/Quicktime or could use
Director... there are interactive buttons call...
RE: XMLDOM overheads (was RE: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.)
date posted 17th January 2002 12:49
Thanks Pete
How about retrieving a recordset (I know, I know "I must use stored
procedures, I must use stored procedures")
Norman
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Slow list performance
date posted 17th January 2002 12:45
Has anyone else noticed how slow this list works.
Posts take at least an hour to distribute, which
causes some duplication of replies to questions
which wastes time and sometimes confuses.
I have ch...
RE: XMLDOM overheads (was RE: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.)
date posted 17th January 2002 12:41
Norman,
An ADO call to a stored procedure (not retrieving a recordset) will be
quicker than the XML version.
Pete
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RE: FN-FORUM online art sites
date posted 17th January 2002 12:16
>>We bought the name 4rt.net a few years ago but havent bothered developing
it
>>and want to sell the name if anyone is interested.
>>Its quie a good name 4rt and looks good as a logo
Although all I...
RE: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 12:14
yep you got it, SE spiders read text NOT images (except alt tags occ.) or
FLASH
Mike
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RE: FN-FORUM online art sites
date posted 17th January 2002 12:10
>Its quie a good name 4rt and looks good as a logo
I don't know about anyone else, but 4rt sounds more like "fart" than "for
Art" to me.
Jo Hall
Indigo Web Design
http://www.indigowebdesign.co.uk...
Re: FN-FORUM Possible Work
date posted 17th January 2002 12:09
Thanks for all your responses. I have enough info now to test the water
with my client, and if he wants to go further I'll be contacting some of you
next week.
Joe Jones
Jo & Joe - Marketing and...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 12:06
> Note that threading and the concept of threaded readers
> comes from Internet news groups, which would IMHO be a
> better place for this forum anyway.
>
Yeah, we have been down this discussion rout...
RE: FN-FORUM online art sites
date posted 17th January 2002 12:03
www.artrepublic.com
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RE: FN-FORUM worldpay
date posted 17th January 2002 11:57
Ah, interesting Dan. I have wanting to know how it works, too.
So when WorldPay present their cc form, does that mean you need SSL at your
end as well?
Is it possible at any point to intercept the...
Re: FN-FORUM help choosing an accountant
date posted 17th January 2002 11:54
Hi Isabel
We started up a year ago as a freelance partnership, having been advised by
a design-business guru not to set up as a Ltd until we were turning over
£50k each. Our accountant is based ne...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 11:54
> haven't you got used to the tradition of quoting the entire message,
> footer and all and adding "me too!" at the top if you agree with
> something?
heh, yes I have
;D...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 11:53
It's a problem to someone who uses the threading feature
in their mail client. i.e. orders the email not only by
date, but also by thread or subject and the reference
headers in the message. It's ver...
RE: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 11:51
Pah - thats two keystrokes rather than 1 mouse click.
Ian
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Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 11:51
Hi Keith
> with no hidden extras.
From your email
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XMLDOM overheads (was RE: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.)
date posted 17th January 2002 11:40
Hi all
A couple of you have mentioned the overheads of using the XMLDom to parse
XML files and as I've just started playing with them I wondered if you'd go
into a bit more detail on them. I've got...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 11:39
Fair enough, but I think that people just forget and you can't really do
anything about that. Also, sometimes someone will change the subject because
the thread has gone off topic. Can't you sort by...
Re: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group?
date posted 17th January 2002 11:36
Have you tried setting the group to web only, so it doesn't send you any
mail? That works. I do it every time I go away. There is a time lag,
however.
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Re: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.
date posted 17th January 2002 11:34
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Re: FN-FORUM worldpay
date posted 17th January 2002 11:21
hehe, I worked on thier website. :)
Just thought I'd say, sorry for the useless info :P
Jon
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RE: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 11:21
Flash is coded and the SEs can't decode it to get at the text inside. The
text on the page is where they get their keywords for the site and sites are
rated on the prominence of keywords within them....
RE: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.
date posted 17th January 2002 11:20
In classic ASP, I'd be a little concerned about the overhead required to
parse the XML file. I'd almost suggest a "huge case statement" was the way
to go.
Although, watch your case on the statement...
RE: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.
date posted 17th January 2002 11:19
Dave,
Thanks! One of these days I'll sit down and learn XML instead of toying
round the edges....
Mark
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Re: FN-FORUM Demon Internet
date posted 17th January 2002 11:14
Mmm.. I've tried signing up clients for the £20 / month basic business
site and had the phone put down on me. Judging by the apalling
performance of my own account with the server stopping for 5 min...
Re: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.
date posted 17th January 2002 11:12
well to make life easier i'd give a value:
set objXML=server.createobject("microsoft.xmldom")
objXML.async=false
objXML.resolveexternals=false
objXML.open(fileandpathname.xml)
set objMain=objXM...
Re: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 11:10
Are you having a larf?
if not, I apologise, but SEs cannot *read* the text in a Flash animation.
They look for text!
Em
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Re: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group? OT
date posted 17th January 2002 10:40
Impersonating a Toyota Celica of course!
On Thursday 17 Jan 2002 10:12 am, Neelesh wrote:
> Man we have a convict on the list. What did you get nicked for?
>
> > > (before I got nicked and sold it!)...
Re: FN-FORUM online art sold anything ?
date posted 17th January 2002 10:38
A friend of mine who runs an art & framing shop has just set up selling art
online.
have a look what he has done at www.pictorgallery.com
on 17/1/02 8:44 am, [EMAIL REMOVED] at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrot...
Re: FN-FORUM online art sold anything ?
date posted 17th January 2002 10:30
What do you do and have you painted before? Yes, sold a poster of my work
online yesterday.
Ribs
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Re: FN-FORUM Interesting Market Research about Internet Content
date posted 17th January 2002 10:29
This looks like a splendidly circular argument to me.
Yes, people will spend more on mobile data than web content because it's only
the mobile data providers that will charge for data!
On Thursda...
RE: FN-FORUM Demon Internet
date posted 17th January 2002 10:28
Don't EVER use Demon!
It's just taken us a month to move a client over to iNNERHOST.
They asked for 5 letters on company headed paper because they kept losing
it.
We had exactly the same thing whe...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 10:26
On Thursday 17 Jan 2002 9:36 am, Keith Dixon wrote:
> I don't understand this. All mails go to freelancers.net regardless of
> whether they are replies or not and the subject box is just the text it...
RE: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.
date posted 17th January 2002 10:22
Jon,
Please continue the tutorial! lets see how this is read from an asp
page...PLEASE
Mark Anderson
01202 775483
07802 404838 mob
Web Development and database design
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Re: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 10:19
why do search engines not like a flash home page ?
i heard somewhere it is a bad idea not to have any text on your home page.
is this true ?
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Re: FN-FORUM help choosing an accountant
date posted 17th January 2002 10:18
I
On Thursday 17 Jan 2002 9:31 am, Alex Butcher wrote:
> Well, as I'll be offering services that can (theoretically ;-) go badly
> wrong (ethical hacking), limited company status is essential for me...
Re: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group? OT
date posted 17th January 2002 10:14
Man we have a convict on the list. What did you get nicked for?
> > (before I got nicked and sold it!) - but I just can't unsubscribe...
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Re: FN-FORUM help choosing an accountant
date posted 17th January 2002 10:12
So you won't have any visa problems thanks to your EU half.
I'm envious - I would have loved a spell in the US but freelancing is
impossible for Brits thanks to the visa situation.
The dreaded IR3...
Re: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group?
date posted 17th January 2002 10:09
woohoo one I can answer
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> originally I had just a
> rule setup that said if it came fr...
Re: FN-FORUM Windows 2000 or Windows XP- NTFS
date posted 17th January 2002 10:03
Thanks Charles - yes, my mistake. I think it's the NT->2000/XP has the NTFS
change, not NT/2000->XP (or at least a search on google didn't find
anything for the latter). For a reference
http://www...
Re: FN-FORUM online art sites
date posted 17th January 2002 09:58
Carla
Are you thinking of setting up an art site
We bought the name 4rt.net a few years ago but havent bothered developing it
and want to sell the name if anyone is interested.
Its quie a good name...
RE: FN-FORUM worldpay
date posted 17th January 2002 09:57
Hi Carla,
> How does the info go from us to Worldpay?
I'm in the middle of a worldpay integration at the mo. I submit a form to a
worldpay url with the amount I want billed, and any customer detail...
Re: FN-FORUM Forms
date posted 17th January 2002 09:57
................ other stuff
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Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 09:56
I find it a sight easier to just type FN and let autocomplete do the rest.
Dave
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Re: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.
date posted 17th January 2002 09:52
Instead of using a huge 'Select Case'. You could use an XML file to define
the differences in the search engines query strings. For example, you could
create an element like this.
google.yahoo.co...
RE: FN-FORUM MySQL ODBC on Unix
date posted 17th January 2002 09:49
Yep that’s why the (I guess ;-) - I knew someone was gonna point it out
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RE: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group?
date posted 17th January 2002 09:46
> Anyone had any past experiences with not being able to unsubscribe from a
> yahoo group? I registered the to the Toyota Celica UK club back last year
> (before I got nicked and sold it!) - but I ju...
Popcorn
date posted 17th January 2002 09:39
Has anyone tried the Ultrafunk Popcorn email client? It sounds ideal for
those looking for a basic yet capable POP3 manager. I must find time to have
a play. See http://www.ultrafunk.com
David Nye
h...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 09:37
I don't understand this. All mails go to freelancers.net regardless of
whether they are replies or not and the subject box is just the text it says
with no hidden extras. What exactly is the proble...
Re: FN-FORUM help choosing an accountant
date posted 17th January 2002 09:29
On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, isabel nunes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just joined the list and am getting ready to set up a limited company
> but am hoping to get some referrals for a great accountant. I live i...
Re: FN-FORUM the operator >>
date posted 17th January 2002 09:27
Turn off hotmail!
It says more about you than a cheap suite and suede shoes
ever can.
marco polo wrote:
>
>
> how can i turn off html in hotmail when i send through the browser?
>
> >From: [E...
Re: FN-FORUM help choosing an accountant
date posted 17th January 2002 09:23
If you decide to go limited, do it yourself. An accountant
will charge from gbp 200, to basically:
Photocopy standard articles and memo of association,
and your passport etc.
Fill a couple of...
RE: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 09:16
I see what you mean :) I should have done the same, although I show a PR of
2?..... odd
Mike
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Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 09:09
Darren Beale [EMAIL REMOVED] writes:
> any chance that people can stop pressing Reply-to when they are creating
> a new thread? because it doesn't in my email client. I have many threads
> buried in...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 09:03
> I think threads just go off topic on their own...
You're missing the point meethinks
Bod wants to create new thread, goes to last message in inbox and clicks
Reply-to, deletes subject and creates...
Re: FN-FORUM Unsubscribing from a yahoo group?
date posted 17th January 2002 08:48
> The unsub now should be [EMAIL REMOVED]
Thats right - but it doesn't seem to have worked.
> If you can sign in, I'm pretty sure you can map your yahoogroups id to a
> different (a current) email...
online art sold anything ?
date posted 17th January 2002 08:39
Following on from the previous post, I'd be interested
to hear if anyone has managed to sell any artwork/
paintings online and how.
I may dig out my old brushes if it seems worthwhile.
I can certain...
RE: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.
date posted 17th January 2002 08:29
Morning,
regards
Andrew Mottershead
Web Developer
Mindstream Web Design
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tel: 01743 718198
web: www.mindstream.co.uk
site quote: www.mindstream.f9.co.uk/content/quotes/inde...
worldpay
date posted 17th January 2002 08:16
Hi can anyone tell us what the implications of offering Worldpay to a client
are? How does the info go from us to Worldpay? - it seems we can't get the
info until we sign up
thanks
Carla...
Interesting Market Research about Internet Content
date posted 17th January 2002 07:32
I get sent these surveys by various research companies all the time -
thought list members might be interested - synopsis below - email me
off-list if you want the whole MS Word document,
Hutch
Pl...
RE: FN-FORUM help choosing an accountant
date posted 17th January 2002 06:51
Dual national here too - British and Australian,
Hutch
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Re: FN-FORUM ASP Question - Simple I hope.
date posted 17th January 2002 01:34
grab the querystring part of the url via the relevant server variable (think
it is just QUERYSTRING), then check which search engine it came from via the
referer url and do a relevant pattern match u...
RE: FN-FORUM help choosing an accountant
date posted 17th January 2002 01:10
Hi Isabel
Welcome.
My Rat OOPS I mean accountant is very good and located in Stanmore. If thats
any good give me a shout off list.
Regards
David Raza
2D Creative Ltd
www.2dc.biz
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RE: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 00:51
Ian,
So what is PR1? and how does it affect his ranking?
Mark
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RE: FN-FORUM How do you google.com!
date posted 17th January 2002 00:30
Mike,
Simon's site is listed in Google, though with PR1 so it is unlikely to
appear very highly in the results - I just had to laugh when I went and
visited it though (Sorry Simon - no offence mean...
RE: FN-FORUM OT: Threading
date posted 17th January 2002 00:16
Its just easier than typing in an address! Apologies - but I dont think I
will be able to stop the habit.
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