Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday July 24th 2002
Re: FN-FORUM help again
date posted 24th July 2002 23:38
This list is from freelancers.net. There is a related site
noagenciesplease.com. Not sure what you are after.
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM Scrollbar CSS tool
date posted 24th July 2002 23:30
Free scrollbar colour making program
www.harmonyhollow.net/cws.shtml
Very good scrollbar colour generator
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/scrollbarColor.
htm
Scrollbar c...
Re: FN-FORUM help again
date posted 24th July 2002 23:29
Pam
Is it http://www.ukfreelancers.biz?
JohnO
PS: Please do NOT use HTML e-mail
>I am sending this again as I didn't get an answer yesterday which is very
unusual. I have forgotten the name of the...
Re: FN-FORUM help again
date posted 24th July 2002 23:27
Pam,
Perhaps if you didn't send html emails to the list and stuck to plain text
(which we prefer here) you might find the site at the end of all forum
messages...
www.freelancers.net
Hth,
Em
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FN-FORUM Web Site Advertising
date posted 24th July 2002 22:51
Hi All,
The discussion about yahoo recently has prompted me to ask this forum
for some advice about promotion. From the experience here what is the
most economical way to advertise a web site on the...
help again
date posted 24th July 2002 22:27
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Re: FN-FORUM Scrollbar CSS tool
date posted 24th July 2002 20:59
> Do any of you know if there is a freeware/shareware css scollbar
> creation tool - I'm sick of playing with HEX codes?
See http://www.harmonyhollow.net/cws.shtml
Marion...
Scrollbar CSS tool
date posted 24th July 2002 20:23
Hello there folks,
Do any of you know if there is a freeware/shareware css scollbar
creation tool - I'm sick of playing with HEX codes?
regards
Andrew Mottershead
Web Developer
Mindstream Web Desi...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: grammar of its
date posted 24th July 2002 17:31
I stick to sheep jumping cemetery hedges. Can you spot a ewe jumping the
yew?
*Did I really just type that drivel?* Time for coffee.
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM OT: grammar of its
date posted 24th July 2002 16:57
Yup, I count apostrophes. I also put myself into Morpheus's (not Morpheus')
hands!
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
John
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Re: FN-FORUM excuse required
date posted 24th July 2002 16:48
Cheers. (Sarcastic frown.)
I was looking for a reason not to enter into a new learning curve at the
moment. ( *not* ) I need a reason to avoid the distress that I know this
is going to cause not onl...
Re: FN-FORUM FW: Netscape and DIV and Layer tags
date posted 24th July 2002 16:39
Yes, it would have been so nice (and easy) in CSS2! However I still find it
easier to hand code tables (even nested and for image splitting) than I do
use WYSIWYG things. 'cos I'm sad and old no doubt...
Re: FN-FORUM excuse required
date posted 24th July 2002 16:34
Spot on. Also, if the text effects are frame by frame (as opposed to
scripted etc) and the site is going down in a few months why not remove
them?
It would make life lot easier for yourself. Im sure...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: grammar of its
date posted 24th July 2002 16:23
Any of you guys get to sleep at night?
Joe
>> There are a few special cases (names of the classical gods and Jesus)
>> in which, by convention, the possessive 's' is not added. Clinging to
>> archa...
RE: FN-FORUM excuse required
date posted 24th July 2002 16:17
the whole thing is a lot easier if you understand what i said when i said
"movie explorer"
go to movie explorer > make sure just text is selected at the top > and you
will be presented with all the t...
Re: FN-FORUM excuse required
date posted 24th July 2002 16:05
bob, if you take advantage of flashs ability to import text files you could
get this to work pretty quickly.
seperate the content into text files named as [area]_[language], so contact
in german will...
RE: FN-FORUM FW: Netscape and DIV and Layer tags
date posted 24th July 2002 15:54
I bet those scientists who designed the browsers had no idea of all the
grief they'd cause with their love of tables!
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Re: FN-FORUM MS Access
date posted 24th July 2002 15:53
im assuming ones the new table, the other one the backup so you can find
said deleted fields. if thats the case then do a NOT IN on the backup table
to retreive those files:
SELECT * FROM backup_tabl...
Re: FN-FORUM MS Access
date posted 24th July 2002 15:48
start a new query
assuming 'id' = unique column name
select * from table1, table2 where table1.id table2.id
Paul
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RE: FN-FORUM MS Access
date posted 24th July 2002 15:30
It's something along the lines of :
select field1, count(field1)
from table1
group by field1
having count(field1) = 1
hope that atleast puts you on the right track
Dave.
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RE: FN-FORUM MS Access
date posted 24th July 2002 15:19
Hi Darren,
There is a wizard within Access that allows you to compare two tables and
show duplicates, I sugggest you run the wizard and then modify the SQL
generated to only show what you want.
Mark...
Re: FN-FORUM FW: Netscape and DIV and Layer tags
date posted 24th July 2002 15:19
> I've also commented all my code.
Well done! I've had lunch and am feeling better now. I've been doing a site
in tables (because of NN4 at client) and it's annoying me.
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM excuse required
date posted 24th July 2002 15:10
Thanks all.
The real problem is that it's one of our own site's. We're not being payed
for it. I've got other proper work coming out of my ears. I don't know
flash worh a shit and my boss reckons i...
MS Access
date posted 24th July 2002 15:09
Just a quick one, I have a dumb client who has amended their database
without knowing what records they have deleted etc. Does anyone know of a
way to selected fields within 2 tables and only show th...
Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Top Tip: Freezer Category
date posted 24th July 2002 14:40
> freezer and defrost it on a plate. It then turns into soup and makes a
mess
> of the microwave, benchtop and kitchen floor. It also makes your
workmates
> have a giggle at your expense.
>
Nice one...
Accredited suppliers
date posted 24th July 2002 14:09
All,
Is anyone here on the Business Links list of accredited suppliers?
ColinR
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RE: FN-FORUM FW: Netscape and DIV and Layer tags
date posted 24th July 2002 13:52
I've also commented all my code. It's the fourth freelance job I've done and
I've decided to be all professional. I think I must read something about
good practice somewhere, or I received a knock on...
RE: FN-FORUM excuse required
date posted 24th July 2002 13:48
use the movie explorer to edit text.........obviously make sure u just have
text clicked at the top...............makes it a hell of a lot easier
alternatively u could always pay me!
nick
http://ww...
Re: FN-FORUM excuse required
date posted 24th July 2002 13:46
Bob,
I guess you've got to do it in Italian, French, Spanish &
Portuguese?
I cant see any 100% reasons for not doing it to be honest... Ok it could,
depending on how well the flash is made, be...
Re: FN-FORUM excuse required
date posted 24th July 2002 13:40
For what its worth,
1/ No good for search engines although the main site already
falls down there.
2/ Translations usually bump up the word count and will break the design.
3/ not strictly what you...
RE: FN-FORUM Email news service
date posted 24th July 2002 13:25
And there's always OnTheBog (www.onthebog.net) for the truly important
news items of the day,
Hutch
*Clasps his hand over his mouth*
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help required
date posted 24th July 2002 13:24
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Re: FN-FORUM OT: grammar of its
date posted 24th July 2002 13:18
Well, it would have, possibly.
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM OT: grammar of its
date posted 24th July 2002 13:17
Huh! In my day you wouldn't have got an average grade in any arts subject
without good spelling and grammar. Humbug!
Mind you, there weren't any GCSEs then.
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM FW: Netscape and DIV and Layer tags
date posted 24th July 2002 13:14
You're writing documentation????
Sounds like you need help!
my asthetic sense -- aesthetic
Lot's of great -- lots
they're quite few other -- there are quite
by it's cover -- its
other human's -- hu...
RE: FN-FORUM Email news service
date posted 24th July 2002 13:03
> > > Can anyone recommend a free news service which emails
> summaries of
> > > the daily headline stories?
>
> Or if you're specifically after technology, media and
> telecomms type stuff try mb...
Dreamweaver MX and CSS
date posted 24th July 2002 12:58
I had a play with DWMX at prerelease and haven't touched it since.
Now I'm thinking of upgrading away from DW and Ultradev to MX.
Problem was when I tried MX the CSS styles were not executed
at design...
excuse required
date posted 24th July 2002 12:56
Sorry for my neglect of the forum over the last few months. I've been out
the door with work.
I need an excuse not to do something. I've been asked to add in
translations to the flash site at www.p...
Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Top Tip: Freezer Category
date posted 24th July 2002 12:50
As much as I'd like to agree with you Sherry, unfortunately Martin's wife
has a habit of freezing gravy and sending him off to work with it!! But it
does entertain us here somewhat ;c)
Em
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Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Top Tip: Freezer Category
date posted 24th July 2002 12:34
LOL....must be a man thing. Women tend not to do such silly things ;-)
Sherry
>
> Another Top Tip from the depths of Martins Freezer: Don't get a
> chilli-con-carnie out of the
> freezer and defro...
Re: FN-FORUM FW: Netscape and DIV and Layer tags
date posted 24th July 2002 12:31
Well... and explanation of why the site looks the way it does and shows up
only in deprecated browsers with links to www.webstandards.org/upgrade/
would perhaps help educate and inform?!
Em
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RE: FN-FORUM Email news service
date posted 24th July 2002 12:16
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/dailyemail/
That is the kind of service I was looking for - thanks for all the
suggestions.
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Desi...
RE: FN-FORUM FW: Netscape and DIV and Layer tags
date posted 24th July 2002 12:10
I'm a consumer I am user, of course I'm def missing the point. I know
nothing about browser standards and CSS, tags, Netscape explorer debate. I
just look at the page and say to myself why does that p...
mailing list software...
date posted 24th July 2002 12:10
One of the sites I run has a 5k+ mailing list.
I have been using mojomail from mojo.skazat.com for the past 2 years or so,
but I'm having problems getting it to work with MySQL properly...
So basic...
RE: FN-FORUM Stream url - HELP PLEASE
date posted 24th July 2002 12:00
Hi Liam,
WME creates both live streams and files for on-demand broadcast. If you
want to do live streaming you need to have your browser pointing at the
*port* being used by the encoding machine....
[OT] Top Tip: Freezer Category
date posted 24th July 2002 11:46
Dear All,
Another Top Tip from the depths of Martins Freezer: Don't get a
chilli-con-carnie out of the
freezer and defrost it on a plate. It then turns into soup and makes a mess
of the microwave,...
Re: FN-FORUM FW: Netscape and DIV and Layer tags
date posted 24th July 2002 11:34
I think you're missing the point.
As long as ppl can access the content of the site then I for one, am no
longer bothered whether it looks nice in deprecated browsers.
Also, you can place the conten...
RE: FN-FORUM Stream url
date posted 24th July 2002 11:20
-> I'm limiting it to 10 concurrent listeners for the moment....
->
-> enjoy
->
-> Grant
-> www.gtstream.co.uk
Darn I missed it :(
And here I am just ordering a couple of new SL's at the moment....
Re: FN-FORUM Email news service
date posted 24th July 2002 10:56
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RE: FN-FORUM mysql config
date posted 24th July 2002 10:54
I believe there is a command line parameter on the safe_mysqld / mysqld
programmes that sets where to look for the data directory.
Regards,
Carl Taylor
Tel: 01489 557 545
Fax: 01489 576 502
http://w...
Re: FN-FORUM Email news service
date posted 24th July 2002 10:54
dunno about email service, but the guardian does a free headline feed...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/headlineservice/
At 10:32 24/07/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a free news service...
RE: FN-FORUM Email news service
date posted 24th July 2002 10:53
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dailyemail/
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Can anyo...
Re: FN-FORUM Meta Tags and Placement in Search Engines
date posted 24th July 2002 10:51
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RE: FN-FORUM Email news service
date posted 24th July 2002 10:48
The BBC will do that for you
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RE: FN-FORUM Email news service
date posted 24th July 2002 10:44
> > Can anyone recommend a free news service which emails summaries
> > of the daily
> > headline stories?
Or if you're specifically after technology, media and telecomms type stuff
try mbites.co.uk...
RE: FN-FORUM Email news service
date posted 24th July 2002 10:37
I think the Guardian does something.
Norman
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Re: FN-FORUM mysql config
date posted 24th July 2002 10:35
I can't remember.... but if you are running a *nix server, have you heard
of webmin?
http://www.webmin.com/
install that and you can change/run everything on your server thru a browser.
its great if...
Re: FN-FORUM Cheap HTML course(s)
date posted 24th July 2002 10:35
www.eclecticacademy.com
www.lvsonline.com
Em
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I'm looking for a cheap(ish) one or two day offline training course in...
Email news service
date posted 24th July 2002 10:29
Can anyone recommend a free news service which emails summaries of the daily
headline stories?
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Mic...
Re: FN-FORUM PHP..AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH
date posted 24th July 2002 10:19
Steve,
if you have trumpet then we can't complain if you blow it.
Wow, what a trumpet.
Any chance of a discount on a book?
Nigel...
RE: FN-FORUM Should I take the site down?
date posted 24th July 2002 10:15
The advice I have had is that a successfully operating company will be
seriously damaged by a CCJ against them, so will almost always settle
beforehand ... unless they already have CCJs (easy to check...
mysql config
date posted 24th July 2002 10:10
Hi all,
does anyone know how to change the path to your db directory in a mysql
installation? Its set to /var/db/mysql by default, but I want to change
this. Any ideas? I've been into /etc/my.cnf...
Re: FN-FORUM flash -> php problem
date posted 24th July 2002 10:07
cheers Henry!
Robin Garbutt
Portfolio Art & Design Ltd
Tel - +44 (0) 1204 383822
Fax - +44 (0) 1204 383866
Mob - +44 (0) 7811 185490
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For further information please visit us...
Re: FN-FORUM flash -> php problem
date posted 24th July 2002 10:07
thanks steve!
Robin Garbutt
Portfolio Art & Design Ltd
Tel - +44 (0) 1204 383822
Fax - +44 (0) 1204 383866
Mob - +44 (0) 7811 185490
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Re: FN-FORUM PHP..AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH
date posted 24th July 2002 09:48
Hey Darren,
Well, on PHP/MySQL and Flash integration (actually, make that 5 books on
that topic)...
Foundation PHP for Flash
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1903450160/
Advanced PHP for Fl...
Re: FN-FORUM Cheap HTML course(s)
date posted 24th July 2002 09:21
what about learning on line for free?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&q=html+tutorial
my flatmate just did... he now knows how to write html but hasn't got a
clue how his computer...
RE: FN-FORUM PHP..AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH
date posted 24th July 2002 09:20
You wrote a book on PHP ?? which one Steve ??
Regards
Darren Spink
TEL: +44(0)113 253 4750
FAX: +44(0)113 253 1686
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Re: FN-FORUM PHP..AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH
date posted 24th July 2002 09:06
Hey Darren,
Indeed it has - from PHP 4.2.0 onwards. It's causing havoc with my book
readers at the moment because they're all wondering why any of the examples
aren't working :o)
Regards,
Steve
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Re: FN-FORUM Cheap HTML course(s)
date posted 24th July 2002 09:04
Nick,
where are you based?
John
Kerry K-C wrote:
>Check your local college(s) - most of them offer things like this
>
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Re: FN-FORUM Cheap HTML course(s)
date posted 24th July 2002 09:04
Hi Nick
Go to http://www.weteachonline.co.uk/courses/webmaster.shtml
You may find this is what you are looking for if you are looking for a
progressive route from first principles up to Web develope...
RE: FN-FORUM Cheap HTML course(s)
date posted 24th July 2002 08:57
Check your local college(s) - most of them offer things like this
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Re: FN-FORUM Cheap HTML course(s)
date posted 24th July 2002 08:56
Try http://www.arcticservices.net/training.htm
Helen
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Cheap HTML course(s)
date posted 24th July 2002 08:17
Hi,
I'm looking for a cheap(ish) one or two day offline training course in basic
html with a view to progressing onto more advanced stuff.
Anyone know of any good places I could try?
Cheers,
Nick...
Re: FN-FORUM RE: PJW's CD Video Question
date posted 24th July 2002 01:52
Paul J White wrote:
> Easy CD Platinum actually, but that should be able to tell me the same sort
> of things surely?
Paul,
never used that personally...everyone here uses NERO or TOAST (Mac),
have...
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