Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday September 30th 2002
RE: FN-FORUM IE 6 view source not working
date posted 30th September 2002 23:09
END of subject!
This does work, and this is the solution! Once I heard the original
reply/solution I thought I wouldn't bother replying.
But the man speaks the truth!
To abate the problemo I speak t...
Re: Re[2]: FN-FORUM Beware of scam artists bearing invoices...
date posted 30th September 2002 21:21
> I know - but I've run out of Cigarettes and I'm sure that there are
> some half-smoked ones in there.
lol... :))
Aral
--
Aral Balkan
Director, Bits And Pixels Ltd.
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Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 21:02
> And at least no one made a film which featured a bloody awful Celine Dion
> song about Noah's Ark...:-)
>
Yet...
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Kathy
http:...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM Beware of scam artists bearing invoices...
date posted 30th September 2002 20:54
Monday, September 30, 2002, 7:40:50 PM, you wrote:
>> If I receive an invoice from some fraudster for the said amount be
>> going straight in the bin!!!
I know - but I've run out of Cigarettes an...
Re: FN-FORUM help with divs
date posted 30th September 2002 20:53
> From memory, you may have to ensure that the parent div is not
> position:static; which is the default. Try setting the containing
> element to position: relative;
> I'll see if I can find anything...
Re: FN-FORUM IE 6 view source not working
date posted 30th September 2002 20:52
> I use IEBooster - http://www.paessler.com/products/ieb/index.html to
> view source - very handy.
>
Very good, also shows all images on the page, and the total page download
size - for css viewing t...
RE: FN-FORUM IE 6 view source not working
date posted 30th September 2002 20:30
I use IEBooster - http://www.paessler.com/products/ieb/index.html to
view source - very handy.
regards
Andrew Mottershead
Web Developer
Mindstream Web Design
email: [EMAIL REMOVED]
tel: +44 (0)17...
Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 20:20
True,
But the crew and passengers of The Ark survived, and the lower class oiks
didn't get left to go down with the ship.
And at least no one made a film which featured a bloody awful Celine Dion
so...
Re: FN-FORUM IE 6 view source not working
date posted 30th September 2002 20:10
Someone on this list usefully suggested emptying the temporary internet
folder recently and that worked on a machine that I've seen the same problem
on.
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From: Martin Kell...
Re: FN-FORUM Beware of scam artists bearing invoices...
date posted 30th September 2002 19:50
> If I receive an invoice from some fraudster for the said amount I'll
be going straight in the bin!!!
Don't do it, Richard! Bins are smelly, foul places!
Aral :P
--
Aral Balkan
Director, Bits And...
RE: FN-FORUM OT: Business Cards
date posted 30th September 2002 19:46
Now there is a site that needs the proof reading services on offer here!
Some people will do anything for a quick buck!
Spookily enough I've just had an email from vistaprint. used them before,
very...
Re: FN-FORUM Beware of scam artists bearing invoices...
date posted 30th September 2002 19:42
I should inform your local trading standards office also.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irrit...
Re: FN-FORUM outputting files to a device
date posted 30th September 2002 19:41
Depends on the OS, I expect. Here is a Mac diagram
http://www.arstechnica.com/reviews/2q00/macos-x-dp4/macos-x-dp4-5.html
Here's NT4 http://nervous.oltrelinux.com/mgetty/Techincal.html
In DOS, each...
RE: FN-FORUM Beware of scam artists bearing invoices...
date posted 30th September 2002 19:32
Hi Richard,
I used to get weekly calls similar to this and it appears most regional
papers do this.
From memory what they do is as follows:-
They contact a charity and say they will donate a certain...
Beware of scam artists bearing invoices...
date posted 30th September 2002 19:09
Hello all,
I received a call earlier today from a "Children's Charity" (they had
my name as well as telephone number) thanking me for placing a £250
1/4 page advert in their newsletter. They ask...
RE: FN-FORUM IE 6 view source not working
date posted 30th September 2002 19:07
I stand corrected then ;-)
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Subject: Re: F...
Re: FN-FORUM IE 6 view source not working
date posted 30th September 2002 18:56
clearing the cache did the trick
restarting IE did nothing
R O V I D I A N
www.rovidian.com
Complete Internet Services
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RE: FN-FORUM Mac os upgrade headache
date posted 30th September 2002 18:37
Someone needs to set their clock methinks ;-)
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RE: FN-FORUM Uk domain whois mod
date posted 30th September 2002 18:34
I think that there has already been a mass re-registration by certain
industries.
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Mottershead
Sent: 30 September 200...
RE: FN-FORUM IE 6 view source not working
date posted 30th September 2002 18:32
Tony, I don't think that that is the problem - I've had this numerous times
and my cache is set to 500meg. Closing and restarting IE has always cleared
the problem
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Re: FN-FORUM Mac os upgrade headache
date posted 30th September 2002 18:26
Update to OS 10???
syn
On 28/9/2002 9:08 am, "Pierre Karadia" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> UPDATE your software, go to os 9.2.2 and get all the updates for office
> 98. you should be ok then.
>
>
> On...
Uk domain whois mod
date posted 30th September 2002 18:05
Hello there folks - much more info will be available from tomorrow on
the whois lookup for .uk domains...
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From 1 October 2002 the format and content
of N...
outputting files to a device
date posted 30th September 2002 18:02
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_0059_01C268AB.59BAB5E0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi All,
Calling...
RE: FN-FORUM IE 6 view source not working
date posted 30th September 2002 18:00
Close down IE and restart - had this many times
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RE: FN-FORUM IE 6 view source not working
date posted 30th September 2002 17:56
> my view source on IE 6 doesnt work anymore
>
> any ideas why ?
> security issue maybe ?
>
your cache is full, either delete temporary internet files (options in
IE6.0) or increase the size of the c...
IE 6 view source not working
date posted 30th September 2002 17:30
my view source on IE 6 doesnt work anymore
any ideas why ?
security issue maybe ?...
Re: FN-FORUM Looping Web Audio
date posted 30th September 2002 15:54
Hi Dazzer saw your problem try convertin the whole file to a flash file you
have better control. Or embed as Quicktime.mov and priorities set as this:
AUTOSTART="yes" LOOP="yes"
For examples of the...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Business Cards
date posted 30th September 2002 15:28
saw that a while ago, it's hilarious...!
Carla Boulton wrote:
> (From another list)
>
> Never Mind Vistaprint ads on the back. Perhaps this is what all you business
> card desirees are really in nee...
OT: Business Cards
date posted 30th September 2002 15:00
(From another list)
Never Mind Vistaprint ads on the back. Perhaps this is what all you business
card desirees are really in need of?
Carla
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Re: FN-FORUM Postscript fonts
date posted 30th September 2002 14:27
> don't have them... it does after all have my favourite font (VAG
rounded)...
>
A very good choice, one of my top half dozen, for sure. Sounds a fair
collection for the price.
Paul....
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading in Outlook
date posted 30th September 2002 14:13
Em wrote:
> Steve Webster wrote:
>
>> I've just converted over to Mozilla Mail after a long bout of
>> deliberation and testing, and it threads the messages just fine!
>
>
> Me too, and have stuck w...
Re: FN-FORUM Postscript fonts
date posted 30th September 2002 14:07
just looked at the list of fonts on the CD and it may be worth it if you
don't have more than 50% of them already (i've got most already), bear
in mind that you won't ever use more than 25% but it's...
Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 13:57
Joe Pritchard wrote:
> (Letting it all hang out with a woman who couldn't keep her mouth
> shut...;-) )
no... please... i'm gonna puke......
Re: FN-FORUM OT? what TV?
date posted 30th September 2002 13:55
exactly! you gots da blues...
although the dog was a goldfish...
and i left my woman...
and i can't sing... well, grunt maybe...
...
hmmm... feels like it's time to annoy the neighbour again......
Re: FN-FORUM I am still tearing my hair out
date posted 30th September 2002 13:42
ye gods thats a swamp of code! :)
why not use session.lcid=2057 to ensure the dates are in UK format? saves
building an extra function and so making the code easier to read.
i'd also have a look at...
Postscript fonts
date posted 30th September 2002 13:25
Over the weekend I found
http://www.fontsite.com/Pages/OrderForm/OrderForm1.html, a site offering a
hybrid (Mac OS and Windows-compatible) CD containing 512 typefaces in both
PostScript Type 1 and Tru...
RE: FN-FORUM SEO for dynamic web sites
date posted 30th September 2002 13:15
Ah, right, I was wondering if you were referring ("make them clen") to
some magic tool ;>
Obviously just a typo!!!!
Thanks for clearing it up
Cameron
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Re: FN-FORUM I am still tearing my hair out
date posted 30th September 2002 13:08
I am sorry, I would really love to help but unfortunately having to look
through all your code to find one small problem is a bit daunting. It may
help me and others, if you could just write a simple...
RE: FN-FORUM Printer
date posted 30th September 2002 12:34
I did a contra deal with a local printer :p
Hutch
*loving the new world economy*
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I am still tearing my hair out
date posted 30th September 2002 12:28
I am having trouble with dates. I can't get the two lines :- " if
(rstSitsvacant("dateposted1")...
SEOs?
date posted 30th September 2002 12:28
Am looking at running a seminar early next year for Online Content UK
members on search engine optimisiation as it relates to content and what
text you have on your site and where.
Anyone who would b...
RE: FN-FORUM SEO for dynamic web sites
date posted 30th September 2002 12:26
rather than : http://www.freelancers.net/cgi/sponsor.cgi?action=show
becomes ; http://www.freelancers.net/sponsor/show.htm
much cleaner url for SE's and users!
Mike
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RE: FN-FORUM SEO for dynamic web sites
date posted 30th September 2002 12:08
> much better, make them clen
???? What do you mean?! Can you explain please?! Ta......
Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 11:42
When I looked at BCS (years ago) I found it totally biased towards
developers and utterly irrelevant to admins. So I never bothered, although a
course I did gave me exemption from part 1.
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RE: FN-FORUM SEO for dynamic web sites
date posted 30th September 2002 11:42
Google has indexed several of my sites completely and all the pages are
dynamic :)
Mike
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Re: FN-FORUM SEO for dynamic web sites
date posted 30th September 2002 11:40
>can someone update me
>I heard google can now index pages with a '?' in the url. Is this true?
Yes. This has been the case for some time now.
>what about other engine ?
I believe a few other searc...
RE: FN-FORUM SEO for dynamic web sites
date posted 30th September 2002 11:26
Google will index ? urls, but only one deep...
much better, make them clen
Mike
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Sent: 30 September 2002 10:13
To:...
SEO for dynamic web sites
date posted 30th September 2002 11:15
can someone update me
I heard google can now index pages with a '?' in the url. Is this true ?
what about other engine ?
no point getting into apache mod_rewrite if the engines can index these
pages...
help with dates required
date posted 30th September 2002 11:12
I am having trouble with dates. I can't get the two lines :- " if
(rstSitsvacant("dateposted1")...
RE: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 11:11
> Computing in the UK has
> attempted to do this with the BCS but I am not sure if it
> covers web design (or new media as some like to call it).
I'm amazed it took this long for someone to mention...
Re: FN-FORUM OT: Threading in Outlook
date posted 30th September 2002 11:06
Steve Webster wrote:
> I've just converted over to Mozilla Mail after a long bout of
> deliberation and testing, and it threads the messages just fine!
Me too, and have stuck with it due to the thre...
RE: FN-FORUM (OT) profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 10:32
> And I'm still recovering from today's revelations about our ex-PM and
Edwina
> Currie......the man who ran away from the circus to become an
> accountant shows hmslef to have a wilder side...John M...
RE: FN-FORUM Printer
date posted 30th September 2002 10:31
> So cheap I had some proper ones done to my own design ...
>
> Hutch
From Vistaprint? or elsewhere?...
Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 09:56
Mmmm, I though they both sort of ran aground on big, mountainous rock-type
things. Only diff was the water under the ark receded.
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Re: FN-FORUM OT : Dogbert and The Dark Side
date posted 30th September 2002 09:55
I'm just gonna be Captain of the Lexx--everything I come across will be
destroyed whether I mean to or not... My cosec unfortunately is Robot 790
according to IM.
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Cron Job - solved!!
date posted 30th September 2002 09:45
Hi all,
A few days ago I posted a query about a recalcitrant cron job.
Well, I resolved it. I'd saved the file I used with crontab in Windows
format - with the crlf line end.
Let's say my line was...
Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 09:39
> 1) No, you're right, and Paul didn't specify what profession he was
talking
> about in his original post - I just assumed it was web based work which is
> what I'm classing as web development. I'm...
Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 09:24
I always remember the old saw about professionals and amateurs....
The Titanic was built by professionals....
Noah's Ark a gifted amateur with good consultancy...;-)
Joe
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RE: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 09:13
The idea of "professional Industries" are generally given by themselves, by
organisations and associations who set strict rules, guidelines and
standards. Computing in the UK has attempted to do this...
RE: FN-FORUM Advice on going it alone
date posted 30th September 2002 09:03
It's not that the domain names aren't available - just persuading the client
that their SEO begins at the very start of the project.
Ian
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Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 08:35
In fairness that's got nothing to do with bad web design.
Email was used to organise September 11, but Bill Gates hasn't been added to
the axis of evil.
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RE: FN-FORUM Html snippits in XSLT
date posted 30th September 2002 08:29
Wow.... streamlined language that ... :p
Hutch
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Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 07:42
But during congress....did he keep his glasses on?
And Mrs C. could probably confirm whether he pushed his shirt inside his
underpants....
It's incredible. Who'd have thought taht John Major and Bi...
OT : Dogbert and The Dark Side
date posted 30th September 2002 07:37
Hi there
>My Dogbert-isms merely come from growing up during 80s Thatcherism and
>working for a dotcom over the last four years. I'm not evil; society made
me
>this way!
Mine come from a desire to w...
Re: FN-FORUM OT? what TV?
date posted 30th September 2002 02:35
There's nothing on TV
na na na na naa
Blew up anyway
na na na na naa
Woman gone left me
na na na na naa
And so did ma dawg
Still got ma geetar
na na na na naa
So am singin the blues
(ad lib to fade)...
Re: FN-FORUM OT? what TV?
date posted 30th September 2002 02:32
RF wasn't plugged in and was disabled on the VCR's menu - this was Scart
only.
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Re: FN-FORUM RE: OT: Threading in Outlook
date posted 30th September 2002 02:02
Darren Beale [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>> Apologies for the OT post. I'm asking here as it *is* to thread
>messages from this list
>
>
>
>I just realised that I didn't actually ask a question, so...is it...
Re: FN-FORUM OT? what TV?
date posted 30th September 2002 01:36
or SCART...
am starting to speculate as i last owned a TV 6 months ago... blew up
and i cannot be bothered to get another as i can never find anything
worth watching anyway... (maybe 1 or two thing...
Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 01:20
maybe that was the problem... !
have forgotten the details but remember hearing about the case.
ade
David McEwen wrote:
> I assume the medical advice was given by qualified doctors not webmasters....
Re: FN-FORUM OT? what TV?
date posted 30th September 2002 01:13
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, David McEwen wrote:
> True, but do many TVs have that?
>
> Saying that, I've just realised that I had a VCR I was selling plugged into
> my TV to test it the other day and the o...
Re: FN-FORUM OT? what TV?
date posted 30th September 2002 00:56
True, but do many TVs have that?
Saying that, I've just realised that I had a VCR I was selling plugged into
my TV to test it the other day and the only way I could get Channel 5 on the
VCR was by ch...
Html snippits in XSLT
date posted 30th September 2002 00:55
Hello there folks,
Not wanting to re-invent the wheel I want to find out whether there is a
resource somewhere with xslt snippits/templates for the basic html/xhtml
constructs? E.g. a hyperlink would...
Re: FN-FORUM OT? what TV?
date posted 30th September 2002 00:52
I suppose as long as it had analogue that would be pretty much like the
situation for most people with a sat/cable box for the past 15 years.
Dave
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RE: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 00:52
OK here comes my 2p (or 1.34 euro cents worth)
The idea of "professional Industries" are generally given by themselves, by
organisations and associations who set strict rules, guidelines and
standard...
Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 00:49
1) No, you're right, and Paul didn't specify what profession he was talking
about in his original post - I just assumed it was web based work which is
what I'm classing as web development. I'm sorry....
Re: FN-FORUM Mail list delay
date posted 30th September 2002 00:48
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Hutchinson" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 12:26 AM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Mail list delay
> Just wait until you get th...
Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 00:44
I assume the medical advice was given by qualified doctors not webmasters.
Dave
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Re: FN-FORUM Advice on going it alone
date posted 30th September 2002 00:37
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Mark Peter Mansell wrote:
> > On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Mark Peter Mansell wrote:
> >
> > > Except, remember that from October onwards the industry usually starts
> to
> > > dry up as...
RE: FN-FORUM Advice on going it alone
date posted 30th September 2002 00:33
Download Whois Ultra here www.analogx.com and it will do a domain name
search for you, trying not just your search phrase (at all domain
registries) but also other ones created from a database of word...
RE: FN-FORUM Mail list delay
date posted 30th September 2002 00:29
Just wait until you get the last week's messages spewed out again in all
their glory ...
Hutch
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Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 00:29
egg and cress sandwich; i spat it out when i heard it...
ade
Alex Butcher wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Ade(funkyfish) wrote:
>
>
>>the thought of the two of them having sex... i couldn't eat my d...
RE: FN-FORUM Printer
date posted 30th September 2002 00:26
So cheap I had some proper ones done to my own design ...
Hutch
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Sent: 29 September 2002 22:42
To: freelan...
Re: FN-FORUM OT? what TV?
date posted 30th September 2002 00:22
unless the TV has RF-out and the VCR RF-in...
David McEwen wrote:
> That's coz you'd need a digi tuner built into the VCR to record stuff.
>
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex B...
RE: FN-FORUM Mail list delay
date posted 30th September 2002 00:21
>That's the norm. Ish... Anuthing from 5 min to 3-4 hours.
>
>regards
>
>Andrew Mottershead
>Web Developer
>Mindstream Web Design
>
>email: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Yup I can concur with that been like it sin...
Re: FN-FORUM Advice on going it alone
date posted 30th September 2002 00:19
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Butcher" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Advice on going it alone
> On Sun, 29 Sep 2002,...
Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 00:17
there's an on-line doctor service in the states that is being sued by
the family of a dead-"surfer"... (there was a story in the independent?
about 6 months ago)...
ade
;-)
David McEwen wrote:
>...
Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 00:10
----- Original Message -----
From: "David McEwen" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM profession??
> Figuratively speaking maybe. Can...
Re: FN-FORUM profession??
date posted 30th September 2002 00:08
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Ade(funkyfish) wrote:
> the thought of the two of them having sex... i couldn't eat my dinner...
Curried eggs and peas? ;-)
Alex.
--
Alex Butcher Brainbench MVP for In...
RE: FN-FORUM Mail list delay
date posted 30th September 2002 00:02
> I've asked it before and got to do it again, but wondering
> why I often get email delays of about an hour on this list.
>
> Is it just me??
That's the norm. Ish... Anuthing from 5 min to 3-4 hou...
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