Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday October 9th 2002
RE: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 23:37
Our CMS's tend to be specific to the database that we're building, but
we re-use specific tools (HTML editor, date-picker, image upload /
processor). That way we know those bits work. The problem with...
RE: FN-FORUM anyone read .net magazine?
date posted 9th October 2002 23:30
you dont need the whole machine just a monitor and a keyboard, simple ;)
Andrew
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Re: FN-FORUM Hello Folks....
date posted 9th October 2002 23:23
Howdy.
A few brief snippets of answers that might help
> Any body got any handy hints about pricing jobs etc?
You mean rates or the actual mechanism of pricing? There was a brief chat
about rates la...
RE: FN-FORUM anyone read .net magazine?
date posted 9th October 2002 23:21
I subscribe to .NET. Mainly cos I can't take the computer into the
toilet......
RE: FN-FORUM anyone read .net magazine?
date posted 9th October 2002 23:08
> I personally think the .net magazine regurgitates the same crap
> month after
> month. There is nothing in there that says hey we're really savvy about
> technology. There is more on the real net...
Re: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 23:08
Sorry for a newbie question on this thread, but are CMSs (content management
systems, I think :-)) proprietary, or would one write a custom one for each
site... And what sort of technology would you u...
RE: FN-FORUM anyone read .net magazine?
date posted 9th October 2002 22:26
I personally think the .net magazine regurgitates the same crap month after
month. There is nothing in there that says hey we're really savvy about
technology. There is more on the real net that cou...
RE: FN-FORUM anyone read .net magazine?
date posted 9th October 2002 22:14
Sorry, was planning to gather a few people to discuss with offlist, but have
bitten the bullet and gone public ;) (see prev email)
E
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>...
RE: FN-FORUM anyone read .net magazine?
date posted 9th October 2002 22:12
It's called The Content Consultant (I share a page with Jakob Neilsen -
dubious honour according to some!), first one was in issue 102 that came out
at the end of August.
Basically looking for some f...
RE: FN-FORUM anyone read .net magazine?
date posted 9th October 2002 21:59
which column?
Andrew
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RE: FN-FORUM anyone read .net magazine?
date posted 9th October 2002 21:57
helps to know which column....
Regards
Darren Spink
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anyone read .net magazine?
date posted 9th October 2002 21:54
After some feedback on a column in .net magazine, so let me know if you've
been reading it over the last few months.
Cheers
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Varley
Consultant
Writer, Editor &
Content Strategis...
RE: Win32.bugbear - please read was:RE: FN-FORUM fao Paul White
date posted 9th October 2002 21:49
Wasn't Bugbear supposed to include a keyboard sniffer, with the potential to send
personal info back to the author of the virus ?
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Re: FN-FORUM Hello Folks....
date posted 9th October 2002 21:48
> Not sure its a good time to start freelancing if you are planning to get
> married, I am not sure about others experiences on here but I found the
> first few weeks/months/years difficult with incom...
Re: Win32.bugbear - please read was:RE: FN-FORUM fao Paul White
date posted 9th October 2002 21:17
> get those virus checkers up to date, and a plea to the listmummies - can
> we have attachments switched off please?
>
Seconded and thirded ;-)
Anything that can go in an attachment can go either
a...
RE: FN-FORUM Hello Folks....
date posted 9th October 2002 21:16
Welcome to freelancing John
Not sure its a good time to start freelancing if you are planning to get
married, I am not sure about others experiences on here but I found the
first few weeks/months/yea...
VAT Registration?
date posted 9th October 2002 21:08
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Hi there,
I've...
RE: Win32.bugbear - please read was:RE: FN-FORUM fao Paul White
date posted 9th October 2002 21:08
>
> Tony - it may only breed at the moment but a lot of
> worm/virus programs are
> programmed to accept commands and can grow in functionality
> if the right
> commands are sent.
>
> Ian
Absolutely,...
Re: FN-FORUM Hello Folks....
date posted 9th October 2002 20:51
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> Hello I'm new! (groan.....)
Hello!
> Any body got any handy hints about pricing jobs etc?...
RE: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 20:48
iBlurbs is perfect for this sort of thing IMHO.
I sell it, resell it, re-brand it and therefore...recommend it!
www.iblurbs.com
Rgds
Dave
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Re: FN-FORUM fao Paul White
date posted 9th October 2002 20:48
I have downloaded today's AV update (and I did so last night) and run it
while offline for safety - nothing! Have been scanning both in/out email and
never click on unknown emails/attachments.
Everyth...
Re: FN-FORUM Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 20:47
titter titter
Carla
on 9/10/02 2:35 pm, Mark Wedlake at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Yeah, Like I have time to go out and take photos Smart Arse!!!!!!!!
>
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RE: Win32.bugbear - please read was:RE: FN-FORUM fao Paul White
date posted 9th October 2002 20:45
Tony - it may only breed at the moment but a lot of worm/virus programs are
programmed to accept commands and can grow in functionality if the right
commands are sent.
Ian
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Re: FN-FORUM Bugbear - Attention David McEwen
date posted 9th October 2002 20:26
But it spoofs the sender's address so you can't be sure who it is from!!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
DNRC Minister for U...
Hello Folks....
date posted 9th October 2002 20:24
Hello I'm new! (groan.....)
Just starting out on the rocky road of Freelance due to no job satisfaction
and getting married next year so the funds are a bit low......
Any body got any handy hints ab...
Win32.bugbear - please read was:RE: FN-FORUM fao Paul White
date posted 9th October 2002 19:56
Here are the details of win32.bugbear:
http://www3.ca.com/solutions/collateral.asp?CT=65&ID=2602
the most important and relevant fact is that the senders address of the
email carrying the virus is m...
well Font me
date posted 9th October 2002 19:56
ok guys I haven't been paying attention to the font threads :(
Ho do I get a font for a print job to look really sharp? At the moment all I
can achieve is a frayed diagonal look which is really poor...
RE: FN-FORUM fao Paul White
date posted 9th October 2002 19:38
unfortunately bugbear can spoof the Reply To address so it could be anyone
:)
shields up
cheers
neil.
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RE: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 19:30
>I have a similar project for a local Women's Football Team (calm down
>boys!) www.bcwfc.co.uk
>
You tease with your none live links.
Zeon7...
Re: FN-FORUM font question
date posted 9th October 2002 19:29
Paul J White wrote:
> Alright you musicians/typographers _ I'm looking for a font similar to the
> Fender logo, with reversed F.
Sorry, tried http://www.smackbomb.com/famousfonts/music_f-m.html but...
RE: FN-FORUM Dmoz
date posted 9th October 2002 19:28
DMOZ have been updating their hardware for the past few days, the whole site
has been up and down, if the cat has no editor then the editor above that
cat will deal with it
hth
Mike
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RE: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 19:24
the sites down Lindsey :(
Andrew
I have a similar project for a local Women's Football Team (calm down
boys!) www.bcwfc.co.uk
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RE: FN-FORUM photograph to pen sketch
date posted 9th October 2002 19:21
Hey,
In Photoshop virtually anything in the Filter > Sketch menu should do the
job. Also try some of the stuff in Filter > Artistic.
charlie.
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Re: FN-FORUM fao Paul White
date posted 9th October 2002 19:20
> Paul, I had an email from your [EMAIL REMOVED] address with a virus
> attachment. The file name is BANKACNT.XLS.scr and the virus is the
> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
Erm, I don't have and never have had such...
RE: FN-FORUM Dmoz
date posted 9th October 2002 19:14
Hi Paul.
It's a technical error. http://dmoz.org/cgi-bin/add2.cgi is returning a DNS
error. Yesterday the add URL page wouldn't even load. I guess at the
present rate I'll actually be able to submi...
fao Paul White
date posted 9th October 2002 19:14
Paul, I had an email from your [EMAIL REMOVED] address with a virus
attachment. The file name is BANKACNT.XLS.scr and the virus is the
[EMAIL REMOVED]
Thought you'd better know.
Best Regards
D Thoma...
font question
date posted 9th October 2002 19:11
Alright you musicians/typographers _ I'm looking for a font similar to the
Fender logo, with reversed F. Had permission from Fender to use the logo for
a previous job, but now looking to replicate the...
RE: FN-FORUM Bugbear - Attention David McEwen
date posted 9th October 2002 19:06
I've spent the last 7 days fighting this bugbear virus for a number of
unprotected businesses. Made my next three mortgage payments in emergency
callout fees.
One company had outsourced the IT suppor...
Re: FN-FORUM Dmoz
date posted 9th October 2002 19:05
What problem are you getting? Dmoz submissions normally work fine - is it
giving you an error message? If it's just that your site is being rejected -
are you sure you're submitting it to the best pos...
Re: FN-FORUM Wap? Crap!!
date posted 9th October 2002 19:02
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An interesting counter argument which largely goes along with what I feel.
To quote from the evol...
Re: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 18:46
I don't see why not. It is something I was working on a while ago - I got it
finished enough to get one of my clients using it, because they didn't want
to move to a host that supported PHP or ASP (co...
RE: FN-FORUM Bugbear - Attention David McEwen
date posted 9th October 2002 18:30
LOL - I was most pleased to learn today that my former employer (a City
I.T. Consultancy with an owner/MD who is too tight to pay for proper
I.T. support staff - a £5-£7 million turnover company wit...
Re: FN-FORUM photograph to pen sketch
date posted 9th October 2002 18:29
> Can anyone recommend a plugin (either photoshop or PSP) to convert a
> photograph into a pen sketch sort of appearance. I know I've used it
> before so maybe theres on effect in one of them i've ju...
Re: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 18:26
Lindsey Hill wrote:
>> If it is a tiny client (in other words 'no money') and the page isn't too
>> much of a nightmare I can give you to access to a system that will allow
>> them to bang their data...
Re: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 18:16
> If it is a tiny client (in other words 'no money') and the page isn't
> too
> much of a nightmare I can give you to access to a system that will allow
> them to bang their data in, the system then...
Re: FN-FORUM Dmoz
date posted 9th October 2002 18:12
> I've been trying to submit a site to Dmoz for the last two days and the
> submission keeps on failing, is anyone else having these problems? Also
> what happens if there isn't an editor in the cate...
Dmoz
date posted 9th October 2002 18:06
Hi all
I've been trying to submit a site to Dmoz for the last two days and the
submission keeps on failing, is anyone else having these problems? Also
what happens if there isn't an editor in the ca...
RE: FN-FORUM Bugbear - Attention David McEwen
date posted 9th October 2002 18:02
It arrived here too and got immediately eaten!
Just spent the last two days cleaning it off a company's network :)
Cheers
Ali Turner
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RE: FN-FORUM Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 18:02
image bank? what image bank?
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Re: FN-FORUM new freelance project
date posted 9th October 2002 17:55
Aye - I liked that too. Although I may have added insult to injury by
mailing him to congratulate him.
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RE: FN-FORUM recommendations for adsl connections ?
date posted 9th October 2002 17:41
I had Zenadsl
Okay, fixed IP was good, but look out for SLAs - Zen had none!!!
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Re: FN-FORUM OT - Holiday cottages
date posted 9th October 2002 17:39
Norman
How about St Just in Cornwall? I know somwone who owns a holiday cottage
there, close to dramatic cliffs / coastline (but not too close).
Let me know if you want their phone number.
Regards...
new freelance project
date posted 9th October 2002 17:27
> asp ecoomerce
>
> p.s to all those guys that submit your crap to me like the last
> project i advertised for will be ignored
lol ;)
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photograph to pen sketch
date posted 9th October 2002 17:13
Can anyone recommend a plugin (either photoshop or PSP) to convert a
photograph into a pen sketch sort of appearance. I know I've used it
before so maybe theres on effect in one of them i've just m...
Re: FN-FORUM OT - Holiday cottages
date posted 9th October 2002 17:13
Will Macdonald wrote:
> http://www.blairbeich.com/
>
> Comments in the B&B AND the website appreciated.
Very nice btw, spent many a childhood holiday in a houseboat near Luss :)
Em
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RE: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 17:10
except that the images hang off the screen 800x600 but then the design would
just look too squashed
I had originally intended to have the entire blue outer frame visible at 8X6
but like you say it...
Re: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 17:10
If it is a tiny client (in other words 'no money') and the page isn't too
much of a nightmare I can give you to access to a system that will allow
them to bang their data in, the system then creates t...
RE: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 17:08
I'd far rather let them update it using a decent CMS !
We had to create a CMS for the www.sgorio.tv site that lets S4C enter
all of the fixtures / results / goals etc., etc., for Seria A,
Bundesliga...
Re: FN-FORUM flash condundrum
date posted 9th October 2002 17:07
Hello all
Have any of you 'Flashers' had this:
You have your swf files on one server and there is no problem accessing
them via the URL.
Then you use another host and the files (HTML +SWF) are on...
Re: FN-FORUM Site Check.... kind of
date posted 9th October 2002 17:04
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] Em [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>Dom Ramsey wrote:
>
>> Possibly the most pointless site you'll see for a very long time, but
>>I could do with a site check on:
>> http://www....
RE: FN-FORUM Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 16:48
thats the response of a reckless Skywalker, no patience has he :)
Andrew
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Re: FN-FORUM OT - Holiday cottages
date posted 9th October 2002 16:46
Will Macdonald wrote:
> My parents have just set up a rather stunning B&B near Loch Lomond.
> http://www.blairbeich.com/
Ah now if we're plugging family-related B&Bs here are mine (both in
Cumbria)....
RE: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 16:40
exactly what I thought, nice one... oh and no one noticed I had a typo dentist
and health clinic instead of dental!
Andrew :)
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RE: FN-FORUM Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 16:29
Mark - someone on the forum recommended http://www.istockphoto.com/ the
other day - I had a look at it and recommended it to a client to do some
'research' for their site (rather than them expecting m...
Re: FN-FORUM resourse hungry monitoring
date posted 9th October 2002 16:26
You can probably switch on more information in Task Manager by going to
the Process pane and choosing View -> Select Columns, if it's anything
like W2k Task Man.
phil wrote:
> not sure on 98, win2k...
RE: FN-FORUM Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 16:25
why go out? digital camera, banana, and half an hour
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RE: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 16:24
Minimum effort for them = pay you to do it!
I discourage clients from updating themselves!
Andrew
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Web Design & Hosting - Print design
South Lanarks...
RE: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 16:19
Amusing that it's a dentist site - can't remember if you commented on the
link I posted to http://www.theperfectsmile.co.uk
caught the end of the thread and it was certainly good timing on your
beh...
Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 16:18
to be quite honest for dummy PICS photodisc (royalty free) are ok... the
benefit is that if you register you get to download larger comping images
and also register for GETTY and STONE for more moody...
RE: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 16:17
I would have thought that would have been in the brief before you started! CMS
is need unless you are going to go in and teach someone html and ftp! I would
suggest that you do the changes and tell...
Re: FN-FORUM OT - Holiday cottages
date posted 9th October 2002 16:16
Here is a double plug....
My parents have just set up a rather stunning B&B near Loch Lomond.
My friend and I created the website for it. He did the design, and I
PHP'd it.
Have a look at:
http:/...
RE: FN-FORUM Bugbear - Attention David McEwen
date posted 9th October 2002 16:15
Yep - I got that as well!
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RE: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 16:11
try these http://www.horizonsoftware.net/
Mike
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Re: FN-FORUM Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 16:10
Mark wrote:
> I am wandering if anyone could suggest any good sites that I could get
free photos?
You should wander over to http://www.istockphoto.com/ - lots of cheap (a few
pence) royalty-free phot...
Re: FN-FORUM loss of income insurance?
date posted 9th October 2002 16:01
Elizabeth, be extremely careful, getting these policies to pay put when you
own the business is nye on impossible. Get some professional advice you
could end up paying a lot of money into something wh...
Re: FN-FORUM Thanks for the help! (a bit OT)
date posted 9th October 2002 15:52
> Just thought I'd say a belated thanks to Em, Keith, Tam, Andrew, Susan,
> Mike, Paul and Phil for helping me out with a site check last week - sorry
I
> didn't acknowledge at the time!
>
> There is...
RE: FN-FORUM Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 15:52
Hi Garry
Probably give them a simple admin area which will let them enter
information. That then generates include files which appear on the site.
Norman
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Re: FN-FORUM They stole my work
date posted 9th October 2002 15:51
Cheers for the info everyone.
Joe...
Re: FN-FORUM resourse hungry monitoring
date posted 9th October 2002 15:45
Andrew,
Windows task manager shows this sort of information.
Dennis
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Updating a website
date posted 9th October 2002 15:45
I've just done a site for a local football club. They need to regularly
update (fixtures, match reports etc). What's the best way for them to do it
with the minimum of effort (for them!)
__________...
Re: FN-FORUM resourse hungry monitoring
date posted 9th October 2002 15:44
not sure on 98, win2k and xp show resource use in task manager
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Re: FN-FORUM Bugbear - Attention David McEwen
date posted 9th October 2002 15:43
Ryan Kirkaldy wrote:
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> Recipient:
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Broadband internet access
>
> You have bugbear on your email.
It shows up as an icle dot in Moz ma...
RE: FN-FORUM Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 15:38
Yeah, Like I have time to go out and take photos Smart Arse!!!!!!!!
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RE: FN-FORUM resourse hungry monitoring
date posted 9th October 2002 15:34
98
Andrew
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RE: FN-FORUM resourse hungry monitoring
date posted 9th October 2002 15:24
Andrew
Assuming you are on NT/Win2K/XP ...
IMO the humble Task Manager provides quite a lot of useful info, then there
is Performance Monitor which goes into even more detail however it requires
qui...
Re: FN-FORUM Site Check.... kind of
date posted 9th October 2002 15:23
Dom Ramsey wrote:
> Possibly the most pointless site you'll see for a very long time, but I
> could do with a site check on:
>
> http://www.cartman.org/new/
Nice looking, as has been said, but *far...
RE: FN-FORUM Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 15:17
http://www.lemurzone.com/notes/greeking.htm dragging lorem ipsum into the
21st Century!
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Re: FN-FORUM Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 15:17
might seem mad, but you'll learn a lot about design if you go out and take
the photos yourself.... especially if you're starting out
Paul Ford
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Mark Wedlake wrote:
>
>
> Hello...
FN-FORUM Bugbear - Attention David McEwen
date posted 9th October 2002 15:16
Sender: "David McEwen" [EMAIL REMOVED]
Recipient:
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Broadband internet access
You have bugbear on your email.
item : old excel documents.lnk
Attachment.
Regards,
Ryan Kirkaldy...
Thanks for the help! (a bit OT)
date posted 9th October 2002 15:14
Just thought I'd say a belated thanks to Em, Keith, Tam, Andrew, Susan,
Mike, Paul and Phil for helping me out with a site check last week - sorry I
didn't acknowledge at the time!
There is nothing b...
Re: FN-FORUM Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 15:12
Mark Wedlake wrote:
> build 3 or 4 dummy sites and would like some photos and content to
> use. Any help/advice would be appreciated.
You'll get stacks of stock photo resources sent, but thought I'...
Re: FN-FORUM Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 15:11
i am also in the same situation and would appreciate any advice available,
thanks
Phil
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RE: FN-FORUM Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 15:11
dont you have a camera?
Andrew
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Re: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 15:05
Paul Cooper wrote:
> Except for the loooooong vertical scroll of blank space at the bottom of
> each page
>
> yeh I wasn't sure what was best. I basically added loads of br tags to
> the footer so...
RE: FN-FORUM resourse hungry monitoring
date posted 9th October 2002 15:02
Task Manager will show you
Norman...
Re: FN-FORUM OT - Holiday cottages
date posted 9th October 2002 14:58
Norman,
Have a look on www.sunnyseek.co.uk
Dennis
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RE: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 14:57
Someone will beat me to this one but -
Will give you permanent scroll bars at least in IE.
Regards
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RE: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 14:56
Someone will beat me to this one but -
Will give you permanent scroll bars at least in IE.
Regards
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Sam Morgan - umop ap!sdn w,! aw dlaH
Online CV - http://cv...
Re: FN-FORUM Broadband internet access
date posted 9th October 2002 14:53
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RE: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 14:50
Leaves Turing turning....
Andrew :)
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Photos
date posted 9th October 2002 14:48
Hello
I am wandering if anyone could suggest any good sites that I could get free photos? I am just starting out in web design and as I don't have any live projects to work on at the moment, I have d...
RE: FN-FORUM good examples of "Flashed" video
date posted 9th October 2002 14:43
Hmm don't know of this is of any help but I've been playing with
flash-vectorised video content...
I've used some QuickTime movies vectorised as flash animations on one site
Here is one example pr...
Re: FN-FORUM OT SQL 'Lateral'
date posted 9th October 2002 14:42
LOL
Andy
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Re: FN-FORUM OT - Holiday cottages
date posted 9th October 2002 14:40
We had a nice holiday this summer in Gatehouse Of Fleet. The village itself
is about a mile from the sea. If you like plenty of walking and want a
really stress free break its a good bet, but Scotland...
Re: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 14:25
Except for the loooooong vertical scroll of blank space at the bottom of
each page
yeh I wasn't sure what was best. I basically added loads of br tags to the
footer so that each page had the scrol...
Adv: PRE-LAUNCH! Up To $50,000 Monthly/Plus Dream House Bonus!
date posted 9th October 2002 14:24
untitled...
RE: FN-FORUM OT SQL 'Lateral'
date posted 9th October 2002 14:15
That's where you code databases whilst lying on your side. Watch out
that they don't ask for SQL 'Supine' which involves coding said
databases whilst lying on your back whilst using a keyboard floatin...
RE: FN-FORUM Freelance Charges?
date posted 9th October 2002 14:13
I work on a 40% / 40% /20% payment arrangement. 40% is paid at the outset
of the project, 40% is paid on completion of the project and the final 20%
is paid on the project acceptance/sign off (which...
OT - Holiday cottages
date posted 9th October 2002 14:06
Hi all
I've suddenly been taken with the desire to head off for a weekend in
November, and I wondered if anyone could recommend any good holiday
cottages? Ideally on an exposed peice of coast line,...
RE: FN-FORUM loss of income insurance?
date posted 9th October 2002 13:59
http://www.milocover.co.uk/home.html
hand and eye insurance for designers. haven't tried them yet but I'm going
to!
Mike
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RE: FN-FORUM OT SQL 'Lateral'
date posted 9th October 2002 13:55
It sounds like a tool. Have a look at google.
http://www.lateral-profiles.co.nz/profile1.htm
Regards,
Caroline
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resourse hungry monitoring
date posted 9th October 2002 13:55
Does anyone use any tools/software for monitoring which applications on a local
pc are using all the ram? greedy applications need lots of food, but they just
don't seem to put any weght on no matter...
RE: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 13:44
Rolling on Wife Laughing
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RE: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 13:42
Don't forget that you need to give read/write/delete access to the
folder in which your access.mdb file sits. We've given up using access -
all our data driven sites use SQL Server 2K.
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FN-FORUM loss of income insurance?
date posted 9th October 2002 13:37
> Anyone here have loss of income insurance, eg: if you're sick and
> clearly
> can't take on project work or whatever, so you still get some money
> coming
> in?
My other half is a Financial Advis...
RE: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 13:17
I just read about the newsletter bit. doh. sorry....
RE: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 13:16
I get the same on IE6 under W2k.
Also newsletter.asp keeps bombing:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005'
[Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver]General error Unable to o...
RE: FN-FORUM loss of income insurance?
date posted 9th October 2002 13:07
I have been a member of D&G www.dengen.co.uk for some time.
It would be interesting to know how it compares to current alternatives.
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet...
Re: FN-FORUM loss of income insurance?
date posted 9th October 2002 12:43
I've just recently move our life assurance to Tesco and taken out loss of
income insurance with them too. Prices were very reasonable.
Andy
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Re: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 12:39
Paul Cooper wrote:
> http://www.intexdesign.net/gdp/default.html
>
> I'm particularly interested to know if anyone comes across any errors /
> things that don't look right, and obviously what your s...
RE: FN-FORUM loss of income insurance?
date posted 9th October 2002 12:28
I recently was completely off work for 5 weeks and it took 11 weeks before I
got paid out. Then the insurers didn't pay the first week.
In the end it was better than nothing but I would suggest that...
RE: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 12:26
o
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its my own speci...
Re: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 12:19
This is exactly the reason why internet chat rooms are bad. You never know
who you are talking to! Wild beasts? What next?....
D.
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Re: FN-FORUM good examples of "Flashed" video
date posted 9th October 2002 12:16
have you had a look at the Wildform site...briefly found this...
http://www.wildform.com/flix/flix_video.php?sid=GA5F-4OJ6-3da40da67a131
I notice they have a forum so perhaps people post links to st...
RE: FN-FORUM loss of income insurance?
date posted 9th October 2002 12:09
My financial advisor is coming round this evening to discuss just this -
if I get any good info I'll post it here.
regards
Andrew Mottershead
Web Developer
Mindstream Web Design
email: [EMAIL REMO...
Re: FN-FORUM recommendations for adsl connections ?
date posted 9th October 2002 12:03
Thanks Norman,
> Hmmmm, something went very wrong there. Here's what it should have said
I can't see any difference ?
Seems its gonna have to be BT.
thanks for the response.
Darren
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ASP / PHP
date posted 9th October 2002 12:01
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Re: FN-FORUM recommendations for adsl connections ?
date posted 9th October 2002 12:00
Cheers Sam,
Welcome to the forum btw.
I was looking at Nildram and came across some
favourable reviews, but the business cost is a little
steep at £75 per month compared to BT's £29.
Check out
>...
RE: FN-FORUM loss of income insurance?
date posted 9th October 2002 11:59
What you are looking for is 'Permanent Health Insurance'. I've looked into
this and it's a waste of time / money. You have to be REALLY ill for a l
o n g time before you get any benefit - OR you...
RE: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 11:54
its my own special code that no one in the world will ever understand
Andrew
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RE: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 11:53
someone does... but as I recall he didn't reveal who actually did the work!!
Andrew
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RE: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 11:51
I like your style Morman ;)
Andrew
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RE: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 11:38
are you a lion Andrew? (what's ROWL?)
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loss of income insurance?
date posted 9th October 2002 11:26
Anyone here have loss of income insurance, eg: if you're sick and clearly
can't take on project work or whatever, so you still get some money coming
in?
Any recommendations on good companies, good pr...
RE: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 11:24
Good point and why we never disclose any sensitive folders in the
robots.txt, one of the first things I do when researching competitors
sites... lol, how many leave their stats wide open :P
Mike...
Re: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 11:24
heh. Nice. Not me, I always use Black Widow ;)
Andy
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Re: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 11:23
Sounds like someone was after your design... do we know anyone who rips
designs people? :)
George
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RE: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 11:16
robots.txt files are a bit of a two edged sword. While they are handy in
stopping search engines from indexing the bits you don't want them to, they
also tell other people about bits of your website...
RE: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 11:14
news letter don't work, otherwise great, except the
background is the colour of fag stained teeth. ;)
ie6 win2000 pro
Ant.
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RE: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 11:11
in your robots .txt
User-agent: WebReaper
Disallow: /
in fact mail me off list for a full robots.txt file which should stop all
such bots, as long as they obey the Robots Exclusion Standard
Mike...
RE: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 11:09
ROWL
Andrew
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RE: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 11:08
obviously someone likes your site so much they want it on there hard drive!
Someone who doesn't know that once they have visited a site it is on their
harddrive... webreaper my arse... bandwidthreape...
Re: FN-FORUM Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 11:02
> Okay, who just hit my CV site with a program called Web Reaper, caused
> loads of 404 errors, which on my server the 404 error page is configured
> to send my an email informing me of the problem.....
RE: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 10:54
IE6, WinXP, ADSL, 1024x768
No evident problems, loaded nice and quick, looks clean and tidy, didn't
have a chance to proof read anything though.
Amusing that it's a dentist site - can't remember if yo...
Web Reaper
date posted 9th October 2002 10:54
Okay, who just hit my CV site with a program called Web Reaper, caused
loads of 404 errors, which on my server the 404 error page is configured
to send my an email informing me of the problem.. :(((((...
RE: FN-FORUM recommendations for adsl connections ?
date posted 9th October 2002 10:51
Hmmmm, something went very wrong there. Here's what it should have said
We resell Clara.net adsl. Get 10% reduction on all orders....well actually
I think we get more because of the volume we've d...
RE: FN-FORUM Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 10:45
so you already know that the design is clean clear and crisp with excellent use
of flash!!
except that the images hang off the screen 800x600 but then the design would
just look too squashed.... the...
RE: FN-FORUM recommendations for adsl connections ?
date posted 9th October 2002 10:43
Hi Darren
We resell Clara.net adsl. Get 10% reduction on all orders....well actually
I think we get more because of the volume we've done. The problem you'll
find is that 90% (atleast) of ADSL come...
RE: FN-FORUM recommendations for adsl connections ?
date posted 9th October 2002 10:42
My ISP is Nildram - www.nildram.co.uk, top ISP with great support and
great speeds.
They are also currently top of the ADSL Guide speed tests. Check out
www.adslguide.org.uk you'll find all the info...
Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Charges?
date posted 9th October 2002 10:27
For large projects I charge clients 40% as soon as I have started the
work or shown there is some serious planning going on.
The other 60% get's paid on completion.
Will
On 10/09/2002 09:44 AM, A...
Site check please - Gatehouse
date posted 9th October 2002 10:16
Hi
I'm nearing the end of a site and would appreciate any comments on this...
http://www.intexdesign.net/gdp/default.html
I'm particularly interested to know if anyone comes across any errors /
th...
recommendations for adsl connections ?
date posted 9th October 2002 10:02
Mornin' all,
One of my clients finally has access to adsl and has
asked me to look into it.
I want to try and avoid using BT if possible,
but realise most suppliers are resellers for BT ?
Anybody a...
Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Charges?
date posted 9th October 2002 09:53
hehe.. ah - will have a look.
Andy
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Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Charges?
date posted 9th October 2002 09:52
Cheers for the info. I though I had seen the 'default.asp?wci=main' before
but couldn't place it.
> BTW the site your referring to is my Online CV not a Freelance sales
> site, so I think the portfol...
Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Charges?
date posted 9th October 2002 09:47
Cheers for that. It is a good plan and I have been thinking about doing
similar, but not known how to implement it.
At the moment I have just been asking for a goodwill payment upfront or to
be paid a...
Re: FN-FORUM Norton Ghost (or similar)
date posted 9th October 2002 09:47
Darren
In Norton Ghost, try asking it to copy a Partition to a CDRW rather than a
drive (even if there is only one partition!)... thats how I have to use my
copy of Ghost to get a HD image onto a cd -...
RE: FN-FORUM Yahoo
date posted 9th October 2002 09:40
No chance... pay up
I have got a few in for free, but its like pulling teeth
Mike
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date posted 9th October 2002 09:19
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Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Charges?
date posted 9th October 2002 08:53
I normally just add a .htaccess file to their web directory if they haven't
paid - when someone tries to get to the website it asks them for a username
and password.
The person trying to get to the w...
RE: FN-FORUM Freelance Charges?
date posted 9th October 2002 08:18
> So when you give a quote, you miss off the 30% but they will suddenly get
a
> bill for 30% more than they were expecting with a note at the bottom of
> invoice telling them how to reduce it?
I tell...
Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Charges?
date posted 9th October 2002 07:55
yeah that 30% sounds like a great idea
I have just spent 2 months building a site, only to be fu%*ed at this
point.
well they are not getting thier site or their deposit back
that reminds me any o...
RE: FN-FORUM Mad cookbook - early Wednesday fun
date posted 9th October 2002 07:05
It's spelt Guarana .... Oh, and the other one is spelt Caffeine! Check
out http://www.guarana.com
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date posted 9th October 2002 05:14
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Re: FN-FORUM PHP / MySQL
date posted 9th October 2002 03:38
most certainly is heh, i did the wayland site, they wanted it split into 2
sections, hotel and then the apartments.
its under redevelopment at the moment.
The wayland site was a kick back into web de...
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date posted 9th October 2002 02:45
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date posted 9th October 2002 02:16
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Re: FN-FORUM PHP / MySQL
date posted 9th October 2002 02:12
Ryan,
Time to get my flame-proof suit on, but I strongly suggest you think more
carefully about information architecture and proof-reading before you dabble
in the dark and mysterious world of progra...
Re: FN-FORUM Freelance Charges?
date posted 9th October 2002 01:47
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> The 30% is fun to explain and comes from business experience. We all will
> experience ba...
Mad cookbook - early Wednesday fun
date posted 9th October 2002 01:30
I was looking for the correct spelling of Gurana (still can't spell it)
the ultra caffine - and found this.... Mad - just mad - read the
Recipes!!
http://kitchen.bianca.com/shack/kitchen/cookbook/...
RE: FN-FORUM Adding After 2 Results in the MySQL Database
date posted 9th October 2002 01:25
Thanks loads ppl, and Andrew I think I will but that book, lol.
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RE: FN-FORUM Freelance Charges?
date posted 9th October 2002 01:17
Aha I just realised what you were looking at, you've been looking at my
"holding page" http://www.sonicsam.com, not my CV
http://cv.sonicsam.com.
Honest my CV is much better. :---)
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RE: FN-FORUM Freelance Charges?
date posted 9th October 2002 01:02
Hi,
Are you talking about the Global Internet, FreeNetName and DialStart
sites being unavailable? I think they must have some sort of
server/connection problem since the are all the same ISP really a...
Re: FN-FORUM Adding After 2 Results in the MySQL Database
date posted 9th October 2002 00:54
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RE: FN-FORUM Adding After 2 Results in the MySQL Database
date posted 9th October 2002 00:23
Darren
Try this ...
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