Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday August 14th 2003
RE: FN-FORUM: [JOKE] Job: Electrical Engineer
date posted 14th August 2003 23:38
>>[1] First Kid due in January.... where of where are the freelancers new
kids forums !!!!!
Well I may be the wrong person to ask but all you need to know about
parenting (aaahhhggghhh I hate that w...
Re: FN-FORUM: [JOKE] Job: Electrical Engineer
date posted 14th August 2003 23:16
On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 10:40:03PM -0000, Joe Pritchard wrote:
>
> Given what happened the last time they had widespread powercuts, they'll
> also need some obstreticians, midwives and a few more bra...
Re: FN-FORUM: [JOKE] Job: Electrical Engineer
date posted 14th August 2003 23:10
Given what happened the last time they had widespread powercuts, they'll
also need some obstreticians, midwives and a few more branches of Mothercare
in 9 months time.
Just glad it's a systems failur...
FN-FORUM: [JOKE] Job: Electrical Engineer
date posted 14th August 2003 22:59
Seems the North East of America will be needing a few good electrical
engineers and project managers , any one care to make the trip ?
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RE: FN-FORUM: Quote please
date posted 14th August 2003 22:53
Try http://www.titanservers.net/scsiservers.htm
The boxes can usually be configured to specific requirements...
Cameron
> Or, anyone have recommendations...?
>
> >
> > Can anyone give me a reasona...
RE: FN-FORUM: Thursday OT...Google calculator
date posted 14th August 2003 22:47
> GoogleKirk: What's it doing?
> GoogleSpock: It's trying to divide infinity by zero captain.
> A simple error that only a machine could make.
> GoogleKirk: What's that guy in the red shirt doing n...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check (tables)
date posted 14th August 2003 22:38
Strange. that's how it should look but it has a gap under services on my
mac. No sub menus yet!
Thanks
Lindsey
On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 10:37 PM, neil wrote:
>
> win98 IE6 gives:
>
> htt...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check (tables)
date posted 14th August 2003 22:07
win98 IE6 gives:
http://www.systemcreative.com/lindsey.gif
no sign of any sub menus though ... if that's any help?
cheers,
neil.
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RE: FN-FORUM: Keywords in URLS - for the seo experts.
date posted 14th August 2003 22:00
Hi,
From my experience of keywords and URLs, especially with Google. They are
given a fair bit of weight, which would make sense from a google point of
view. If youve got a keyword in the URL, then...
FN-FORUM: Site check (tables)
date posted 14th August 2003 21:54
I'm just starting this website, following someone else's design and I'm
struggling making it work - I hate these kind of designs!
Some sub menus are going over the vertical curved orange and blue bi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thursday OT...Google calculator
date posted 14th August 2003 21:36
Try - 1 uk pint in uk ounces
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=1+uk+pint+in+uk+ounces
Dave
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Re: FN-FORUM: Mac Screensavers
date posted 14th August 2003 21:24
what have you used to create the pc version?
see http://www.screentime.com/ if your source is flash, powerpoint, director quicktime or avi.
If it's just a series of images then the system preference...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 21:12
Charles E.Gatenby wrote:
>Hi, this is following on from my previous post on 'buying traffic'.
>
>I've been given a budget of between £300-£400 which doesn't seem a lot
>to me but anywho.
>
That is...
Re: FN-FORUM: Mac Screensavers
date posted 14th August 2003 20:52
on 14/8/03 7:48 pm, Deborah Causton at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I'm developing a screensaver for a site which can be downloaded. I want
> to include a MAC version, how do I go about this? Ie: what fi...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Tony Hawk/Hawks mix-up
date posted 14th August 2003 20:51
Damn kids!
They all think the same damn thing!
Kill them - kill them all!
Except my cute little 10 month old that is :p
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Re: FN-FORUM: Freelance job sites
date posted 14th August 2003 20:46
http://freelance.smarthunt.com/
elance.com
rentacoder.com
mostly full of cheaper companies who'll do anything for $50
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FN-FORUM: Mac Screensavers
date posted 14th August 2003 19:19
I'm developing a screensaver for a site which can be downloaded. I want
to include a MAC version, how do I go about this? Ie: what file format
is required.
TIA
Deborah
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Re: FN-FORUM: Bounced dodgy email
date posted 14th August 2003 18:30
>From: George Hazlewood [EMAIL REMOVED]
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>To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
>Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Bounced dodgy email
>Date: 14 Aug 2003 17:54:48 -0000
>
>
>Mi...
RE: FN-FORUM: lingo question
date posted 14th August 2003 18:27
Yes: http://www.directxtras.com/demail_home.asp. It's fairly easy to get
working.
Karl
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Rachael
> Sent: 14 August...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT Tony Hawk/Hawks mix-up
date posted 14th August 2003 18:26
on 14/8/03 5:29 pm, Karl Bunyan at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> http://www.tony-hawks.com/skate.html
>
> E-mails from kids trying to contact Tony Hawk (pro skater) and getting
> Tony Hawks (comedian)...
Re: FN-FORUM: Bounced dodgy email
date posted 14th August 2003 18:24
Mike Adamson wrote:
> Why would this come back to my email account as 'non deliverable'?
>
> Any ideas?
It's probably a virus that infected a machine (either the one with
[EMAIL REMOVED] or anothe...
RE: FN-FORUM: Thursday OT...Google calculator
date posted 14th August 2003 18:24
Roflmao! ........ Thanks Ross, nice end to the working day : )
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On
> Behalf Of Ross Hamilton
> Sent: 14 August 2003 17:12
> To: FN...
Re: FN-FORUM: Design Stinks!
date posted 14th August 2003 18:20
lol i think that is the beauty with working for yourself.... i don't
usually get going until this sort of time each day, and then work
through until i've had enough..... :-D
luke
On Thursday,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Dreamweaver MX on MAC FTP failures using Ntl
date posted 14th August 2003 18:19
hi rob
historically i have had ftp troubles with dreamweaver on the mac...
and although i don't use the ftp part of dreamweaver any more (i now
use Golive for all my web building) i did have a s...
RE: FN-FORUM: Flash and content management systems
date posted 14th August 2003 18:17
I integrated a small Flash movie in the same four languages recently (a
rolling news feed kind of thing) using xml content generated from
Documentum (CMS). I remember the encoding that the xml file wa...
FN-FORUM: Bounced dodgy email
date posted 14th August 2003 18:15
Why would this come back to my email account as 'non deliverable'?
Any ideas?
Mike
Message follows;
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent cou...
FN-FORUM: OT Tony Hawk/Hawks mix-up
date posted 14th August 2003 17:59
http://www.tony-hawks.com/skate.html
E-mails from kids trying to contact Tony Hawk (pro skater) and getting
Tony Hawks (comedian) by mistake.
Karl...
RE: FN-FORUM: One & One domains
date posted 14th August 2003 17:53
No you can't. Which is a right pain. But hopefully it doesn't need doing
very often !
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From: Paul Civati [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: 14 August 2003 14:13
To: Andy Macnaughton-Jone...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Site Check
date posted 14th August 2003 17:31
Thanks to those that aided, A curse to those who offered proof reading and
copy writing skills offlist (joke)
> Works fine win98/ie6.0
> Looks fine in Mozilla 1.3 W2k
> Looks fine on Win98/IE 6, ju...
FN-FORUM: Keywords in URLS - for the seo experts.
date posted 14th August 2003 17:13
Hi peeps,
just wondering how good keywords in the url of a website
really are in aiding positioning?
If they are useful and I have a website thats name has no keywords or
phrases withi...
RE: FN-FORUM: Thursday OT...Google calculator
date posted 14th August 2003 16:42
Dom R wrote:
> Google Calculator is cool to the point of ridiculousness. Try doing
> something like
>
> "speed of sound in fathoms per millennium"
Can anyone get it to show the result of a division b...
RE: FN-FORUM: transparent background
date posted 14th August 2003 16:13
Iframes are separate instances of the browser and so adding a style just =
to
the iframe tag won't make it transparent, It is however possible to =
create a
transparent Iframe but let me warn you now...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thursday OT...Google calculator
date posted 14th August 2003 16:05
> Google Calculator is cool to the point of ridiculousness. Try doing
> something like
>
> "speed of sound in fathoms per millennium"
> Dominic Ramsey
Like it! There ya go! Who was it the other day...
FN-FORUM: transparent background
date posted 14th August 2003 15:58
Hi,
Is the following possible and if so how do you do it:-
To have a cell with an image as a background and an IFRAME on top of
part of it which contains text with has a transparent background s...
RE: FN-FORUM: Blasted worm!
date posted 14th August 2003 15:55
have you tried going to
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks/sp4/default.asp
and downloading the service pack?
alternatively what about going to
http://www.microsoft.com/techn...
Re: FN-FORUM: ActionScript editor
date posted 14th August 2003 15:50
George Hazlewood wrote:
> You could try SciTE | Flash from: http://www.bomberstudios.com/sciteflash/
Ooh, code folding! Haven't seen that for a while!
Thanks for that!
Blu_Matt
NP: Funker Vogt -...
FN-FORUM: Freelance job sites
date posted 14th August 2003 15:49
Hey, all
I am building up a list of freelance job sites that I could possible use to
bid or post projects on. Can anyone recommend any to me please aside from
freelancer.net. Cheers.
regards
Simon...
Re: FN-FORUM: Design work and web site work.
date posted 14th August 2003 15:37
Jamie Wilson wrote:
>Anyone got any work through ecademy?
I've been using it for about a month and a half now. It takes a lot of
time and effort to get somewhere with it unless you provide a very o...
Re: FN-FORUM: ActionScript editor
date posted 14th August 2003 15:34
Matt Burns wrote:
> Does anyone have any recommendations for code editors that support
> ActionScript (MX) on Windows?
You could try SciTE | Flash from: http://www.bomberstudios.com/sciteflash/
Che...
FN-FORUM: ActionScript editor
date posted 14th August 2003 15:29
Hi all,
I've got a shedload of Actionscript to code, but don't want to use the
Flash AS editor (or Dreamweaver) and would rather use a small text editor.
Does anyone have any recommendations for co...
RE: FN-FORUM: Blasted worm! any yet more from Satan
date posted 14th August 2003 15:27
Hi Nick,
MS Update site fell apart with an overload yesterday afternoon about 2:30
while updating the last of a clients 13 XP terminals, I guess it
disintegrates when the US East Coast wake up. Eve...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Site Check
date posted 14th August 2003 15:23
Looks fine on Win98/IE 6, just can't quite understand the Latin as it is a
bit too advanced for me ;-)
Emma
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Re: FN-FORUM: Dreamweaver MX on MAC FTP failures using Ntl
date posted 14th August 2003 15:21
Hello Rob
iBook, OSX, Dreamweaver MX, blueyonder.
I get the same problem on dial-up connection at times. Not sure what it
maybe. Using other FTP programs (on Windows) do not stall. Why not
ask/s...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quick Site Check
date posted 14th August 2003 15:19
Andy Stafford wrote:
> We've just had a site built for us (as we're no good at 'colouring and
> stuff' ourselves) and I'd quite like a quick site check for different
> OS/browser combinations if anyon...
Re: FN-FORUM: Page Check Please
date posted 14th August 2003 15:18
Thank you all for the replies, new it would be something simple (it is
always the simple things that elude me).
I realised that I had linked to an existing style sheet from one of the
other sites rat...
RE: FN-FORUM: Page Check Please
date posted 14th August 2003 15:11
Your style sheet (and the links to other pages) are pointing to files on
your local hard drive.
file:///C|/Business%20Documents/Customer%20Websites/AJ%20Recruitment/styles/
style.css
Doh! ;-)
charl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Page Check Please
date posted 14th August 2003 15:10
Yes, I see exactly what your client sees. I'm on a mac OSX IE5.2
Lindsey
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FN-FORUM: Blasted worm!
date posted 14th August 2003 15:09
Hi everyone
Just back from holiday and found I had an infected win2k-pro PC!
I've been to the Microsoft window update site and can't seem to get the
update to work. It tells me which updates I need,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Page Check Please
date posted 14th August 2003 15:08
Emma Davis
> I would like to know what people are viewing with please and
> also if anyone sees the same problem if they can suggest what
> might be the cause (something extremely simple I suspect)...
Re: FN-FORUM: Page Check Please
date posted 14th August 2003 15:07
> Can you kindly folk out there take a look at this page for me
> http://www.ajcgroup.co.uk/care_consultancy.php and tell me what you see.
> Some of the background images and all the text are styled i...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quick Site Check
date posted 14th August 2003 15:07
Works fine win98/ie6.0
susanengel
graphicdesign
m: 078 6753 5756
www.susanengel.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM: xtra error
date posted 14th August 2003 15:07
Havnt a clue why it brings up two emails ive had a look and I dont have two
behaviours on the button ack well just email me twice. :P
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Re: FN-FORUM: Page Check Please
date posted 14th August 2003 15:06
Emma Davis wrote:
> Can you kindly folk out there take a look at this page for me
> http://www.ajcgroup.co.uk/care_consultancy.php and tell me what you see.
> Some of the background images and all the...
FN-FORUM: lingo question
date posted 14th August 2003 15:04
I have a CD Rom project to do for my dads shop originally he wanted a
website now hes decided on a CD business card which he can hand put to his
customers. He wants to put a questionare form on the CD...
RE: FN-FORUM: Page Check Please
date posted 14th August 2003 15:04
A missing image and a stylesheet linked to using this address:
file:///C|/Business%20Documents/Customer%20Websites/AJ%20Recruitment/sty
les/style.css
HTH,
Matt
---
Matt Edwards
Senior Designer
Vi...
RE: FN-FORUM: xtra error
date posted 14th August 2003 15:00
Rachael wrote:
> > > A few days ago got an Xtra error on my website could
> > > some1 go to www.rachaeldesigns.co.uk and tell me if i
> have fixed the
> > > error?
Error seem fine now, though it...
FN-FORUM: Page Check Please
date posted 14th August 2003 14:59
Can you kindly folk out there take a look at this page for me
http://www.ajcgroup.co.uk/care_consultancy.php and tell me what you see.
Some of the background images and all the text are styled in CSS...
FN-FORUM: JShop
date posted 14th August 2003 14:55
I am looking for an add-on which will allow the client to update their
product listings in a Jshop catalogue via their browser directly on the
server.
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Da...
Re: FN-FORUM: Design Stinks!
date posted 14th August 2003 14:54
Noah Hearle wrote:
>I do all my best work in the early hours. People think I just can't get up on time, but its just not the case!
>
>
Here, here! I prefer to get up in the afternoon and go to...
FN-FORUM: Quick Site Check
date posted 14th August 2003 14:53
Afternoon All,
We've just had a site built for us (as we're no good at 'colouring and
stuff' ourselves) and I'd quite like a quick site check for different
OS/browser combinations if anyone has time,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Thursday OT...Google calculator
date posted 14th August 2003 14:51
Jamie Wilson wrote:
> A googol is larger than that.
I refuse to be drawn and further ; )
I knew watching that episode of "who wants to be a millionaire" would
come in useful ..... Pity I couldn't r...
Re: FN-FORUM: xtra error
date posted 14th August 2003 14:33
Thanx G
I hate the portfolio section it was put up in a hurry ages ago so im
starting that from Scratch.
Anyone have any nice ideas or example sites on how i can display my
portfolio.
Rachx
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Re: FN-FORUM: xtra error
date posted 14th August 2003 14:32
No missing gif error this time....
Nita
;o)
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Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:15 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM: xtra error
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thursday OT...Google calculator
date posted 14th August 2003 14:24
On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 02:25 PM, Tony Jones wrote:
>
> Dom Ramsey wrote:
>
>> Google Calculator is cool to the point of ridiculousness. Try doing
>> something like
>>
>> "speed of sound in...
RE: FN-FORUM: xtra error
date posted 14th August 2003 14:21
> A few days ago got an Xtra error on my website could
> some1 go to www.rachaeldesigns.co.uk and tell me if i have
> fixed the error?
FYI Your Quark page takes a long time to load. 2Mbit ADSL conn...
Re: FN-FORUM: xtra error
date posted 14th August 2003 13:59
hehe thanx for that yeh i know just havnt had a chance to sort it out yet :)
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RE: FN-FORUM: Thursday OT...Google calculator
date posted 14th August 2003 13:56
Dom Ramsey wrote:
>Google Calculator is cool to the point of ridiculousness. Try doing=20
>something like
>
>"speed of sound in fathoms per millennium"
Why did you have to tell me that, I've just wa...
RE: FN-FORUM: xtra error
date posted 14th August 2003 13:55
Yeah it's gone..
PS did you get my email (OFFLIST) about that charity work???
Deborah
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Re: FN-FORUM: xtra error
date posted 14th August 2003 13:54
IE6 SP1 no problems with me although I did the other day.
I'm sure you know that you have a few spelling mistakes that need correcting
;-) (eg reknowned should be renowned etc)
HTH
Andy Connor wi...
FN-FORUM: xtra error
date posted 14th August 2003 13:45
A few days ago got an Xtra error on my website could some1 go to
www.rachaeldesigns.co.uk and tell me if i have fixed the error?
A few days ago got an Xtra error on my website could some1 go to
www.ra...
FN-FORUM: One & One domains
date posted 14th August 2003 13:43
Can you really not set your name servers through their control panel?
One of my customers has had to fax them a request to change the name
servers to ours, I hope they'll do it, but in a quick googl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Thursday OT...Google calculator
date posted 14th August 2003 13:23
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] Derek Almond
[EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>
>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=12+uk+gallons
>+in+uk+pints
>
>... Also does
>http://www.google.com/search...
Re: FN-FORUM: Shocking website in honour of Matt Burns
date posted 14th August 2003 13:23
Or a hula hoop - functional yet edible...
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FN-FORUM: Dreamweaver MX on MAC FTP failures using Ntl
date posted 14th August 2003 13:22
Good Afternoon
Does anyone have any experience using Dreamweaver MX on a MAC (G4 Powerbook
with OSX)
The OS and machine and even the fact it is DW MX is probably a red herring
as we get similar resu...
Re: FN-FORUM: Not A Site Check
date posted 14th August 2003 12:39
Probably not very useful info for you.. but just to let you know it
seems to work just fine and dandy under Linux/Moz-1.3.1
The cart seems to be showing just what I ordered.
Not in windows at the m...
Re: FN-FORUM: Not A Site Check
date posted 14th August 2003 12:38
Norman Beresford wrote:
> Created the backend for a site and somehow the end client, and
> visitors to the site are managing to get an error which neither
> myself nor anyone else I've asked can repli...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash and content management systems
date posted 14th August 2003 12:36
Chris Garrett wrote:
[Sorry, this is a re-posting because it seemed to fail last time...]
> Hi all,
>
> I am doing a proposal for a redevelopment of an existing flash based site to
> allow the clie...
Re: FN-FORUM: Not A Site Check
date posted 14th August 2003 12:34
Norman Beresford wrote:
> The site is http://www.funkin-l.com and the problem is when you try to
> buy a t-shirt online (follow one of the links at the bottom of the
>
BTW 'main133.jpg' should be 'wee...
RE: FN-FORUM: Outlook replacement
date posted 14th August 2003 12:32
> And IIRC no-one came up with an all round winner on the
> original thread a few weeks back. Hard to believe that
> Outlook is currently state of the art!
Where Outlook comes into it's own is inte...
Re: FN-FORUM: Not A Site Check
date posted 14th August 2003 12:26
Norman Beresford wrote:
> combination of every order that's gone through the site. So they
> order 2 t-shirts and end up being told they're buying hundreds of
> t-shirts.
> Can anyone replicate this "...
RE: FN-FORUM: Design work and web site work.
date posted 14th August 2003 12:17
Ecademy... I've had loads of invitations to various groups and clubs,
and actually got in touch with a guy recently over here who will use me
for some freelance graphics stuff.. but as for actually...
Re: FN-FORUM: Design work and web site work.
date posted 14th August 2003 12:17
Jamie Wilson wrote:
> Anyone got any work through ecademy? http://www.ecademy.com?xref=33477
> (yes, that's my referrer code. I think I get a bag of semi-precious
> stones thrown in to the Thames in m...
FN-FORUM: Thursday OT...Google calculator
date posted 14th August 2003 12:14
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=12+uk+gallons
+in+uk+pints
... Also does
http://www.google.com/search?q=100+hectares+per+degree
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=I...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 12:03
Paul Cooper wrote:
> Hi Chaz
>
> Just to give you some motivation...an article in th paper yesterday
> said sales of ring tones will be higher than CD sales for the first
> time this year. Didn't rea...
FN-FORUM: Flash and Mac OS v.9
date posted 14th August 2003 12:02
Has anyone had a problem with getting XML to work through OS 9 in Flash on a
Mac?
Pete...
Re: FN-FORUM: Outlook replacement
date posted 14th August 2003 12:00
On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 10:19 AM, David Nye wrote:
>
> Someone was asking...
>
> Goldmine 5.5 (unrestricted) is on PcPro cover disk this month. Anyone
> know what the email client is like?...
FN-FORUM: Not A Site Check
date posted 14th August 2003 11:53
Hi all
Created the backend for a site and somehow the end client, and visitors
to the site are managing to get an error which neither myself nor anyone
else I've asked can replicate, so I thought I'd...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash and content management systems
date posted 14th August 2003 11:48
Chris Garrett wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am doing a proposal for a redevelopment of an existing flash based site to
> allow the client to update the content with a content management system. An
> added c...
Re: FN-FORUM: Design Stinks!
date posted 14th August 2003 11:43
Dan Cook wrote:
>>I'm not a thrusting businessman type, I personally have no wish to be a
>
> millionaire
>
> Good job, because its not gonna happen if you're a designer. Nobody has ever
> becom a m...
RE: FN-FORUM: Outlook replacement
date posted 14th August 2003 11:40
Well, I shall probably take a closer look when I get time, because
several clients have mentioned it.
But it does not sound like a good substitute for Outlook for email and
simple calendar/contacts u...
FN-FORUM: Not A Site Check
date posted 14th August 2003 11:35
Hi all
Created the backend for a site and somehow the end client, and visitors
to the site are managing to get an error which neither myself nor anyone
else I've asked can replicate, so I thought I'd...
Re: FN-FORUM: Design work and web site work.
date posted 14th August 2003 11:29
On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 10:57 AM, Deborah Causton wrote:
> You need to self promote, if they don't know you are there, how can
> they
> hire you.
>
> Dave is right you have to be pro-acti...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fires
date posted 14th August 2003 11:25
On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, at 09:33 AM, Mike Adamson wrote:
> Woke up at 4 this morning to the distinct smell of burning, outside
> was pea soup smoke with a horrible orange tinge in the
> dist...
Re: FN-FORUM: Design Stinks!
date posted 14th August 2003 11:15
on 14/8/03 10:29 am, The Chridmeister at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Ross Hamilton wrote:
>> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>>
>>> I also think we'd be better off working 6 hour days and having
>>> siestas...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 11:14
Hi Chaz
Just to give you some motivation...an article in th paper yesterday said
sales of ring tones will be higher than CD sales for the first time this
year. Didn't read it all so I'm not sure i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Design Stinks!
date posted 14th August 2003 11:09
>I'm not a thrusting businessman type, I personally have no wish to be a
millionaire
Good job, because its not gonna happen if you're a designer. Nobody has ever
becom a millionaire from selling thei...
FN-FORUM: Flash and content management systems
date posted 14th August 2003 11:06
Hi all,
I am doing a proposal for a redevelopment of an existing flash based site to
allow the client to update the content with a content management system. An
added complication is it needs to be i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Caller ID via Modem (why do I talk to turds?)
date posted 14th August 2003 11:03
Heh. Only to make sure it didn't work before I posted.
Tim L
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RE: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 11:02
Sorry Andy I hit the wrong button and deleted your last email (Doh!)
send me email with more info! :)
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Chaz..
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Connor [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sen...
Re: FN-FORUM: Design Stinks!
date posted 14th August 2003 10:59
Ross Hamilton wrote:
> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>>I also think we'd be better off working 6 hour days and having
>>siestas like the spanish.
>
> I reckon on working about 6 hours, 5 days a week, and...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 10:50
"I like the plastic card idea! Unfortunately I live in the sticks the
nearest club is a small purple dive about 6 miles away. But I could
always pay a few bods 20quid to distribute them... "
Great id...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising
date posted 14th August 2003 10:50
How about e-mail broadcasting to a list of mobile users who are
reaching the end of their current 12 month contracts?
And yes I can get this type of list in your area and with the age specified!
God...
FN-FORUM: the Register and FoTW
date posted 14th August 2003 10:33
For those interested and still hungry for more after the past few days
antics, the Register runs a regular Flame of the Week.
Go to: http://www.theregister.co.uk and type FoTW into the search box. Th...
RE: FN-FORUM: Outlook replacement
date posted 14th August 2003 10:25
> Goldmine 5.5 (unrestricted) is on PcPro cover disk this
> month. Anyone know what the email client is like? Or how it
> compares to Outlook generally?
It is terrible. Goldmine is a contact manage...
Re: FN-FORUM: HELP!!! Crisis time
date posted 14th August 2003 10:18
Set up a jabber Server, theres plenty of jabber clients for a variety of
platforms and can work in or out of a web page.
www.jabber.org
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RE: FN-FORUM: HELP!!! Crisis time
date posted 14th August 2003 10:15
Try a google for Pipeys Flash Chat. (OK, i saved you the time ....
http://www.pipey.com/chat/default.asp)
Theres a free version, where u need to leave the About Us page on - i think!
& a paid version...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 10:13
I've had a quick look on printing.com and they do a one sided 280gsm
gloss card at 99 for 10000 or was it 5000... I've ordered a sample pack
to see....
Chaz.:)
> -----Original Message-----
> From:...
RE: FN-FORUM: Design Stinks!
date posted 14th August 2003 10:11
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I also think we'd be better off working 6 hour days and having
> siestas like the spanish.
I reckon on working about 6 hours, 5 days a week, and try not to work at
weekends a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Where are YOU based?
date posted 14th August 2003 10:07
Well I'm a secret dosser if that helps...
Dave
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Su...
FN-FORUM: HELP!!! Crisis time
date posted 14th August 2003 10:06
Hi all,
I need to find a chatroom (free) for a client by today. I was using a simple
program called easy chat as time was short for development. It needs to be
able to have dozens of users, be able t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Outlook replacement
date posted 14th August 2003 10:04
Hi David
< Goldmine 5.5 (unrestricted) is on PcPro cover disk this month. Anyone =
know
what the email client is like? Or how it compares to Outlook generally?>
I started out with GoldMine 5.7 and u...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quote please
date posted 14th August 2003 10:02
Or, anyone have recommendations...?
>
> Can anyone give me a reasonable quote for a UK-Based Windows 2000 (not
> 2003) Server package with dual SCSI RAID hard
> disks and at least 1 MB RAM, plus SQL...
RE: FN-FORUM: Where are YOU based?
date posted 14th August 2003 10:01
> OK, It's too early to do any real work and I might as well do
> this before
> everyone gets REALLY tired of it.
>
> Is anyone actually still reading these? I might do a test latter...
>
Hey!...
RE: FN-FORUM: Outlook replacement
date posted 14th August 2003 09:58
> Someone was asking...
>
> Goldmine 5.5 (unrestricted) is on PcPro cover disk this month. Anyone
> know what the email client is like? Or how it compares to Outlook
> generally?
>
> David Nye
It's...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 09:57
Carla Boulton wrote:
> Oi, what about us girls do we get girl goo or do we just borrow some of the
> mens?
You take a wee while away from the list to do some work, and this is
what comes up!
Oops,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 09:56
OK, not as sturdy as
> plastic, but
> would probably do the job.
Get them printed with a serial number and give 1 free tone per card -
makes it a keeper.
and don't pay anyone to hand them out, pay...
RE: FN-FORUM: Where are YOU based?
date posted 14th August 2003 09:53
OK, It's too early to do any real work and I might as well do this before
everyone gets REALLY tired of it.
Is anyone actually still reading these? I might do a test latter...
> designer or dev...
FN-FORUM: Outlook replacement
date posted 14th August 2003 09:49
Someone was asking...
Goldmine 5.5 (unrestricted) is on PcPro cover disk this month. Anyone
know what the email client is like? Or how it compares to Outlook
generally?
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
B...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 09:47
Hi Chaz
A good idea indeed. The only thing is that they can be quite expensive =
to
get printed - 40p or so each. How about some good quality "business =
cards"
from Aubergine Print - http://www.au...
FN-FORUM: freelancers.net SEO
date posted 14th August 2003 09:43
Dan and Andy might want to look at their SEO. I just accidentally types
"freelancers.net" into the Google search box and got a rather confusing
result!
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, D...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 09:41
Carla wrote> Oi, what about us girls do we get girl goo or do we just borrow
some of the
mens?
I don't even what to know what this ones about!!
Dan :-P
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RE: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 09:34
Charles E.Gatenby wrote:
> I've been given a budget of between =A3300-=A3400 which doesn't=20
> seem a lot to me but anywho. I need to advertise=20
> http://www.phonetemple.co.uk . I was thinking of...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 09:33
Yes, sorry it should have been unisex goo :)
I Think my market is probably Teens to mid twenties.
I like the plastic card idea! Unfortunately I live in the sticks the
nearest club is a small purple...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 09:27
With that sort of budget?
On-line;
Best pay yourself 150 a day, go and link build / forum post like crazy, its a high comp market
Off-line;
300 - 400 is a local rag ad is it not?
Not much help sorr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 09:24
on 14/8/03 8:41 am, Charles E.Gatenby at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Hi, this is following on from my previous post on 'buying traffic'.
>=20
> I've been given a budget of between =A3300-=A3400 which do...
Re: FN-FORUM: Design Stinks!
date posted 14th August 2003 09:20
I have a couple of flatmates who can seriously disrupt my working life =
occasionally. I find I'm much more efficient doing things either early =
morning, late night, and the invaluable time between...
FN-FORUM: Site Advertising.
date posted 14th August 2003 09:11
Hi, this is following on from my previous post on 'buying traffic'.
I've been given a budget of between £300-£400 which doesn't seem a lot
to me but anywho.
I need to advertise http://www.phonetemp...
FN-FORUM: Any Editize Users?
date posted 14th August 2003 08:55
We usually use our own CMS but have been looking at Editize (editize.com).
Does anyone use it? Any feedback?
Thanks
Carla
www.naughtymutt.com...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are YOU based?
date posted 14th August 2003 08:27
Hugh F wrote:
>> Who devised this poll? They'll be to blame when we run short of debates in
>> the near future. Here goes...
>>
> This was a good one - and a funny original post
> - well done (c...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are YOU based?
date posted 14th August 2003 08:17
>
> Who devised this poll? They'll be to blame when we run short of debates in
> the near future. Here goes...
>
This was a good one - and a funny original post
- well done (can't remember who -...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are YOU based?
date posted 14th August 2003 07:42
OH well, not wanting to be left out ;)
> designer or developer
For webby, developer mostly. For proper progamming (DARFC) usually
end up doing both.
> Flash or DHTML
DHTML (VB/VBA, .Net, Delphi at...
Re: FN-FORUM: Design Stinks!
date posted 14th August 2003 03:25
I also think we'd be better off working 6 hour days and having siestas like
the spanish. Thats gotta be the way forward. Its like having 2 days in 1 -
work in morning, then sleep, then go out on the p...
RE: FN-FORUM: Design Stinks!
date posted 14th August 2003 03:06
I do all my best work in the early hours. People think I just can't get up
on time, but its just not the case! Why can't people work *real* flexible
hours in the office - when they actually perform be...
FN-FORUM: Design Stinks!
date posted 14th August 2003 03:00
Is it just me or does anyone else here work till 4am on a regular basis?
Why oh why don't I get a normal job!?
:-(...
FN-FORUM: PayPal to Download Page
date posted 14th August 2003 02:57
I am trying to sort out a PayPal thank you page for a personal website of
mine containing downloads. On completion of the small transaction I would
like users to be sent to a simple perl/php script th...
FN-FORUM: Quote please
date posted 14th August 2003 02:34
Can anyone give me a reasonable quote for a UK-Based Windows 2000 (not
2003) Server package with dual SCSI RAID hard
disks and at least 1 MB RAM, plus SQL Server and daily backup... ?
Bandwidth usag...
Re: FN-FORUM: Where are YOU based?
date posted 14th August 2003 01:24
Well heres mine (not that you really care!)
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| designer or developer
| learner(ish)
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| Flash or DHTML
| Moderator on FLashkit - but knows little Flash - so DHTML
|
| Old fart or Young buck
You...
RE: FN-FORUM: Where are YOU based?
date posted 14th August 2003 00:44
designer or developer
neither
Flash or DHTML
Can use both in Help now...
Old fart or Young buck
Auld wifie
Cat or Dog
both
North or South
North
PHP or ASP
asp
Linux or Windows
Windows (or rea...
RE: FN-FORUM: Where are YOU based?
date posted 14th August 2003 00:27
Finish this whilst I'm finishing my last G&T
> > > designer or developer
> Designer ....... Occasionally poked and prodded into some developer
type situations
>
> > > Flash or DHTML
> Flash, but no...
RE: FN-FORUM: Where are YOU based? Dolly OT
date posted 14th August 2003 00:06
>Dolly Parton. And people say she’s just a big pair of tits.”
But remember she's for life not just for perversive plagiarism....
RE: FN-FORUM: Where are YOU based?
date posted 14th August 2003 00:06
> ok, I was going to abstain - but I can't resist......
Me too :)
>
> > > designer or developer
Developer
>
> > > Flash or DHTML
DHTML - can't stand flash!!!!
>
> > > Old fart or Young buck
Young Bu...
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