Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday July 13th 2004
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS help please
date posted 13th July 2004 23:04
John Bremner wrote:
>this in links still appear/behave as normal, visible links with underlines etc.
>Anyone know where I'm going wrong?
>
>.class2 {
> A:link {text-decoration: none;
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: free games
date posted 13th July 2004 23:02
Thankyou Uncle Tony.... ;)
Andy.
On 13 Jul 2004 18:54:09 -0000, Tony Crockford [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> 2 free games - the original GTA and wild metal.
>
> free.
>
> have fun
>
> http://www.r...
Re: FN-FORUM: work the business on this one...
date posted 13th July 2004 23:00
Doing my bit, lordy knows it needs the work!!!
Andy.
On 13 Jul 2004 17:30:53 -0000, Dominic Allkins [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Tony Crockford wrote on 13 July 2004 16:22:
>
> > http://www.webdesig...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check?
date posted 13th July 2004 22:37
Agree with the points raised by others ... it's a nice looking site with
some font issues. My only additional gripe is the text isn't selectable ...
really hate flash sites that don't do this. I.e...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Backgrounds
date posted 13th July 2004 22:32
Thanks for all the replies, I'll have a go at implementing them tomorrow.
Cheers....
Re: FN-FORUM: VPN Routers
date posted 13th July 2004 22:31
On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 17:49, Carl W Crawley wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm looking for some recommendations for a PPtP VPN Router for a couple of
> clients of ours - under normal circumstances we ship out...
Re: FN-FORUM: URGENT MAC FONT HELP!!
date posted 13th July 2004 22:29
fuck - i sent this around 7pm this evening...
nice to see the forum is as prompt as ever.
thanks to all who sent the font over !
luke
On 13 Jul 2004, at 19:53, Luke Perman wrote:
> pretty please...
RE: FN-FORUM: bad day for projects
date posted 13th July 2004 22:21
i) There ain't much money in writing, trust me.
ii) Though the sun may be somewhere completely different, it's summer and
folk are on holiday, so projects will be few.
iii) I don't I've had one de...
Re: FN-FORUM: WANTED: Mac user with 5 mins to spare!
date posted 13th July 2004 22:15
on 13/7/04 6:39 pm, Dan Cook at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Can anyone on a mac do me a quick favour? Just need a few clarisworks fil=
es
> opening and resaving as ms word. It should take no more than f...
Re: FN-FORUM: VPN Routers
date posted 13th July 2004 22:02
Pretty much anything seems to do PPTP VPN these days (just look for a PPTP
passthrough box to tick), but some won't do full encryption (some DLink
models-it works but you have to set optional encrypti...
FN-FORUM: CSS help please
date posted 13th July 2004 22:00
I'm having a problem that you experts will probably think is dumb.
I'm trying to define a link style that is in addition to the link style
already defined as normal in my stylesheet. This is intended...
Re: FN-FORUM: VPN Routers
date posted 13th July 2004 21:55
Carl,
Recently been at a clients, Netopia R9100 looks a good bet,
reasonable priced and good tec support.
Hth
Peter
At 17:49 13/07/04, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I'm looking for some recomme...
Re: FN-FORUM: paper size
date posted 13th July 2004 21:35
Ahhhh, I thought it was a new bit of terminology that was going over my head
:-S
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Re: FN-FORUM: bad day for projects
date posted 13th July 2004 21:25
I agree. Logo design for =A335.00 anyone? Once you Pay the VAT and the=20=
income tax on that you would probably only get the best part of =A320 =
for=20
your effort.
C.
On 13 Jul 2004, at 17:56, S...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check?
date posted 13th July 2004 21:08
Thankyou for your feedback, lots of good points to consider, have added
notes below...
> just not sure about your use of font.
See below:
> Overall a nice looking site (I like simplistic layouts a...
RE: FN-FORUM: CSS Backgrounds
date posted 13th July 2004 21:07
> Is it possible to have a css background
> image behind a site that uses tables?
Have you tried:
body {
background-image: url(mybackground.jpg);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
backgro...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Backgrounds
date posted 13th July 2004 20:59
Dan Cook wrote:
> Is it possible to have a css background image behind a site that uses
> tables? i.e one that wont just display inside the table that it's applied
> to, but one that'll cover the enti...
RE: FN-FORUM: css question
date posted 13th July 2004 20:49
Set the td font size's to 1em or larger than the original 0.8em, its usually
only IE5 that gets the td font sizes wrong though
Mike
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RE: FN-FORUM: CSS Backgrounds
date posted 13th July 2004 20:49
try enclosing the table in a div and setting the b/ground image to that div,
then set the table and poss its td's to b/gound transparent
Mike
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Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Backgrounds
date posted 13th July 2004 20:44
At 17:18 on Tuesday, 13 Jul 2004, Dan Cook wrote:
>
> Hello peeps
>
> Is it possible to have a css background image behind a site that uses
> tables? i.e one that wont just display inside the table t...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Font Styles
date posted 13th July 2004 20:40
At 13:04 on Tuesday, 13 Jul 2004, Thomas Design wrote:
>
> never mind, i'm a lazy git!
more:
http://www.nypl.org/styleguide/css/opensource.html
;o)...
FN-FORUM: Gmail Invite
date posted 13th July 2004 19:45
Hello there,
as I am soon to go on holiday, I was wondering if there are any gmail
invites available so I can reroute my mails to the gmail account and then
check it from any common browser to see...
Re: FN-FORUM: css question
date posted 13th July 2004 19:27
Thomas Design wrote:
>I've got a style called #contentcontainer with a font setting of 0.8em, if i
>place within that div a table and in the cell i have some text, now that div
>font doesn't apply be...
Re: FN-FORUM: css question
date posted 13th July 2004 19:26
Thomas Design wrote:
> I've got a style called #contentcontainer with a font setting of 0.8em, if i
> place within that div a table and in the cell i have some text, now that div
> font doesn't apply...
Re: FN-FORUM: css question
date posted 13th July 2004 19:25
On 13 Jul 2004 15:52:41 -0000, Thomas Design [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> quick css question
>
> I've got a style called #contentcontainer with a font setting of 0.8em, if i
> place within that div a...
RE: FN-FORUM: css question
date posted 13th July 2004 19:21
Are some font sizes not relative and some absolute - if you stick a
relative font size in a container it'll take the size in relation to
that container. I just use px and % sizes now ;-)=20
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FN-FORUM: free games
date posted 13th July 2004 19:10
2 free games - the original GTA and wild metal.
free.
have fun
http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/gta.htm...
FN-FORUM: URGENT MAC FONT HELP!!
date posted 13th July 2004 19:10
pretty please...........
anyone with a copy of 'Tahoma' to hand??
apparently it's a default system 9 font - but apple took it out in OSX
- but i can't locate it anywhere!
if someone could mail off...
RE: FN-FORUM: Session.Abandon
date posted 13th July 2004 18:41
Yes
Sessions are IIS/machine dependent things that are _not_ shared between
applications.
----
Philip Painter, VIAS, 07790 666784
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Re: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 18:38
Joe Freeman wrote:
>
> Hi all,
woooo, nothing changes this was a weekly question back in 2000. One of
the sitepoint blogs covered pricing at about the same time as you asked
the question (synagy?...
RE: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 17:58
If I were you Joe, when you write your proposal, I would summarise all =
the
features they will be getting so both they and you are perfectly clear =
about
what is to be delivered. Do it in language t...
FN-FORUM: WANTED: Mac user with 5 mins to spare!
date posted 13th July 2004 17:57
Can anyone on a mac do me a quick favour? Just need a few clarisworks files
opening and resaving as ms word. It should take no more than five mins.
Email me off list if you can help.
15 House points...
Re: FN-FORUM: Bulk email lists
date posted 13th July 2004 17:52
Damon Birch wrote:
> My Hosting company has had to drop there bulk mailing service.
Depends exactly what you're after - emaillabs have a very comprehensive
thing (does lots of statistical analysis...
RE: FN-FORUM: work the business on this one...
date posted 13th July 2004 17:47
Tony Crockford wrote on 13 July 2004 16:22:
> http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/?id=grand_design_giveaway
>
> ;o)
Oops ;-)...
FN-FORUM: bad day for projects
date posted 13th July 2004 17:13
Is it me or have todays projects on freelancers.net been a little
underwelming?
one writing copy for between £4 and £16 an hour (get in quick they are
expecting to be flooded)
one doing a weeks d...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband and Wireless Networks
date posted 13th July 2004 17:08
on 13/7/04 1:45 pm, John Anderson at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Aside to Dave Edwards: I have the cookies. I'll try to make Friday.
You're star John!
anything and everything to do with app...
FN-FORUM: VPN Routers
date posted 13th July 2004 17:06
Hi All,
I'm looking for some recommendations for a PPtP VPN Router for a couple of
clients of ours - under normal circumstances we ship out our own rolled BSD
PPtP daemon, but their connection doesn'...
RE: FN-FORUM: paper size
date posted 13th July 2004 16:50
>> What do you mean by 'decision'?
...as I recall there was some indecision about what was the correct
size, that's all. Am I wrong?
Thanks for all the other links.
Deborah
:.:.:. A t o m i c P...
FN-FORUM: CSS Backgrounds
date posted 13th July 2004 16:35
Hello peeps
Is it possible to have a css background image behind a site that uses
tables? i.e one that wont just display inside the table that it's applied
to, but one that'll cover the entire screen...
RE: FN-FORUM: site check?
date posted 13th July 2004 16:33
My main question is, does it *really* have to be all flash?
For the portfolio sections, yeah fair enough. There's a lot there that
could be done with iframes and would cut download times as the cont...
FN-FORUM: css question
date posted 13th July 2004 16:09
quick css question
I've got a style called #contentcontainer with a font setting of 0.8em, if i
place within that div a table and in the cell i have some text, now that div
font doesn't apply because...
RE: FN-FORUM: ASP 3 cookieless session state manegement
date posted 13th July 2004 16:02
eWVwIGhhZCB0byBkbyB0aGlzIHRvIHNhdmUgc3RhdGUgd2hlbiB0cmFuc2ZlcnJpbmcgdG8gd29y
bGRwYXkgKHNlZSBwcmV2aW91cyBlbWFpbCB0byBQYW0gISkuIFNlcmlhbGlzZWQgdGhlIGRhdGEs
IHN0b3JlZCBhZ2FpbnN0IFNRTCBTZXJ2ZXIgKHVzaW5nIG...
FN-FORUM: Bulk email lists
date posted 13th July 2004 15:48
My Hosting company has had to drop there bulk mailing service.
Can anyone suggest another company that can supply the service
Damon...
FN-FORUM: work the business on this one...
date posted 13th July 2004 15:39
http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/?id=grand_design_giveaway
;o)...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check?
date posted 13th July 2004 15:31
Nice clean look and colours.
Only thing I did not like was that scrollbars appeared
on textfields which did not need them (too little
text).
Regards
Gary
--- Substudio [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Hav...
FN-FORUM: p3p policy
date posted 13th July 2004 15:29
Has any one done a p3p policy where you have a site which uses cloaked url
forwarding to another site? The second site only uses Session cookies. I
have downloaded the IBM P3P Policy Editor but I am n...
Re: FN-FORUM: Session.Abandon
date posted 13th July 2004 14:50
Thanks - I thought I would be safe doing it before hand - Pam
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S...
FN-FORUM: ASP 3 cookieless session state manegement
date posted 13th July 2004 14:28
Afternoon all
Have to write an ASP3 cookieless session state management system for a
client's site.
My plan is to create a GUID for each session and serialise the data in
the data (SQL), passing th...
Re: FN-FORUM: paper size
date posted 13th July 2004 14:27
http://www.printing.com/v2/pdfs/dfdguide.pdf - there's a page in this pdf
with all the common paper sizes for printing and their dimensions.
Catherine
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Re: FN-FORUM: paper size
date posted 13th July 2004 14:07
What do you mean by 'decision'? If you want to know the dimensions, it's
literally a 1/3 of A4!
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Sent: Tuesday,...
Re: FN-FORUM: paper size
date posted 13th July 2004 13:56
99mm x 210mm
This is also useful...
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html
Val
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RE: FN-FORUM: Anyone recommend a bookkeeper?
date posted 13th July 2004 13:55
Kamran Zubair
020 8868 0857
Ruislip
He's our accountant but I'm pretty certain also does bookkeeping and he's
excellent, very helpful and his charges are excellent
Kerry
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Re: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 13:48
I have had the meeting. I think that an intranet system would be more
appropriate. They want other features, like a notice board, calendar etc
aswell as the file sharing bit.
They are aware that N...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband and Wireless Networks
date posted 13th July 2004 13:47
Aaron Brailsford wrote:
[a load of stuff]
Darn, just realised I forgot all the URLs!
Pipex Wireless - http://www.pipex.net/broadband/work/wireless/
Netvigator - http://www.netvigator.co.uk
Bulldog -...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone recommend a bookkeeper?
date posted 13th July 2004 13:27
you might want to try the pleasant folk i use.
get in touch with robert green, he's fantastic.
02084468100
Green & Peter
The limes
1339 high road
whetstone
london
hash
On 13 Jul 2004, at 13:25, El...
Re: FN-FORUM:Colour question
date posted 13th July 2004 13:27
Thanks Tony ;-)
> I'd start looking at color space settings, if that's what they're
> called Quark is for printed output and PS can be set to whatever you
> want.
>
> try and get them to match......
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband and Wireless Networks
date posted 13th July 2004 13:21
John Anderson wrote:
> be upgraded before Broadband can be brought in. So, the question is,
> does anyone know of a Broadband provider that doesn't require that I
> move to BT?
As you're in London (...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check- errors
date posted 13th July 2004 13:18
fine in safari on osx10.3.4, g4 400mz
however in ie, one page took ages to load and the other (contact) crashed
and quit the browser!!
hth
>
> Thanks for looking for me, I think it must be a mac...
Re: FN-FORUM: Broadband and Wireless Networks
date posted 13th July 2004 13:17
John Anderson wrote:
> So, the question is, does
> anyone know of a Broadband provider that doesn't require that I move to BT?
Nope. For ADSL you have to be on a BT line, to the best of my
knowle...
FN-FORUM: paper size
date posted 13th July 2004 13:13
I know this came up recently but can't find the email. What was the
decsion for the 1/3 of A4 (DL sort of sized for a flyer).
Thanks
Deborah
:.:.:. A t o m i c P h u s e .:.:.:...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check- errors
date posted 13th July 2004 13:12
Wow, a Microsoft-style unclickable form! How do you do it? I had to
shift-tab back from the bottom to be able to enter anything into the form. I
get the same with MS search forms and passport. Also ca...
FN-FORUM: Broadband and Wireless Networks
date posted 13th July 2004 13:02
Well, I'm back from Canada, still a bit jetlagged but back at the computer.
And I have a couple of questions, to wit:
1. I've received an answer from NTL, my (occassional) ISP that Broadband
won't b...
Re: FN-FORUM:Colour question
date posted 13th July 2004 13:01
On 13 Jul 2004 12:33:44 -0000, Dan Cook [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> > loads of possibilities..
>
> Bugger.
truly...
I'd start looking at color space settings, if that's what they're
called Quark is...
Re: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 13:00
What could be easier than just opening a document in (say) Word or Acrobat
that is on a mapped drive or a share that has been added to the Places bar
in an Office app?
Whether an Intranet is an easie...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check- errors
date posted 13th July 2004 12:52
Debi Sykes wrote:
> Can any of you on here just spare a minute to look at
> http://www.dsdesign-art.co.uk/aboutus.html and
> http://www.dsdesign-art.co.uk/contact.html
> ...
Consider validating yo...
Re: FN-FORUM:Colour question
date posted 13th July 2004 12:50
> loads of possibilities..
Bugger....
RE: FN-FORUM: Anyone recommend a bookkeeper?
date posted 13th July 2004 12:48
No in the area - York any good ;-) ?=20
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Elizabeth Varley
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To: Andy Macnaughton-Jones...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check- errors
date posted 13th July 2004 12:47
Thanks for looking for me, I think it must be a mac problem then.
On 13 Jul 2004, at 13:24, Emma Davis wrote:
>
> All working fine here (XP, IE6, PC)
>
> Emma
> ----- Original Message -----
> Fro...
RE: FN-FORUM:Colour question
date posted 13th July 2004 12:47
I had the same problem between 2 apps. It turned out that the Blue and Green
boxes to enter a number were opposite way round. Stared at it for ages
before I realised
Just a possibility
Damon...
FN-FORUM: Anyone recommend a bookkeeper?
date posted 13th July 2004 12:41
Can anyone recommend their bookkeeper? Looking for someone good,
inexpensive and fast.
Ideally in Harpenden, Luton, St Albans areas, or London.
Anyone have a good one?
Cheers
Elizabeth...
RE: FN-FORUM: site check- errors
date posted 13th July 2004 12:41
> Can any of you on here just spare a minute to look at
> http://www.dsdesign-art.co.uk/aboutus.html and
> http://www.dsdesign-art.co.uk/contact.html
> and just see if the contact page crashes IE...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check- errors
date posted 13th July 2004 12:41
All working fine here (XP, IE6, PC)
Emma
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Re: FN-FORUM:Colour question
date posted 13th July 2004 12:39
Dan Cook wrote:
> Why is it that if I type an RGB value into both photoshop and quark, they
> are completely different? Am I doing something wrong or is there a
> particular reason for this?
>
> TIA...
Re: FN-FORUM:Colour question
date posted 13th July 2004 12:37
At 13:11 on Tuesday, 13 Jul 2004, Dan Cook wrote:
>
> Why is it that if I type an RGB value into both photoshop and quark, they
> are completely different? Am I doing something wrong or is there a
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Font Styles
date posted 13th July 2004 12:32
On 13 Jul 2004 12:05:06 -0000, Thomas Design [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> never mind, i'm a lazy git!
try these also:
http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/Core/...
FN-FORUM:Colour question
date posted 13th July 2004 12:28
Why is it that if I type an RGB value into both photoshop and quark, they
are completely different? Am I doing something wrong or is there a
particular reason for this?
TIA ;-)...
RE: FN-FORUM: HELP!!!
date posted 13th July 2004 12:27
I'd not use getrows - always use the .move next stuff (probably
historically)
If you're doing this as a web page, then you can to run the query and
then disconnect the returned recordset.=20
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Re: FN-FORUM: Hosting advice please
date posted 13th July 2004 12:27
On 13 Jul 2004, at 08:48, Tony Crockford wrote:
(a lot of this is going to echo what norman said, but here we go...)
> currently domains are with 123-reg and nameservers are with splash
> host.
m...
FN-FORUM: site check- errors
date posted 13th July 2004 12:27
Can any of you on here just spare a minute to look at
http://www.dsdesign-art.co.uk/aboutus.html and
http://www.dsdesign-art.co.uk/contact.html
and just see if the contact page crashes IE at all...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Font Styles
date posted 13th July 2004 12:21
never mind, i'm a lazy git!
Best Regards
D Thomas
http://www.thomas-design.co.uk
[EMAIL REMOVED]
t - 0870 162 0723
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Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Font Styles
date posted 13th July 2004 12:20
http://style.cleverchimp.com/corestyle/base.html#base...
FN-FORUM: HELP!!!
date posted 13th July 2004 12:13
Grrrrr....
ASP problem...
Anyone got any ideas why this (which is the prefered solution) doesn't
work - it gives me a type mismatch error on the GetRows Line:
----------
CODE
----------
'finally...
FN-FORUM: CSS Font Styles
date posted 13th July 2004 12:07
Hi all
Don't suppose anyone's got a universal type fonts stylesheet with loads of
font styles and styles for all the h1,h2,h3,h4 etc tags I can 'borrow' have
they?
I could write a load but thought i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Tate Modern Evening - This Friday
date posted 13th July 2004 11:42
a milkshake? i hope that a joke as i intend on getting quite drunk:)
so see you there!
www.dsdesign-art.co.uk
07830 237806
On 13 Jul 2004, at 12:21, Dave Edwards wrote:
>
> Just a reminder about t...
FN-FORUM: Tate Modern Evening - This Friday
date posted 13th July 2004 11:38
Just a reminder about this coming Friday night and the meet-up at Tate
Modern. 7pm in the Cafeteria.
Gallery is open until 10 pm, afterwards we'll head somewhere for a milkshake
;)
http://www.tate.o...
Re: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 10:37
On 13 Jul 2004, at 10:13, Joe Freeman wrote:
> I was expecting to go in today, talk about what they want, then write
> a proposal and get that back to them. I am just expecting awkward
> questions...
RE: FN-FORUM: Session.Abandon
date posted 13th July 2004 10:21
Yep, worldpay will make a page request back to your server which is a
completely different session... How long did it take us to realise that
this was why our cart callbacks weren't working ;-)=20
--...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excuses, excuses
date posted 13th July 2004 10:12
on 13/7/04 12:50 am, Catherine Hutchinson at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I hope it's not the same client ;-)
Not unless they're a Mac user called Murphy :)
anything and everything to do with apple m...
FN-FORUM: Session.Abandon
date posted 13th July 2004 10:04
Hi,
I want to call Session.Abandon for a shopping cart. Is it ok to call it
before it goes into Worldpay because if I understand rightly once it is in
Worldpay it uses a different Session Id to th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Printing
date posted 13th July 2004 09:57
Hehe - now that's very confusing for me... on the one hand Neelesh
>recommended them (which implies he was happy with them), however, 'mcDonalds
>of the printing world' doesn't inspire confidence :-)...
RE: FN-FORUM: (OT) Private Land access
date posted 13th July 2004 09:57
>You do not mention how your neighbour reacted when you had a friendly
chat with him about it? ;-)
I have mentioned this to my neigbour lots of tims but give it a month
and they are back to blocking...
Re: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 09:55
questions like, "How long will it take?" or, "How much?", which I would
like to be able to answer.
You can answer that with, 'did you have a timescale in mind yourself'? and
'that really depends on t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 09:42
Joe Freeman wrote on 13 July 2004 10:15:
> Thanks Dominic, thats very helpful.
>
> I was expecting to go in today, talk about what they want, then write
> a proposal and get that back to them. I am...
Re: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 09:40
Just wondering - would there be any advantage of using an intranet based
system for file sharing?
I would of thought it would have a better interface, therefore be easier
to use...? Is there anythi...
RE: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 09:37
Awkward questions have easy answers
Q: "How long?"
A: "Don't know yet"
Q: "How much?"
A: "Don't know yet"
Don't be bullied into giving an answer
ab...
Re: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 09:31
Thanks Dominic, thats very helpful.
I was expecting to go in today, talk about what they want, then write a
proposal and get that back to them. I am just expecting awkward
questions like, "How long...
RE: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 09:13
Hi Joe
To echo what just about everyone has said, before you go in with a price
and a solution, establish *EXACTLY* what the client wants and then go
back with a clear and tight proposal.
Having do...
RE: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 09:04
Joe,
You need to sort out there requirements, just arrange a meeting with
them and sit and talk to them about what it is they want to do or as
previous posts have said you could end up looking like...
Re: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 08:53
Morning,
I don't mean to sound like I am trying to give them an inappropriate
system. I am assuming that they have good reason to want an intranet,
and maybe just want the file sharing bit to be in...
RE: FN-FORUM: (OT) Private Land access
date posted 13th July 2004 08:50
You do not mention how your neighbour reacted when you had a friendly
chat with him about it? ;-)
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development....
RE: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 08:41
Hi
You could alwaays point them in the direction of http://www.intragp.com
an intranet for General Practice.. (Yes I'm pluggin my own product!) Can
send you more info of list or you can talk directly...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hosting advice please
date posted 13th July 2004 08:22
Hi Tony
This was the situation we were in, so I guess I can just tell you what
we did.
First off don't have two nameservers with the same company. Thankfully
at the time we were moving to our own s...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check?
date posted 13th July 2004 08:11
Overall a nice looking site (I like simplistic layouts and colours), but I
found the text hard to read and personally think it is more to do with the
size of the font rather than the type of font.
Th...
RE: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 08:09
Hiya
I was going to suggest SBS2003 as well. Sharepoint is really nice
(we're installing it in our office atm as a test bed to show off to a
number of clients), and easy to maintain/extend.
Now doe...
FN-FORUM: Hosting advice please
date posted 13th July 2004 08:05
I got caught in the dedicatednow fiasco.
Splashhost sells me reseller space on a box they rent from Pwebtech.
I'm going to move, because the situation is unreliable. (portable IP
addresses on a co...
Re: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 08:00
Joe Freeman wrote:
> I know you people all dispise people like me, stealing all your
> potential work from you at crap prices
:-) Not at all. Well, at least, not me. Doing a job cheap
becaus...
Re: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 07:55
Joe Freeman wrote:
> I know that they don't need the interface, but
> this is potential money, so I'm not intending to tell them that they
> don't need it.
Without wishing to appear rude, this is...
Re: FN-FORUM: Dodgy practice
date posted 13th July 2004 07:39
Andrew Wilson wrote:
> Nominet now charge for the change of registrant service
It's only £15, a small price to pay given that your client actually
chose to sign up with them in the first place, a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 07:25
Hi Joe,
A couple of points.
If it's anything to do with the NHS they will almost certainly ask for proof
of Professional Indemnity Insurance.
You also ask for guidance about how to go about the job...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check?
date posted 13th July 2004 02:43
just at first glance, i really like the colour scheme and the feel of
the site, just not sure about your use of font...on newsreel, it looks
a bit odd, it looks like its newsreei -as its that type o...
FN-FORUM: site check?
date posted 13th July 2004 02:32
Have finally had a chance to update my site, if anyone would like to
leave any feedback (negative or otherwise), it is most welcome.
http://www.substudio.co.uk/dev/flash/
Still have to write some c...
FN-FORUM: site check?
date posted 13th July 2004 02:27
have finally had a chance to update my site, if anyone would like to
give me any feedback (negative or otherwise) before the site goes live
then it is most welcome.
Cheers,
C....
RE: FN-FORUM: (OT) Private Land access
date posted 13th July 2004 00:50
>I'm hoping that someone can advise on my rights re the following
>(Scottish law).
I'm not sure of the law as such, but I live in the village where the
Scottish Police College is situated. For years...
RE: FN-FORUM: Excuses, excuses
date posted 13th July 2004 00:39
>I was to be found bobbing along
>the west coast of Barbados guiltily
read as "nah, nah, nah, nah, nah nah". :)
Feeling about as guilty as a nun after confession I reckon.
Caz
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RE: FN-FORUM: ADODB wierdness
date posted 13th July 2004 00:30
Hi Dai
>Have you checked the actual character code values of the 'apostrophes'
>in the db and going in via the SQL query? Have had problems before
>where what looked like the same thing turned out t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excuses, excuses
date posted 13th July 2004 00:07
I hope it's not the same client ;-)
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Re: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 00:04
> I'm not really trying to find the *perfect* solution. Just seeing this
> as potential work. I dought that they are requesting any support for NT
> anyway.
That's seems an odd viewpoint - surely pro...
RE: FN-FORUM: Price Quote
date posted 13th July 2004 00:04
Sure... but if they ask, you say that you need to understand their
requirement fully in order to provide an accurate quote, I think they'll
respect you a bit more than just coming up with a price with...
RE: FN-FORUM: Printing
date posted 13th July 2004 00:01
> Hi Carl - I haven't used them myself, but I know Neelesh has also
> recommended them here in the past, and made a comment about them being the
> 'McDonalds of the printing world'. I'm assuming he me...
RE: FN-FORUM: Printing
date posted 13th July 2004 00:00
>
> I've had some cards and letterheads done, and they were spot on.
>
> You can request a samples pack directly from them.
>
> http://www.printing.com/v2/dk_freesamples.php
>
> Matt
Cheers Matt....
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