Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday November 14th 2005
RE: FN-FORUM: new site on-line - anyone for tapas?
date posted 14th November 2005 23:11
it's sorted!
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FN-FORUM: Corrected URL... Site Check!
date posted 14th November 2005 23:08
Sorry that url should of read...=20
www.highgradeproductionsltd.com/index.php
Paul
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Paul Summers
Systems Developer
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Telephone. 0845 307 0002
Fax. 0845 307 0003
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RE: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 23:02
Wow this has been a fun one to follow all day.
Was the brief like one of those tiebreaker questions?...
Using only the words "Click tree to continue" build a website navigation
system.
:-)
Ben
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Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 22:58
Digital Delirium wrote:
> On a general note, in light of all the pretty negative posts flying about. I
> think most folk here have their own areas of expertise, and if sharing their
> knowledge is n...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 22:31
Ok folks, things seem to have calmed a little, so I thought I'd slip in
a few quiet comments.
If you're unsure about your design or development, I'd recommend asking
for targeted comments on specif...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 21:53
This is an unmoderated list. It can be very helpful or very destructive -
depends on who's around and what mood people are in.
I find it helpful and fascinating. I have the social skills of a desicc...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 21:49
My personal feelings are that if you get negative criticisms from someone
here - then you are quite likely to get it from someone else who may be
paying your wages
And anyhow - I love an argument...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 21:45
Hmmm. Looks just like the other one. Probably I'm not the target market,
but, for my well over 40 age group, colour contrast not enough, text too
small and too fast. What's it for? I'd put the designs...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 21:41
I must say, I've only recently joined myself hoping to bring on more work on
my new consultancy, but all I've seen so far is shouting and some quite rude
e-mails.
The constructive side has been the s...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 21:33
In fairness - I don=B9t think that any of the comments that have been made
have been purely to ridicule your potential, only to give opinions, which i=
s
one of the points of this forum
Pushing bou...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 21:17
On Monday 14 November 2005 18:42, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> instances of his work, I really can't see that he has any idea about what
> he is supposed to be an expert on; bland, anonymous, dead sites t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 21:08
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> For those of you willing to offer constructive comments, there is another site
> that I have recently published: www.barbadianroots.com
First off, I wasn't quite sure what to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 21:07
Lol! He actually asked for it this time...
Gerard McGovern wrote:
>>I think I need to draw a line under this as there has a been
>>a lot written about this site and apart from Dave Boulder's
>>com...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 20:29
Firstly.
Did you create the images that you have used for the backgrounds of this
site?
If the answer is Yes then my complements as the graphics behind that crap
flash effects are actually quite nic...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 20:17
I'm sorry Chris, I defended you but you're not getting it. You ARE
however getting cocky. I know plenty of people with a degree who still
have no idea...
THIS is experimental flash site design:
ht...
FN-FORUM: ideas generation
date posted 14th November 2005 20:05
Just thought this might be useful to those of us who get occasional
brain fatigue... :-)
http://www.ideagenerationmethods.com/...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 19:59
Hi Chris,
I have to say I do like some of the pictures on that site. Not sure the big
blank background does much for the aesthetics of the pages, and the text is
a little bland in style in my opinio...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 19:41
Sorry Chris - pretentious, unattractive, in some bits painful and a lot of
the time ... it just doesn't work ... and that's without viewing the source
as I was afraid to.
I'm sorry, but there is no d...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 19:21
Is there any list owner or moderator that actually participates in this
community or is it just left to it's own devices ? I joined hoping that it
would be a useful resource and although I have had a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 19:12
On 14 Nov 2005 18:42:33 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I do hold a first
> class honours degree in Design and Communication, so when I talk about pu=
shing
> things I do have some ide...
RE: FN-FORUM: new site on-line - anyone for tapas?
date posted 14th November 2005 19:12
> New client site on-line today - needing hits and sales - have a look!
>=20
> www.tapasmanana.co.uk/ food from Spain - on your plate tomorrow!
http://www.tapasmanana.co.uk/secure.htm
Mmmmmmm, repe...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 19:10
> I think I need to draw a line under this as there has a been=20
> a lot written about this site and apart from Dave Boulder's=20
> comments most of it has been nonsense; I don't mean to sound=20
> l...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 19:07
Is this guy for real?
Darren Foster
www.darrenfoster.co.uk
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Mobile - 07881 805523
Skype me - darrenfoster1976
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Re: FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 18:55
On Monday 14 November 2005 11:24, Jonathan Patchett wrote:
> Not sure about ditching the right nav thing though, I like it there, would
> anyone else like to comment while I go bug-squashing?
People...
FN-FORUM: Re: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 18:26
Hi Guys,
I think I need to draw a line under this as there has a been a lot written about
this site and apart from Dave Boulder's comments most of it has been nonsense; I
don't mean to sound like ou...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 17:06
And you call that people skills? Bravo!
>
>No no - I personally don't have any - which is why I always appreciate them
>when I see them.
>
>
>
>
>
anyone seen Hutch...? :)...
RE: FN-FORUM: new site on-line - anyone for tapas?
date posted 14th November 2005 16:54
what screen res are you using?
A.
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Subject: Re: FN-FOR...
Re: FN-FORUM: Whilst everyone seems to be asking... Site Check!
date posted 14th November 2005 16:52
Andrew Larcombe wrote:
>
> Paul Summers wrote:
>
>> www.highgradeproductionsltd.com
>
> Linux + F/Fox - 'Website Under Development'...with a table based layout...
Tsk! Ditto on both Mac and PC wit...
Re: FN-FORUM: new site on-line - anyone for tapas?
date posted 14th November 2005 16:36
I can see another bg image below the first in safari :)
hth
On 14/11/05 16:41, "Andrew Wilson" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> New client site on-line today - needing hits and sales - have a look!
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Whilst everyone seems to be asking... Site Check!
date posted 14th November 2005 16:29
ditto Mac Tiger, Firefox & Safari
Jeremy Aston
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http://www.realitylogic.com
On 14 Nov 2005, at 16:36, Ray McGinty wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> On 14 Nov 2005, at 16:26, Paul Summers wrote...
Re: FN-FORUM: Whilst everyone seems to be asking... Site Check!
date posted 14th November 2005 16:26
Paul Summers wrote:
> www.highgradeproductionsltd.com
Linux + F/Fox - 'Website Under Development'...with a table based layout...
A...
FN-FORUM: new site on-line - anyone for tapas?
date posted 14th November 2005 16:26
New client site on-line today - needing hits and sales - have a look!
www.tapasmanana.co.uk/ food from Spain - on your plate tomorrow!
A.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Whilst everyone seems to be asking... Site Check!
date posted 14th November 2005 16:21
Hi Paul,
On 14 Nov 2005, at 16:26, Paul Summers wrote:
> Can anyone Mac based take a quick look at the following layout, client
> says they're unable to see the text on the tabs of the three centre...
RE: FN-FORUM: Whilst everyone seems to be asking... Site Check!
date posted 14th November 2005 16:17
"Website currently under development...
...please check back soon."
Win2k / IE6.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Kiosk application
date posted 14th November 2005 16:14
On 14 Nov 2005, at 15:04, John Kyle wrote:
> Why not store any database type data in xml files and use actionscript
> xml
> functions to access the xml data in flash - I think that would be the
> ea...
FN-FORUM: Whilst everyone seems to be asking... Site Check!
date posted 14th November 2005 16:11
Hi All
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Can anyone Mac based take a quick look at the following layout, client
says they're unable to see the text on the tabs of the three centre
boxes - just blank rectangles - I can see text e.g...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 15:49
>Is a Knobber someone who would fit door handles or should it be Nobber?
... interesting point - I've always gone for the K - discuss ...
If only my old troop corporal had had subtitles I'd know.
;...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 15:36
Is a Knobber someone who would fit door handles or should it be Nobber?
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RE: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 15:04
> >People skills go further than any website.
>=20
> Here, here - and well done for resisting the urge to say -=20
> f**k off Knobber
> - as he quite clearly is one.
And you call that people skills?...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 14:55
>I was merely highlighting the way you crit others work when you showed none
of
>your own. Yes Chris' site is badly thought out, but CONSTRUCTIVE criticism
>goes a lot further than scoffing and laugh...
Re: FN-FORUM: Kiosk application
date posted 14th November 2005 14:49
Why not store any database type data in xml files and use actionscript xml
functions to access the xml data in flash - I think that would be the
easiest way to do this and would also make updating t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 14:44
Just out of interest, did anyone bother to consider what the client's brief
was for the site which has caused so much in house sniping?
Perhaps it is not the best site on line for a variety of reason...
Re: FN-FORUM: Kiosk application
date posted 14th November 2005 14:25
On 14 Nov 2005, at 13:39, Karl Bunyan wrote:
> I worked on one pretty large data-driven CD using V12. It's good and
> steady
> and you can script the database creation which helps if you're working...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 14:25
Ok Children I'm going to take away the bat and ball until you can learn to
play nicely together.
C'mon peeps when you place a website up like this for discussion please be
ready for a little critic...
Re: FN-FORUM: Kiosk application
date posted 14th November 2005 14:23
On 14 Nov 2005, at 13:35, Andrew Larcombe wrote:
> If you can use the existing PHP-based system I'd be tempted to look at
> distributing PHP/Apache with SQLLite a la xampp, rather than rewriting
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 13:43
> The screw-ups I would like to see a screenshot of as it works=20
> on every browser and OS I've tested. Most of my work is for=20
> print, is acquired word of mouth and involves regular=20
> clients...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 13:35
You're right Gerard - at the moment my site is crap due to changes being made.
The screw-ups I would like to see a screenshot of as it works on every browser
and OS I've tested. Most of my work is for...
RE: FN-FORUM: Kiosk application
date posted 14th November 2005 13:24
Ray McGinty wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any recommendations for the best database
> software to
> use for a kiosk application to be distributed on CD-ROM?
>
> Does anyone have experience of V12, o...
FN-FORUM: site check thread / test - chris.j(?)
date posted 14th November 2005 13:23
sorry this is a test
i have posted a number of messages that have failed to show up
anyone had similar problems or maybe it is just taking the scenic route
and will turn up in a few hours
maybe i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Kiosk application
date posted 14th November 2005 13:20
Ray McGinty wrote:
> The interface will be either Director or Flash (haven't decided which
> yet) with product info/price list in a database. There's an online
> version of it which works in PHP/MyS...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 13:15
> Sorry Gerard but you've really built this up now ... your=20
> most current work ....
Most current work is an intranet with a searchable talent database of
10,000 people and CVs, full HR functions...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 13:13
> Can't beat some constructive criticism eh?
Actually, I've just looked at your site:
www.guidodesign.co.uk
Dear lord above.
Did you purposely put work and contact out of line with home and about...
FN-FORUM: Kiosk application
date posted 14th November 2005 13:11
Does anyone have any recommendations for the best database software to
use for a kiosk application to be distributed on CD-ROM?
Its going to be a product specifier/quotation generator which will be...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 13:07
Sorry Gerard but you've really built this up now ... your most current work
....
??
Dear lord, I forgot all that crap was still up there. That site was
designed in 2001 ... a good four years and st...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 13:01
> Thanks for you support, no worries, I've had a look at his=20
> site and I wouldn't admit to that either.
Ha, you are criticising my site? Now that is laughable!
G...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 13:01
> As you like the straight to the point approach Gerard - do=20
> you have any another sites besides your blandblog?
> Don't worry about answering him back Chris, just watch his=20
> Big Brother entry...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 12:24
Looks like I need some training in subversion...
Either that or perhaps I need to make the orderid a guid :-)
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Re: FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 12:07
On 14 Nov 2005 11:24:37 -0000, Jonathan Patchett [EMAIL REMOVED] wr=
ote:
>
> Wow - You found loads of bugs. Useful stuff, although most of those fault=
s
> don't seem to happen when I do it, certainl...
Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] Birthday
date posted 14th November 2005 11:50
I was just about to send a message.... *Happy Birthday*
On 14 Nov 2005 09:14:54 -0000, Martin Kellie [EMAIL REMOVED] wrot=
e:
>
> And I never mentioned it once this year - that shows you how fed up
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Check Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 11:19
We have two Site Checks going on at the moment, one of them mine. Anyone
think this is mildly confusing?
Perhaps for future site checks it'd be an idea to put either the URL or the
name in the subjec...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 11:09
Wow - You found loads of bugs. Useful stuff, although most of those faults
don't seem to happen when I do it, certainly the totals work, when you click
add to cart it goes through to the cart, and it...
FN-FORUM: Re:Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 10:54
Hi Steve,
Thanks for you support, no worries, I've had a look at his site and I wouldn't
admit to that either.
Rgds,
Chris J
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RE: FN-FORUM: SQL - Only Update Column When Value Not Null
date posted 14th November 2005 10:45
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I have a SQL stored procedure that checks the MSSQL database
> for an email address. If the email address exists then the SP
> will update any details passed to it, however I...
FN-FORUM: Easy XML editing tool
date posted 14th November 2005 09:20
Hi,
I've got a client who's website data is driven by a couple of XML
files.
Anybody know a simple XML editing tool (that ideally can FTP as well)
that can lock down fields to just show the fields...
FN-FORUM: [OT] Birthday
date posted 14th November 2005 09:00
And I never mentioned it once this year - that shows you how fed up
with life I am
Regards,
Martin...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 08:18
Kind of on the subject, but aren't splash pages really bad for SEO? (Apart
from being frustratingly pointless).
Isn't the rule you have 5 seconds to keep a visitor on your page? Splash
pages take up...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 14th November 2005 07:35
> We're getting about 100 unique visitors a day, it's fairly well targeted
in
> search engines - I've used some mod_rewriting so all the 'pages' are in
the
> root, and are basically the product title....
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