Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday September 28th 2006
Re: FN-FORUM: do i have any rights
date posted 28th September 2006 23:21
On Wednesday 27 September 2006 17:43, Raymond Stone wrote:
> I once had to issue a claim in the small claims court, you can do it all
> online if both you and the debtor are trading in England, does...
Re: FN-FORUM: What bank?
date posted 28th September 2006 16:34
On 28 Sep 2006, at 4:33 pm, Faded Halo Industries wrote:
>
> Ha! I had exactly the same deal with hsbc so I moved.
>
> Another dealie I found with them was that if you use a mac, the
> internet
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: What bank?
date posted 28th September 2006 16:32
I have been with Abbey business banking for a few years now and I am quite
happy. There is a restriction on the number of transactions but its fine for
my business.
Amarshi
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RE: FN-FORUM: What bank?
date posted 28th September 2006 16:11
Quoting Easymatics Forums [EMAIL REMOVED]
> my son has hsbc and something direct?? Can't remember what they called,
> but he is always complaining as well.
First Direct? I've been with them since th...
Re: FN-FORUM: What bank?
date posted 28th September 2006 16:11
Ha! I had exactly the same deal with hsbc so I moved.
Another dealie I found with them was that if you use a mac, the internet
banking wont work unless you use netscape.
So I moved to Barclays. It's...
RE: FN-FORUM: Oh dear god no.
date posted 28th September 2006 16:09
Shared Knowledge, ask for Martin Cole and tell him I sent you.
I have been hosted by them for years, moved whole operations over to
dedicated machines with them and never had any problems that were no...
Re: FN-FORUM: What bank?
date posted 28th September 2006 16:01
Hi Ian
I recently opened an account with Abbey
Free banking.
Fairly good customer service over the telephone (in Scotland I think).
No service in the branch though.
Online banking is ok - not as...
RE: FN-FORUM: What bank?
date posted 28th September 2006 15:45
>Can anyone suggest a decent bank with a human approach to customer service
and a properly functioning business internet service (I virtually never need
to visit a branch) that doesn't charge the eart...
Re: FN-FORUM: What bank?
date posted 28th September 2006 15:44
Natwest - you can do everything online, and when you do need to speak with a
'real' person its a UK call center! I have a three phone I understand the
nightmare of call centers in foreign countries!!!...
FN-FORUM: What bank?
date posted 28th September 2006 15:33
Hi all,
I'm at the end of my tether with my bank (HSBC). I've been with them
for a couple of years and they have just not provided anything like a
satisfactory service. The last straw has been th...
RE: FN-FORUM: Creating a comments script
date posted 28th September 2006 14:24
> What I am looking to create is a simple script that allows
> people to upload comments to a web page. I'm sure this is
> very easy but I really don't know where to start.
Have you thought about sof...
Re: FN-FORUM: Oh dear god no.
date posted 28th September 2006 14:14
I have used Webfusion VPS package for hosting. =A335 a month...
Comes with plesk and you can host up to 100 sites and plenty of =20
bandwidth.
but im sure there is cheaper and better.. but i have no...
FN-FORUM: Job op for MSCP
date posted 28th September 2006 14:14
Afternoon all
I thought this might be of interest to some of you (although I know a lot of
you are pretty anti MS !!)
One of my partners is looking for an MSCP for some design and architectural
cons...
Re: FN-FORUM: Recommend a robust or free e-commerce, online shop script in PHP.
date posted 28th September 2006 13:44
Is it called virtualmart?
I have loaded on a test joomla site and its looks great,
im just looking for someone to build joomla site from our designs =20
using virtualmart at the moment.
.
Malc
On...
RE: FN-FORUM: Printing a large Table
date posted 28th September 2006 13:39
Jonathan Dorling wrote:
> I got a client who has a web page with a table which is about A2 full
> page size. But they need to print it out in IE on A4 paper.
>
> If you try to print it out in just p...
Re: FN-FORUM: Creating a comments script
date posted 28th September 2006 13:28
Thanks Dave I'll take a look. I suppose in a way it is a guestbook I
want. I want to use it in a way where people can come to the site and
add their experience for all to read. I am however like yo...
RE: FN-FORUM: quick linux shell question
date posted 28th September 2006 13:27
Mark Bell wrote:
> 'cd' into a directory, it's got 000's of file in it
>
> How can I quickly get a file count (ie: this dir contains
> 1345 files) ?
>
> Is it an 'ls -' type switch?
Try
ls -1 |...
RE: FN-FORUM: quick linux shell question
date posted 28th September 2006 13:25
Thx Richard.
>>>---
$ ls | wc
the first figure is the number of files.
Cheers,
Richard...
Re: FN-FORUM: Oh dear god no.
date posted 28th September 2006 13:22
Yeah, totally, http://www.clook.co.uk/ are awesome. The resellers acct is
great - Cost me about =A3250 for the year.
Ive only been trading for a bit more than a year and now when I'd signed up
for th...
Re: FN-FORUM: quick linux shell question
date posted 28th September 2006 13:19
On Thursday 28 September 2006 13:30, Mark Bell wrote:
> 'cd' into a directory, it's got 000's of file in it
>
> How can I quickly get a file count (ie: this dir contains 1345 files) ?
>
Pipe the outpu...
Re: FN-FORUM: Printing a large Table
date posted 28th September 2006 13:12
Hi Jonathon
I would create a PDF (print to Acrobat PDF Writer) from the web browser,
then print the PDF file.
I don't know how it works on other versions, but on Acrobat 4, you need to
play with the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Oh dear god no.
date posted 28th September 2006 13:10
On the back of this post and I'm sure it's been asked dozens of times, =
but
what the heck.
Does anyone have recommendations for cheap reliable hosting for a =
fledgling
web design company, with a v...
FN-FORUM: quick linux shell question
date posted 28th September 2006 13:07
'cd' into a directory, it's got 000's of file in it
How can I quickly get a file count (ie: this dir contains 1345 files) ?
Is it an 'ls -' type switch?
TIA
Mark
---
Mark Bell
http://m4rk.biz
te...
Re: FN-FORUM: Creating a comments script
date posted 28th September 2006 13:06
Quoting Michelle Penny [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> Hi all,
>
> Firstly I want to thank everyone who helped me out with my contact form
> panic the other day, you know who you are and you are true stars. I am...
RE: FN-FORUM: Oh dear god no.
date posted 28th September 2006 12:50
>> Just got off the phone with fasthosts...after trying to sort
>> out their shitty billing system, to discover that they are
>> actually merging with 1&1. No wonder their service sucks so
>> much of...
FN-FORUM: Creating a comments script
date posted 28th September 2006 12:47
Hi all,
Firstly I want to thank everyone who helped me out with my contact form
panic the other day, you know who you are and you are true stars. I am
now back with a new question, however this is...
Re: FN-FORUM: Printing a large Table
date posted 28th September 2006 12:40
I would say print it using Landscape, and edit the htlm so that its
printable...
or use print screen, and then edit the stuff you dont want via croping in a
package.
silly suggestions make em l...
Re: FN-FORUM: Printing a large Table
date posted 28th September 2006 12:36
On Thursday 28 September 2006 12:48, Jonathan Dorling wrote:
> I got a client who has a web page with a table which is about A2 full page
> size. But they need to print it out in IE on A4 paper.
>
> I...
FN-FORUM: Printing a large Table
date posted 28th September 2006 12:26
I got a client who has a web page with a table which is about A2 full page
size. But they need to print it out in IE on A4 paper.
If you try to print it out in just prints the first 10 columns on the...
RE: FN-FORUM: Oh dear god no.
date posted 28th September 2006 12:24
Just a quick note on finding the server path on 1&1... I had the same
requirement and if your server has PHP, slapping up a quick PHP page =
with
reveals the true server path.
Dave.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Recommend a robust or free e-commerce, online shop script in PHP.
date posted 28th September 2006 12:12
Faded Halo Industries wrote:
> There is a plug in for joomla which I have been recommended by a guy here.
> Cant remember the name of it just now tho.
> I had a look and it looked pretty awesome, but...
RE: FN-FORUM: Oh dear god no.
date posted 28th September 2006 12:12
whos the bigger company? 1and1 or fasthosts? just wondering which will beco=
me the dominant company!
I have hosting with 1and1 at the moment for my personal site, never really =
had a problem with t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Recommend a robust or free e-commerce, online shop script in PHP.
date posted 28th September 2006 11:56
That could have been Virtumart, looks and acts very like osCommerce I
reckon.
Allan Young
http://www.web-spaced.com
http://www.desk2web.co.uk
MSN Messenger: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Yahoo Messenge...
FN-FORUM: Oh dear god no.
date posted 28th September 2006 11:52
Just got off the phone with fasthosts...after trying to sort out their
shitty billing system, to discover that they are actually merging with 1&1.
No wonder their service sucks so much of late, and ca...
Re: FN-FORUM: Recommend a robust or free e-commerce, online shop script in PHP.
date posted 28th September 2006 11:51
There is a plug in for joomla which I have been recommended by a guy here.
Cant remember the name of it just now tho.
I had a look and it looked pretty awesome, but ive not used it.
I also have a cli...
Re: FN-FORUM: Recommend a robust or free e-commerce, online shop script in PHP.
date posted 28th September 2006 11:39
Looks like Zen Cart and OSCommerce are the 2 to look at, thanks for all =
the
info folks.
Many Thanks
Barry.
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Re: FN-FORUM: OFFFF FORUM: graphic designer/illustrator needing help with website
date posted 28th September 2006 10:23
if you want a free shopping cart we'll do that too
Andrew
Lucy Boyd wrote:
> Darn I thought that might include creating the website as well!
>
>
> lucy boyd design 68 bonaly rise edinburgh...
Re: FN-FORUM: OFFFF FORUM: graphic designer/illustrator needing help with website
date posted 28th September 2006 10:14
Hi Lucy, I can create a template and you can work within the html design
framework (not frames!)
header
3 colums
footer
Andrew
Lucy Boyd wrote:
> Darn I thought that might include creating the w...
Re: FN-FORUM: OFFFF FORUM: graphic designer/illustrator needing help with website
date posted 28th September 2006 10:08
Darn I thought that might include creating the website as well!
lucy boyd design 68 bonaly rise edinburgh eh13 0qx
>> tel. 0131 478 5378 mob. 07811 026 760 http://www.lbd.uk.net
=20...
Re: FN-FORUM: OFFFF FORUM: graphic designer/illustrator needing help with website
date posted 28th September 2006 09:28
Punters Power wrote:
>
> not really, the offer is open to everyone out there who is struggling,
>
> I will register the domai and set it up, for free.
>
> No big secret.
no big deal either with .c...
Re: FN-FORUM: OFFFF FORUM: graphic designer/illustrator needing help with website
date posted 28th September 2006 09:17
not really, the offer is open to everyone out there who is struggling,
I will register the domai and set it up, for free.
No big secret.
Andrew
Tony Crockford wrote:
>
> Punters Power wrote:
>>...
Re: FN-FORUM: OFFFF FORUM: graphic designer/illustrator needing help with website
date posted 28th September 2006 09:01
Punters Power wrote:
>
> Where are you based?
>
> Can you produce print work?
>
> If yu want your own website I will register the domain for you and set
> it up for you, in return for some design...
FN-FORUM: OFFFF FORUM: graphic designer/illustrator needing help with website
date posted 28th September 2006 08:49
Where are you based?
Can you produce print work?
If yu want your own website I will register the domain for you and set
it up for you, in return for some design :) Which i turn can be used
for yo...
FN-FORUM: graphic designer/illustrator needing help with website
date posted 28th September 2006 08:37
Hi I am a Graphic Designer/Illustrator qualified up to HND level and have
been trying to ply my work and designs on the internet. The biggest
drawback is that I do not have a professional website and...
Re: FN-FORUM: Recommend a robust or free e-commerce, online shop script in PHP.
date posted 28th September 2006 08:36
There is a great free shopping cart called 'free php shopping cart
script' I can't remember where it is though.
What did your research consist of?
Andrew
http://www.punterspower.co.uk
Colin...
Re: FN-FORUM: ASP, PHP, JSP, AJAX, etc
date posted 28th September 2006 04:21
Server side
options is between ASP, PHP, JSP
i prefer PHP since it's good, huge API, support both UNIX/Windows
platform, and moreover it's free.... easy to learn
Client side AJAX and Javascript is a...