Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday December 14th 2006
Re: FN-FORUM: Web Design Competitions?
date posted 14th December 2006 21:11
Hi james
I am sure that you have friends or they can put you in touch with people wh=
o
need help in this area, you will be completing a professional brief plus
hopefully they will take heed of yo...
FN-FORUM: Web Design Competitions?
date posted 14th December 2006 20:44
I am looking to build a up a portfolio of sites i have designed and feel
that the best way of doing this would be to take part in a webdesign
competition. Does anyone know of any good competitions t...
Re: FN-FORUM: VPN on ADSL Max - hardware recommendations please...
date posted 14th December 2006 18:29
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Re: FN-FORUM: Ajax problem
date posted 14th December 2006 16:48
If you go you this page
http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/premium-chocolate-fountain/index.html#top
using IE
Click on "Watch the Movie" and watch some of the video then close the pop up
then repeat i...
RE: Re: FN-FORUM: Query: em unit
date posted 14th December 2006 15:56
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>> Thanks Chris, I might have a go at that next time I start a site.
>
>> My personal preferance is to do font-size:62.5%; for the body which make=
s
>> 1em roughly equal to 10p...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web 2.0 "Glow" effect on borders
date posted 14th December 2006 15:44
I like it a lot!
Bo
14 dec 2006 kl. 16.18 skrev Craig:
>
> Hi
>
> I did a site with a glow last year: www.argoholidays.com
>
> The container and footer divs are the key, i.e.
>
> #container
> {
> ma...
RE: FN-FORUM: Web 2.0 "Glow" effect on borders
date posted 14th December 2006 15:37
Hi
I did a site with a glow last year: www.argoholidays.com
The container and footer divs are the key, i.e.
#container
{
margin: auto;
padding: 0;
border:0;
width: 808px;
text-align: center;
backgr...
FN-FORUM: XMAS is upon us
date posted 14th December 2006 15:24
Well, I'm buggering off to the USA for xmas and new year, so wherever you
may be, have brilliant xmases and drunken new years.
May we all prosper in 2007, and may our businesses be even more awesome...
RE: FN-FORUM: Web 2.0 "Glow" effect on borders
date posted 14th December 2006 15:16
Hi Tony, Juraj,
Thanks for your emails - I have no preference as to whether it is done in
CSS only, or done with pictures - having looked at the
verizonmath.blogspot.com link from Tony, I suspect I w...
FN-FORUM: Advice on Software Download website
date posted 14th December 2006 14:42
Hi,
I am hoping that someone here can give me some advice on how to move
forward with my site at http://www.software-dungeon.co.uk which I am
presently working on. I have implemented an AJAX search e...
Re: FN-FORUM: Query: em unit
date posted 14th December 2006 14:22
Tony Crockford wrote:
> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>> Thanks Chris, I might have a go at that next time I start a site.
>
>> My personal preferance is to do font-size:62.5%; for the body which
>> makes 1e...
Re: FN-FORUM: Query: em unit
date posted 14th December 2006 14:04
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Thanks Chris, I might have a go at that next time I start a site.
> My personal preferance is to do font-size:62.5%; for the body which makes
> 1em roughly equal to 10px when...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web 2.0 "Glow" effect on borders
date posted 14th December 2006 13:49
Alex Libby wrote:
> Hi Tony,
>
> Yep - this is the effect I am looking for. Perhaps not quite so thick / wide
> a shadow effect as the one Blogger uses, but once I know how to do it, then
> I am sure...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web 2.0 "Glow" effect on borders
date posted 14th December 2006 13:47
Hi,
In this case, it is a "sides_body.gif" picture behind the page body
with gradients on the sides. You can do this in a graphic software
such as Photoshop or PaintShopPro etc...
Or did you mean th...
RE: FN-FORUM: Query: em unit
date posted 14th December 2006 13:36
Thanks Chris, I might have a go at that next time I start a site.
-Phil
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Re: FN-FORUM: Fax machine recommendation
date posted 14th December 2006 13:34
Jomo,
On 12 Dec 2006, at 14:56, Callum Rimmer wrote:
> I got this for my mum for christmas - seems good value:
>
> http://www.savastore.com/productinfo/product.aspx?
> catalog_name=Savastore&product_...
RE: FN-FORUM: Web 2.0 "Glow" effect on borders
date posted 14th December 2006 13:34
Hi Tony,
Yep - this is the effect I am looking for. Perhaps not quite so thick / wide
a shadow effect as the one Blogger uses, but once I know how to do it, then
I am sure I could adjust settings to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Web 2.0 "Glow" effect on borders
date posted 14th December 2006 13:27
Alex Libby wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I hope this is relatively easy, but I would like to implement what I think
> is technically known as the Web 2.0 "outer glow" effect around the edges of
> a website...
FN-FORUM: Web 2.0 "Glow" effect on borders
date posted 14th December 2006 13:20
Dear all,
I hope this is relatively easy, but I would like to implement what I think
is technically known as the Web 2.0 "outer glow" effect around the edges of
a website I am building in XHTML and C...
RE: FN-FORUM: Query: em unit
date posted 14th December 2006 12:04
>I've just come across the CSS 'em' unit, from what I can see it stands for
>'emphasis' and when used represents the proportion of the standard font size
>you want the text to display at.
>
>Firstly,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Query: em unit
date posted 14th December 2006 11:57
Ok thanks Anthony & Tony,
Seems it's useful for scaling issues, and apparently 'ex' is to be avoided
because of poor Opera compatibility.
I always find it necessary to find out the meaning behind a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Canon Pixma Printers and Canon Support sucks!
date posted 14th December 2006 11:51
Tony Crockford wrote:
>
> I have a canon Pixma 4200
>
> print quality is great.
>
> Ink tanks are way too expensive and any non-canon ink options
> invalidate the warranty and disable the level check...
FN-FORUM: Canon Pixma Printers and Canon Support sucks!
date posted 14th December 2006 11:44
I have a canon Pixma 4200
print quality is great.
Ink tanks are way too expensive and any non-canon ink options invalidate
the warranty and disable the level checking software!
I'm on my first set...
Re: FN-FORUM: Query: em unit
date posted 14th December 2006 11:27
> I've just come across the CSS 'em' unit, from what I can see it stands
> for
> 'emphasis' and when used represents the proportion of the standard font
> size
> you want the text to display at....
Re: FN-FORUM: Query: em unit
date posted 14th December 2006 11:23
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I've just come across the CSS 'em' unit, from what I can see it stands for
> 'emphasis' and when used represents the proportion of the standard font size
> you want the text t...
FN-FORUM: Query: em unit
date posted 14th December 2006 11:11
I've just come across the CSS 'em' unit, from what I can see it stands for
'emphasis' and when used represents the proportion of the standard font size
you want the text to display at.
Firstly, is th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can you put commission paid to another freelancer down as an expense?
date posted 14th December 2006 10:43
Yes. This is a legitimate business expense.
Mike A.
Duncan Glendinning wrote:
> Morning all!
>
> Another freelancer is handing over some clients to me, and we have
> agreed to a commission for the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can you put commission paid to another freelancer down as an expense?
date posted 14th December 2006 10:28
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 11:03:15AM -0000, Duncan Glendinning wrote:
>
> Morning all!
>
> Another freelancer is handing over some clients to me, and we have
> agreed to a commission for the intriduct...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can you put commission paid to another freelancer down as an expense?
date posted 14th December 2006 10:27
I would think so as you are essentially paying consultancy fees
Pete
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FN-FORUM: Can you put commission paid to another freelancer down as an expense?
date posted 14th December 2006 10:22
Morning all!
Another freelancer is handing over some clients to me, and we have
agreed to a commission for the intriduction, in the first year. The
commission is to be paid on my revenue from those c...
Re: FN-FORUM: VPN on ADSL Max - hardware recommendations please...
date posted 14th December 2006 09:14
If you have an old PC I've found that smoothwall is a viable option. It's
free, takes the minimum of setup and is small enough to burn onto a CD and
run from there once you have the final configurati...
Re: FN-FORUM: Contact details on a portfolio
date posted 14th December 2006 09:10
> (I think), suggests that it is preferable to have a separate phone line
> for business, so that it presents a professional image to a client, and
> not a
> family member who simply responds "Hel...
FN-FORUM: VPN on ADSL Max - hardware recommendations please...
date posted 14th December 2006 09:05
I'm looking for hardware recommendations for routers that work happily
as VPN endpoints on ADSL max.
I'd like a robust solution, not one that requires constant tinkering.
Any recommendations for ro...
Re: FN-FORUM: Simple URL rewrite script in PHP
date posted 14th December 2006 08:01
Dominic Raywod wrote:
>
> On a more general point here, I've never got my head round Apache
> directives an always seem to end up searching Google for an example to
> what I want.
>
> Can anyone r...