Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday February 8th 2007
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 22:29
Did you compensate for a gutter when creating your annual report as you may
of needed to made the cover bigger by a few mill so when it got trimmed
after stitching the pages, it would be flush.
I'm...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 21:14
> This (what I am doing now) is often called 'bottom posting' because the
> comments come at the bottom of the text that they refer to.
From some messages I've seen, some people think "bottom postin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 20:19
>
> Hi all, another question for all you graphic designers out there. I am
> producing 6 page leaflet standard fold (A4 size pages). I am using
> InDesign
> for the first time and was wondering what...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 20:18
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 05:42:50PM -0000, Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
> >I find it a bit difficult to follow the threads on this group, purely
> >because of the mix of top and bottom posting in people'...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 20:13
On Thursday 08 Feb 2007 1:10 pm, Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs wrote:
> I think I've missed something, but has NTL been bought out??
>
> Just tried to call them to pay my bill and got Virgin Media,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 20:10
You utter utter B*ST*RD!
I see TC's reposted my post of May 2004...
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Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 20:09
On Thursday 08 Feb 2007 5:25 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Hehe, no but I see what you mean, after the first reply it does get har=
d to
> follow. In fact, I don't thin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 19:55
ok, for the book 3mm is it.
i've had a bad experience with a 3mm bleed before where an annual report
came out with bleed creep, embarrassing to say he least. since then i've
gone with 5mm and have...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 18:40
Im getting REAL 1.2 Mbit/sec with BE*. They even offer up to 2.4Mbit
upload for business users.
Jay
On 8 Feb 2007 15:52:04 -0000, Peter Sowerby [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> upload speeds wouldn't be...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 18:38
yep 3mm bleed is the standard us design geeks work to!
On 8 Feb 2007, at 19:18, Malcolm Izatt wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Bleed has always been 3mm in my book, except for large format work
> that need wrap...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 18:22
Hi
Bleed has always been 3mm in my book, except for large format work
that need wrap and some other special cases.
Lets not start promoting 5mm bleed please.
Malc
>
>
> * Bleed would be 5mm over...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quark XPress, Graphic design
date posted 8th February 2007 18:21
Couldn't have said it better Marc, nice one - brought tear to my eye.
Dylan
On 8/2/07 12:42 pm, "Marc Lemmon" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> Quarkxpress has always been the industry standar...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 18:06
aaa, ..apologies, if you're looking at a folded leaflet and not a 'booklet'
them i'm wrong.
sorry.
>
> Hi Daniel
>
> * Booklet printing generally starts at 8 pages (including front cover &
> back...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 17:57
Hi Daniel
* Booklet printing generally starts at 8 pages (including front cover & back
cover), then goes up by 4 pages (so 8, 12, 16 page.. etc). so for your 8
page it would be 2x staple-bound, or...
RE: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 17:15
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Tony
> Crockford
> Sent: 08 February 2007 17:34
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 17:13
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> OT: Tony, I'm gonna check out that list, looks like it could be useful,
1. Try making the Doctype strict.
2...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 17:01
yep I would agree with Lorna on this
On 8 Feb 2007, at 17:43, Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs wrote:
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> Didn't think of that - doh - embarressed look, eyes down.
>
> If every page is A4 size then...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 16:53
Unfortunately, the NTL Telewest business package is only 4MB but with a
lower contention ratio or something, or sp they said, and some sort of
an SLA. You can also get a fixed IP and various other thi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 16:51
> Hi all, another question for all you graphic designers out there. I am
> producing 6 page leaflet standard fold (A4 size pages). I am using
> InDesign
> for the first time and was wondering what t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 16:47
Didn't think of that - doh - embarressed look, eyes down.
If every page is A4 size then just lay the pages next to each other in the
programme in the panel. If you get the layout wrong then you only...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 16:47
> I find it a bit difficult to follow the threads on this group, purely
> because of the mix of top and bottom posting in people's replies.
In an ideal world, no-one should be "top posting" or "botto...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 16:38
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Hehe, no but I see what you mean, after the first reply it does get hard to
> follow. In fact, I don't think I can set Outlook to bottom-reply
> automatically... I can set it...
RE: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 16:29
Hehe, no but I see what you mean, after the first reply it does get hard to
follow. In fact, I don't think I can set Outlook to bottom-reply
automatically... I can set it to put '>' before the lines...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 16:27
couldn't it be A4 gatefold? that would give him 6 pages, is this what
you are aiming for daniel?
On 8 Feb 2007, at 16:58, Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs wrote:
>
> You need to ask your printer th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 16:24
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 04:52:59PM -0000, Tony Crockford wrote:
> most? nay only one, and that's fixable with OE quoteFix
> (http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/)
Thanks for that ......
FN-FORUM: Press Release Agent
date posted 8th February 2007 16:21
Can anyone recommend a press release agent (for websites)?
Jill...
FN-FORUM: Desiging a members area
date posted 8th February 2007 16:20
Hi,
I'm trying to design a members area for my site. It will consist of:
Main file displayed upon entering area: Then I will need navigation to:
Games area, Home work help area, tools area, chat-ro...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 16:19
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I'm unlikely to switch though because as most people
> (non-techie people) are used to top-posted replies they'd probably get
> confused if I started bottom posting.
Ok, but...
RE: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 16:14
OT: Tony, I'm gonna check out that list, looks like it could be useful,
Phil...
RE: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 16:09
I find it a bit difficult to follow the threads on this group, purely
because of the mix of top and bottom posting in people's replies. As
someone who's only ever used email clients that top-post, it...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 16:04
From the wiki:
From: Dom Latter
To: freelancers
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 01:44:12 +0100
Apologies in advance for a long post on our least-favourite subject -
but Neelesh *did* ask...
On Sunday 16...
Re: FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 16:03
You need to ask your printer these questions because are you printing them
on full colour machine, a printing press or other. Margins will be relevant
to this too.
The pagination will be relevant t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 15:57
Adam Reynolds wrote:
>
> This the first email group where I've seen bottom posting.
not been around much then?
> I understand with Usenet it is critical, however with email, hitting 'N'
> to read...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 15:56
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 04:36:56PM -0000, Adam Reynolds wrote:
>
> This the first email group where I've seen bottom posting.
Not been around long then ?
> I understand with Usenet it is critical,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 15:53
Adam Reynolds wrote:
>
> Isn't it a bit archaic, and in the case of email threads, user
> unfriendly? It feels like people are clinging to the past with this
> behaviour. The "this is the way my f...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 15:44
Lorna McArdle wrote:
I do use it for ftp loading at lot
It's only downstream, not upstream. It's the same as BT keep trying to make
me change to wifi, I don't know if I gain anything, but I only...
FN-FORUM: Ok this one should go on for a bit....Top Posting Vs Bottom Posting
date posted 8th February 2007 15:41
This the first email group where I've seen bottom posting.
I understand with Usenet it is critical, however with email, hitting 'N'
to read the next email in the thread, then having to scroll to the...
FN-FORUM: Graphic design - leaflet design
date posted 8th February 2007 15:37
Hi all, another question for all you graphic designers out there. I am
producing 6 page leaflet standard fold (A4 size pages). I am using InDesign
for the first time and was wondering what the best wa...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 15:28
I switched immediately. As a telewest/ntl customer, you get a £10 per
month, 300text/minutes and a free phone.
Orange didn't even bother to try and hold on to me :)
Lorna McArdle - Spinette Design...
RE: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 15:02
I received numerous letters informing me of changes to the billing,
branding, etc, etc. (Trying not to sound condescending here, but...) is
there poor postal service in your area?
(And whilst we're o...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 14:56
upload speeds wouldn't be any faster I think its still the same no mater
what BB you go for.
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Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 14:46
I do use it for ftp loading at lot
Lorna McArdle
>
> If you just surfing and don't get any big attachments or download movies
> etc...
>
> Then you probably wouldn't notice any difference
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 14:23
If you just surfing and don't get any big attachments or download movies
etc...
Then you probably wouldn't notice any difference
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 14:18
I never bothered with upgrading, it's fast enough at 2MB, I can't see any
difference with 10MB, It get's to a point when you have to ask do I really
benefit from 10MB as it won't go any faster.
Or...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 14:10
From: "Tony Crockford" [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs wrote:
> > As a customer would of been nice to of known
>
> I got my email this morning, seconds after you asked your questi...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 14:01
Well doesn't look like they want my money today.
Called them twice and waited over 10 min each time. Thought I'd see if I can
do it on line when you click to my account, error page.
Sorry Richard,...
RE: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 13:58
> maybe you should ask Richard:
>
> http://joinin.virginmedia.com/askrichard.aspx
>
> ;o)
>
Lol, well I have... guess he won't have the time to respond based on the
extremely high brow level of th...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 13:53
Tony Crockford wrote:
>
> Jules Stevenson wrote:
>> Ahh... Yes I got the leaflets, and really did wonder who they were
>> aiming
>> this at - we decided that they must be using age information of the...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 13:49
Jules Stevenson wrote:
> Ahh... Yes I got the leaflets, and really did wonder who they were aiming
> this at - we decided that they must be using age information of their
> customers and targeting acc...
RE: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 13:32
Ahh... Yes I got the leaflets, and really did wonder who they were aiming
this at - we decided that they must be using age information of their
customers and targeting accordingly [somehow overlooking...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: From SSADM to real-world product
date posted 8th February 2007 13:31
Farez Rahman wrote:
>
> Hi Andy.
>
> I'd go with what Gary said.
>
> SSADM comes from the school of thought that says the software
> development process can be tightly controlled and is predictable. I...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 13:28
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> "Lorna McArdle wrote:
>
> As a customer would of been nice to of known
>
> Now what makes you think, that, as a customer you have the right to be
> informed, that you're...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quark XPress, Graphic design
date posted 8th February 2007 13:27
I used Quark for a few years doing magazine design, my thoughts are:
* It is primarily used in publication design
* Great for using large amounts of text because you can easily create
consistent te...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 13:26
LOL good for you,
I remember getting something from Virgin about a week ago. But didn't take
any notice as I don't own any Virgin products thought It was junk mail. So
maybe that was what was sent...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 13:12
They sent several leaflets designed to appeal to teenagers in very tiny
print that I couldn't read (so I complained but wasn't offered a large
print version!!)
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Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 13:10
I think they sold the domestic end. I got told I couldn't use my phone
for business any more (apparently I shouldn't have been - but they were
happy enough to install me a second line for business use...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 13:07
"Lorna McArdle wrote:
As a customer would of been nice to of known
Now what makes you think, that, as a customer you have the right to be
informed, that you're rights are being sold to, "A" anot...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 12:58
On Thursday 08 February 2007 13:36, Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs wrote:
> I'll go mad if they start trying to sell me mobiles, it's bad enough with
> G3 and the others.
Naw - they ( Virgin ) offe...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 12:45
Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs wrote:
> As a customer would of been nice to of known
I got my email this morning, seconds after you asked your question!
as Virgin Mobile client I like this:
"321....
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 12:44
Tony Crockford wrote:
>
> Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs wrote:
>> I think I've missed something, but has NTL been bought out??
>>
>> Just tried to call them to pay my bill and got Virgin Media, do...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 12:40
I'll go mad if they start trying to sell me mobiles, it's bad enough with G3
and the others.
Lorna McArdle
www.spinettedesigns.co.uk
Skype: 0113 815 0040
Skype: spinettedesigns...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quark XPress, Graphic design
date posted 8th February 2007 12:29
Lorna,
like your website, check mine out:
www.peelcreative.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 12:27
Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs wrote:
> I think I've missed something, but has NTL been bought out??
>
> Just tried to call them to pay my bill and got Virgin Media, do I speak to
> them now. The...
RE: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 12:27
We had a couple of things through the post, offers n that kind of thing for
a mobile phone, and then our bill came through with virgin media on it,
there wasn't any info prior to that to say it was in...
RE: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 12:27
Sort of=2E
NTL bought out Telewest to become NTL:Telewest=2E Then NTL bought Virgin
Mobile so they could offer mobile phone offers with their other stuff=2E T=
his
entitled them to use the Virgin bra...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 12:22
NTL bought Virgin Mobile a while ago now, basically NTL got themselves
such a bad name with their amazingly useful technical support and
stunning level of service (LOL) that they have decided to use t...
Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 12:22
As a customer would of been nice to of known
Lorna McArdle
www.spinettedesigns.co.uk
Landline: 0118 375 3333
Skype: 0113 815 0040
Skype: spinettedesigns
Mobile: 07813 327809
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Re: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 12:21
Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs wrote:
> I think I've missed something, but has NTL been bought out??
>
> Just tried to call them to pay my bill and got Virgin Media, do I speak to
> them now. The...
RE: FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 12:17
Yes ntl n telewest are virgin media now
Pam Gould
Gouldsmiths
www.gouldsmiths.co.uk
[EMAIL REMOVED]
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Lorna
McArdle - Spine...
FN-FORUM: NTL
date posted 8th February 2007 12:15
I think I've missed something, but has NTL been bought out??
Just tried to call them to pay my bill and got Virgin Media, do I speak to
them now. The website gets transferred to Virgin as well.
Hel...
FN-FORUM: RE: From SSADM to real-world product
date posted 8th February 2007 12:08
Hi Andy.
I'd go with what Gary said.
SSADM comes from the school of thought that says the software
development process can be tightly controlled and is predictable. It's
this idea that building soft...
Re: FN-FORUM: Website Build
date posted 8th February 2007 11:55
Jamie,
No insult to you, but your brief is awful.
It's a bit like stating here's a picture of a house, quote to build.
If you could run a MuSCoW requirements exercise (What a site Must,
Should, Cou...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quark XPress, Graphic design
date posted 8th February 2007 11:52
That's fine don't worry...it's just my choice of words.....English isn't my
first language :) I started using QuarkXPress 15 years ago and just never
liked it very much
Good luck with the "Non-Smokin...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quark XPress, Graphic design
date posted 8th February 2007 11:47
Hi,
Quarkxpress has always been the industry standard layout tool for
designers. Whether you're designing posters, leaflets, brochures, packaging,
magazines, catalogues, any form of document that...
RE: FN-FORUM: hosting a very large site
date posted 8th February 2007 11:41
I would consider looking at Amazon's S3 too
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=16427261). We're currently
considering S3 for storing videos for a large site. S3 is not the
cheapest option, esp...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quark XPress, Graphic design
date posted 8th February 2007 11:25
A DTP Programme!!!!
A DTP programme is coral draw, publisher. Good enough for the councils or
the home but not for real designs and layout.
Quark has been the choice of all design agencies since ma...
RE: FN-FORUM: Quark XPress, Graphic design
date posted 8th February 2007 11:12
Hi,
I personally never liked Xpress and it is really a DTP programme. If you
want to create vector graphics use packages like illustrator, freehand,
photoshop and import them...from a DTP point of vi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quark XPress, Graphic design
date posted 8th February 2007 11:11
It depends on what your designing on what programme to use.
If possible always use Illustrator as resolution never becomes an issue.
Especially for the graphs feature.
Photoshop for images, a desce...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quark XPress, Graphic design
date posted 8th February 2007 11:04
I would not really describe quark as a design tool in itself - although it
could be used as such - quark is a layout tool used to mix bitmap artwork
and vector artwork (such as text) which is re...
RE: FN-FORUM: From SSADM to real-world product
date posted 8th February 2007 10:54
Hello Andy,
I would advocate a different methodology. I have been working as a developer and
architect in "the enterprise" for a number of years now and would favour an
iterative methodology over a w...
FN-FORUM: Quark XPress, Graphic design
date posted 8th February 2007 10:44
Hello all,
just a general question for all you graphic designers out there. I am new
to the world of Quark XPress and was wondering if anyone could explain the
purpose of this package i understand...
FN-FORUM: From SSADM to real-world product
date posted 8th February 2007 10:18
Morning all,
I'm currently evaluating the viability of employing SSADM for the
creation of an enterprise system. I was wondering whether anyone knows
of any literature (on-line or print) covering a...
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