Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday March 6th 2007
Re: FN-FORUM: HTML e-mail (was Comments and criticisims)
date posted 6th March 2007 22:16
> On an aside, shouldn't we be allowed to use HTML email in this, the 21st
> century?
You can use HTML e-mail. You'll find that, since HTML is the preferred
weapon of choice for spam e-mail, you ma...
RE: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 21:47
I take your points, FWIW I'm still gonna use javascript to hide email
addresses. I protected one of my email addresses for years until one day a
forum published it - when I complained the guy said he...
Re: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 21:13
> Ok, but there's nothing you can do about people's PCs getting infected
> with
> spyware and/or people extracting email addresses from mailing lists.
Exactly.
> Whereas you can hide your email ad...
Re: FN-FORUM: unlock windows accounts...
date posted 6th March 2007 18:06
Right click user account in AD U&C, properties, account, clear account
is locked out checkbox. Check that PC time and Server time are the same
or it will keep re-locking.
That wouldn't stop you getti...
RE: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 17:35
Ok, but there's nothing you can do about people's PCs getting infected with
spyware and/or people extracting email addresses from mailing lists.
Whereas you can hide your email addresses on websites,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 17:18
Gave it few seconds but Im gonna read it all since Im from Slovakia ;-)
Thanks for posting Steve
Best / Jay
On 6 Mar 2007 15:22:06 -0000, Steven Lavine [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I launche...
Re: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 17:16
>> I've never bothered trying to hide addresses on web sites. You e-mail
>> address is much more likely to be grabbed from mailing lists, other
>> people's address books etc. (which are rich sources o...
RE: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 17:02
Quoting Terry [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Can you send me the javascript. I wanna have a look, I know it's probably
> very simple. It's just that I don=92t have much experience with javascript=
and
It's avai...
RE: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 16:55
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Anthony
> Cartmell
> Sent: 06 March 2007 16:52
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Comments and...
Re: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 16:44
> p.s. it's worth hiding your email address from spam bots using a
> javascript like this:
I've never bothered trying to hide addresses on web sites. You e-mail
address is much more likely to be...
Re: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 16:43
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> p.s. it's worth hiding your email address from spam bots using a javascript
> like this:
>
>
> //hide email address
> var user;
> var domain;
> var suffix;
> var linkText;
> f...
Re: FN-FORUM: google api maps
date posted 6th March 2007 16:42
This is all I can find!
http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/wizards/mapsearch.html?...
RE: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 16:24
Can you send me the javascript. I wanna have a look, I know it's =
probably
very simple. It's just that I don=92t have much experience with =
javascript and
Am curious to know.=20
Thanks,=20
Terry....
RE: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 16:23
p.s. it's worth hiding your email address from spam bots using a javascript
like this:
//hide email address
var user;
var domain;
var suffix;
var linkText;
function jemail(user, domain, suffix, link...
RE: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 16:21
I see you like LARGE TEXT. Seriously though, it's not bad, kind of
minimalist. You're suffering from the 'div shooting off below' problem I
was yesterday (when the browser width is too small to acco...
FN-FORUM: Any Use
date posted 6th March 2007 16:12
Hi,
Is this any use to anyone:
http://www.hamachi.cc/download/list.php...
RE: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 16:08
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I launched a personal site a few weeks ago, your comments and
> criticisms re the coding and layout would be appreciated.
>
> http://www.lavine.co.uk
>
> (actually...
Re: FN-FORUM: Dedicated hosting once again
date posted 6th March 2007 16:05
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 15:00, Juraj Seffer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was asking similar question before regarding dedicated hosting. I've
> got few estimates and recommendations from some of you and th...
FN-FORUM: OpenSSL Help
date posted 6th March 2007 16:04
Hi,
Apologies for the cut off version of this sent earlier!
Has anyone any experience of using OpenSSL? I've been asked to integrate a
payment gateway from LinkPoint for American users of an Aus...
Re: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 15:32
Terry wrote:
> Looks good. How did you do the counter thing?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Steven
> Lavine
> Sent: 06 March 2007 15:21
> To: FN-F...
RE: FN-FORUM: Dedicated hosting once again
date posted 6th March 2007 15:32
I'm in ipHouse in London, in my own rack with 24/7 access, so any =
problems
are readily solved quickly.
I don't resell servers, it is all my own kit.
Any more questions, don't hesitate to ask, like...
RE: FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 15:28
Looks good. How did you do the counter thing?
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Steven
Lavine
Sent: 06 March 2007 15:21
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sub...
Re: FN-FORUM: Dedicated hosting once again
date posted 6th March 2007 15:26
Leigh,
Out of curiosity, which datacentre are you hosted in? Do you have
physical access, 24/7 to your servers? Can you give us more
information, etc?
Cheers,
Rich.
On 6 Mar 2007 15:14:50 -0000, L...
Re: FN-FORUM: Dedicated hosting once again
date posted 6th March 2007 15:22
Jay,
Having worked for various UK ISP's offering hosting, I'd just like to
offer some advice.
NOBODY can guarantee 100% uptime, regardless of your circumstances.
If they did, it would simply be a fa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Dedicated hosting once again
date posted 6th March 2007 15:20
On Tuesday 06 Mar 2007 3:00 pm, Juraj Seffer wrote:
> - 100% uptime (absolutely essential - ecommerce sites)
If uptime really is important to you then don't go with any=20
service that "guarantees 1...
FN-FORUM: Comments and criticisims
date posted 6th March 2007 15:15
Hi,
I launched a personal site a few weeks ago, your comments and criticisms
re the coding and layout would be appreciated.
http://www.lavine.co.uk
(actually just a shameless promotion of my site...
RE: FN-FORUM: Dedicated hosting once again
date posted 6th March 2007 15:09
What kind of requests are you expecting - ie. Do you want dual core or =
quad
core?
You will probably find that you won't get anyone offering 100% uptime =
for
=A3300/month (myself included) but mor...
Re: FN-FORUM: Dedicated hosting once again
date posted 6th March 2007 15:00
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 03:00:08PM -0000, Juraj Seffer wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was asking similar question before regarding dedicated hosting. I've
> got few estimates and recommendations from some...
Re: FN-FORUM: Dedicated hosting once again
date posted 6th March 2007 14:58
On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 03:00:08PM -0000, Juraj Seffer wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was asking similar question before regarding dedicated hosting. I've
> got few estimates and recommendations from some...
FN-FORUM: Dedicated hosting once again
date posted 6th March 2007 14:53
Hi all,
I was asking similar question before regarding dedicated hosting. I've
got few estimates and recommendations from some of you and thanks for
that.
We finally got a figure we can work with fr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Word wrapping in CSS
date posted 6th March 2007 13:22
>
> If unicode, how about zero-width spaces?
>
> http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/200b/index.htm
now there's a thought. thanks
--
Regards,
Steven Lavine
Technical Director
Beyond S & S...
Re: FN-FORUM: Word wrapping in CSS
date posted 6th March 2007 13:16
> I think I'll convince the client to use spaces :)
If unicode, how about zero-width spaces?
http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/200b/index.htm
Anthony
--
www.fonant.com - Quality web sit...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: Postcodes to City mappings, Royal Mail PAF and your thoughts
date posted 6th March 2007 13:15
Right the one I know then - not from the Post Office.
Pam...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: Postcodes to City mappings, Royal Mail PAF and your thoughts
date posted 6th March 2007 13:07
> Free from where?
Various places, I haven't looked for several years, but Google knows.
Anthony
--
www.fonant.com - Quality web sites...
Re: FN-FORUM: Word wrapping in CSS
date posted 6th March 2007 13:03
As far as I understand it, this is not possible outside IE. You server side
script may have to break stupidly long words up itself. But then the question
becomes "how".
I've been scratching my head...
Re: FN-FORUM: SITE Check please - Collapsing divs!
date posted 6th March 2007 13:03
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 13:02, Richard Fletcher wrote:
> IE7 javascript can be increased by minimising searches across the DOM.
That is to say, its SPEED can be increased.....
--
Artumi Systems, 5...
Re: FN-FORUM: Word wrapping in CSS
date posted 6th March 2007 12:57
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 12:52, Steven Lavine wrote:
> I'm having some issues with word wrapping in a div. I can get a very
> long word to wrap in IE with 'word-wrap: break-word;' however as this is
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: SITE Check please - Collapsing divs!
date posted 6th March 2007 12:55
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 10:22, Adam Mould wrote:
> Hi List... I have been working on a website that we propose to use
> collapsing divs on : http://www.npuk.com/npgroup/new If you click on the
> comm...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: Postcodes to City mappings, Royal Mail PAF and your thoughts
date posted 6th March 2007 12:51
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 11:39, Duncan Glendinning wrote:
> Morning all,
>
> Right, wanted to see what your thoughts are.
> Am building a site where the user should be able to search by
> postcode, ci...
FN-FORUM: Word wrapping in CSS
date posted 6th March 2007 12:45
I'm having some issues with word wrapping in a div. I can get a very
long word to wrap in IE with 'word-wrap: break-word;' however as this is
IE only css, is there any way of wrapping a long word in...
FN-FORUM: OpenSSL help
date posted 6th March 2007 12:38
Hi,
Has anyone any experience of using OpenSSL? I've been asked to integrate a
payment gateway from LinkPoint for American users of an Australian web site.
Half the LinkPoint support site is down...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: Postcodes to City mappings, Royal Mail PAF and your thoughts
date posted 6th March 2007 12:36
> You can get the "outbound" postcode data (that's the first half) free
Free from where?
Pam
....
Re: FN-FORUM: google api maps
date posted 6th March 2007 12:19
Quoting PuntersPower [EMAIL REMOVED]
> anyone used google api maps?
>
> where can one find the coordinates for the UK?
Lots of good data at http://nearby.org.uk/
Dave...
--
Magnum Solutions Ltd
O...
Re: FN-FORUM: google api maps
date posted 6th March 2007 12:12
isn't it just a case of using the correct
long and latt coordinates? and plotting north and east points?
Andrew
--
http://www.punterspower.co.uk
>
>> anyone used google api maps?
>
> Yes, lots....
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: Postcodes to City mappings, Royal Mail PAF and your thoughts
date posted 6th March 2007 12:02
its all a con, but you can't get the most uptodate data without buying it
and having updates :(
http://www.xyzmaps.com/postcode.htm
--
http://www.punterspower.co.uk
>
>> Because (unless I am mis...
Re: FN-FORUM: RE: Postcodes to City mappings, Royal Mail PAF and your thoughts
date posted 6th March 2007 11:49
> Because (unless I am mistaken) all the postcode databases out there in
> the public domain, created through the "free the postcode" movements
> don't seem that complete, I have made some enquiries a...
Re: FN-FORUM: google api maps
date posted 6th March 2007 11:45
I'll have a look cheers, what are these guys using?
http://www.houseprices.co.uk/map.php?pc=RG1+2PU&show=s
A developer known to the forum apparently did this!
>
>> anyone used google api maps?
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: google api maps
date posted 6th March 2007 11:31
PuntersPower wrote:
> anyone used google api maps?
>
> where can one find the coordinates for the UK?
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
A handy little tool for worldwide coordinates is at
http://www.infosports.com...
Re: FN-FORUM: Having a small office and Indemnity Insurance
date posted 6th March 2007 11:31
> Professional Indemnity is to cover work you do; in case your client
> sues you.
>
> Public Liability covers someone spilling their tea and burning
> themselves, or a shelf falling on their head :)...
FN-FORUM: RE: Postcodes to City mappings, Royal Mail PAF and your thoughts
date posted 6th March 2007 11:31
Morning all,
Right, wanted to see what your thoughts are.
Am building a site where the user should be able to search by
postcode, city/town or county and it retrieves news that is local to
that postc...
Re: FN-FORUM: google api maps
date posted 6th March 2007 11:29
> anyone used google api maps?
Yes, lots.
> where can one find the coordinates for the UK?
Use the Google AJAX search, or a non-Google geocoding service, such as
geonames.org. GClientGeocoder do...
RE: FN-FORUM: google api maps
date posted 6th March 2007 11:28
Hi Andrew, don't know if it's the ideal, but I usually go to
http://www.multimap.com and get the lat / long from there.
Again, not sure if its any use - maybe not to you but maybe of use to
someone -...
FN-FORUM: google api maps
date posted 6th March 2007 11:12
anyone used google api maps?
where can one find the coordinates for the UK?
Andrew...
RE: FN-FORUM: SITE Check please - Collapsing divs!
date posted 6th March 2007 10:58
A div seemed to be overlapping the bottom edge in IE7 for me. Was ok in
FF2, but there's a slight shimmer of the text as it slows to a stop in
Firefox, also apparent but a lot less noticeable in IE7....
Re: FN-FORUM: SITE Check please - Collapsing divs!
date posted 6th March 2007 10:55
Hi,
Checked with FF2, transition looks very good but when I click on the
top of the DIV to put it back, it goes all the way down and I cannot
see the text anymore.
Same happens in IE7 plus there is...
FN-FORUM: unlock windows accounts...
date posted 6th March 2007 10:46
Hi,
I have Windows XP pro, all my accounts appears to be locked, so I don't get
a login script when windows starts.
Any ideas how to unlock it?
Thanks,
Terry....
RE: FN-FORUM: SITE Check please - Collapsing divs!
date posted 6th March 2007 10:43
Hi
I have tried it and use IE7 and all goes smooth with the transition I could
see no problems.
Regards
Noel
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Adam Mou...
FN-FORUM: SITE Check please - Collapsing divs!
date posted 6th March 2007 10:15
Hi List... I have been working on a website that we propose to use
collapsing divs on : http://www.npuk.com/npgroup/new If you click on the
comms link it should present you with a NEW picture plus a p...
RE: FN-FORUM: What do people think of Basecamp?
date posted 6th March 2007 09:25
We use Basecamp for 17 clients. We begin with proposals and contracts, work
through development and then continue with customer service.
Our clients love it - it provides an audit trail of all conver...
RE: FN-FORUM: CSS/DIV Question
date posted 6th March 2007 09:25
If you are using php, I've got some scripts I've written and re-used =20
on several sites to use ImageMagick to resize images as they are =20
uploaded. Just call a function and hey-presto :)
If you...
Re: FN-FORUM: Having a small office and Indemnity Insurance
date posted 6th March 2007 09:22
I think you'll find its not Indemnity insurance you want, but Public =20
Liability.
Professional Indemnity is to cover work you do; in case your client sues you=
.
Public Liability covers someone s...
RE: FN-FORUM: CSS/DIV Question
date posted 6th March 2007 08:55
Nice idea, I like that website as well, very nice. I have actually
produced(/customised) some code that resizes and crops an image dynamically
(depending on which dimension is too big) in the past so...
FN-FORUM: Having a small office and Indemnity Insurance
date posted 6th March 2007 08:36
Morning all,
Right, myself and a couple of freelance graphic designers are taking
on a small office. Ideally it would be nice to be able to have the odd
client over, but if I understand things correc...
Re: FN-FORUM: What do people think of Basecamp?
date posted 6th March 2007 08:25
Fiaz Khan wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I am thinking of signing up to basecamp and creating accounts for my
> clients for them to login and use the system also.
>
> Generally, how have clients taken to the...
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