Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday June 18th 2007
Re: FN-FORUM: What to charge?
date posted 18th June 2007 22:55
Hi James,
Hope you had a good holiday.
To start with getting the work in is the key thing. £25 per hour is
still zero if you haven't got any work! So it is more a matter of
marketing than price p...
RE: FN-FORUM:
date posted 18th June 2007 22:00
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Re: FN-FORUM: What to charge?
date posted 18th June 2007 20:54
On Monday 18 Jun 2007 7:45 pm, James Herrington wrote:
> Hi everyone,
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> I've now finished my GCSE's and have started to get some more paid work
> however i'm a bit unsure whether i'm charging the ri...
Re: FN-FORUM:
date posted 18th June 2007 20:38
On Monday 18 Jun 2007 7:15 pm, Steven Lavine wrote:
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How does this keep happening? I even went to the FN site a while back to=
see
if there...
Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 20:32
On Monday 18 Jun 2007 5:12 pm, Adam Reynolds wrote:
> Tom Willmot wrote:
> > On 18 Jun 2007, at 16:25, Adam Reynolds wrote:
> >> Just stick his mobile and home number on the page (mobile is
> >> inter...
Re: FN-FORUM: What to charge?
date posted 18th June 2007 20:27
Consider whether you might be better charging for the day rather than =20=
the hour - it may position you higher in the food chain for the =20
customer. But either way =A315 per hour seems on the low...
RE: FN-FORUM: What to charge?
date posted 18th June 2007 20:21
> I'm reluctant to raise my prices however because i don't get a huge =
amount
of work and i don't really want to put off any potential customers.
Setting your prices too low could in itself put off...
Re: FN-FORUM: What to charge?
date posted 18th June 2007 20:17
James Herrington wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> I've now finished my GCSE's and have started to get some more paid work
> however i'm a bit unsure whether i'm charging the right amount.
>
> At the mo...
Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 20:10
On Monday 18 Jun 2007 4:25 pm, Adam Reynolds wrote:
> Just stick his mobile and home number on the page (mobile is
> international and a lot better). Seriously email complicates things.
> What happen...
FN-FORUM: Yahoo! Auto Response
date posted 18th June 2007 19:33
Thanks for your email.
I will be away on business from Sunday 17th to Tuesday 19th June inclusive, with limited access to email. If you need to contact me urgently, please call 07736 250597.
Otherwi...
FN-FORUM: What to charge?
date posted 18th June 2007 19:31
Hi everyone,
I've now finished my GCSE's and have started to get some more paid work
however i'm a bit unsure whether i'm charging the right amount.
At the moment I have been charging £15 an hour...
Re: FN-FORUM:
date posted 18th June 2007 19:00
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RE: FN-FORUM:
date posted 18th June 2007 18:58
Did you try clicking on the unsubscribe link near the bottom of the emails,
between the lines beginning "To advertise here" and "To Post a New Message"?
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Re: FN-FORUM:
date posted 18th June 2007 18:57
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RE: FN-FORUM:
date posted 18th June 2007 18:51
Sorry, what was that????
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FN-FORUM:
date posted 18th June 2007 18:43
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FN-FORUM: Matrix FTP Error
date posted 18th June 2007 17:10
Hi,
I am having real problems with Matrix ftpserver.
Field units pass .csv files by ftp to a dedicated server (W-2003) which is
then picked up, turned into meaningful info and added to a database. A...
Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 16:58
Tom Willmot wrote:
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> On 18 Jun 2007, at 16:25, Adam Reynolds wrote:
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>> Just stick his mobile and home number on the page (mobile is
>> international and a lot better). Seriously email complicat...
RE: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 16:44
Tom,
Tony is absolutely right.
I'm in the same boat as you being quite new to the business and needing
all the work that comes my way but have found talking with the client
and discussing there idea...
Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 16:37
Tom Willmot wrote:
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> On 18 Jun 2007, at 16:25, Adam Reynolds wrote:
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>> Just stick his mobile and home number on the page (mobile is
>> international and a lot better). Seriously email compli...
Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 16:26
Tom Willmot wrote:
> Really appreciate your feedback by the way.
>
> Tom
Tom,
from experience I can tell you that it is important to set your "values"
early and don't deviate from them.
every si...
Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 16:18
On 18 Jun 2007, at 16:25, Adam Reynolds wrote:
> Just stick his mobile and home number on the page (mobile is
> international and a lot better). Seriously email complicates
> things. What happen...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 16:17
On 18 Jun 2007, at 15:47, Jon Hughes wrote:
> I would say it's a bit LARGE. Remember, big isn't always best (or
> so my
> wife reassures me).
Just had a 17 inch macbook which has a resolution of...
Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 16:12
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>> Couldn't agree more about the scrolling images, unfortunately was
>> a case of what client wants client gets.
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> ask him if he would allow you to insist that he uses one to one
> sand and ce...
Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 16:11
Tom Willmot wrote:
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> Pretty generalised to say that all builders don't need emails. I am of
> the opinion that it is never going to do any harm, if someone wants to
> phone then they can use...
Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 15:50
On 18 Jun 2007, at 15:50, Adam Reynolds wrote:
> Can I ask why you gave a builder a contact page where they were
> encouraged to email them? I'm in the process of creating a site for
> a builder...
RE: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 15:48
> Can I ask why you gave a builder a contact page where they
> were encouraged to email them? I'm in the process of creating
> a site for a builder and have explicitly persuaded him not to
> have a...
Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 15:43
Tom Willmot wrote:
> Couldn't agree more about the scrolling images, unfortunately was a case
> of what client wants client gets.
ask him if he would allow you to insist that he uses one to one san...
Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 15:35
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> Tom Willmot wrote:
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>> Well buggered up my first post to this excellent mailing list.
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>> The website address which I cleverly forgot to include in the post
>> is http://www.michaelgaisfor...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 15:33
Hi Tom,
I would say it's a bit LARGE. Remember, big isn't always best (or so my
wife reassures me). Also, the scrolling images tend to takes one's eye
away from the text (right eye trying to read,...
Re: FN-FORUM: How long will it take to do this well?
date posted 18th June 2007 15:28
Mark Pawelek wrote:
> How long will it take to do this well?
>
Define what you mean by 'well'. This is potentially as bad as the word
'just' as in "Just make changes here"
> Web-site redesign (20...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 15:13
Ron,
I assume you are talking about the fact that the transparent
descriptions are do not link. As the gallery is dynamic and the
descriptions are absolutely position over the relatively positio...
Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 15:10
On 18 Jun 2007, at 14:58, Tony Crockford wrote
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> WOW.
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> Hugely slow homepage and all those scrolling images made me queasy...
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> Web Developer plug-in for firefox says that page weighs over 1mb....
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 14:58
Hi Tom
You do have a problem with your links on the Gallery page.
Ron
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Re: FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 14:43
Tom Willmot wrote:
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> Well buggered up my first post to this excellent mailing list.
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> The website address which I cleverly forgot to include in the post is
> http://www.michaelgaisford.com/
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 14:25
Tom Willmot wrote:
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> Just finishing a site for a client, would like some feedback, am still
> cleaning up the final validation issues.
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> Client will obviously change all the latin for real posts...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 14:21
Now, THAT is original. ;o)
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FN-FORUM: REPOST Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 14:21
Well buggered up my first post to this excellent mailing list.
The website address which I cleverly forgot to include in the post
is http://www.michaelgaisford.com/
Sorry for being a dunce!
Tom...
FN-FORUM: Site Check
date posted 18th June 2007 14:17
Just finishing a site for a client, would like some feedback, am
still cleaning up the final validation issues.
Client will obviously change all the latin for real posts etc.
The sites backend is...
Re: FN-FORUM: How does moneysupermarket and other similar sites work?
date posted 18th June 2007 12:22
> This kind of data is usually supplied as Web service, most usually using
> SOAP. Later PHPs have a SOAP module bundled:
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> http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/ref.soap.php
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> and there's also a Pear one....
FN-FORUM: How long will it take to do this well?
date posted 18th June 2007 11:58
How long will it take to do this well?
Web-site redesign (20-25 pages) for dynamic website. This is a financial
news site for small company with about 1000 users - visited by about 100 of
them eac...
Re: FN-FORUM: How does moneysupermarket and other similar sites work?
date posted 18th June 2007 11:50
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 10:16 +0000, Duncan Glendinning wrote:
> Morning all,
>
> Thanks to all of you submitting your thoughts on how this new type of
> web site works to provide you with supposedly i...
Re: FN-FORUM: How does moneysupermarket and other similar sites work?
date posted 18th June 2007 11:29
Duncan Glendinning [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote :
> Morning all,
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> Thanks to all of you submitting your thoughts on how this new type of
> web site works to provide you with supposedly impartial price
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: How does moneysupermarket and other similar sites work?
date posted 18th June 2007 11:02
Morning all,
Thanks to all of you submitting your thoughts on how this new type of
web site works to provide you with supposedly impartial price
comparisons.
For those that mention run-time data fet...
Re: FN-FORUM: Feedback on my first "accessible" web site
date posted 18th June 2007 09:20
Paul Newson wrote:
> Good point well presented. You never get pure black on a monitor and my
> suggestion was "light on dark" not "white on black". On my own site I used
> pastel shades on a "black...