Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday November 16th 2007
Re: FN-FORUM: 123-Reg Domain Names
date posted 16th November 2007 22:52
Ciaron Walton wrote:
>
>
>> They seem to be coming back now.
>>
>> I've got friends at Pipex. I'll see if I can find out what happened.
>>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Did you reset the nameservers and the DN...
Re: FN-FORUM: 123-Reg Domain Names
date posted 16th November 2007 22:30
> They seem to be coming back now.
>
> I've got friends at Pipex. I'll see if I can find out what happened.
>
> Dave...
>
>
Hi Dave,
Did you reset the nameservers and the DNS info, or just leave...
Re: FN-FORUM: 123-Reg Domain Names
date posted 16th November 2007 22:25
Dave Cross wrote:
> Ciaron Walton wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has anyone had any issues with domains registered via 123-reg? All of
>> mine seem to have dropped off the 123-reg name-servers, when I enter the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients- & networking
date posted 16th November 2007 21:49
You are correct there are some very expensive networking events out =20
there. FSB is very good, I intend to join in the new year. The =20
taster meetings I have gone to have been very helpful- as yo...
Re: FN-FORUM: 123-Reg Domain Names
date posted 16th November 2007 20:55
And of course, it's still a problem - I've just gone back and checked,
and it's still telling me that all my domains are "not on their
nameservers" (despite Nominet believing that they are). I also no...
Re: FN-FORUM: 123-Reg Domain Names
date posted 16th November 2007 20:50
On 16 Nov 2007, at 21:31, Dave Cross wrote:
Ciaron Walton wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone had any issues with domains registered via 123-reg? All of
> mine seem to have dropped off the 123-reg name-ser...
Re: FN-FORUM: 123-Reg Domain Names
date posted 16th November 2007 20:38
Ciaron Walton wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone had any issues with domains registered via 123-reg? All of
> mine seem to have dropped off the 123-reg name-servers, when I enter the
> control panel to e...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 20:24
On Friday 16 November 2007 19:15:26 Liam Proven wrote:
> Although my skills range from home PCs up to intercontinental
> enterprise networks for multinationals, all my local small computer
> shops se...
Re: FN-FORUM: 123-Reg Domain Names
date posted 16th November 2007 20:24
On 16 Nov 2007 20:31:53 -0000, Carrie [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Ciaron Walton wrote:
> > Has anyone had any issues with domains registered via 123-reg? All of
> > mine seem to have dropped off the 123-...
Re: FN-FORUM: 123-Reg Domain Names
date posted 16th November 2007 19:46
On 16 Nov 2007, at 20:31, Carrie wrote:
Mine is working ok 7.30pm UK
Thanks Carrie. The really strange this is that only about 80% of the
domain names I have on there are no longer on their name-s...
Re: FN-FORUM: 123-Reg Domain Names
date posted 16th November 2007 19:38
Ciaron Walton wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone had any issues with domains registered via 123-reg? All of
> mine seem to have dropped off the 123-reg name-servers, when I enter the
> control panel to...
FN-FORUM: 123-Reg Domain Names
date posted 16th November 2007 19:30
Hi,
Has anyone had any issues with domains registered via 123-reg? All of
mine seem to have dropped off the 123-reg name-servers, when I enter
the control panel to edit a domain, I get a message...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 17:57
I have to disagree here...
- Just don't join the pricey ones (fsb for instance until you have a
bigger budget)
FSB is the best and cheapest for value for money, I have been to some which
were horri...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 17:32
Yes some can be pricey. I have been able to find some less expensive =20
meetings thou which are payable when I get there or are between =A320 - =20=
=A340 a year. Ecademy you can pay monthly I belie...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 17:28
Liam,
It really depends on what area you are in, previously mentioned was
ecademy whilst it is an online network/market place they do get
together in person once in a while - you can probably fin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 17:28
Liam Proven wrote:
>
> I really need to attract some new clients, but I don't know how to go
> about it. I built the business on word-of-mouth recommendations and
> I've never really advertised. I do...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 17:25
Look here and search for you area in the search box, looking for Clubs in
the pull down.
http://www.ecademy.com/module.php?mod=search&source=Clubs&q=milton+keynes
Most clubs have local meets which a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 17:22
On 16 Nov 2007 18:03:49 -0000, Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> On Friday 16 November 2007 18:26:02 Liam Proven wrote:
> > Hey folks.
> >
> > From reading this list in the past, I suspect that I'...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 17:21
The only problem I have found with Networking events, they are generally
quite expensive to join their 'club'.
I know you should speculate to accumulate, but for people starting out
this can be too...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 17:11
On Friday 16 November 2007 18:26:02 Liam Proven wrote:
> Hey folks.
>
> From reading this list in the past, I suspect that I'm in something of
> a minority hereabouts. I'm a freelance IT consultant, w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 17:05
On 16 Nov 2007 17:45:23 -0000, Debi Sykes [EMAIL REMOVED] wr=
ote:
>
> Liam,
>
>
> Why don't you try going to networking events.
> They aren't as bad as they sound once you have been to a few. Even if...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 17:04
On 16 Nov 2007 17:43:52 -0000, Rob Colton [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>
> > So what I'm asking is, how do freelance sole traders hereabouts find
> > clients? How do you attract new business?
>
> We've ju...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 17:03
On 16 Nov 2007 17:33:06 -0000, Phillip Healey
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Luck! Followed by word of mouth.
Um. That's not very much help, really...
--=20
Liam Proven =95 Profile: http://www.linkedin....
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 17:01
Excellent reply Rob, I am sure many people on this list will appreciate
your time and comments.
Rob Colton wrote:
>
>> So what I'm asking is, how do freelance sole traders hereabouts find
>> cli...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 16:52
Liam,
Why don't you try going to networking events.
They aren't as bad as they sound once you have been to a few. Even if
you go along to one and there is no one to directly sell to you may
find...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 16:51
> So what I'm asking is, how do freelance sole traders hereabouts find
> clients? How do you attract new business?
We've just started a trial with Applied index www.appliedindex.co.uk which
generate...
RE: FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 16:40
Luck! Followed by word of mouth.
Regards
Phill Healey
Munklefish
Po Box 70
Manchester
M34 3SQ
T: 0161 408 4759
=A0
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Liam...
FN-FORUM: Finding new clients
date posted 16th November 2007 16:33
Hey folks.
From reading this list in the past, I suspect that I'm in something of
a minority hereabouts. I'm a freelance IT consultant, which I've been
doing for about 11 years now. I get the impress...
FN-FORUM: Mail Log File Analyser
date posted 16th November 2007 16:14
Hi there,
I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice on setting up a
mail log, what to use and how I could sort the result. I'm not sure what
kind of server my clients are using but they...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 16:01
On Friday 16 November 2007 16:39:07 Gary Short wrote:
> On 16 Nov 2007 14:48:51 -0000, Dom Latter wrote
>
> > There's at least one company I'm dealing with at the moment where
> > my principal contact...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fundraising
date posted 16th November 2007 15:58
At the risk of suffering the wrath of members I could suggest the following:
We run a DVD and CD duplication business and do quite a bit of work for
schools where by they send us a tape of the latest...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 15:51
Quoting Gary Short [EMAIL REMOVED]
> On 16 Nov 2007 16:10:20 -0000, dave wrote
>> Quoting Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED]
>>
>> > It should run on a virtual server, not a dedicated one.
>>
>> I thought al...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 15:42
Adam Reynolds wrote:
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>
>
> Dom Latter wrote:
>> You're bang on the money. Anybody saying "Web 2.0 business
>> applications"
>> (i.e. Dominic's client) needs to hear "Rails" otherwise his mates a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 15:30
On 16 Nov 2007 16:11:21 -0000, Sam M - www. wiredeyes. com
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Juraj
> > Seffer
> > Sent: F...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 15:27
On 16 Nov 2007 16:10:20 -0000, dave wrote
> Quoting Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> > It should run on a virtual server, not a dedicated one.
>
> I thought all the cool kids were using Amazon S3 thes...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 15:17
Quoting Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED]
> It should run on a virtual server, not a dedicated one.
I thought all the cool kids were using Amazon S3 these days :)
Dave......
RE: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 15:17
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Juraj
> Seffer
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 4:41 PM
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Exc...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 14:52
Quoting Gary Short [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> On 16 Nov 2007 15:02:08 -0000, Alex Townsend wrote
>> Yep, I can name you at least five I deal with who're all small
>> businesses or charities, and all use OE...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 14:48
On 16 Nov 2007 15:12:12 -0000, Martin Wheatley
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> On 16/11/2007 14:58, Dom Latter wrote:
> > On Friday 16 November 2007 11:19:51 Juraj Seffer wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Ive...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 14:46
On 16 Nov 2007 14:48:51 -0000, Dom Latter wrote
> There's at least one company I'm dealing with at the moment where
> my principal contact is using OE.
A technical company like Hee Haw, or one that d...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 14:40
Dom Latter wrote:
> You're bang on the money. Anybody saying "Web 2.0 business applications"
> (i.e. Dominic's client) needs to hear "Rails" otherwise his mates at the gym
> will be telling him he'...
Re: FN-FORUM: Log File Analyser
date posted 16th November 2007 14:39
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>> I'm wondering how much background noise bots make.
>
> Potentially a great deal, depending on which bots are visiting, and
> how often they visit. If you have a site th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 14:33
On 16 Nov 2007 15:02:08 -0000, Alex Townsend wrote
> Yep, I can name you at least five I deal with who're all small
> businesses or charities, and all use OE as their 'corporate' mail
> client.
H...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 14:30
Dom Latter wrote:
> You're bang on the money. Anybody saying "Web 2.0 business applications"
> (i.e. Dominic's client) needs to hear "Rails" otherwise his mates at the gym
> will be telling him he's...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 14:27
On 16 Nov 2007 14:57:53 -0000, Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> On Friday 16 November 2007 11:19:51 Juraj Seffer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Ive been checking stats for one of my personal sites an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 14:20
----- Original Message ----- Alex Townsend
>
> Yep, I can name you at least five I deal with who're all small
> businesses or charities, and all use OE as their 'corporate' mail
> client.
>
> And yes...
Re: FN-FORUM: Log File Analyser
date posted 16th November 2007 14:19
> I'm wondering how much background noise bots make.
Potentially a great deal, depending on which bots are visiting, and how
often they visit. If you have a site that Google likes to index a lot, b...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 14:18
On 16/11/2007 14:58, Dom Latter wrote:
> On Friday 16 November 2007 11:19:51 Juraj Seffer wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Ive been checking stats for one of my personal sites and it seems that
>> in a single...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 14:15
On Friday 16 November 2007 11:11:28 Ben Moxon wrote:
> Dominic Hilton wrote:
> > simple question: What's the best development platform for creating Web
> > 2.0 business applications?
> Practically...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 14:10
On 16 Nov 2007 14:54:18 -0000, Tony Crockford wrote
> I grow tired, but I emailed them to ask what client they are using...
I wait with baited breath, but I'll be stunned if its Outlook Express.
--...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 14:09
Yep, I can name you at least five I deal with who're all small =20
businesses or charities, and all use OE as their 'corporate' mail =20
client.
And yes, I'm working on getting them to use Thunderbir...
Re: FN-FORUM: TinyMCE Character Count
date posted 16th November 2007 14:06
On 16 Nov 2007 13:22:50 -0000, Martin Wheatley
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> The question is, do they want the characters they type counted, or the
> characters and html markup ?
>
yeah ignore me. remem...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 14:04
On Friday 16 November 2007 11:19:51 Juraj Seffer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Ive been checking stats for one of my personal sites and it seems that
> in a single day, a specific IP from Malaysia made 360,375...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 14:02
On 16 Nov 2007, at 14:19, Gary Short wrote:
>
> On 16 Nov 2007 14:13:27 -0000, Tony Crockford wrote
>> On 16 Nov 2007, at 14:09, Gary Short wrote:
>>> I'm sure that is not
>>> the solution Hee Haw u...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 13:56
On Friday 16 November 2007 15:19:52 Gary Short wrote:
> If you can name 3 companies, you know of, that have rolled out Outlook
> Express as their corporate email client, then I'll concede that there...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 13:29
Quoting Gary Short [EMAIL REMOVED]
> One of the bugs it has is that it doesn't add the precedence=bulk
> header to emails it sends out.
I'm so glad that Gary has joined the list so that I don't ha...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 13:27
On 16 Nov 2007 14:13:27 -0000, Tony Crockford wrote
> On 16 Nov 2007, at 14:09, Gary Short wrote:
> > I'm sure that is not
> > the solution Hee Haw use company wide.
>
> why? how? are you sure...
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 13:21
On 16 Nov 2007, at 14:09, Gary Short wrote:
> I'm sure that is not
> the solution Hee Haw use company wide.
why? how? are you sure...
????...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 13:16
On 16 Nov 2007 13:48:24 -0000, Tony Crockford wrote
> You're assuming that the auto-responder would respect the mail
> standards.
I am, I'm assuming that, because they are a company, they employ th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 13:04
On 16 Nov 2007, at 13:49, Dai Williams wrote:
>
> Tony Crockford wrote:
>> seems to me as if Laura's email client is responsible, and if Alec
>> and Neil just left her machine *off* it couldn't resp...
RE: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 12:56
Tony Crockford wrote:
> seems to me as if Laura's email client is responsible, and if Alec
> and Neil just left her machine *off* it couldn't respond....
>
> ;)
Possibly, sometimes it is handled by...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 12:56
On 16 Nov 2007, at 13:36, Gary Short wrote:
>
> I agree and the auto responses don't bother me either, but they do
> bother
> some people and so its worth pointing out to them that its not the
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 12:43
On 16 Nov 2007 13:26:04 -0000, Richard Ellison wrote
> I didn't need to go into any detail to get the information I needed.
> My telephone experience was of someone who was distinctly not
> interest...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 12:37
On 16 Nov 2007 12:23:22 -0000, Martin Wheatley
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>
> If you need to allow the external downloads, then you don't have much
> choice, they files will need to be accessible direct...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 12:33
I didn't need to go into any detail to get the information I needed. My
telephone experience was of someone who was distinctly not interested from
the moment they picked up the telephone.
I'm also fa...
Re: FN-FORUM: TinyMCE Character Count
date posted 16th November 2007 12:29
The question is, do they want the characters they type counted, or the
characters and html markup ?
Martin
On 16/11/2007 13:12, Paul Cooper wrote:
> I was Googling for this a couple of weeks ago an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 12:25
On 16 Nov 2007 13:01:24 -0000, space&time wrote
> Gary, loving your work!
One aims to please :-)
--
Gary Short
http://www.garyshort.org...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 12:25
On 16 Nov 2007, at 12:46, Gary Short wrote:
>
> On 16 Nov 2007 12:26:26 -0000, Richard Ellison wrote
>> ----- Original Message ----- Tony Crockford
>>> seems to me as if Laura's email client is resp...
Re: FN-FORUM: TinyMCE Character Count
date posted 16th November 2007 12:15
I was Googling for this a couple of weeks ago and found something that
worked. Had a nice progress bar too. On client review they decided
they didn't want a count as you typed and they didn't want i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 12:08
Gary, loving your work!
On 16 Nov 2007, at 12:38, Gary Short wrote:
>
> On 16 Nov 2007 12:10:45 -0000, Richard Ellison wrote
>> I just called the number on Laura's out of office sig.
>
> Oh please t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fundraising
date posted 16th November 2007 11:56
I am sat here addressing envelopes to send out our begging letters.
It overwhelms us the generosity of local businesses as opposed to the larger
companies.
But I guess it is a sign of the times.
R...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 11:53
Mark Pawelek wrote:
> Probably the platform you're currently using.
As it is in my case. The CMS/Framework I've been building for the last
17 months may not do everything, and of those things it do...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 11:52
On 16 Nov 2007 12:26:26 -0000, Richard Ellison wrote
> ----- Original Message ----- Tony Crockford
> > seems to me as if Laura's email client is responsible
Oh her email client is sooo not responsibl...
FN-FORUM: Dvd - quicktime - flash fla encoding problem - audio channel ?
date posted 16th November 2007 11:51
For those of you wondering what that subject means - I was posted a DVD so
that I could encode it in flash 8 and publish it
Previously I have done this using 'cinematize' (Mac) to rip the DVD into a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 11:49
On 16 Nov 2007, at 12:27, Richard Ellison wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- Tony Crockford
>>
>>
>> On 16 Nov 2007, at 12:11, Richard Ellison wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Oh well ... only another seven...
Re: FN-FORUM: Fundraising
date posted 16th November 2007 11:45
> Generally we have a good response, but I have noted that most of the smaller
> local companies are really good at donating prizes whereas most of the
> larger companies tend to not support grass ro...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 11:44
On 16 Nov 2007 12:10:45 -0000, Richard Ellison wrote
> I just called the number on Laura's out of office sig.
Oh please tell me you didn't. Man, I'd have loved to have heard that
conversation
You
"...
RE: FN-FORUM: Fundraising
date posted 16th November 2007 11:42
Rob,
I think it's simply down to the fact that the local companies are =
naturally
more in tune with their local area. Equallly, it's very easy for small,
local companies to agree to sponsorship, giv...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 11:40
Quoting Martin Wheatley [EMAIL REMOVED]
> There are other MVC style frameworks available for other languages too,
> wikipedia has a nice list. CakePHP for instance is modelled on the
> concepts of ru...
RE: FN-FORUM: Fundraising
date posted 16th November 2007 11:38
Sad as it may be I am part of an amateur dramatic group and each year we =
do
panto. It is generally my job to get local businesses to donate a raffle
prize. What I do is send out letters in advance w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 11:33
----- Original Message ----- Tony Crockford
>
>
> On 16 Nov 2007, at 12:11, Richard Ellison wrote:
>
>>
>> Oh well ... only another seventeen days.
>>
>
> but Dan or Andy could, maybe you could ask t...
FN-FORUM: TinyMCE Character Count
date posted 16th November 2007 11:33
Hi,
Are there any TinyMCE Editor users out there that know of a way (or a
plugin) to count the characters entered into a textarea used by TinyMCE?
I've started using the editor recently but all my ch...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 11:30
On 16/11/2007 12:15, Juraj Seffer wrote:
> On 16 Nov 2007 11:40:13 -0000, Tom Croft [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>> Martin Wheatley wrote:
>>> On 16/11/2007 11:04, Tom Croft wrote:
>>>> Martin Wheatley wrot...
FN-FORUM: Fundraising
date posted 16th November 2007 11:27
Hi,
This may not be the forum to discuss this but I thought I may get some free
advice.
Each year the Infant school where one of my kids goes has a Christmas Fayre.
This is a major fundraising act...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 11:24
On 16 Nov 2007, at 12:11, Richard Ellison wrote:
>
> I just called the number on Laura's out of office sig.
>
> Apparently she's in Tobago, and uncontactable. Alec and Neil aren't
> able
> to log...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 11:21
On 16 Nov 2007 11:40:13 -0000, Tom Croft [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Martin Wheatley wrote:
> >
> > On 16/11/2007 11:04, Tom Croft wrote:
> >>
> >> Martin Wheatley wrote:
> >>> It could be a proxy or a...
FN-FORUM: Hee Haw
date posted 16th November 2007 11:18
I just called the number on Laura's out of office sig.
Apparently she's in Tobago, and uncontactable. Alec and Neil aren't able
to log into her email to unsubscribe her, or turn off her out of office...
FN-FORUM: PHP to PDF
date posted 16th November 2007 11:05
Hi,
Aftre playing around with several suggested solutions, I finally settled on
dompdf.
This is a simple package that requires minimal configuration.
It essentially converts HTML to PDF but can be...
Re: FN-FORUM: Log File Analyser
date posted 16th November 2007 10:57
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>> Anybody have any recommendations?
>
> awstats if you want to do it off-line without affecting visitors.
> Google Analytics, or any of the other free and not-free web-based...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT "the cave"
date posted 16th November 2007 10:56
Good reading :)...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Re: FN-FORUM: Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 10:51
The Workplace - Virtual Marketing Support wrote:
> On 16/11/07 02:24, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>
>> I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
>>
>> If you h...
FN-FORUM: Good news and thanks
date posted 16th November 2007 10:49
Morning
You may recall a few weeks ago I asked for advice about how to get my money
back after ordering a PS3.
Well the good news is that yesterday the person in question visited my house
with the m...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 10:46
Martin Wheatley wrote:
>
> On 16/11/2007 11:04, Tom Croft wrote:
>>
>> Martin Wheatley wrote:
>>> It could be a proxy or a site that just links to your files.
>>>
>>> I'd block the IP, and setup somet...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 10:45
> How would you know the session variable is valid and something they
> haven't just generated themselves ?
>
> Martin
Create an image containing a string of alpha numeric characters, destroy
the ima...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Re: FN-FORUM: Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 10:44
On 16/11/07 02:24, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
>
> If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 10:34
On 16/11/2007 11:04, Tom Croft wrote:
>
> Martin Wheatley wrote:
>> It could be a proxy or a site that just links to your files.
>>
>> I'd block the IP, and setup something to stop direct linking to...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 10:31
Martin Wheatley wrote:
>
> On 16/11/2007 10:45, Richard Harrison wrote:
>>
>> Maybe I'm missing something but Rails looks excellent at building
>> something from scratch, but where there is an exis...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 10:31
On 16/11/2007 11:08, Alex Townsend wrote:
> Quoting Martin Wheatley [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> [snip]
> I'd block the IP, and setup something to stop direct linking to the
>> files. I'd Probably serve the f...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 10:25
Mark Pawelek wrote:
> ...There are some deficiencies with php which make it a
> difficult choice for huge websites; but those problems are not specific to
> Web 2.0 [I won't bother reading the foru...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 10:22
Richard Harrison wrote:
>
> Maybe I'm missing something but Rails looks excellent at building
> something from scratch, but where there is an existing something (in
> one case a well designed data...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 10:19
On 16 Nov 2007 10:52:34 -0000, Martin Wheatley
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> On 16/11/2007 10:20, Juraj Seffer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Ive been checking stats for one of my personal sites and it seems...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 10:14
Quoting Martin Wheatley [EMAIL REMOVED]
[snip]
>>
I'd block the IP, and setup something to stop direct linking to the
> files. I'd Probably serve the file through a script that checks it's not
> a di...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 10:10
Martin Wheatley wrote:
> It could be a proxy or a site that just links to your files.
>
> I'd block the IP, and setup something to stop direct linking to the
> files. I'd Probably serve the file thro...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 10:04
On 16/11/2007 10:45, Richard Harrison wrote:
>
> Maybe I'm missing something but Rails looks excellent at building
> something from scratch, but where there is an existing something (in one
> case...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 10:00
On 16 Nov 2007 10:19:21 -0000, Juraj Seffer wrote
> Hi all,
>
> Ive been checking stats for one of my personal sites and it seems
> that in a single day, a specific IP from Malaysia made 360,375,525...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 10:00
Probably the platform you're currently using. There is no 'best platform'
because the platform will depend upon the clients business needs (which
depends upon the size, scale of the application bein...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 09:58
Juraj Seffer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Ive been checking stats for one of my personal sites and it seems that
> in a single day, a specific IP from Malaysia made 360,375,525 kB (343
> GB) traffic from that...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 09:58
On 16/11/2007 10:20, Juraj Seffer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Ive been checking stats for one of my personal sites and it seems that
> in a single day, a specific IP from Malaysia made 360,375,525 kB (343
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 09:57
On 16 Nov 2007 10:44:29 -0000, Richard Harrison wrote
> Maybe I'm missing something but Rails looks excellent at building
> something from scratch, but where there is an existing something (in
> one...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 09:54
On 16 Nov 2007 10:10:59 -0000, Ben Moxon wrote
> Dominic Hilton wrote:
> but Rails fulfils the buzzword quotient and it is really
> nice to work with.
>
> -ben
but it doesn't scale well (just ask t...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 09:52
Maybe I'm missing something but Rails looks excellent at building
something from scratch, but where there is an existing something (in one
case a well designed database) it seemed to me that I feel...
Re: FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 09:48
You really need to log at the row logs and see exactly what the IP is
doing, also reverse lookup the IP to see if you can find more about it.
It doesn't sound legit to me given the quantity, however...
FN-FORUM: Excessive traffic from a specific IP
date posted 16th November 2007 09:27
Hi all,
Ive been checking stats for one of my personal sites and it seems that
in a single day, a specific IP from Malaysia made 360,375,525 kB (343
GB) traffic from that site. The whole content on t...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 09:18
Dominic Hilton wrote:
>
> simple question: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0
> business applications?
>
> client just threw the question, appreciate some thoughts.
>
>
Ra...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 04:36
On 16 Nov 2007 04:15:32 -0000, Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> On Friday 16 November 2007 01:24:41 Dominic Hilton wrote:
>
> > simple question: What's the best development platform for creating...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT "the cave"
date posted 16th November 2007 04:22
On 16 Nov 2007 03:21:27 -0000, Lists Derek Almond [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> If you work from home and your wife is anything like mine, you need to get
> her to read this...
>
> http://www.randsinrepo...
Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 03:21
On Friday 16 November 2007 01:24:41 Dominic Hilton wrote:
> simple question: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0
> business applications?
Reminds me of an old jazz one:
Q: Wha...
FN-FORUM: OT "the cave"
date posted 16th November 2007 02:27
If you work from home and your wife is anything like mine, you need to get
her to read this...
http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2006/07/10/a_nerd_in_a_cave.html
"Once I've successfully travers...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re: Re: FN-FORUM: Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 02:13
Well, SOMEONE is gonna be on the naughty step - man we better restrain =
Carrie the mood she's been in lately ;-)
(Carrie I'm joking, please don=E2=80=99t hunt me down)
D...
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date posted 16th November 2007 01:31
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 16th November 2007 01:27
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 16th November 2007 01:22
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: FN-FORUM: What's the best development platform for creating Web 2.0 business applications?
date posted 16th November 2007 01:22
Oh, for... Not another one!
On 16 Nov 2007 01:45:21 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
>
> If you have any questions...
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date posted 16th November 2007 01:19
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 16th November 2007 01:16
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 16th November 2007 01:13
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 16th November 2007 01:10
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 16th November 2007 01:07
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If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
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date posted 16th November 2007 00:52
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
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date posted 16th November 2007 00:42
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Laura Stadler...