Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday March 3rd 2008
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi all (new here)
date posted 3rd March 2008 23:07
Pricing a package is hard, but it seems to be what people expect. I try
and work out a burning cost per day and give out an average number of
days price that fits in with a "typical" site. Then not...
Re: FN-FORUM: newbie
date posted 3rd March 2008 23:00
All my work comes by recommendation and referral. Based on that I have
pursued a business marketing strategy based on Business Networking
events and "clubs" like 4Networking and BNI.
It depends wha...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP Pro Bid
date posted 3rd March 2008 21:48
Hey not too sure should be ok i would think i also am getting ready to
set this up for a m8
Chris
On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 23:01 +0000, FNForums - Joe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was just wondering if anyone...
FN-FORUM: PHP Pro Bid
date posted 3rd March 2008 21:41
Hi,
I was just wondering if anyone had had any experience of running the above
script on Shared Hosting.
I have a potential client who wants to use this script and I cannot seem to
get any info f...
FN-FORUM: Newbie
date posted 3rd March 2008 20:42
Maybe there will come a day when web designers are as elusive as plumbers.
Until then I'll hang onto my job.
The word of mouth thing I think is a good idea. I've told mine I'll give
them a freebie f...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi all (new here)
date posted 3rd March 2008 20:23
On Monday 03 March 2008 21:26:50 Darren Moore wrote:
> Hi Lee.
>
> I plan to get rid of the packages at some point. At the moment I'm
> going for Small to Medium businesses and I want to give them a r...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi all (new here)
date posted 3rd March 2008 20:18
Glad you understand that, yes, I might only want your 3 page package but
it's going to cost you more than a day's work before you even get the
content from me, and then you've got to resize that gif...
Re: FN-FORUM: newbie
date posted 3rd March 2008 20:17
Hi,
Well I'm also a relatively newcomer (on and off for 4 years and
full-time for 6 months) but I have to say all my work so far has been
from word of mouth. I do admit shamelessly mentioning to my...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi all (new here)
date posted 3rd March 2008 20:05
Hi Lee.
I plan to get rid of the packages at some point. At the moment I'm
going for Small to Medium businesses and I want to give them a rough
outline of the prices. Every quote I've done so far has...
Re: FN-FORUM: Hi all (new here)
date posted 3rd March 2008 19:51
Hi Darren,
One thing, (and this is not necessarily aimed at Darren in particular)
is that I can never work out how a company can charge for 'website
packages' in the way that Darren does.
Your sta...
FN-FORUM: Hi all (new here)
date posted 3rd March 2008 19:35
Hi all.
I'm new to the mailing list and interested to see what it's all about!
I'm a new freelance web developer/designer and skilled with SEO.
Can anyone provide a good website to get listings of...
Re: FN-FORUM: Should we report people using the mailing list under a false identity?
date posted 3rd March 2008 19:21
On Monday 03 March 2008 19:33:51 Duncan Glendinning wrote:
> Afternoon all,
>
> Right, this is a tricky one. I emailed someone directly in relation to
> a response I had to one of my posts, and having...
Re: FN-FORUM: Should we report people using the mailing list under a false identity?
date posted 3rd March 2008 19:07
No problem, I know this is done a lot.
Even my own cable company pretends to have England based support
services when you know it's based in Asia.
Lee Rickler
Director Point and Stare - pointandsta...
Re: FN-FORUM: Disguising the path of a page
date posted 3rd March 2008 19:03
On Monday 03 March 2008 17:35:17 Anne Pennington wrote:
> Dear all
>
> I have a site for a local business group:
>
> http://www.actonbusinessforum.net/
>
> linked to a forum that my partner has create...
Re: FN-FORUM: Should we report people using the mailing list under a false identity?
date posted 3rd March 2008 19:00
Sorry Lee,
No, whats going on is he contacted me about the broken laptop that I
was getting rid of, and turns out there is something very suspicious
about him. I am a developer myself, and one thing...
RE: FN-FORUM: Format/platform options for large government funded website
date posted 3rd March 2008 18:56
Hi Duncan
> Hoping to start a bit of conversation here about the building of a
> fairly large website which will be developed and maintained primarily
> through government funding.
My quick thoughts...
Re: FN-FORUM: newbie
date posted 3rd March 2008 18:53
Hi,
I origiannly joined freelancers about 7 years ago (really? that long
ago?) and was getting more 'perm' work than freelance so I left but
always kept an eye on the boards.
Now I find it an inva...
Re: FN-FORUM: Should we report people using the mailing list under a false identity?
date posted 3rd March 2008 18:50
If in doubt, leave them out.
Any suspicions and you can simply walk away as long as no contracts have
been signed etc.
Pass the work on, I'm sure there are a few of us that could do with more!
Lee...
Re: FN-FORUM: Format/platform options for large government funded website
date posted 3rd March 2008 18:46
Oh. Obviously I got it wrong from your original post as I thought it as
aimed at sponsors/ investors..
Lucky for you I didn't have to meet your client!
Lee Rickler
Director Point and Stare - pointa...
Re: FN-FORUM: newbie
date posted 3rd March 2008 18:41
Hello. I just started out myself last week, so this is a question I'd
like to know the answer to. :)
The international freelance sites tend to get a lot of cheap bids from
India, so I've pretty much...
Re: FN-FORUM: Should we report people using the mailing list under a false identity?
date posted 3rd March 2008 18:38
Derek,
Well, the email address that was not initially given to me, (but which
was used in a later reply to a same conversation thread) relates to a
website company based in Pakistan.
What I am guessi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Should we report people using the mailing list under a false identity?
date posted 3rd March 2008 18:32
I'd say that rather depends upon the names and email addresses.
There could be lots of innocent explanations.
On 3 Mar 2008 19:32:04 -0000, Duncan Glendinning
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>
> Afternoon al...
FN-FORUM: newbie
date posted 3rd March 2008 18:26
Hi there
I've rejoined freelancers I left as I got a job couple of years ago in web
development with a proper wage.
I've learned loads of stuff, pays good etc. BUT...
I keep thinking of going ba...
FN-FORUM: Should we report people using the mailing list under a false identity?
date posted 3rd March 2008 18:13
Afternoon all,
Right, this is a tricky one. I emailed someone directly in relation to
a response I had to one of my posts, and having done that, got a reply
back. All very well and good, except the n...
Re: FN-FORUM: Format/platform options for large government funded website
date posted 3rd March 2008 18:00
Thanks for your thoughts on this Lee...turns out it is the 11-30 year
olds, so social networking is in I guess...
Question is, which is best, or can they work hand in hand?
Any more thoughts people?...
Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone interested in a working laptop with broken screen?
date posted 3rd March 2008 17:17
Dear
with out screen, laptop is nothig, but any way i can give you only 10
pounds for this.
if you agree so please let me
rgds
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Re: FN-FORUM: Silly me
date posted 3rd March 2008 17:06
Excellent stuff, thanks for that!!
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Re: FN-FORUM: Anyone interested in a working laptop with broken screen?
date posted 3rd March 2008 17:06
Hi,
you still got it?
How much do you want for it?
Thanks.
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RE: FN-FORUM: Disguising the path of a page
date posted 3rd March 2008 16:51
Anne wrote:
> I have a site for a local business group:
> http://www.actonbusinessforum.net/
> linked to a forum that my partner has created
> http://forums.redmason.net/ActonBusinessForum/
> (l...
RE: FN-FORUM: Disguising the path of a page
date posted 3rd March 2008 16:45
Anne wrote:
> I have a site for a local business group:
> http://www.actonbusinessforum.net/
> linked to a forum that my partner has created
> http://forums.redmason.net/ActonBusinessForum/=20
> (...
Re: FN-FORUM: Disguising the path of a page
date posted 3rd March 2008 16:41
Anne,
> Dear all
>
> I have a site for a local business group:
>
> http://www.actonbusinessforum.net/
>
> linked to a forum that my partner has created
>
> http://forums.redmason.net/ActonBusines...
RE: FN-FORUM: Disguising the path of a page
date posted 3rd March 2008 16:40
Anne wrote:
> I have a site for a local business group:
> http://www.actonbusinessforum.net/
> linked to a forum that my partner has created
> http://forums.redmason.net/ActonBusinessForum/=20
> (...
Re: FN-FORUM: Disguising the path of a page
date posted 3rd March 2008 16:37
Can I just ask, despite my initial reply, why you can't just move the
forum? It hasn't many posts, it's only phpbb and moving would take,
like, 30 mins (including changing stylesheets and testing et...
Re: FN-FORUM: Disguising the path of a page
date posted 3rd March 2008 16:31
> Question is:
>
> 1.Is there any problem doing it this way, browsers, scrolling etc etc,
> anything at all?
The frame will mean the URL never changes, so people won't be able to
bookmark forum m...
Re: FN-FORUM: Disguising the path of a page
date posted 3rd March 2008 16:23
Haven't looked yet but you could simply put the forum into an iframe.
You're still gonna get scrolling etc depending on your settings, but
it's better than old html frames.
http://www.dyn-web.com/d...
FN-FORUM: Disguising the path of a page
date posted 3rd March 2008 16:14
Dear all
I have a site for a local business group:
http://www.actonbusinessforum.net/
linked to a forum that my partner has created
http://forums.redmason.net/ActonBusinessForum/ (link on left han...
RE: FN-FORUM: Website Redesign Quotes
date posted 3rd March 2008 13:48
Hi Jon,
I can certainly help - possibly do the whole thing, but I don't know yet
(until I see the sites and can work out what's needed!).
I have worked on sites (as an 'agent'), created entire sites...
FN-FORUM: Website Redesign Quotes
date posted 3rd March 2008 12:14
Afternoon all,
A client of mine is considering full re-designs of their two major
websites. The job is far too big for me to handle on my own, so I was
wondering if there are any interested parties...
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