Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday October 30th 2000
Re: FN-FORUM work swapping
date posted 30th October 2000 23:54
On 30/10/00 9:59 pm, "Peter McCormack" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I don't want to annoy anyone but at the same time I think it needed saying.
But did it need saying in HTML...?
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best wishes,
Pau...
CV
date posted 30th October 2000 22:49
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HTML Tech Question
date posted 30th October 2000 21:55
Hi there,
I was wondering what methods you fellow freelancers know about for
incorporaing dynamic content into standard HTML pages. I want to
distribute small sections of HTML dynamically via PHP sc...
RE: FN-FORUM Layer rotation
date posted 30th October 2000 21:38
Well It's not possible as far as I'm aware to rotate an actual layer.
However you could make a graphic appear to rotate using an animated gif as a
rollover or by using one of them Javascript slide sh...
RE: FN-FORUM Flash technology tends to discourage usability
date posted 30th October 2000 21:14
In some ways this guy probably has a point, in some cases Flash content is a
distraction and probably superfluous to need and you do need a fairly robust
system to get the most out of it. He does ho...
Re: FN-FORUM work swapping
date posted 30th October 2000 21:13
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Work swapping is...
Re: FN-FORUM graphic design
date posted 30th October 2000 20:51
I concur ---- *very* good value. Try getting a price yourself from xpress
or pronto print or something...
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Re: FN-FORUM VAT issues (was Save 17.5% on Personal Petrol)
date posted 30th October 2000 20:43
Lindsey,
You can claim for "Use of Home as Office" and claim a percentage of your
Council Tax, Water Rates, Gas bills, Electric Bills.
I think the % can be roughly 25-30%.
You can probably also cl...
Re: FN-FORUM work swapping
date posted 30th October 2000 20:11
We're based in Newcastle upon Tyne - not the centre of the digital
revolution, exactly, judging from the amount of work going. I've always
argued that with email and the internet etc, location should...
CV
date posted 30th October 2000 20:04
FREELANCE ARTIST , Based in South Wales , looking for any temporary
work in the UK.
CV below.
Chas Mulcock
12/4/63
41A Richards st.
Cathays.
Cardiff.
Tel.(029)20220584
Mobile.(0831)608 313
[EMAIL RE...
: oneandone.co.uk
date posted 30th October 2000 19:33
Hi,
A client has asked me about 1&1 Web Hosting. He has seen the site and likes
the prices ( can't blame him for that ) but the prices do seem too good to
be true, and, I doubt at that price tha...
RE: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 19:23
-----Original Message-----
From: Lindsey Hill
Sent: 30 October 2000 10:09
PS Why is it so much harder trying to think of something for your own
website than a clients? I've been putting it off for w...
CV
date posted 30th October 2000 19:23
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Hi!
Please find CV for your perusal. Can you let me know which agencies you may
be...
Re: FN-FORUM Web Space + Domain Names??
date posted 30th October 2000 19:23
There is a company called freenetname.com or .co.auk, I think. No cost for
registering - all you have to do is upload your site through them - cost of
a local call.
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Web Space + Domain Names??
date posted 30th October 2000 18:45
Hi,
Im currently putting together a web site for my local rugby club and cost is
going to be the most important thing for them ... so could anyone tell me
where to get....
A domain name and Web s...
work swapping
date posted 30th October 2000 18:35
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oneandone.co.uk
date posted 30th October 2000 18:32
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Hi,
A client has asked me a...
Re: FN-FORUM VAT issues (was Save 17.5% on Personal Petrol)
date posted 30th October 2000 17:55
David
I have avoided VAT registration like the plague. I probably will eventually,
I've only been freelancing 2 months, but doing work on the side for a year.
I know I'm missing out on getting mone...
any good Mac Ultradev Web Hosting?
date posted 30th October 2000 17:51
Hello
Does anyone know of any decent and cheap web hosting providers who can
support Ultradev for Mac users?
Any URLs would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Dom...
RE: FN-FORUM VAT issues (was Save 17.5% on Personal Petrol)
date posted 30th October 2000 17:22
I got rid of my company car when I was not doing 25k miles pa. I still claim
VAT back on anything on my car...... or used to - sold my car 1 week before
fuel crisis and have reaped the reward until I...
Re: FN-FORUM Opinions on eLance.com
date posted 30th October 2000 17:14
I think we both have a point Chas. I think I'm kind of ahead of the times in
my - do we really need a meeting? - way of working.
I do meet clients often, and often with good reason, but I also find...
VAT issues (was Save 17.5% on Personal Petrol)
date posted 30th October 2000 17:02
Thanks for the quote Ruth, I'll review my VAT handling. Maybe the relevant
guidelines have changed since the VAT man visited me.
I am surprised that no-one else has jumped in on this thread. What do...
Accountant Horror Stories (was Save 17.5% on Personal Petrol)
date posted 30th October 2000 17:02
My accountant's mistake was over-estimating the amount the IR would allow me
to claim for "use of home as office". Actually only £260 per annum (and
apparently even less for many people in my situat...
Re: FN-FORUM Opinions on eLance.com
date posted 30th October 2000 16:46
But Ruth, a couple of weeks ago you wrote this:
"The other advice is network like crazy - the more people you know and
who know you, the more business you will get."
I suppose it depends on where y...
Re: FN-FORUM Opinions on eLance.com
date posted 30th October 2000 16:40
Funnily enough, it has tended to be the clients I *have* met that try not to
pay bills, etc.
In my experience, it tends to be those types who consider themselves and need to drag you over for a mee...
RE: FN-FORUM graphic design
date posted 30th October 2000 16:35
Depends how long it takes you - but I'd say that was VERY cheap!
Andrew
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ANDREW WILSON PRODUCTIONS
South Lanarkshire, Scotland
tel: 01899 220 300 mobile: 077 85 248 554
vis...
RE: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 16:09
> Mike
> Windy Bristol
oooh ... ditto ... I know a Mike Adams from Backwell ... any relation? His
dad is Gerry Adams ... heh
Jon H
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designdojo.com | minty.net...
RE: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 16:06
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Lindsey Hill
>
> PS Why is it so much harder trying to think of something for your own
> website than a clients? I've...
Re: FN-FORUM students
date posted 30th October 2000 16:06
6:45 this morning lol, after the cat decided that it should dry itself on me
after spending the night out in the rain.
Matt
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Re: FN-FORUM graphic design
date posted 30th October 2000 15:58
On 30/10/00 4:14 pm, "Lindsey Hill" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Does anyone else do general graphic design as well as web design?
Yes :-)
> I've got the pricing sorted on web design but i always stru...
RE: FN-FORUM students
date posted 30th October 2000 15:55
Notice it was written at 4:19
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> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM weather
Ea...
RE: FN-FORUM Opinions on eLance.com
date posted 30th October 2000 15:51
Ruth,
On the other hand have you ever been screwed over by a client that you have
never meet. I think that this is a two way street, and is as much about you
trusting the person who is contacting y...
students
date posted 30th October 2000 15:51
Students getting up early..... whatever next?
P ;-)
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Re: FN-FORUM Opinions on eLance.com
date posted 30th October 2000 15:40
Hi Chas,
I agreed with everything you said apart from this:
> That's why networking, personal contacts, and recommendations are
> still a great source of new business. That's why freelancers get s...
Re: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 15:27
Alright for you - you doon't have the displeasure of being a student.
Getting up early, walking down the lane with plant pots blowing over my
head, waiting to catch a bus that was cancelled because o...
RE: FN-FORUM Layer rotation
date posted 30th October 2000 15:24
No it is ok thanks (I have the layers movable, emulating drag and drop
behaviour), I just wanted to add some Value Added bits, if it ain't
rotatable it isn't and I don't want to use Java because of t...
graphic design
date posted 30th October 2000 15:23
Does anyone else do general graphic design as well as web design?
I've got the pricing sorted on web design but i always struggle what to
charge on the general design stuff eg brochures, adverts.
Fo...
Re: FN-FORUM Layer rotation
date posted 30th October 2000 15:18
You can make layers movable - we used that trick on our old portfolio site,
which freenetname kindly removed from their server, so I can't show you!!
I've never seen rotatable layers - you'd have to...
Re: FN-FORUM Opinions on eLance.com
date posted 30th October 2000 14:57
I don't believe the eLance/smarterwork route to sub-contracting will
replace existing routes. The flaw lies in its assumption that
sub-contractors are commodities like beans or computers.
The intern...
Layer rotation
date posted 30th October 2000 14:32
Hi all,
Is it possibe to rotate a layer with images in. I would like the user to be
able to rotate an image to make an image for themselves. Is there a way to
do this, or even a cheaters way to do...
planing
date posted 30th October 2000 14:00
Welcome to the carpenters' forum
Paul
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Bad weather + maybe a webs...
Re: FN-FORUM Bad weather + maybe a website???
date posted 30th October 2000 13:47
sorry site planing...
Re: FN-FORUM Bad weather + maybe a website???
date posted 30th October 2000 13:37
I built the site in Photoshop and then took it into fireworks all of the dite
planna nd design was planned first.
Thanks
John...
Re: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 13:33
Heather
I'm down the road from you in Idle!
Lindsey
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>Date: Mon, Oct 30, 2000, 1:27 pm
>
>
>>For all...
CV
date posted 30th October 2000 13:33
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Re: FN-FORUM Bad weather + maybe a website???
date posted 30th October 2000 13:31
Smooth site!
Did you really do it just with Fireworks? I thought ,from the look of it, it
was using Flash. Love the circular navigation and the feel of the buttons
(though I suppose it forces you to...
Re: FN-FORUM Just too funny
date posted 30th October 2000 13:28
You have to admit he has it sorted, check the design plan, this guys not
messing around
Mike
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RE: FN-FORUM Flash technology tends to discourage usability (DHTM L)
date posted 30th October 2000 13:04
I disagree that DHTML is a 'complete waste' of resources, although many of
the examples of its use are.
One of the most useful aspects of DHTML is being able to redesign a mailin
form as people ar...
Just too funny
date posted 30th October 2000 13:01
Hi,
Coming back to the eLance debate: check out this project posting
PROJECT NAME: The Arrow of Time
DESCRIPTION:
I need someone to help me create and design a working Time Machine. Similar
to the...
Re: FN-FORUM Flash technology tends to discourage usability
date posted 30th October 2000 12:57
Personally I still get upset if a website doesn't warn me that it is about
to inflict Flash on me. There's a wonderful example on websitesthatsuck
where you can't escape without closing down your br...
website
date posted 30th October 2000 12:46
Heather, I could do you one - not too busy this week ;-)
Paul
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Re: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 12:44
I, for once, have scribble free walls - but children covered in paint!!!
Is the current weather / train chaos the belated result of the millenium
bug?
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Re: FN-FORUM Save 17.5% on Personal Petrol
date posted 30th October 2000 12:42
If a chartered accountant midadvised you and cost you money you should
pursue them for it. They are guilty of professional negligence.
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Re: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 12:38
>For all you southern softies with your storms I've got an inch of snow on
my
>car (I'm in Bradford, W. Yorkshire) and I'm going nowhere today. Bloody
SNOW
>in October!
I also freelance in Bradford...
Re: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 12:08
lol laughing out loud...
RE: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 12:05
Laughs out Loud
Morgan Richards
Mertec Computers PLC
01792 534500
Corporate I.T. solutions
www.mertec.co.uk
Business Internet solutions
Plantaga.net - a Mertec Group Company...
Re: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 12:01
Damien
Dumb quetion. What does Lol mean?
Lindsey
www.apperleydesign.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM Save 17.5% on Personal Petrol
date posted 30th October 2000 11:58
Phewee, is OK! Check out this paragraph from the customs and excise web
site. It bascially says that claiming VAT on repairs and maintenance is OK
even if you're not claiming back VAT on petrol.
htt...
RE: FN-FORUM Save 17.5% on Personal Petrol
date posted 30th October 2000 11:42
... and I meant to say again - do not trust your accountant. I did, and it
cost me when the IR visited.
David Nye
http://dnye.com
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Developm...
Re[2]: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 11:30
> Andrew
> Just had a peek at your site - nice design! did you know services is spelt
> wrong though? On the services page the services graphic is spelt 'serivces'.
> Sorry! Dont you just hate it w...
Problems with sending messages to this forum.
date posted 30th October 2000 11:25
I have sent a few messages to this forum, but I do not receive my own e-mail
which is logical, but also do not receive anything related to my original.
Could someone just e-mail me to tell me you've...
Re: FN-FORUM Save 17.5% on Personal Petrol
date posted 30th October 2000 11:15
OK, that's a little worrying. Maybe I should ring customs and excise and
check. I did it on my accountant's advice, but have a sneaking suspicion I
may have put a few car maintenance bills through an...
Flash technology tends to discourage usability
date posted 30th October 2000 11:07
Interesting article on the use of Flash has just arrived in my mailbox - you
may wish to check it out....
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for October 29 is now online at
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20001...
RE: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 11:04
> Isn't it nice for those of us working from home, not to have to go out in
> this 'orrible weather!
> Makes me so glad i went freelance.
>
> For all you southern softies with your storms I've got an...
Re: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 10:56
Andrew
Just had a peek at your site - nice design! did you know services is spelt
wrong though? On the services page the services graphic is spelt 'serivces'.
Sorry! Dont you just hate it when that...
Bad weather + maybe a website???
date posted 30th October 2000 10:55
hi,
All train lines and streets are covered in water and mud (much every where
else)! So it gave me some time to catch on some web work!
Got one question though, with all these weather reports com...
Re: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 10:53
Lol, mmm, that I don't know. I've got walls that colour with my artist sons
scribbling all over it :-) I think its a cat.
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk
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Re: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 10:51
They looked okay to me but there must be something wrong, this is why its so
handy to get new eyes looking at a site right :-)
I'm close to cracking it I think Ruth, I dropped Art during my school d...
Re: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 10:51
Thanks Lindsey
They seem okay to me, but maybe that's because I'm looking at them all the
time, Ruth said the same thing.
Regards
Damian Thomas
http://www.thomaswebdesign.co.uk
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RE: FN-FORUM Save 17.5% on Personal Petrol
date posted 30th October 2000 10:51
Ruth, Does that mean you do not claim back the VAT on any car related
expenses? When the VAT man came to visit me and I discussed "opting out" of
the scale charge in the way you describe, he told me...
Adobe Acrobat
date posted 30th October 2000 10:45
Hi
I was just wondering if there is any quick easy way of detecting if
someone has Adobe Acrobat reader installed on their PC from a website I
am creating.
Thanks
Chris
Why not visit our NEW...
more weather
date posted 30th October 2000 10:41
Well, for once it looks like we've got the best weather in the country up in
Newcastle!!! Just a bit of rain - which is finding its way in through the
window and splashing on the monitor..... ooops ;...
Re: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 10:33
its a nice day up here...aberdeen.
I am in total agreement with you on the difficulty of getting my own site in
order..... been ripe for redesign for months. Just waiting for inspiration I
spose.
b...
Re: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 10:23
I really like the site Damien. Do b&q do a paint the same colour as the
background?
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Re: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 10:15
> For all you southern softies with your storms >
Least our beers not 25% froth ;) haha
Mike
Windy Bristol
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Re: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 10:12
Hi Morgan
My website my work one. I did the existing one ages ago
(www.apperleydesign.co.uk) just temporarily, and for a company its a bit
thin on the ground. I'm going to do a bit of a flash intro...
RE: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 10:09
I woke up to find a leak through my roof dripping BETWEEN my two computers.
I was very lucky!! Bristol's in sunshine right now. Talking of Bristol, when
is the next get together of Bristol folk as I...
Re: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 09:53
> Isn't it nice for those of us working from home, not to have to go out in
> this 'orrible weather!
> Makes me so glad i went freelance.
> For all you southern softies with your storms I've got an...
Re: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 09:44
Very nice Damian!
Just one thing - why do the navigation buttons - home, service and spares,
etc look sort of smudged?
Looks like it's all starting to fall into place Damian - am very impressed
:-)...
Re: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 09:24
LOL, no I forgot to delete that! I just put it in there to test out the
background against the text to make sure it looked okay :-), damn. If they
seen that rubbish I'd be out of a job!
Regards
Dami...
RE: FN-FORUM weather
date posted 30th October 2000 09:24
Better an inch of snow than a foot thick tree.... *not me but seen some
today*
Well I had a great weekend not suprisingly big meaty surf :)
As for your website is it a work or personal page?...
weather
date posted 30th October 2000 09:18
Isn't it nice for those of us working from home, not to have to go out in
this 'orrible weather!
Makes me so glad i went freelance.
For all you southern softies with your storms I've got an inch of...
Re: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 09:07
Hi Damien
Looks good on the whole, (iMac, 800x600 N4.7) like the grid background. Just
one thing - it may be my Monday morning eyes but the words home, products
etc look blurred. Or it could be all...
Re: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 08:50
It's good! Just one thing Damian, did they supply the text?
'We are one of South Wales most complete coachbulder outfit.'
Regards
David
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Re: FN-FORUM Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 03:06
DT
Looked much better once I had changed my browser's default font to Arial,
but other than that I think it's as fab as the last one...
Little bit slow loading, but I was on an aol connection at the...
RE: FN-FORUM Site Feedback Required
date posted 30th October 2000 00:54
Well I'd definitely agree the logo is massive. Does it really need to be
that size? It's not as if it's particularly exciting. It pushes the whole
composition of the layout out of balance, demanding...
Browser check
date posted 30th October 2000 00:47
Hi all,
Would anyone mind checking this site, its based for at least 4+, its
slightly off in Nav 4.7 which I already know.
Lots still yet to do but the layout etc is finished.
Please let me know t...
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