Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday May 14th 2001
Re: FN-FORUM MAC/PC Intranet Access
date posted 14th May 2001 22:51
Macs can have a host file which is set up and specced in the TCP/IP control
panel. Open it up and go to Edit in the menubar. Select User Mode.. And
check the advanced options. You'll now have more op...
Multilingual multimedia
date posted 14th May 2001 22:32
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RE: FN-FORUM Online Maps
date posted 14th May 2001 22:23
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Online Maps
date posted 14th May 2001 21:52
Dear All,
A few weeks ago, some you were able to suggest sites that could help me develop online maps.
Please could you re-send those appropriate URLs, as I have changed my e...
RE: FN-FORUM MAC/PC Intranet Access
date posted 14th May 2001 18:00
Thanks Alison
> Alison
>
> ps. I claim my 50p !!!!
Got to be worth at least a 2 minute phone call that one......
RE: FN-FORUM MAC/PC Intranet Access
date posted 14th May 2001 17:20
In which case your problem is that the Macs don't have the equivalent of a
local LMHOSTS or HOSTS file to use in the face of the insufficient machine
name - they aren't seeing (or able to access) th...
RE: FN-FORUM Phone directory?
date posted 14th May 2001 16:57
Cheers. I hope you're on commission!
Dave
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Re: FN-FORUM PHP help
date posted 14th May 2001 16:31
Thank you everybody.
Decided to go with David's trick.
Did the trick nicely.
Cheers
Willie
Triple Technology Ltd.
Audio-Visual, Encoding, Streaming Solution Provider.
http://www.tripletechnolog...
Expert help required!
date posted 14th May 2001 16:07
hi,
I'm working on a large project for an education client. We are delivering
web based learning courses - and already have one course live. We have been
using a platform called webct - www.webct....
Re: FN-FORUM Online Gas and Electricity
date posted 14th May 2001 16:02
Amerada are the company that actually supply gas to everyone else including
BG. They've now decided to cut out the middleman and go direct so that's
why they are so cheap.
I got the whole spiel fro...
Re: FN-FORUM Form help
date posted 14th May 2001 16:01
thanks for replies to decal, Jo and Norman - I'll get back to you.
Andrew
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RE: FN-FORUM Form help
date posted 14th May 2001 15:56
Andrew,
This looks to me like a good case for using XML/XSLT. Take a look at Xalan
and FOP at . These tools will allow you transform an
XML data source into formatting objects and then render them t...
RE: FN-FORUM Online Gas and Electricity
date posted 14th May 2001 15:52
i use npower and all that changes is npower do the billing... british gas
ETC still maintain meters and supply, etc. If it's cheaper then why not?
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Re: FN-FORUM PHP help
date posted 14th May 2001 15:44
Hi Willy,
Would something like this do the trick?
$lastfour = substr ($cardno,-4);
echo "****-****-****-".$lastfour;
Regards,
David
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RE: FN-FORUM PHP help
date posted 14th May 2001 15:39
Easiest way would be to forget PHP & use a password form type.
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More on rates...
date posted 14th May 2001 15:33
Just read this project from the site:
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URGENT!!
2 afternoon's work finalisiing a couple of sites using html/asp/cgi
£60 per half day. SW11 (Clapham Junction) OUTSOURCERS NEED NOT AP...
RE: FN-FORUM South West Meet - Date
date posted 14th May 2001 15:30
Not surprising we have all been franticly looking for our diaries non of
which shoeing thurs 7th ;)
Cant make it unfortunatly :(
Mike
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Re: FN-FORUM South West Meet - Date
date posted 14th May 2001 15:10
Quoting mike karthauser [EMAIL REMOVED]
> thought I might have done - 7th of May was it?
>
Doh .... I of course meant this Thursday 17th ...
Yet to receive and confirmations yet ...
Jon H
Freela...
PHP help
date posted 14th May 2001 14:52
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I am by...
Online Gas and Electricity
date posted 14th May 2001 14:50
Sorry a little off-topic.
Has anyone had any problems with using on-line utility companies?
I have just come back from www.unravellit.com (which is pretty good) and the 2 cheapest they suggest are np...
Re: FN-FORUM South West Meet - Date
date posted 14th May 2001 14:43
thought I might have done - 7th of May was it?
>
> Quoting mike karthauser [EMAIL REMOVED]
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>>>> ??? Jon, are we just wanting to go to the pub?
>>
>> just thinking that it would be good to mee...
RE: FN-FORUM JAVA...HELP!!
date posted 14th May 2001 14:25
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Re: FN-FORUM JAVA...HELP!!
date posted 14th May 2001 14:16
Adam, it seems to need a password.........
P J White
www.BW3.co.uk
Digital Media Stuff
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JAVA...HELP!!
date posted 14th May 2001 14:09
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Re: FN-FORUM rates
date posted 14th May 2001 13:59
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/18931.html - a bit on IR35 and the
election...
Re: FN-FORUM 3D wire frames in Flash
date posted 14th May 2001 13:16
Use poser to export the models into a 3d package that can export .3ds format
then import these into Swift 3d to export to Flash format
www.swift3d.com
or if you have the Poser Pro pack you can exp...
Re: FN-FORUM South West Meet - Date
date posted 14th May 2001 13:14
Quoting mike karthauser [EMAIL REMOVED]
> >
> >> ??? Jon, are we just wanting to go to the pub?
>
> just thinking that it would be good to meet last monday.......
eh?! .... youv'e lost me ...
Jon...
Re: FN-FORUM Phone directory?
date posted 14th May 2001 13:13
Scoot? BT PhoneNet, but I'm not sure if you can search by business type.
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM Attaching a document in a form
date posted 14th May 2001 13:09
Hi Jo
You don't have to use ASP, if you're going to handle the process server side
then you can use any scripting language you're familiar with. It really
depends on your personal tastes and the ty...
RE: FN-FORUM Phone directory?
date posted 14th May 2001 12:52
www.192.com you can buy a disc from them about £20 I think...
RE: FN-FORUM Attaching a document in a form
date posted 14th May 2001 12:52
Thanks Steve
I think the only problem I can see with that is the administrator would then
end up getting 2 emails: one generated by the form and another containing
the CV. I suppose this would be O...
Re: FN-FORUM Form help
date posted 14th May 2001 12:42
This is the relevant line I think
Andrew
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RE: FN-FORUM Attaching a document in a form
date posted 14th May 2001 12:41
>This isn't going to be much use for you because I suspect that you're just
>using mailto: as the action for the form. If you aren't then it will be of
>use.
Hi Norman
Yes, I am using mailto: as t...
Re: FN-FORUM Form help
date posted 14th May 2001 12:41
Hi Andrew
The easiest thing for you to do would be to stop using a mailto: action in
your form and use some server side scripting to produce the email instead.
That way you can have far greater cont...
RE: FN-FORUM Form help
date posted 14th May 2001 12:39
You need to change the enctype to text/plain. For example:
This will ensure that each form entry appears on a new line and not just one
long string li...
RE: FN-FORUM Attaching a document in a form
date posted 14th May 2001 12:36
Hi Jo,
I did a similar recruitment site for the Aircraft Industry and they wanted
each candidate to submit their CV's.
The way I did it was to include a link to a script that formatted an email.
It w...
RE: FN-FORUM Phone directory?
date posted 14th May 2001 12:32
I think that 192.com have a similar product, cheaper too. They sometimes
give it away (older versions) on magazine cover disks.
Regards
Darren Spink
htpp://www.arkad.leeds.co.uk
Tel: +44(0)113...
RE: FN-FORUM Form help
date posted 14th May 2001 12:32
what form to mail script are you using? if you cant already try to find one
that allows you to use a template..
i can prob help with this if you get stuck, but try hotscrips.com or
somewhere
HTH...
Re: FN-FORUM Attaching a document in a form
date posted 14th May 2001 12:23
Hi Jo
This isn't going to be much use for you because I suspect that you're just
using mailto: as the action for the form. If you aren't then it will be of
use.
On the clientside you'd change the...
Form help
date posted 14th May 2001 12:22
I'm doing a form for an on-line insurance proposal - there are lots of
questions to fill in. Problem is when the form is sent by email it is very
difficult for the client to sort out the answers fro...
Phone directory?
date posted 14th May 2001 12:14
Does anyone know where I could get a phone listing of UK businesses?
I want to be able to search on business type, and view a list of all those
businesses in the UK, with their address & phone numbe...
Re: FN-FORUM Domain transfers
date posted 14th May 2001 12:05
Yeah, sorry, just being a smartarse. Stress, you know. They might have
turned the whole ex-Siemens complex into a business park, it is huge.
Kathy
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RE: FN-FORUM Attaching a document in a form
date posted 14th May 2001 12:00
I know that you can do it easily with PHP. .NET magazine had a good tutorial last month basically copying amihotornot.com website where you upload images. Dunno about .doc though as you really need t...
Attaching a document in a form
date posted 14th May 2001 11:51
Good morning all
I am creating a site for a recruitment company which has an on-line
registration page. I have created a simple form that will be submitted via
email to the company's administrator....
Re: FN-FORUM the looneys
date posted 14th May 2001 11:44
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3950809,00.html
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RE: FN-FORUM Domain transfers
date posted 14th May 2001 11:27
My apologies. Perhaps I should have said "based in the business park near
where Siemens used to be".
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the looneys
date posted 14th May 2001 11:13
http://freespace.virgin.net/raving.loony/
Still going strong, with a cat as joint party leader!!
P J White
www.BW3.co.uk
Digital Media Stuff
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RE: FN-FORUM rates
date posted 14th May 2001 11:08
I don't think the looneys are standing anymore...since Lord Sutch passed
away
Regards
Darren Spink
htpp://www.arkad.leeds.co.uk
Tel: +44(0)113 2534750
Fax: +44(0)113 2531686
ICQ: 56667649
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RE: FN-FORUM rates
date posted 14th May 2001 11:03
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Re: FN-FORUM Domain transfers
date posted 14th May 2001 11:00
> Is that the Leighton in Sunderland? A friend of ours used
to work there, and
> doesn't have many nice things to say about them!
Did you say 'friend'?
Ema (catching up on the hundreds of emails th...
Re: FN-FORUM rates
date posted 14th May 2001 10:58
Hi guys,
As a Lib Dem I thought I'd just chip in and say that the Lib Dems would also
scrap IR35. Here's a snippet from their alternative budget:
"We would withdraw the Governments proposals for IR...
Re: FN-FORUM rates
date posted 14th May 2001 10:57
So has Kennedy (and probably the Greens, Monster Raving Loonies and
everyone else except Blair's blaggers)
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM South West Meet - Date
date posted 14th May 2001 10:56
Jon and Mike Timetravel Backwards in Bristol (sounds like a Ladybird book)
Carla
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Re: FN-FORUM Domain transfers
date posted 14th May 2001 10:56
I remember Siemens moving out, so if it's near them it's in Germany. I
used to know the HR manager there.
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM South West Meet - Date
date posted 14th May 2001 10:44
>
> Quoting mike karthauser [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>> ??? Jon, are we just wanting to go to the pub?
>>
>
> What else do you suggest??
>> (This) Thursday 7th May - 6.30 for 7pm
>>
>> Pub in Bristol...
FN-FORUM - Technical question
date posted 14th May 2001 10:34
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RE: FN-FORUM rates
date posted 14th May 2001 10:22
>I'll vote for whoever pledges to scrap IR35 - it's unjust, greedy and
>bad law.
Hague has said they will definitely scrap it (they originally said they'd
modify it).
Cheers,
Pete
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RE: FN-FORUM Pop Ups with Flash (Page attached)
date posted 14th May 2001 10:22
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Try the page attach...
Re: FN-FORUM rates
date posted 14th May 2001 10:13
I'll vote for whoever pledges to scrap IR35 - it's unjust, greedy and
bad law.
Mart
In message [EMAIL REMOVED] Vendetta Sales and
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>Vote for whoever will give them a sm...
3D wire frames in Flash
date posted 14th May 2001 10:12
Hope everyone has had a good weekend,
Could anyone tell me where I might find some good 3D wire frames to import
into Flash.
I'm updating my Portfolio presentation as I have a possible avenue for som...
Re: FN-FORUM MAC/PC Intranet Access
date posted 14th May 2001 09:58
Glad to help
Carla
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on 14/5/01 8:44 am, Paul Keir at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Thanks R...
Re: FN-FORUM Utterly irrelevant language issue, was Re: IT support helpline/peace please
date posted 14th May 2001 09:56
on 14/5/01 8:31 am, Andrew Wilson at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> It is a bad thing - I thought this was a nice friendly forum?
>
> Andrew
so did I, the last few days of comments have been decidedly un...
RE: FN-FORUM Domain transfers
date posted 14th May 2001 09:51
Yup, they're based in Sunderland. I sent them an arsey email on Sunday.
Received a promising-looking response from a guy called James Bunting (their
"operations manager")... I'm sure I know that name...
RE: FN-FORUM MAC/PC Intranet Access
date posted 14th May 2001 09:43
Thanks Rick, Carla, and James for your help with this.
Sure enough putting the IP address in rather than the server name did the
trick!
Cheers.
Paul.
> > on the outside world - The PCs can see...
Re: FN-FORUM South West Meet - Date
date posted 14th May 2001 09:35
Quoting mike karthauser [EMAIL REMOVED]
> ??? Jon, are we just wanting to go to the pub?
>
What else do you suggest??
Jon H
Freelance Designer
Aardman Animations
designdojo.com | design resourc...
Re: FN-FORUM Utterly irrelevant language issue, was Re: IT support helpline
date posted 14th May 2001 09:32
It is a bad thing - I thought this was a nice friendly forum?
Andrew
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Re: FN-FORUM South West Meet - Date
date posted 14th May 2001 09:25
??? Jon, are we just wanting to go to the pub?
> (This) Thursday 7th May - 6.30 for 7pm
>
> Pub in Bristol (tbc).
>
> RSVP - [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Jon H
> Freelance Designer
> Aardm...
RE: FN-FORUM Domain transfers
date posted 14th May 2001 09:19
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SMS messaging (well we start this thread every week - guess this time its my turn)
date posted 14th May 2001 09:17
has any one used this lot?
http://www.salcentral.com/help/smsreg.htm
>>
its a soap* client thingy for sending SMS couldn't find the T&C's though.
its got links to a perl backend , and appears to...
Re: FN-FORUM rates
date posted 14th May 2001 08:55
Vote for whoever will give them a smaller majority. Vote LibDem if
necessary. It really annoys me that no one votes for them "as they don't
have a chance because no one votes for them". Incidentally,...
Pop Ups with Flash
date posted 14th May 2001 08:50
Can anyone tell me how to launch a pop up HTML window in flash which has a
set width and height and now toolbars.
Thanks
Pete...
Re: FN-FORUM PC check please
date posted 14th May 2001 07:58
Hi
Agree with Carla's comments, only thing to add is that there is no simple
way back to the home page. Having done several corporate site have found
that this is essentail.
Kelvin
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Re: FN-FORUM PC check please
date posted 14th May 2001 05:34
Hi Lindsey
On my Mac in IE it looks good and corporate, two things
The address details on the first page perhaps should be in the same point
size as the text is at the moment as they are a bit smal...
Re: FN-FORUM PC check please
date posted 14th May 2001 03:16
Looks good on my PC (IE5 @ 1152x864). My only criticism is that the nav-bar
links are hard to read. Personally I'd either increase the contrast or make
the characters larger.
for what it's worth,
Wa...
Re: FN-FORUM PC check please
date posted 14th May 2001 01:26
All okay here on win98 (IE 5.5) very nice it is too ;-)
Regards
Damian Thomas
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Re: FN-FORUM Utterly irrelevant language issue, was Re: IT support helpline
date posted 14th May 2001 01:17
> John I'd say your comments are objectionable and arrogant.
Hear here!
Barry Swan
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