Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday June 13th 2001

RE: FN-FORUM displaying accessible websites

date posted 13th June 2001 23:59

thank you - had a bloody horrible time trying to get lynx to work on my puter yesterday ....... now if their help file was actually helpful that would be wonderful! --- "// kerin | b o c u m a . c...

RE: FN-FORUM IE6 steals your visitors ???

date posted 13th June 2001 23:56

Thanks for this, Willie .... Shocking stuff! And the information architecture connotations are bad too ... who wants a page full of links? e.g. what if you put 'And the Oracle president spoke wisely...

IE6 steals your visitors ???

date posted 13th June 2001 23:22

I though you all may want to look at how IE6 plans to take your visitors and turn them into revenue for Microsoft: Read this article: http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-06-08-microsoft-sm...

Re: FN-FORUM London meet

date posted 13th June 2001 21:34

Can I come too ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Raza" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 7:31 PM Subject: RE: FN-FORUM London meet > and me...and me!! :-)...

Re: FN-FORUM London meet

date posted 13th June 2001 21:25

+1 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Raza" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 7:31 PM Subject: RE: FN-FORUM London meet > and me...and me!! :-) > > > -----Or...

Re: FN-FORUM Sole traders - what happens if you die??!!

date posted 13th June 2001 20:11

Surely that's matter for your heirs, as your copyright and IPR are part of your estate Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray McGinty" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: 13 June 2001 0...

RE: FN-FORUM London meet

date posted 13th June 2001 19:29

and me...and me!! :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL REMOVED] > [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Biffer Rowley > Sent: 06 June 2001 18:41 > To: [EMAIL REMOVED] > Subject: Re: FN-FORUM...

Re: FN-FORUM RE: Preload Animation

date posted 13th June 2001 19:07

--part1_48.16fea8d9.2859055c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Loader In flash..... This is the easy way!. First make 2 symbols 1 your progress b...

Re: FN-FORUM London meet

date posted 13th June 2001 18:42

me too ----- Original Message ----- From: "emma mulqueeny" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 6:12 PM Subject: Re: FN-FORUM London meet > Me too > Emma Mulqueeny > w...

RE: Preload Animation

date posted 13th June 2001 18:40

Hi......I am using 'live motion' to create an intro page for a site, but am stumped as to how to create a 'loading' 'progress bar' page animation' while the intro gets ready to start. The intro anima...

Feedback Forms in Director 8.....

date posted 13th June 2001 18:37

--part1_9b.166ca6ee.2858fe62_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, Does any1 know where i can find tutorials for a feedback form in director, go...

Re: FN-FORUM London meet

date posted 13th June 2001 18:22

Me too Emma Mulqueeny www.m-e-s.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Charlotte Owen [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 6:12 PM Subject: Re: FN-FORUM London meet...

Re: FN-FORUM London meet

date posted 13th June 2001 18:15

I'm cool for the 21st... Charlie. -- "Severely edited life history..." Talk baby, talk! - 07968 443136 Her home - http://www.bondgrrl.com Type words - [EMAIL REMOVED] ----- Original Message -----...

RE: FN-FORUM London meet

date posted 13th June 2001 17:59

I'm happy to fix it at Thur 21st, one week tomorrow. Cheers Dan...

RE: FN-FORUM Sole traders - what happens if you die??!!

date posted 13th June 2001 17:55

Peter, Keith, David, Chas, Thanks for your help guys, I'll enquire with my solicitor about an escrow agreement and also look into the xdrive idea. For anyone who's interested, I found a useful we...

RE: FN-FORUM Noddy network question

date posted 13th June 2001 17:54

Thanks guys! _________________________________________ P e t e r E b d o n Professional Software Engineering Ltd Microsoft Certified Professional Email : [EMAIL REMOVED] Tel/Fax : +44(0)118-9...

RE: FN-FORUM London meet

date posted 13th June 2001 17:51

mmmm ok, so can someone confirm this? im getting mighty confused - cant we just put a day in the diary and stick to it? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of N...

RE: FN-FORUM Noddy network question

date posted 13th June 2001 17:35

You just swap the cards - only about £20 each for decent ones. A hassle though, I know. David Nye http://dnye.co.uk Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development. Microsof...

RE: FN-FORUM Noddy network question

date posted 13th June 2001 17:34

Just get a hub with a BNC connector and connect the notebooks to the RJ45 connectors and use the BNC connection for your 3 BNC computers, it's the only way of doing it as BNC and RJ45 are electricall...

Re: FN-FORUM Noddy network question

date posted 13th June 2001 17:09

Hi Peter, > Can anyone tell me if you get an adapter to conver RJ45 sockets to Coax or > visa versa? I have coax in three PCs but RJ45 in a couple of new > notebooks. Are the compatible? I know not...

Re: FN-FORUM Fw: lurker enters the light

date posted 13th June 2001 16:34

hey warren nice to have you on board, someone else to back up us welsh boys eh ;-) Regards Damian Thomas ----------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Web Design - South W...

RE: FN-FORUM Backups

date posted 13th June 2001 16:09

8" disks? dunno about those but i remember the 7" ones ;) all to be superceded by the wonderful 'unscratchable' cd. remember that on tommorrows world? as far as backups go, you can do it on the sam...

Noddy network question

date posted 13th June 2001 16:03

Can anyone tell me if you get an adapter to conver RJ45 sockets to Coax or visa versa? I have coax in three PCs but RJ45 in a couple of new notebooks. Are the compatible? I know nothing about netwo...

TAJ and his wonderful power point backgrounds

date posted 13th June 2001 15:55

Dan can you please remove TAJ, the guy who spammed the list. I've just been spammed by him so undoubtably he is using the forum email list and I'm sure others have got his sellomail. And he gave such...

Re: FN-FORUM Online estate agents

date posted 13th June 2001 15:49

Personally I like www.asserta.co.uk and www.propertylive.co.uk (cos I did it ;-) ) If you want to advertise your property online you might try www.easier.co.uk or www.home.co.uk ruth arnold spaceho...

Re: FN-FORUM PHP Setup....

date posted 13th June 2001 15:40

Yep, I agree with what Alex has said. It sound as though you have two PCs and are accessing your web server over a network...? In which case you need to give the address http://themachinename/folder...

RE: FN-FORUM Online estate agents

date posted 13th June 2001 15:26

>Most of the good ones are run by Estate Agents anyway. homes-on-line seems a good one. _________________________________________ P e t e r E b d o n Professional Software Engineering Ltd Micro...

RE: FN-FORUM Sole traders - what happens if you die??!!

date posted 13th June 2001 15:26

Imagine the (far fetched) case where you have this arrangement and the software goes on to become a multi-million seller. One of these Escrow agreements might make it worth bumping you off. Serious...

RE: FN-FORUM Fw: lurker enters the light

date posted 13th June 2001 15:18

-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of warren alexander Sent: 13 June 2001 11:23 To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: FN-FORUM Fw: lurker enters the light Hi Wa...

Re: FN-FORUM London meet

date posted 13th June 2001 14:04

though it was fixed for Thur 21st. ----- Original Message ----- From: "emma mulqueeny" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 10:56 AM Subject: Re: FN-FORUM London meet...

Re: FN-FORUM Fw: lurker enters the light

date posted 13th June 2001 13:51

Im from Mountain ash, not far from aberdare!. Going to swansea uni nxt year! John...

RE: FN-FORUM PHP Setup....

date posted 13th June 2001 13:29

er, hang on, are these two machines seperate, because localhost refers to itself. i.e. if you browse to http://localhost/ you are asking the web browser on machine A to connect to the webserver on ma...

RE: FN-FORUM .NET

date posted 13th June 2001 13:28

I always seem to get errors like that on the Microsoft Site. I assume it has something with the data packets getting lost, or maybe it's an anomaly of IE5. I sometimes find pressing the back button o...

Re: FN-FORUM sql statement

date posted 13th June 2001 13:23

cheers guys, assistance much appreciated! Robin Garbutt Portfolio Art & Design Ltd Tel - +44 (0) 1204 383822 Fax - +44 (0) 1204 383866 Mob - +44 (0) 7811 185490 e-mail - [EMAIL REMOVED] For furthe...

Re: FN-FORUM Fw: lurker enters the light

date posted 13th June 2001 13:19

Grew up in Cardiff, I'm afraid. Family's from out your way though - Crynant, if you know it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Morgan Richards" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: 13 June 2...

SVG(Was Quotes please)

date posted 13th June 2001 13:09

Hi all, I am after some information following on from yesterdays discussion about SVG. I had a quick look at Adobes site this morning (it was only quick) trying to find out more about SVG, I already...

RE: FN-FORUM sql statement

date posted 13th June 2001 13:01

Credit goes to Norman ;-) Martin Kellie Dream Weavers Home ICQ: 11219980 -----Original Message----- From: Rob Garbutt [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: 13 June 2001 12:53 To: [EMAIL REMOVED]...

Re: FN-FORUM sql statement

date posted 13th June 2001 12:56

thanks martin Robin Garbutt Portfolio Art & Design Ltd Tel - +44 (0) 1204 383822 Fax - +44 (0) 1204 383866 Mob - +44 (0) 7811 185490 e-mail - [EMAIL REMOVED] For further information please visit u...

Re: FN-FORUM sql statement

date posted 13th June 2001 12:47

Not in this case because we're sorting it in Descending order, so it'll take the top1 of the reversed list, therefore the more recent one ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Garbutt" [EMAIL REMO...

Re: FN-FORUM Batch uploading of files to a Web site

date posted 13th June 2001 12:39

>How exactly do you mean automate it? > >Can you not just build the complete directory structure locally on your >mac then drag the top level folder to the appropriate window in your FTP >client? >...

Re: FN-FORUM sql statement

date posted 13th June 2001 12:36

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00E5_01C0F405.1740A420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable where would I in...

RE: FN-FORUM PHP Setup....

date posted 13th June 2001 12:34

Errrm.....I think I have discovered why its not working...but my mind is still goo...therefore not working... I can't see my http://localhost/ (which is the server) from my development machine. I'v...

RE: FN-FORUM sql statement

date posted 13th June 2001 12:26

Not when you ORDER DESC Martin Kellie Dream Weavers Home ICQ: 11219980 -----Original Message----- From: Rob Garbutt [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: 13 June 2001 12:11 To: [EMAIL REMOVED]...

RE: FN-FORUM Sole traders - what happens if you die??!!

date posted 13th June 2001 12:22

Ray What you are asking is commonly known as an Escrow agreement. Under the terms of an Escrow agreement you would normally lodge a copy of all source code with a trusted third party and provide th...

RE: FN-FORUM displaying accessible websites

date posted 13th June 2001 12:15

Just received this link: http://www-3.ibm.com/able/hprtrial3.html Martin Kellie Dream Weavers Home ICQ: 11219980...

Re: FN-FORUM sql statement

date posted 13th June 2001 12:13

won't a TOP statement go for the first one in the database as opposed to the last? Robin Garbutt Portfolio Art & Design Ltd Tel - +44 (0) 1204 383822 Fax - +44 (0) 1204 383866 Mob - +44 (0) 7811 18...

RE: FN-FORUM Fw: lurker enters the light

date posted 13th June 2001 11:56

So where you from in wales boyo? anywhere near me and damian? (Swansea/Neath)...

Re: FN-FORUM Fw: lurker enters the light

date posted 13th June 2001 11:56

Warren, Like the design, nice and fast but the buttons took a while to download. Using IE5.5 on a ISDN line. So try using the comand....err can't remember it something like...image download on load?...

RE: FN-FORUM sql statement

date posted 13th June 2001 11:52

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C0F3FE.A91E6C80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Use rsobject.movelast if you...

Re: FN-FORUM sql statement

date posted 13th June 2001 11:48

SELECT TOP 1 table.FieldName FROM table ORDER BY table.PrimayKey DESC; ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Garbutt" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 11:17 AM S...

Re: FN-FORUM ultradev update problem

date posted 13th June 2001 11:41

Cheers Norman, here's the script...I haven't added any sql statements yet as am unsure as to what is required [EMAIL REMOVED]...

Re: FN-FORUM Fw: lurker enters the light

date posted 13th June 2001 11:36

Hello Warren, luv the design, really slick nice one. What I would say lets it down is the text, the logo just looks like some bevelled text which is a bit boring also the font on the links is a bit d...

sql statement

date posted 13th June 2001 11:21

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C0F3FA.72192D00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable does anyone know...

Fw: lurker enters the light

date posted 13th June 2001 11:20

Hi everybody. I'm having my first relatively relaxed day in a while, so I figured it was about time I stopped lurking. I've been freelancing as a programmer for about 3 years (PHP, MySQL and...

.NET

date posted 13th June 2001 11:18

just tried to sign up for a microsoft .NET info pack on their site and got the error Microsoft JScript runtime error '800a138f' 'xml' is not an object /uk/msdn/register/net/default.asp, line 216 hm...

Re: FN-FORUM ultradev update problem

date posted 13th June 2001 11:06

Hi Rob As is usual in these cases can you post the code for us to see. I suspect that you're failing to specify which record it is you're trying to update, so if you're producing any SQL statement...

Re: FN-FORUM Batch uploading of files to a Web site

date posted 13th June 2001 11:06

>I'd be grateful for some help in finding a way to automate the >uploading of hundreds of files to various directories on a Web site. > >I'm using a Mac. What is the best way to do this? > >Is there...

Re: FN-FORUM London meet

date posted 13th June 2001 11:05

next, I think, not sure which day though Emma Mulqueeny www.m-e-s.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Norman Beresford [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 10:33 AM...

RE: FN-FORUM just found a new...

date posted 13th June 2001 10:37

ahh would this be cause I've just installed office 2k then ? happens a lot does it? feeling quite foolish now ;-( explains why it didn't work on my Linux box. dec -----Original Message----- Fro...

ultradev update problem

date posted 13th June 2001 10:34

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C0F3F4.0A045600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I having several...

RE: FN-FORUM Online estate agents

date posted 13th June 2001 10:34

Most of the good ones are run by Estate Agents anyway. David Nye http://dnye.co.uk Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development. Microsoft SQL Server, Access, ASP & VB Pro...

RE: FN-FORUM SQL Statement

date posted 13th June 2001 10:34

By default the recordset is not counted until you move to the last record, to enhance performance when using large recordsets. You can either code around this, or use a recordset type which allows yo...

RE: FN-FORUM Sole traders - what happens if you die??!!

date posted 13th June 2001 10:34

It is usual to lodge source code with a bank or solicitor, but this is really inconvenient, and costs. It is now easy enough to keep copies on a couple of servers such as xdrive, but the customer nee...

London meet

date posted 13th June 2001 10:33

So is it this week or next week? Norman...

Re: FN-FORUM Sole traders - what happens if you die??!!

date posted 13th June 2001 10:27

> Should I lodge the CD with a trusted third party with instructions to > pass it on to my client in the event of my demise? Ray, I've just thought of another point. You could specify that the clien...

Re: FN-FORUM Sole traders - what happens if you die??!!

date posted 13th June 2001 10:17

Ray McGinty asked: > Should I lodge the CD with a trusted third party with instructions to > pass it on to my client in the event of my demise? Best to leave it with a firm of solicitors -- could b...

Re: FN-FORUM jsut found a new...

date posted 13th June 2001 10:10

What's this about? I'm surely not THAT blonde. cheers Willie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Budden" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 9:59 AM Subject:...

Batch uploading of files to a Web site

date posted 13th June 2001 10:03

I'd be grateful for some help in finding a way to automate the uploading of hundreds of files to various directories on a Web site. I'm using a Mac. What is the best way to do this? Is there a han...

RE: FN-FORUM jsut found a new...

date posted 13th June 2001 09:58

Am I missing something - it appears to me to just be opening a word document within the browser page.......or does it do something different in other browsers? Keith Budden www.conceptadesigns.com...

Re: FN-FORUM Norton Firewall and ADSL

date posted 13th June 2001 09:51

I _so_ agree with all that! [EMAIL REMOVED] (Vendetta Sales and Admin) wrote: > I did. I tried Zone Alarm and it was incredibly annoying and wouldn't > allow my internal network to function correct...

jsut found a new...

date posted 13th June 2001 09:42

bit of code that i though was worth ripping off ;-) http://www.freedom2surf.net/home/home.htm click the products and serivces link the open the "An IP Claim form can be found here. Please comple...

Re: FN-FORUM displaying accessible websites

date posted 13th June 2001 09:35

Hi Ink, There's a free text reader at: http://www.code-it.com/ I can't remember if it will work without the cartoon character though. They also have a complete browser for the blind and other tex...

Sole traders - what happens if you die??!!

date posted 13th June 2001 09:29

I've recently completed a website for a big multinational corporate client which mainly consists of downloadable Technical Documentation for their product range. They have now asked me to quote for...

Virex

date posted 13th June 2001 09:26

Hi guys Could of any of you Mac/Virex users do me a really big favour and email the latest Virex definitions, as I get a disk error whenever i try and downlaod them? I can't really ask the makers as...

RE: FN-FORUM displaying accessible websites

date posted 13th June 2001 09:10

you might find this useful too: http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html Lets you view sites as if displayed in Lynx. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Ink...

Re: FN-FORUM Style Sheet Problem

date posted 13th June 2001 08:34

Works a treat, thanks Mark >adding: > >a.navcurr:visited { whatever } > >in the stylesheet should do it in IE5 >...

Re: FN-FORUM Online estate agents

date posted 13th June 2001 08:28

From: "Peter Ebdon" [EMAIL REMOVED] > Can anyone recommend a good site for selling your house? I thought I'd give > it a try before I have to invite a creepy estate agent over! http://www.houseweb...

RE: FN-FORUM test

date posted 13th June 2001 01:52

It's not coming _from_ the forum even if it's from someone who is in the forum - I've seen no sign of it. [EMAIL REMOVED] (Inkosazana Sangomas) wrote: > you're not the only one - and it is definat...

RE: FN-FORUM displaying accessible websites

date posted 13th June 2001 01:49

if you want to d'load and install Lynx (the only text-only browser I know of) its at: http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/lynxport.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Beha...

RE: FN-FORUM displaying accessible websites

date posted 13th June 2001 01:49

Screen readers and their ilk are generally based on Lynx (which you can get from evolt). if they're not, Lynx will still give a pretty good impression of what a screenreader "sees" in a webpage. It c...

the aussie is having a bitch

date posted 13th June 2001 01:23

Can I ask all you wonderful people to remember to crop your emails to the list when replying. sanku very much Fluey Ink ===== Ink get a taste for religion - lick a witch! ________________________...

RE: FN-FORUM snow white

date posted 13th June 2001 01:17

it depends on whether or not the person who has the virus on their machine actually has this address (or that of ppl on this list) in their address book since it uses the address book to spread. Ink...

displaying accessible websites

date posted 13th June 2001 01:06

OK kids I've got to make a presentation to our Web Developers Strategic Group (basically the decision makers on policy within the govt dept I'm currently on contract to) on monday afternoon. My topi...