Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday July 19th 2001
way OT, but it's late.
date posted 19th July 2001 23:49
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:: Chinese food / table alignment ....
date posted 19th July 2001 23:27
Evening.
I'd hoped to have this finished tonight y'know. Any of you hard core hand
coders want to have a look and tell me why I cant get the set meals to align
in the middle of the table. (Scuse pu...
Re: FN-FORUM could you give your opinion please.
date posted 19th July 2001 23:23
Paul
I need to contact you directly. Can you confirm your e-mail address. The one
I've used isn't recognised by the system.
John
[EMAIL REMOVED]
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RE: FN-FORUM filtering
date posted 19th July 2001 23:02
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Re: FN-FORUM inconsistent mysql errors
date posted 19th July 2001 22:59
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 12:46:54PM +0100, warren alexander wrote:
> Can anyone help?
> I've been tearing my hair out getting inconsistent errors with mysql.
> my tables keep corrupting, even when I o...
Re: FN-FORUM Client / server time zone resolution
date posted 19th July 2001 22:34
> Paul (Expecting snooty reply from Ema in about 35 mins)
snooty reply
Em
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RE: FN-FORUM beta testers required for new game
date posted 19th July 2001 22:22
Very impressive!
Ran beautifully on P3-600 Win2k, 256M.
Hard to line up with the aliens though. Thought perhaps the gun shots could
be a little "fatter" so that you can see if they went behind or i...
Re: FN-FORUM El Market Research
date posted 19th July 2001 22:15
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I have w...
Re: FN-FORUM Client / server time zone resolution
date posted 19th July 2001 22:07
> And boy oh boy do you guys write a lot of emails!
>
Aye, well Ema's watching BB so what else does one do......
Paul (Expecting snooty reply from Ema in about 35 mins)
P J White
www.BW3.co.uk
Digi...
Re: FN-FORUM filtering
date posted 19th July 2001 22:07
> i wish there was an inteligent agent to sniff out boring conversations
>
Yeah, I'm wishing I hadn't invited Zig to just 'join in': can you take
seriously a request for intelligent conversation fro...
RE: FN-FORUM Client / server time zone resolution
date posted 19th July 2001 22:02
I'm going to assume that wasn't sarcasm. ;-)
Hi everyone - Ruth Arnold's brother here and co-consiprator in in
iBlurbs.com.
My background is in Unix and NT programming and I currently run a web d...
Re: FN-FORUM filtering
date posted 19th July 2001 21:57
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El Market Research
date posted 19th July 2001 21:52
Hi,
Sorry to bug the forum with this, I'm currently developing a web site which
may be of interest to some of you (I'll be posting it soon for a site test)
anyway I just wondered if any of you mak...
Re: FN-FORUM is there anyone here into the games industries?
date posted 19th July 2001 21:49
Two blank emails Lovely!
But as it happens yes I am into the games industries, are you?
:-)
Ade...
filtering
date posted 19th July 2001 21:42
i got a new account even......
Re: FN-FORUM filtering
date posted 19th July 2001 21:38
i wish there was an inteligent agent to sniff out boring conversations...
RE: FN-FORUM WHAT IS A FIREWALL AND CAN ITS BENEFITS BE
date posted 19th July 2001 21:32
With all the mails from 'Zig' today...it begs the question...has anyone lost
any drugs ??
Regards
Darren Spink
http://www.arkad.leeds.co.uk
Tel: +44(0)113 253 4750
Fax: +44(0)113 253 1686
ICQ: 56...
Re: FN-FORUM print + new media
date posted 19th July 2001 21:32
zig could you be a little less minimalistic in your emails....
RE: FN-FORUM is there anyone here into the games industries?
date posted 19th July 2001 21:28
Why do you ask ??
Regards
Darren Spink
http://www.arkad.leeds.co.uk
Tel: +44(0)113 253 4750
Fax: +44(0)113 253 1686
ICQ: 56667649
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RE: FN-FORUM is all freelancers in here web ones?
date posted 19th July 2001 21:28
I develop bespoke applications in programming languages....but I can also do
databases and web design.....
Regards
Darren Spink
http://www.arkad.leeds.co.uk
Tel: +44(0)113 253 4750
Fax: +44(0)1...
RE: FN-FORUM filtering
date posted 19th July 2001 21:23
same here...but I also have the view properties for the freelancers folder
set to group by topic....it makes it so much nicer....
Regards
Darren Spink
http://www.arkad.leeds.co.uk
Tel: +44(0)113...
RE: FN-FORUM aspiring.... brrrr....
date posted 19th July 2001 21:11
Is this freelance related?
I use AudioGalaxy quite successfully, however...
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http://www.i-fire.co.uk
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RE: FN-FORUM Damn NTL - Connection Problems
date posted 19th July 2001 21:08
I have called their tech department in the past - I had a major modem
problem and they ended up giving me the 0845 number for tech support, cause
i was calling so much - I can try to dig it out if an...
Document Type
date posted 19th July 2001 21:03
Hi
I have a Question about Document headers, if your html is written to comply
with xhtml as in "" ect. Should the header be doc type html or xhtml
transitional.
Barry Stanton
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aspiring.... brrrr....
date posted 19th July 2001 20:56
got mp3s?...
print + new media
date posted 19th July 2001 20:54
interesting cross-over...
Re: FN-FORUM Damn NTL - Connection Problems
date posted 19th July 2001 20:49
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I have ha...
RE: FN-FORUM Damn NTL - Connection Problems
date posted 19th July 2001 20:41
I use NTL as well and find that sometimes I get either connection refused or
server hang-ups, usually press refresh and the page reloads OK. This usually
happens at the busy periods, late afternoon,...
WOW!
date posted 19th July 2001 20:22
No way
I've been at Brighton new media,
and in that time accidently switched off from freelancers
Ive just decided to read the digest for a change
and
behold
You all have all the answers
and they...
Re: FN-FORUM is all freelancers in here web ones?
date posted 19th July 2001 19:50
..........init............ :-)
> is you 'avin a laugh?
Bobos
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RE: FN-FORUM Cold calling register
date posted 19th July 2001 19:44
Unfortunately, if you call a residential number on the list you will be
fined 200 pounds per time as legally you must check! For our clients we
use service companies that charge pence for checking nu...
Re: FN-FORUM Site Check / Comments.
date posted 19th July 2001 19:40
cheers for the comments mate,
It's good here - very very busy.... Isle of Wight Cable are completely
useless and everything has been left in our hands....
as far as the progressive tables go, the s...
Damn NTL - Connection Problems
date posted 19th July 2001 19:39
I keep losing my connection around every 10 minutes, from around 6pm now. I
use NTL World, and just wondered, has anyone else who uses NTL experienced
problems?
If only broadband was available here....
TEST
date posted 19th July 2001 19:21
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RE: FN-FORUM Computer hacked
date posted 19th July 2001 19:10
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Most of theese are from scri...
Re: FN-FORUM could you give your opinion please.
date posted 19th July 2001 18:44
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Re: online marketing Q
date posted 19th July 2001 18:44
Hi Paul,
Have you seen this:
http://www.dsemotion.com/viralclinic/
It's about viral marketing.
June B
http://www.jubo.co.uk
> Thanks to everyone who's commented on SEO, that has given us somethi...
Re: FN-FORUM Computer hacked
date posted 19th July 2001 18:43
Hi Paul,
The second looks like it's ntl, checking you're still connected.
Most of the alerts you will get are this kind of thing - set yourself as
invisible in ZA and don't worry about them.
(Alth...
RE: FN-FORUM is there anyone here into the games industries?
date posted 19th July 2001 18:37
Zig,
We're looking at wireless games at the moment. What's your background and
where are you based?
Ta
Anthony
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Re: FN-FORUM does the flash movie play
date posted 19th July 2001 18:01
Yeah, it says:
Fat Cat Packages
There are four web site packages to choose from. Simply choose the one that
best suits your business needs. Starting with a sing...
Re: FN-FORUM could you give your opinion please.
date posted 19th July 2001 18:00
Paul
Here are some typos and other points I've noticed:
General
You use "web site" and "website" on your site.
'About' section
1) Para 1 - "Put your business on the Web Fat Cat Design, situated in...
RE: FN-FORUM telnet
date posted 19th July 2001 17:46
> Rob Garbutt asked about telnet stuff...
Hi Rob,
I am assuming you are using a nix box, if so, try the following links they
will tell you all about the commands you may use.
http://www.mcsr.olemi...
Re: FN-FORUM Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 17:31
Ian Fenn asked:
> Where's your site hosted? In the UK or the USA?
UK
Chas Walton
[EMAIL REMOVED]
www.textwizard.com...
RE: FN-FORUM telnet
date posted 19th July 2001 17:28
depents on your host i suppose dont it?
try cd /path/to/dir for a nix box
dec...
RE: FN-FORUM Computer hacked
date posted 19th July 2001 17:17
Joining this Zone Alarm topic a bit late, but most of the individual alarms
that you do get are harmless. They are from people who are using little
software packages like Ativa DUN meter which 'pings...
Re: FN-FORUM site check
date posted 19th July 2001 17:15
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Re: FN-FORUM is all freelancers in here web ones?
date posted 19th July 2001 17:14
I write copy, web based and hard copy, and dream up little gems to land me
my first million.
Most of the time I write emails though!!
Ems
Emma Mulqueeny
www.m-e-s.co.uk
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telnet
date posted 19th July 2001 17:09
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RE: FN-FORUM does the flash movie play
date posted 19th July 2001 17:08
Just one thought (not about the flash movie though)
how about applying a style to your contact page so the text size and colour
are more in keeping with the rest of your site?
dec...
Re: FN-FORUM is all freelancers in here web ones?
date posted 19th July 2001 17:02
By day I build websites and write 'amusing' (re: stupid) anecdotes on this
list...
late at night I clear this torrid earth of all evil....
.....on a freelance basis of course.
H...
Re: FN-FORUM is all freelancers in here web ones?
date posted 19th July 2001 17:01
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> is all freelan...
Textwizard
date posted 19th July 2001 17:01
I have just looked at textwizard.com .... love it, brilliant, no wonder you
rank so well in google.
A good site to look at for anyone 'serious about business' on the net.
Sorry just had to point it...
Re: FN-FORUM had an idea....
date posted 19th July 2001 17:00
> You cant run PWS on a winme box without a lot of hassle. I believe that MS
> does have stuff on their site but it does need a lot of jiggery pokery.
pws on me can be done, its not to hard to get g...
Re: FN-FORUM file size obsession must end - if it looks good then it is good(hand coding)
date posted 19th July 2001 17:00
> - you can't eat it or live in it anyway (website)
>
> one day they will have fast access even in 3rd world countries
probably before I do ... grr
Rick
Kitty5 WebDesign - http://Kitty5.com
Hi-Im...
RE: FN-FORUM filtering
date posted 19th July 2001 17:00
Same here, there was a time when it stopped working though... not sure why.
My "SPAM" and "Deleted Items" folder have many rules that send email to
them... :)
Matt
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Re: FN-FORUM filtering
date posted 19th July 2001 16:59
Re: Zig (im going for the most questions in 10mins) -> hahahaha
Here's my message rule which does the same as Mike's.
Apply this rule after the message arrives
Where the To line contains [EMAIL REM...
RE: FN-FORUM Computer hacked
date posted 19th July 2001 16:56
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What port where these machin...
Quicky
date posted 19th July 2001 16:53
Anyone got a script and instructions how to load a different stylesheet when a user clicks a button
The idea is to let users choose from a variety of different coloured bgrounds etc
Cheers
Andrew...
Re: FN-FORUM does the flash movie play
date posted 19th July 2001 16:52
mac OS 9.1 , IE5, works fine
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Hello All,
Can you please tell me if the flash part of this page loads properly for
you and give your platform etc.
I have been told it doesn't load.
www....
RE: FN-FORUM is all freelancers in here web ones?
date posted 19th July 2001 16:45
is you 'avin a laugh?
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Microsoft Certified Professional
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Tel : +...
RE: FN-FORUM does the flash movie play
date posted 19th July 2001 16:43
Flooding in South Lincolnshire - pretty bad...
Not often that stuff happens in our desolate county, eh Mart?
btw, loads fine for me, Win2k, IE 6
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Re: FN-FORUM site check
date posted 19th July 2001 16:42
>>On the positive side,
>>orange and grey is a good combination ;-)
I agree.
Two points about the cubes on the splash page
1 Why are they referenced by such long file names eg "Fat Cat Design - UK...
RE: FN-FORUM filtering
date posted 19th July 2001 16:40
Zig (im going for the most questions in 10mins)
Here is what my rules says in Outlook 2000
Apply this rule after the message arrives
with [EMAIL REMOVED] in the recipient's address
move it to the F...
RE: FN-FORUM does the flash movie play
date posted 19th July 2001 16:40
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Re: FN-FORUM is all freelancers in here web ones?
date posted 19th July 2001 16:37
> is all freelancers in here web ones?
I think we're all on the list because of being or aspiring to be web
freelancers, but that doesn't exclude anyone from freelancing in other
spheres, or indulgi...
Re: FN-FORUM is all freelancers in here web ones?
date posted 19th July 2001 16:36
I work the web ft in a Ltd but I freelance as well in both print and web.
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Re: FN-FORUM is all freelancers in here web ones?
date posted 19th July 2001 16:36
Nope, I'm an AV Tech as well as broadcast engineer.
Maybe not to cool, but boy is it fun !!!
Just got back from lugging gear. At leats it keeps you fit too.
> Nope I am a pretty good photographer...
RE: FN-FORUM Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 16:35
The UK version of google filters by domain, so only .uk sites get returned,
its a tricky one, if you submit your .co.uk domain to google there is a damn
good chance they will remove you totaly for du...
RE: FN-FORUM Site Check / Comments.
date posted 19th July 2001 16:32
Well if you are primarily concerned with showing imagery apart from faith
healing there isn't much one can do.
The visual arts such as painting, photography and digital art is by it's
very nature mo...
RE: FN-FORUM Computer hacked
date posted 19th July 2001 16:30
I traced it back to Philadelphia.
Probably your computer communicating with a webserver, and ZA doesn't like
it...
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Matt Russell
http://www.i-fire.co.uk
i:fire digital medi...
RE: FN-FORUM WHAT IS A FIREWALL AND CAN ITS BENEFITS BE
date posted 19th July 2001 16:28
A program that helps prevent unauthorised access to your machine by someone
else.
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Matt Russell
http://www.i-fire.co.uk
i:fire digital media
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Re: FN-FORUM does the flash movie play
date posted 19th July 2001 16:26
Loads OK on a G4 500Hz using IE5
Steve
on 19/7/01 3:19 pm, Paul Cooklin (egroups) at [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote:
Hello All,
Can you please tell me if the flash part of this page loads properly for yo...
Re: Filtering
date posted 19th July 2001 16:25
From: Zig >>> TRASH
...is a good one.
--
Ian Fenn
Liang ba shiah dz / Ai chu fong to, Chopstix Media Limited
http://www.chopstixmedia.com/
Today's fortune:
The night life is for you....
Re: FN-FORUM after effects anyone? livemotion?
date posted 19th July 2001 16:23
At 15:53 19/07/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>are there any good cartoons anyone seen online?
shedloads.... www.atomfilms.com
>anyone design characters?
I know a man who does....
H...
Re: FN-FORUM Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 16:23
At 16:03 19/07/2001 +0100, Chas wrote:
>My site, textwizard.com, has been listed on Google (currently no.8 or
>9 for 'copywriting') for a good six months -- but only on the
>worldwide listings. No ma...
Re: FN-FORUM is all freelancers in here web ones?
date posted 19th July 2001 16:22
Nope I am a pretty good photographer as well (Vivienne Westwood and the
American editor of Vogue have said good things about my work, cool or what!)
Steve
on 19/7/01 3:00 pm, Zig at [EMAIL REMOVED]...
Re: FN-FORUM R2D2
date posted 19th July 2001 16:22
At 15:55 19/07/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>P.S. I think it's vital that your equipment matches your curtains and
>surroundings. It up there with it being the right price. Well done that
>man for keepin...
outlook express problem
date posted 19th July 2001 16:20
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RE: FN-FORUM Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 16:17
Check your logs for googlebot, whenever it visits (usualy around the 5th)
then you should see an update around the 28th of the month
If its later than that then you have to wait till the next month....
Re: FN-FORUM file size obsession must end - if it looks good then it is good (hand coding)
date posted 19th July 2001 16:14
At 15:47 19/07/2001 +0100, Zig wrote:
> - you can't eat it or live in it anyway (website)
>
>one day they will have fast access even in 3rd world countries
Call the men (and women) in white coats!...
does the flash movie play
date posted 19th July 2001 16:13
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Can...
is there anyone here into the games industries?
date posted 19th July 2001 16:10
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Computer hacked
date posted 19th July 2001 16:08
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Re: FN-FORUM site check
date posted 19th July 2001 16:08
Paul, I had another look, out of curiosity, and this time the flash menu did
load (albeit very slowly) so it must have been a glitch. As for the code,
you can clean it up using DW to an extent, see t...
Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 16:02
Good idea!
Perhaps you could include a Flash flame war too so we don't have to rehash
it every few weeks!
Regards
David
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is all freelancers in here web ones?
date posted 19th July 2001 16:02
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RE: FN-FORUM E-web
date posted 19th July 2001 16:01
It's okay, they didn't even get to begin the sales pitch.
David
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WHAT IS A FIREWALL AND CAN ITS BENEFITS BE
date posted 19th July 2001 16:00
described in one sentence?...
filtering
date posted 19th July 2001 15:59
has anybody managed to compile a good filter list for this group or as
outlook express calls it "rules" which it lists under "tools"...
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firewalls is useful, even necessary, for some, but can be a pain in the arse
date posted 19th July 2001 15:58
i think...
most programs in this world are good but some is dodgy
date posted 19th July 2001 15:56
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Re: FN-FORUM Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 15:56
Mike Adams wrote:
> http://www.google.com/addurl.html
> should do it.... although if it is a new site will get better
rankings if
> you wait for the spider to find you rather than shoving down its
t...
private message
date posted 19th July 2001 15:55
me too! me too!...
after effects anyone? livemotion?
date posted 19th July 2001 15:55
are there any good cartoons anyone seen online?
anyone design characters?
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Re: FN-FORUM Enough Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 15:51
is the email format really appropriate for this kind of technical
discussion?...
Re: FN-FORUM R2D2
date posted 19th July 2001 15:50
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Henry,
Interest...
file size obsession must end - if it looks good then it is good (hand coding)
date posted 19th July 2001 15:49
- you can't eat it or live in it anyway (website)
one day they will have fast access even in 3rd world countries
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Re: FN-FORUM site check
date posted 19th July 2001 15:45
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Paul. Firstly th...
RE: FN-FORUM Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 15:30
At 14:03 19/07/2001 +0100, Mike wrote:
>I applaud you sir!.... at last maybe there is hope for web design yet.
Thanks Mike :-)
>I spend hours reading the posts on this board shaking my head at ye...
RE: FN-FORUM Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 15:27
I submitted it in April.
H
At 14:41 19/07/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>http://www.google.com/addurl.html
>
>should do it.... although if it is a new site will get better rankings if
>you wait for the sp...
RE: FN-FORUM E-web
date posted 19th July 2001 15:26
Yes - the words "barge" and "pole" spring to mind :-(((
basically they have a very poor reputation - we were contacted by them a
couple of months back - spiel is £300 odd for an editorial, dah-de-d...
Re: FN-FORUM Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 15:24
At 14:08 19/07/2001 +0100, Henry wrote:
>On the search engine tip:
>
>I have a site that I have been rebuilding every year.... I've just rebuilt
>it with search engines in mind, but I can't get goog...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hand Code Anyway?
date posted 19th July 2001 15:20
Sorry Alison I hope that message didn't sound mean, it probably was the time
of the morning :-)
I can't say I've been into computers very long, about 7 to 8 years if one
includes my Atari ST days, a...
RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 15:04
There was mention of a FAQ being created sometime ago, is this still under
construction, or has it stopped?
If I were to create a site based on commonly asked freelance questions,
would any / some o...
RE: FN-FORUM Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 14:48
http://www.google.com/addurl.html
should do it.... although if it is a new site will get better rankings if
you wait for the spider to find you rather than shoving down its throat...
so to speak......
ONLINE MARKETING
date posted 19th July 2001 14:33
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this format, some or all of this message may not be legible.
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E-web
date posted 19th July 2001 14:31
Wasn't E-web magazine mentioned a while ago? I just had them on the phone,
lol....
RE: FN-FORUM Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 14:10
>Personally I try to ensure that the sites I build are tackled with Search
engines in mind as well as the audience.
I applaud you sir!.... at last maybe there is hope for web design yet. I
spend h...
Re: FN-FORUM Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 14:10
On the search engine tip:
I have a site that I have been rebuilding every year.... I've just rebuilt
it with search engines in mind, but I can't get google or other search
engines to update the li...
RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 14:09
Yes, but the nature of this forum will almost inevitably lead to
repetition - people get the initial questions at different times, reply
before they see (or know) that someone else has given the same...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hand Code Anyway? 'Ridiculous Reply'
date posted 19th July 2001 14:03
Hi again
I would like to point out that my post was in no way meant to be malicious
at all. I was in no way attempting to step up onto moral ground or belittle
anything that anybody was saying. As...
Online User Statistic's
date posted 19th July 2001 13:59
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Re: FN-FORUM R2D2
date posted 19th July 2001 13:50
At 12:50 19/07/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Hello Henry,
hi
>How much was the RT314? (like I know what that is) I guess it allows you
>to connect a Mac and PC to the same net connection? If so, how do...
Re: FN-FORUM Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 13:39
At 12:59 19/07/2001 +0100, Mike Adams wrote:
>Your most cost effective way is by far optimising your site for the search
>engines and carring out an effective SEO campaign.... it works and it stays
>...
Re: FN-FORUM site check
date posted 19th July 2001 13:17
The Flash site doesn't - I've even reinstalled the latest plugin after what
Nick said last night, and zilch! The little animated Fat Cat logo works OK
however.
The non Flash site looks fine, but on t...
RE: FN-FORUM R2D2
date posted 19th July 2001 13:07
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Online Marketing (was firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 13:06
Your most cost effective way is by far optimising your site for the search
engines and carring out an effective SEO campaign.... it works and it stays
working long after other forms of advertising di...
RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 13:03
At 12:25 19/07/2001 +0100, Kerry wrote:
>is that not the purpose of a forum?
Yes, but repetition of information is surely unnecessary?
Yesterday I read that we should all have a firewall and that i...
Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 12:58
Quoting Henry Hughes [EMAIL REMOVED]
> I bought a netgear RT314 gateway router to share my connection btwn an imac
> and win laptop.... it does the NAT thingy, so apparently I can't be seen
> from...
site check
date posted 19th July 2001 12:58
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RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls - ZoneAlarm
date posted 19th July 2001 12:50
you write down the code that microshaft gives you -
then you use that code to reinstall the software (or
add software to the installation). We had to do this
for 30 copies of office2k - so I wrote do...
R2D2
date posted 19th July 2001 12:46
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Ho...
inconsistent mysql errors
date posted 19th July 2001 12:41
Can anyone help?
I've been tearing my hair out getting inconsistent errors with mysql.
my tables keep corrupting, even when I only use very simple sql commands (eg
'select * from jobs').
myisamchk fi...
Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 12:35
I bought a netgear RT314 gateway router to share my connection btwn an imac
and win laptop.... it does the NAT thingy, so apparently I can't be seen
from the outside world.
Do I need a firewall as...
Enough Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 12:32
Hi all. Enough firewalls, I've got a different question for you to mull
over... Online marketing!! What are the latest trends/thoughts, and has
anybody got good, cheap ideas that work (and are you wi...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hand Code Anyway? 'Ridiculous Reply'
date posted 19th July 2001 12:29
Alan,
It wasn't intended to be a ridiculous question.
For someone to say what is the point in hand coding anyway is
completely ridiculous.
I was a fair enquiry to see whether other designers continue...
RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 12:26
is that not the purpose of a forum?
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Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 12:18
Quoting Paul Cooklin (egroups) [EMAIL REMOVED]
> BTW - Would I know if someone is using my machine? Is there any way
> of knowing? Does the computer start to play up?
It can often be hard to tell....
James
date posted 19th July 2001 12:16
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Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 12:08
Quoting Paul Cooklin (egroups) [EMAIL REMOVED]
> I have an old 486 PC. Would that be able to run a firewall?
It should be adequate, yes.
> Would I be able to set it up myself? Is it just software...
Subject - DreamWeaver - changing the subject, but really it's still about firewalls ;)
date posted 19th July 2001 12:07
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RE: FN-FORUM had an idea....
date posted 19th July 2001 11:59
I am now actually running PWS on winME.... and it was fairly easy to
install although it came up with loads of errors during the installation
about some 'transaction' thing that didn't install prop...
Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 11:58
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Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 11:56
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Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 11:53
Morning Paul
Quick answers :) Yes you should get a firewall up, so yes that's right. If
there's nothing of value on your machine for a script kiddie/hacker/cracker
etc etc to steal (think cached i...
RE: List Archive (was FN-FORUM Firewalls)
date posted 19th July 2001 11:51
Hi
> Is there an archive for this list that we can point Paul to? We've been
> discussing little else in the past 24 hours.
No archive as yet but it is on the list of things to do! Sorry!
Andy...
Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 11:47
At 11:27 19/07/2001 +0100, Paul wrote:
>So, from what I can gather, I should get a firewall up? Is this right? But
>why would anyone want to break in to my machine? How should I go about
>setting o...
Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 11:46
Quoting Paul Cooklin (egroups) [EMAIL REMOVED]
> So, from what I can gather, I should get a firewall up? Is this right?
I'd recommend it, yes.
> But why would anyone want to break in to my machine?...
RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls - ZoneAlarm
date posted 19th July 2001 11:43
so what if your windows PC dies for the umpteenth time and you have to
reinstall everything....
... will the operator/m$ accept the fact that due to windows software
malfunctioning it is necessar...
the address is:
date posted 19th July 2001 11:34
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RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 11:31
Because they can!
You PC can also be used for DOS attacks on other compters. I think that the
link for the zombie attack was posted here by me a couple of weeks ago
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could you give your opinion please.
date posted 19th July 2001 11:30
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RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 11:29
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Just get ZoneAlarm for free...
Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 11:23
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RE: FN-FORUM had an idea....
date posted 19th July 2001 11:20
You cant run PWS on a winme box without a lot of hassle. I believe that MS
does have stuff on their site but it does need a lot of jiggery pokery.
If anyone can suggest a web server for winme that h...
FN-FORUM Why Hand Code Anyway?
date posted 19th July 2001 11:14
Hi
I just thought I'd write a wee note and put in my tuppance worth...
I am by no means an HTML guru, I use Dreamweaver on a regular basis to avoid
the majority of code and I believe that a large n...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hand Code Anyway?
date posted 19th July 2001 11:08
*quote*
As far as the Alt tags being done in uppercase, I never mentioned those
as they are, in effect, free text, but I would also be surprised if it
made any difference to the speech readers if Alt...
RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls - ZoneAlarm
date posted 19th July 2001 11:06
Their preferred way of doing it is to have an Internet connection - I've
done it with Office XP and its pretty painless - you don't have to give
it any information if you don't want to.
You can regi...
Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls - ZoneAlarm
date posted 19th July 2001 11:03
Hi Henry
The new windows is supposed to have an anti-piracy device which requires a
unique ID for each hardware profile it's installed under (change the bits in
your computer and you have to get a n...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hand Code Anyway?
date posted 19th July 2001 11:01
Damian said...
"Mosaic started something wonderful, a team of developers working together
created a piece of software that worked, and worked well."
If anyone is interested in making an offer, I ac...
Re: FN-FORUM Site Check / Comments.
date posted 19th July 2001 10:57
Hi Carl,
How's it going? Long time no hear! Interesting site, made me pause and think
of home, how's the weather there at the moment?
I think someone else mentioned this already but I found it quite...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hand Code Anyway?
date posted 19th July 2001 10:57
ouch! (maybe that's what comes of writing mails before 5am ???
Actually, I never said you should write ALL YOUR TEXT IN UPPERCASE (apols)
as, indeed, the human brain doesn't read it very well as we...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hand Code Anyway?
date posted 19th July 2001 10:39
Alison,
What browsers exactly couldn't support lowercase tags??? Arena, Mosaic,
Netscape, etc.???
We were using beta versions of NN1 onwards, etc. and we NEVER used
uppercase tags. Maybe your brows...
RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls - ZoneAlarm
date posted 19th July 2001 10:37
I dunno what is going on, but surely you would be told during the
installation that the PC must be connected to the net if the installation
requires it.
Otherwise, if u r worried, then pull out pl...
Re: FN-FORUM Site Check / Comments.
date posted 19th July 2001 10:29
Hi Carl,
How's it going? Long time no hear! Interesting site, made me pause and think
of home, how's the weather there at the moment?
I think someone else mentioned this already but I found it quite...
Re: FN-FORUM pay thingummies
date posted 19th July 2001 10:21
Srinath
I've noticed that, when you are in 'Flash Fun', if you click on a spot about
1cm to the left of the C-not caption (and level with the vertical middle of
the 'C'), you are immediately transfer...
RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls - ZoneAlarm
date posted 19th July 2001 10:09
> Since installing ZoneAlarm I've noticed something pretty scary. When you
> run the setup utility for things like Exchange, the setup tries
> to contact a
> server via the Internet.
I noticed this...
pdf security
date posted 19th July 2001 09:23
hello
can anyone help. does anyone know of a pdf plug-in that prevents the forwarding of a pdf sent by email?
any ideas gratefully recieved
matt
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RE: FN-FORUM Firewalls - ZoneAlarm
date posted 19th July 2001 08:56
Since installing ZoneAlarm I've noticed something pretty scary. When you
run the setup utility for things like Exchange, the setup tries to contact a
server via the Internet. Normally you wouldn't...
Re: FN-FORUM Why Hand Code Anyway?
date posted 19th July 2001 08:03
Well I never learned to hand-code completely from scratch but it's
definately important to know what's going on in there as whatever wysiwyg
package you use its going to make mistakes here and there....
Re: FN-FORUM Site Check / Comments.
date posted 19th July 2001 05:01
oh goddess please tell me that was a joke - don't tell
me that somebody on this forum is *that* much of an
idiot
--- Keith Dixon [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > If
they're blind how will they read the alt...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hand Code Anyway?
date posted 19th July 2001 04:48
Hi Alison
Strange as it may sound Uppercase isn't generally considered easier to read
at all if you have paragraphs of it it's actually quite difficult, which is
why it tends to be used sparingly in...
RE: FN-FORUM Why Hand Code Anyway?
date posted 19th July 2001 04:26
--- Steve Pinchbeck [EMAIL REMOVED]
wrote: > With hand coding you get CLEAN!!!!!
code - no
> extra crap that say FP
> puts in it.
> I've always wonder what is clean code and what's the
> crap that i...
RE: FN-FORUM Music help
date posted 19th July 2001 03:37
Hi Paul
Generally with Flash the sound quality will depend on the rate the MP3 is
streamed at (which can be set in the Publish dialogue) also I find it is
easier to get higher quality by setting a so...
RE: FN-FORUM Music help
date posted 19th July 2001 02:11
Mind there were apparently some compatibility problems with the earlier
Flash 5 plugins, also if a site is created using the latest version of
Director a simple Flash 5 plugin may not be sufficient....
RE: FN-FORUM handheld computers
date posted 19th July 2001 01:54
If you wear expensive trainers, then getting mugged for your shoes is a
known risk.
Always wear old flip-flops tied up with string and they'll leave you alone
:-)
[EMAIL REMOVED] (dec) wrote:
>...
Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls - ZoneAlarm
date posted 19th July 2001 00:15
Quoting Rob Garbutt [EMAIL REMOVED]
> I may seem really thick here cos I know nothing about firewalls...until this
> afternoon...but are you all saying that when I log on through a 56K modem,
> some...
Re: FN-FORUM Why Hand Code Anyway?
date posted 19th July 2001 00:10
Personally, I'm an accountant (trying not to be - but until someone offers
me money for doing anything else that's what I am) when I was training I
learnt how to do accounts manually - I've never use...
Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 00:10
Quoting Matt Russell [EMAIL REMOVED]
> How easy is it to IP spoof? I remember a post on here stating that it was
> easy in Win2k, but exactly how easy? Can I simply enter a number somewhere
> that w...
Re: FN-FORUM Firewalls
date posted 19th July 2001 00:02
I'd recommend that anyone who has a permanent or relatively non-transient
internet connection, or who would find the loss or copying of the data on
their own computer system a significant problem, sh...