Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday November 20th 2001
Re: FN-FORUM Testing Mail Speed
date posted 20th November 2001 20:48
> Just made a few changes to try and speed the forum, please let me know if
> anything strange happens.
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy
>
> (Sent 13:28)
And received @ 19:52 !!!!
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RE: FN-FORUM Hosting
date posted 20th November 2001 20:32
> DSVR without a doubt... www.dsvr.co.uk
Seconded!
Cheers
Dan...
back..
date posted 20th November 2001 20:13
Hi all,
after a few days of being away (I unsubscribed - family emergency) - I've
just re-registered and am back.
Have I missed anything interesting?
Rgds,
Carl....
Re: FN-FORUM Multiple language websites
date posted 20th November 2001 19:58
Hehe, I gues some of you alreasy know trhis... may interest everyone else
tho...
From the register...
Britain's broadband ADSL service was plunged into darkness this morning
following a catastrophi...
RE: FN-FORUM Testing Mail Speed
date posted 20th November 2001 19:57
well that's weird, got this at 19:57
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Andy Stowell
> Sent: 20 November 2001 13:40
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> S...
Re: FN-FORUM Multiple language websites
date posted 20th November 2001 19:44
;)
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From: "Kif" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Multiple language websites
> I've just about finishe...
Re: FN-FORUM Hosting
date posted 20th November 2001 19:36
Hi Clare,
Although fasthosts prices are good I have never been happy with there up
time, what ever the reasons or whoever they blame down time is down time and
although they are now better than they...
Re: FN-FORUM Hosting
date posted 20th November 2001 19:35
DSVR without a doubt... www.dsvr.co.uk In 5 yrs I have yet to find another
host that offers the same versatility and levels of service for the same
price, I get half a dozen calls a week from other...
Re: FN-FORUM Multiple language websites
date posted 20th November 2001 19:32
I've just about finished a new site at
http://maritimeheritagetrail.com/test. Its done using php/MySQL. I uses two
sets of tables, one French, one English, and I simply use a "language=EN",
"Language...
Re: FN-FORUM Multiple language websites
date posted 20th November 2001 19:29
I vote for the $translation var then you can call in either a table or an include with the translations for the areas that you want
to translate.
then this would allow you to use as many languages a...
Re: FN-FORUM Multiple language websites
date posted 20th November 2001 19:22
Gary Crighton [EMAIL REMOVED] writes:
>
> So what am I missing? Anybody else mucked about with multiple language sites?
For some values of mucked: http://www.deep-purple.com, English,
American, Sp...
Re: FN-FORUM Hosting
date posted 20th November 2001 18:59
Hi Clare
I have had many providers for a need and still do, but if your looking for standard spec PHP/MySQL/ASP/Linux/SSI etc
I would vote for http://www.fasthosts.com and their £89 per month Linu...
Hosting
date posted 20th November 2001 18:47
Does anyone know who is offering the best deal on hosting at the moment?
Reliability and flexibility are as important as price.
tia - Clare...
Multiple language websites
date posted 20th November 2001 18:32
Hi All,
Here's yet another post that could potentially start a riot ;-)
I'm currently at planning stage for a dual language website and pondering
what might be the better way to approach it.
On m...
RE: FN-FORUM another way around cookies
date posted 20th November 2001 17:04
Dave,
Just got in so come into this thread late so my apologies if I have missed
something.
BUT Writing a session ID to an xml file or even writing an xml file named
after the sessionid isn't this ju...
Forum Problems
date posted 20th November 2001 16:54
Hi Guys
We have had a few server problems this afternoon so forum messages will be
effected. This is a separate issue to the on going problem with slow
forum messages.
Anyway this message was s...
Site Check
date posted 20th November 2001 16:48
Hi all,
The company I work for has just launched a new web site (www.pool.net) and
I'm interested in what you all think of it. I'm not e-mailing on behalf of
the company, but just out of interest....
Re: FN-FORUM Testing Mail Speed
date posted 20th November 2001 14:17
sent 12.53 arrived 12.58... All things considered that is coooool
K
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From: "Kif" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 1:54 PM
Subject: Re:...
RE: FN-FORUM Testing of Slow Email Part Two
date posted 20th November 2001 14:15
Wow! 14:01...
Re: FN-FORUM Testing of Slow Email Part Two
date posted 20th November 2001 14:11
Hi Andy,
First Message sent 13:28 received @ 13:40
Second Message sent 13:46 received@ 13:49
Hope this helps,
Gordon...
Re: FN-FORUM Testing Mail Speed
date posted 20th November 2001 13:58
test sent 13.53 - please ignore
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From: "Andy Stowell" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 1:40 PM
Subject: FN-FORUM Testing Mail Speed...
RE: FN-FORUM Testing of Slow Email Part Two
date posted 20th November 2001 13:50
I'm sure that we will ;-)...
Re: FN-FORUM slightly OT - Amazing Colours/Designery moment
date posted 20th November 2001 13:49
YES!
We were in Delamere Forest on Sunday and couldn't help noticing how amazing
the trees looked - thanks for the explanation!!
Mike
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Testing of Slow Email Part Two
date posted 20th November 2001 13:47
Hi Guys
This was sent at 13:46, I am hoping things should be a lot faster now please
let me know if this is not the case.
Thanks
Andy
Freelancers.net Ltd
http://www.freelancers.net
Telephone: +44...
Re: FN-FORUM Testing Mail Speed
date posted 20th November 2001 13:45
received at 13.40 my mail is on all the time and dialling in every minute
on 20/11/01 1:40 pm, Andy Stowell at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi Guys
>
> Just made a few changes to try and spe...
Testing Mail Speed
date posted 20th November 2001 13:41
Hi Guys
Just made a few changes to try and speed the forum, please let me know if
anything strange happens.
Thanks
Andy
(Sent 13:28)
Freelancers.net Ltd
http://www.freelancers.net
Telephone: +44...
Testing Mail Speed
date posted 20th November 2001 13:29
Hi Guys
Just made a few changes to try and speed the forum, please let me know if
anything strange happens.
Thanks
Andy
(Sent 13:28)
Freelancers.net Ltd
http://www.freelancers.net
Telephone: +44...
RE: FN-FORUM Processor Help!
date posted 20th November 2001 13:11
> The 266MHz Front-Side Bus (FSB) device is best - it's able to access
> memory 33% faster than the 200MHz devices. You might need faster
memory
> though.
Worth mentioning, because I'm feeling ped...
Testing Mail Speed
date posted 20th November 2001 13:08
Hi Guys
Just made a few changes to try and speed the forum, please let me know if
anything strange happens.
Thanks
Andy
(Sent 13:06)
Freelancers.net Ltd
http://www.freelancers.net
Telephone: +44...
Re: FN-FORUM another way around cookies
date posted 20th November 2001 13:07
doing everything on one page isnt actually all that clunky oddly enough -
all your doing is calling an .xml file and translating it via an xslt
document into html which is quite rapid, most of M$'s s...
Re: FN-FORUM ASP Question
date posted 20th November 2001 13:05
ian you can use task scheduler(MSTask.exe) to execute a program at a
specific time.
you might want to consider moving the housecleaning asp code into a vb exe
if you use mstask.
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Re: FN-FORUM another way around cookies
date posted 20th November 2001 13:04
well i was thinking of changing my name... ;)
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From: "Peter Ebdon" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:51 AM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM anot...
RE: FN-FORUM Processor Help!
date posted 20th November 2001 13:01
Liam
what motherboard have you got?
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Regards,
Dave
2D Creative Ltd
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www.2dc.biz
ICQ - 98859445
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RE: FN-FORUM Windows backups
date posted 20th November 2001 13:00
Well. I review hardware for various mags, which inevitably means I shag
up my test PC on an alarmingly regular basis. To that end, I use Ghost.
I did a clean install of the OS (W2K in my case) and th...
Re: FN-FORUM Processor Help!
date posted 20th November 2001 12:55
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Liam Martin wrote:
> Sorry, this has no relevance to freelancing, but here we go anyway. I
> need some processing advice...
>
> I am thinking of upgrading my processor and I kn...
Re: FN-FORUM FAQ's - Site Check
date posted 20th November 2001 12:53
> Is it possible to have an overview index - 'see all
> current FAQs'?
>
> Iain
This has been done, great idea!
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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http:/...
slightly OT - Amazing Colours/Designery moment
date posted 20th November 2001 12:53
has anyone else marvelled at he amazing colours out there in trees at the
moment? Just off to take some pics. I read today that due to warm weather
they are holding more starch and sugars causing the...
FAQs
date posted 20th November 2001 12:52
Stumbled across a site of FAQs, articles, tutorials etc. Downloadable
too. See http://irt.org/ Suggest you use a popup killer though!
Marion...
Re: FN-FORUM Mac OE problems I think Carla
date posted 20th November 2001 12:51
on 20/11/01 11:30 am, Neelesh at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Hi, somebody had problems with OE on a mac and I said I'd help. Can do
> tonight or tomorrow if they still need it?
>
>
>
Thanks, yes it...
Processor Help!
date posted 20th November 2001 12:12
Sorry, this has no relevance to freelancing, but here we go anyway. I
need some processing advice...
I am thinking of upgrading my processor and I know that my motherboard
will support an Athlon 1.0...
Re: FN-FORUM Windows backups
date posted 20th November 2001 11:47
Symantec Ghost
http://www.symantec.com/ghost/
Cheers..
Tom
David Taylor wrote:
> I'm looking for a quick & easy way of backing up the hardware profiles of a
> computer so that I don't have to be...
RE: FN-FORUM Flash bg colour problem
date posted 20th November 2001 11:43
Yeah, but I bet that you didn't have the bus turn up 1/2 an hour late, drop
the passengers off & then tell you "I've had enough" and drive off without
picking any passenger up! *guess what happened t...
Mac OE problems I think Carla
date posted 20th November 2001 11:36
Hi, somebody had problems with OE on a mac and I said I'd help. Can do
tonight or tomorrow if they still need it?
_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your...
RE: FN-FORUM another way around cookies
date posted 20th November 2001 11:33
SessionID is a temporary cookie. If you cannot store it, then it may change.
There have always been a number of issues regarding sessionid and server
farms. If your site uses more than one server the...
RE: FN-FORUM Windows backups
date posted 20th November 2001 11:19
Well. I review hardware for various mags, which inevitably means I shag
up my test PC on an alarmingly regular basis. To that end, I use Ghost.
I did a clean install of the OS (W2K in my case) and th...
RE: FN-FORUM Flash bg colour problem
date posted 20th November 2001 11:07
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
This makes me la...
Re: FN-FORUM exchange server
date posted 20th November 2001 10:57
On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Andrew Wilson wrote:
> hi all,
>
> I have a client who has just installed Exchange server on
> Blueyonder/Telewest with a 'semi fixed' IP address.
"Allocated by DHCP, *should*...
Windows backups
date posted 20th November 2001 10:57
I'm looking for a quick & easy way of backing up the hardware profiles of a
computer so that I don't have to be faffing about with drivers when they
need a reinstall (Win 98 & 2000).
Will backing up...
RE: FN-FORUM another way around cookies
date posted 20th November 2001 10:55
Sorry -meant Dave not Mike.
Pete
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P e t e r E b d o n
Professional Software Engineering Ltd
Microsoft Certified Professional
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RE: FN-FORUM another way around cookies
date posted 20th November 2001 10:51
Mike,
My understanding was that the session ID is only static between pages if IIS
can store it in a cookie. Otherwise there is no way of IIS knowing that a
page request is coming from the same use...
Re: FN-FORUM Please help with a difficult site check
date posted 20th November 2001 10:45
Thanks again puppylush. I rewrote the part of the script that seemed to be
giving trouble. I think it works okay now (but not for Netscape 4 yet).
Would you please be so kind as to check it out again...
Re: FN-FORUM another way around cookies
date posted 20th November 2001 10:44
norman,
the xml file is saved into a directory on the server, and since the
sessionID remains static for a set amount of time (defaults ~20 mins) which
can be altered or until the browser window is...
RE: FN-FORUM Europe moves closer to 'cookies' ban "constructive action"
date posted 20th November 2001 10:12
> you could re-write every link within each page so that it
> contains a "session id" which could be used to manage session information.
From a data protection and privacy point of view, this is exa...
Re: FN-FORUM Forum Chatting
date posted 20th November 2001 10:00
"Kif" [EMAIL REMOVED] writes:
> I would guess that Dan and co could well do without the additional overheads
> involved in running a decent chat server on the FN site too...
And the problem with us...
RE: FN-FORUM another way around cookies
date posted 20th November 2001 09:46
>when a person visits your page generate an xml file and name it the value
of
>the sessionID, this is stored on the server and allows the emulation of
>session variables without having to store volat...
Re: FN-FORUM Site Check Please
date posted 20th November 2001 09:25
Hey Jonathan
I like it! everythings fine here, quick download no problems etc, nice
style.
What I would tend to do though to made easier to define between navigation
and body text is a slightly dar...
RE: FN-FORUM another way around cookies
date posted 20th November 2001 09:06
Hiya Dave
I'm afraid I'm not quite following where you're going with this. Do you
mean generate the XML file serverside or client side? I guess server side
if you're talking about using XSLT to tr...
Re: FN-FORUM pictures in flash - question
date posted 20th November 2001 09:05
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C1719C.F82FBEC0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
no if i use a la...
Re: FN-FORUM FAQ's - Site Check
date posted 20th November 2001 08:40
Much better !!!!!! Is it possible to have an overview index - 'see all
current FAQs'?
Iain
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From: "Kif" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Monday, November 19, 200...
RE: FN-FORUM Security Checks!
date posted 20th November 2001 08:34
This is merely one of a series of initiatives by Microsoft to ensure that
it's systems :) get the best possible protection there are a whole raft of
others including a mailing list! I put it up as it...
another way around cookies
date posted 20th November 2001 08:12
when a person visits your page generate an xml file and name it the value of
the sessionID, this is stored on the server and allows the emulation of
session variables without having to store volatile...
Re: FN-FORUM Site Check Please
date posted 20th November 2001 08:06
--part1_39.1de35872.292b67fc_boundary
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Jon,
Attached is a Screenshot on my 800x600 screen using True Colour (24 Bit)
Loa...
Re: FN-FORUM Site Check Please
date posted 20th November 2001 07:52
Hi Jonathan,
Couple of super-quick comments here:
I liked the overall look and feel of the site but thought perhaps the
header was somewhat high and forced the user to scroll down a great deal to...
Site Check Please
date posted 20th November 2001 07:04
Good morning everyone,
Firstly, would just like to thank the couple of people who checked this last
time. I've made a few alterations because of your feedback.
It's not complete yet, so there's sti...
RE: FN-FORUM pictures in flash - question
date posted 20th November 2001 01:40
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C17165.7FC46EE0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
mm...the only way i guess th...
RE: FN-FORUM Website Re-design
date posted 20th November 2001 00:59
hehe..... *fnar*.... am I the only person that spotted it?
Jon H
Freelance Designer
Aardman Animations
designdojo.com | design resource
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> Beha...
Re: FN-FORUM The Cookie Thing
date posted 20th November 2001 00:36
> What I have stated in my previous posting has absolutely nothing to do
with
> what the EU does or doesn't want, personally I couldn't care less because
the
> chances of them being able to enforce s...
Re: FN-FORUM The Cookie Thing
date posted 20th November 2001 00:07
What I have stated in my previous posting has absolutely nothing to do with
what the EU does or doesn't want, personally I couldn't care less because the
chances of them being able to enforce such...