Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday April 11th 2002
Re: FN-FORUM Another phone conversation/place names
date posted 11th April 2002 23:43
ahh the town name that doesn't make it thru the mail
filters here at work
Ink
--- Peter Cooper [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > > did
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> > just curious.
>
> You...
Re: FN-FORUM test some ssi
date posted 11th April 2002 23:10
> > The ssi are referenced thus:
> >
>
> this will look for your "links.htm" in the current directory. If you
want
> your file to reside in a different directory then you need to specify the
> path...
Re: FN-FORUM test some ssi
date posted 11th April 2002 22:56
> OK, brilliant, got that working now, but a site in
C:Xitamiwebpagesmysite
> will display the index.shtml (hooray!) but not the includes, as it is
> looking for them in the root C:Xitamiwebpages
> T...
RE: FN-FORUM How low can u go?
date posted 11th April 2002 21:38
Matt Russell Wrote:
>>People aren't interested because what you are essentially spamming them.
>>Matt
Who said I was spamming? The proposal are sent to people who have requested
a quote via my websi...
date posted 11th April 2002 19:30
What would you like to know Stefan ?
Basic embedding code or what ?
contact me off list if you require and i can give you a hand.
Cheers
Phil.
>Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 17:23:57 +0100
>From: "Mike A...
Re: FN-FORUM Flash emails
date posted 11th April 2002 18:57
Hoorah, thanks for the tip.
And everyone else for their enthusiasm.
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Re: re[2]: FN-FORUM OT Place Names: Was - Another phone conversation OT
date posted 11th April 2002 18:49
fanshaw
iain
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Re: FN-FORUM Quark Xpress - Emporer's New Clothes
date posted 11th April 2002 18:46
Carla,
Ageed - if you look at what I wrote I did point out the irony of mid-high
end printers and repro houses refusing to deal with PDF.
My conclusion is that service bureaus prefer primarily nativ...
RE: FN-FORUM PPT >> ?
date posted 11th April 2002 18:33
sorry - I should have said - for CD ROM delivery. ...... about 200 Megs
worth at the moment!
Andrew
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RE: FN-FORUM How low can u go?
date posted 11th April 2002 18:26
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Re: FN-FORUM How low can u go?
date posted 11th April 2002 18:23
on 11/4/02 4:51 pm, Simon Kimberley - FreeByDesign.co.uk at
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Anyone got experiences with advertising in local rags?
Yep, the first time Sept last year we got some response, th...
RE: FN-FORUM Another phone conversation OT
date posted 11th April 2002 18:14
> Is everyone else having problems with their mail today - it ALL
> seems to be
> coming in drips and drabs and the wrong order?
Are you having that problem with all your mail, not just from this lis...
RE: FN-FORUM Flash emails
date posted 11th April 2002 18:14
in an attempt to be helpful,
put a url in the embed (of a html email) to a flash you have on a server
somewhere...
its similar to images in html emails..
J
ps
id make it tiny and flash 4 - and y...
Re: FN-FORUM Outlook Woes
date posted 11th April 2002 18:11
Richard Watt [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>Im sure this isnt what you want to hear, but personally I would dump
>Outlook - I have had so many problems with it that I wouldnt touch it
>with a bargepole. I us...
RE: FN-FORUM Flash emails
date posted 11th April 2002 18:04
blah, blah ,dont use flash, its crap, blah, blah...
blah, ive no idea what the application is, or the client, or the end user,
blah, blah, but im going to repeat my narrowminded view anyway, blah, bl...
RE: FN-FORUM How low can u go?
date posted 11th April 2002 17:58
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RE: FN-FORUM How low can u go?
date posted 11th April 2002 17:50
I wrote >>I'm currently sending out 10-20 website proposals a week via email
My proposal are sent out to people who have requested a quote via my
website, so I would expected a better response rate?...
Re: FN-FORUM How low can u go?
date posted 11th April 2002 17:36
People aren't interested because what you are essentially spamming them.
Matt
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http://www.voxtreme.com
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Re: FN-FORUM Another phone conversation/place names
date posted 11th April 2002 17:35
> did anyone mention Pratts Bottom? or Worlds End?
> just curious.
You wanna see how the vandals adjust the signs around Scunthorpe.
Pete...
Re: FN-FORUM Outlook Woes
date posted 11th April 2002 17:28
Thursday, April 11, 2002, 3:39:29 PM, you wrote:
TC> I've recently upgraded to the officeXP version of Outlook 2000 from the
TC> ordinary Outlook 2000 and I'm getting two really annoying problems.
TC...
RE: FN-FORUM Flash emails
date posted 11th April 2002 17:26
2nd that...
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Re: FN-FORUM Quark Xpress - Emporer's New Clothes
date posted 11th April 2002 17:25
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FW: Domain Name Fraud- Beware
date posted 11th April 2002 17:25
Has anyone had any experience of this, before I email a warning to my
clients?
Joe
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Re: FN-FORUM Another phone conversation OT
date posted 11th April 2002 17:19
on 11/4/02 3:26 pm, Ema at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Is everyone else having problems with their mail today - it ALL seems to be
> coming in drips and drabs and the wrong order?
>
Answers before ques...
Re: FN-FORUM Quark Xpress - Emporer's New Clothes
date posted 11th April 2002 17:00
Printers and Repro houses also moan about PDFs - they'll moan and groan if
you give them anything that makes them think a little, or that isn't what
they are use to. Ironically PDF is a brilliant form...
Re: FN-FORUM Quark Xpress - Emporer's New Clothes
date posted 11th April 2002 16:58
I think InDesign has so many common-sense features that Quark just hasn't
got - e.g. positioning palett, allowing you to position guidlines with
explicit measurements, and position objects from their...
RE: FN-FORUM PPT >> ?
date posted 11th April 2002 16:56
is it for the web or not?
flash would be a good option, fonts would not be an issue unless it needs to
be dynamic text (u can embed fonts if that is the case), you could just cut
and paste text and v...
[OT] Strange instructions of the day
date posted 11th April 2002 16:50
http://www.dumbwarnings.com/picturedocs/toys_goku.htm
Enjoy (I think)...
Re: FN-FORUM How low can u go?
date posted 11th April 2002 16:46
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Things are quiet for me to at the moment and im going lower! Though iv...
Re: FN-FORUM How low can u go?
date posted 11th April 2002 16:40
I certainly wouldn't charge lower than that - direct marketing via
email and post doesnt seem to be working at the moment, im getting new
work, but only through networking, meeting people, chatting et...
Re: FN-FORUM Another phone conversation OT
date posted 11th April 2002 16:37
I was always sure I'd seen a Twice Brewed, but no one believed me:( S'pose
it must exist and I must be right if *you* say so ;c)
Is everyone else having problems with their mail today - it ALL seems...
Re: FN-FORUM Another phone conversation OT
date posted 11th April 2002 16:36
I was always sure I'd seen a Twice Brewed, but no one believed me:( But it
must exist and I must be right if *you* say so ;c)
Is everyone else having problems with their mail today - it ALL seems to...
Re: FN-FORUM Outlook Woes
date posted 11th April 2002 16:33
Im sure this isnt what you want to hear, but personally I would dump
Outlook - I have had so many problems with it that I wouldnt touch it
with a bargepole. I use http://www.ritlabs.com/the_bat/ which...
Re: FN-FORUM Flash emails
date posted 11th April 2002 16:31
please don't
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Re: FN-FORUM Flash emails
date posted 11th April 2002 16:27
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PPT >> ?
date posted 11th April 2002 16:25
hi,
I have been given several large PowerPoint presentations (over 600 pages) to
convert into a more suitable medium. Any suggestions? Ideally all fonts
should be curves so as to be independent of...
Re: FN-FORUM Flash emails
date posted 11th April 2002 16:17
Stefan Savva [EMAIL REMOVED] writes
>Does anyone know anything about embedding flash into the body of an email?
Yes. It's an appalling idea.
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Neil Durant
Octrix Software Ltd.
Email: [EMAIL R...
How low can u go?
date posted 11th April 2002 16:07
Talking about low rates for web design. I'm currently sending out 10-20
website proposals a week via email to potential clients (acquired through
search engines marketing). I quote the following price...
Outlook Woes
date posted 11th April 2002 15:36
Hi
I've recently upgraded to the officeXP version of Outlook 2000 from the
ordinary Outlook 2000 and I'm getting two really annoying problems.
1. is that it sometimes fails to delete messages of th...
Re: FN-FORUM Quark Xpress - Emporer's New Clothes
date posted 11th April 2002 15:30
> Go on then! I imagine if one is not a hardened Quacker then Indesign would
> be quite interesting BUT good luck finding a bureau that can deal with it if
> you want print.
Carla
Is it possible / s...
RE: FN-FORUM OT: Free SEO advice!
date posted 11th April 2002 15:08
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> Sent: 11 April 2002 14:33
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: FN-FORUM OT: Free SEO advice!
>
>
> Want to know how Google...
Re: FN-FORUM (OT?) ISPs which support ISDN
date posted 11th April 2002 14:49
thanks all who replied. I've gone w/ freeserve just to get some breathing
space (new house, new office yadda yaddda yadda) but you've given me good
stuff to look at when things settle down. ta much....
OT: Free SEO advice!
date posted 11th April 2002 14:35
Want to know how Google processes its rankings?
http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html
Now you know...
David.
Come and see us at Internet World UK 2002 on stand number 1459
http://www.in...
Re: FN-FORUM Flash emails
date posted 11th April 2002 14:18
Huh? What war? Did I miss something?
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Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Flash emails
Please lets...
RE: FN-FORUM SIC codes
date posted 11th April 2002 14:13
Did you notice the last SIC code 9900
"Extra-territorial organisations"
Is that some kind of government joke or do they really mean NASA ?
Andrew McDonald
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RE: FN-FORUM Flash emails
date posted 11th April 2002 14:11
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>Please lets not start another war here!
huh, did i miss one ? whathappened? who'stheenemee?...
Re: FN-FORUM Another phone conversation/place names
date posted 11th April 2002 14:09
did anyone mention Pratts Bottom? or Worlds End?
just curious.
shaf
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RE: FN-FORUM SIC codes
date posted 11th April 2002 13:49
http://www.normanberesford.com/sicCodes.xml
If anyone wants it
Norman
> If anyone wants it I'll
> probably stick it as an XML file somewhere online...
RE: FN-FORUM Flash emails
date posted 11th April 2002 13:25
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Re: FN-FORUM Another phone conversation/place names
date posted 11th April 2002 13:18
Theres a school near me called 'Dumpton', unfortunately there no village called trumpton nearby or it would be even funnier.
Andrew McDonald
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RE: FN-FORUM SIC codes
date posted 11th April 2002 13:16
Hi
Cheers for that Kathy. I just grabbed the list from the companies house
website and knocked together a table myself. If anyone wants it I'll
probably stick it as an XML file somewhere online
No...
RE: FN-FORUM Emma Mulqueeny OT
date posted 11th April 2002 13:14
will do - and I PROMISE to get the web site updated with the latest....so
many people look at it!!
Andrew
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Re: FN-FORUM SIC codes
date posted 11th April 2002 13:11
oops http://www.sba.gov/regulations/siccodes/
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Flash emails
date posted 11th April 2002 13:11
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Re: FN-FORUM SIC codes
date posted 11th April 2002 13:09
http://www.intele.com/InteleCom/UK_SIC_Codes.htm
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Re: FN-FORUM Browser Check
date posted 11th April 2002 12:56
Hi There,
>Can anyone try a quick browser check with whatever your using for a
>new e-commerce site, its based for versions 4 and above but I cant
>check it on a Mac or anything, the address is
>...
Re: FN-FORUM Emma Mulqueeny OT
date posted 11th April 2002 12:51
Andrew, give her a kiss from us.
Carla (AKA the old woman who lives in a shoe) and Nigell
on 11/4/02 11:23 am, Andrew Wilson at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Thanks for asking - sorry about the web site...
RE: FN-FORUM Emma Mulqueeny OT
date posted 11th April 2002 12:23
Thanks for asking - sorry about the web site - pressure of work - I get
hassle all the time for not keeping it up to date with new photos!! :(
Any way she is doing OK - and has started putting on wei...
SIC codes
date posted 11th April 2002 12:08
Hi all
Does anyone have a free database of SIC codes?
Norman...
Re: FN-FORUM Browser Check
date posted 11th April 2002 12:03
Thanks guys! I was kinda hoping it was all okay :c)
Best Regards
D Thomas
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RE: FN-FORUM Browser Check
date posted 11th April 2002 11:38
Hi Damian
Looks nice,
and looks nice in :
win2k SP2 with :
- Opera 6.0
- IE 6.0
HTH,
Guillaume
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Guillaume JUSTIER
Inmeres Solutions Ltd
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Re: FN-FORUM low rates for design work
date posted 11th April 2002 11:36
That's interesting - during the last recession 1/3 of architects in the UK
were unemployed! I used to be one and I don't think it is necessarily the
profession to be in... my first boss paid himself Â...
RE: FN-FORUM Quark Xpress - Emporer's New Clothes
date posted 11th April 2002 11:36
You're right, Quark is a pile of pants. Unfortunately it's pretty much
standard kit with all the big publishing companies and due to this cost
of the program, the investment that those companies have...
Re: FN-FORUM Quark Xpress - Emporer's New Clothes
date posted 11th April 2002 11:33
on 11/4/02 10:08 am, Joe Jones at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Sod it, I'm going try InDesign.
Go on then! I imagine if one is not a hardened Quacker then Indesign would
be quite interesting BUT good luc...
Re: FN-FORUM Another phone conversation/place names
date posted 11th April 2002 11:28
We discovered a place near here called Wig Wig (so good they named it twice)
Carla
on 11/4/02 10:05 am, Lists at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> We also have: No Place (aka cooperative villas), Quaking Ho...
Re: FN-FORUM technical question
date posted 11th April 2002 11:28
Win 3.1 can't act as a proper network server, nor can 3.11--and they are not
Y2k compliant. Use a Unix type OS. We used to run SCO on a 486 with *MB for
a whole sales office. Linux or FreeBSD or somet...
Re: FN-FORUM MS Access
date posted 11th April 2002 11:21
I'm a reseller. I don't want someone else taking the bread from my mouth by
pirating (or giving away) the stuff I sell, thanks very much. It's not
Microsoft it's defrauding, it's small dealers like me...
RE: FN-FORUM Browser Check
date posted 11th April 2002 11:11
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Quark Xpress - Emporer's New Clothes
date posted 11th April 2002 11:08
Is it me, or is Quark actually a big fat pile of pants? It's about as
user-friendly as MS-DOS, and to get it to anything remotely useful you need
to buy Xtensions, which may or may not work. It does...
RE: FN-FORUM Browser Check
date posted 11th April 2002 11:07
Hi Damian
just checked it on IE 5.5 (Windows), Netscape communicator (Linux), mozilla
(Linux) and konqueror (Linux). Works fine on all of those....looks nice
too....
Regards
Darren Spink
T: 0113...
Re: FN-FORUM Another phone conversation OT
date posted 11th April 2002 11:03
Don't forget Twice Brewed (I fixed a PC at the tourist office there) and in
Derbyshire there is place called Hints. As you enter, you see a sign saying
HINTS please drive carefully!
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM Another phone conversation
date posted 11th April 2002 11:02
We also have: No Place (aka cooperative villas), Quaking Houses, and
(colloquially) Never seen and Seldom Seen. Neat place,Durham.
Kathy
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Browser Check
date posted 11th April 2002 10:48
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Can anyon...
Re: FN-FORUM unsubscribe
date posted 11th April 2002 10:26
I sometime wonder how many stupid people are populating this (and other) mailinglists! Seriously, how hard is it to =READ= the information provided?
You know the saying "Never underestimate the pow...
RE: FN-FORUM web sites
date posted 11th April 2002 10:15
microsoft publisher??? images for text.. oh dear...
thing is they probably have no budget... however, im sure any half decent
designer could make a major overhaul in a day.
cant u get some free oxyg...
RE: FN-FORUM OT Place Names: Was - Another phone conversation OT
date posted 11th April 2002 10:04
That, Andrew, is certainly a fact,
Hutch
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RE: FN-FORUM Contractors fortunes looking up..?
date posted 11th April 2002 08:11
I've noticed that the number of jobs and the level of rates have been
slowly increasing. Porbably to do with the new financial year starting
aswell... I don't think it's gonna get back to the glory...
Toll-Free phone line
date posted 11th April 2002 07:54
Hi, all
Has anyone set up a freephone (or similar) line for themselves that is
accessible as such (free) to callers from outside the UK?
If so, who with, and what does it cost to set up and (more i...
FN-FORUM Contractors fortunes looking up..?
date posted 11th April 2002 04:14
Silicon has a story about it today, apparently things are getting a little
better out there..
http://www.silicon.com/a52588
However, as we've seen on this list, even if the number of positions
incre...
Re: OT - FN-FORUM Emma Mulqueeny
date posted 11th April 2002 00:00
Wahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope everything goes well with Emma and that her and
bub are healthy
can u give her my love - I'll keep her healing candle
lit for a couple more days then I can put it awa...
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