Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday August 27th 2002
Re: FN-FORUM Flash not loading movies properly
date posted 27th August 2002 23:56
Leo,
the most common problem for this is the path to the external clip
"clockmovie.swf"
Check the path from your HTML file - If its in another directory to the .swf
you will need to put the fu...
FN-FORUM Flash not loading movies properly
date posted 27th August 2002 23:21
Hi all,
I'm having a bit of a struggle with Flash MX today and was wondering if
anyone can solve this little conundrum for me.
I have a Flash movie that is used as an elaborate navigation interface....
Re: FN-FORUM Hosting T&C (mail me this morning please)
date posted 27th August 2002 22:19
> Nah only cat hair, the missing hairbrush, scissors and sellotape (anyone
> with children you know what I mean), socks, toy cars, old toast and the
TV
> remote down there. However, a file called hot...
Re: FN-FORUM quiet?
date posted 27th August 2002 22:07
on 27/8/02 10:04 am, Thomas Web Design at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> How's everyone finding work at the moment? it's absolutely dead down here...
>
> Best Regards
> D Thomas
Quiet for new business. P...
Re: FN-FORUM Hosting T&C (mail me this morning please)
date posted 27th August 2002 21:34
on 27/8/02 10:13 am, Paul J White at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>> Has anyone got any standard T&C for hosting which they can mail me directly
>> this morning please. Or can anyone tell me where I filed...
Re: FN-FORUM Hosting T&C (mail me this morning please)
date posted 27th August 2002 21:23
Thank you for the replies received, much appreciated
Regards
Carla
on 27/8/02 7:45 am, Carla Boulton at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Morning all,
>
> Has anyone got any standard T&C for hosting which t...
Re: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 19:41
I am in the process of starting up a company and have noticed the messages
on this forum. I was wondering if anyone could give me any tips or perhaps
provide with a copy their terms and conditions to...
Re: FN-FORUM Website Promotion
date posted 27th August 2002 19:13
Hi
I went to London College of Printing back in the 70s to study offset litho
and plate making.
Kathy
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RE: FN-FORUM PHP Question....
date posted 27th August 2002 16:59
Hi Darren,
I've not seen the book but can you not pass the requested info using a query
string or failing that use session variables?
Cheers
Rich
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RE: FN-FORUM PHP Question....
date posted 27th August 2002 16:55
> I have a modified version of the user viewer (Wrox Beginning
> PHP Chapter
> 12/13) which has had a search added to the beginning.
>
> The problem I am having is that when the search initially is...
RE: FN-FORUM javascript help required
date posted 27th August 2002 16:49
Pam
I think you need && instead of & i.e. if ((recsetMembers("AddressLine2")
!= "") && (recsetMembers("AddressLine2")!= null))
Rich
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RE: FN-FORUM javascript help required
date posted 27th August 2002 16:22
> lines such as :- if ((recsetMembers("AddressLine2") != "")
> & (recsetMembers("AddressLine2") != null))
> {Response.Write(recsetMembers("AddressLine2") + "");};
From memory, & is a bitwise AND...
Re: FN-FORUM Website Promotion
date posted 27th August 2002 16:18
I quite likes the idea of studing digital media myself :)
John
Julian Burr wrote:
>How not to do it?
>
>http://www.freeenergyparty.com comes up 404 not found for me - looks like it
>might be becaus...
PHP Question....
date posted 27th August 2002 16:16
I have a modified version of the user viewer (Wrox Beginning PHP Chapter
12/13) which has had a search added to the beginning.
The problem I am having is that when the search initially is done it doe...
RE: FN-FORUM Website Promotion
date posted 27th August 2002 15:55
How not to do it?
http://www.freeenergyparty.com comes up 404 not found for me - looks like it
might be because the opening page contains a .swf file that is supposed to
be hosted on Tripod.com and i...
Re: FN-FORUM Query
date posted 27th August 2002 15:53
John,
I expect that this problem is something similar I have had happen to me....
firstly, her email inbox is full and she hasn't emptied it at the server in
a while....or she has forgotten that some...
Re: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 15:50
The terms and conditions of the contract cannot be varied by anyone unless
both parties accept this change.
They don't have a leg to stand on in a court of law...and will be required
to pay for all w...
javascript help required
date posted 27th August 2002 15:37
Hi ,
Can anyone see what is wrong with this. The test in the lines such as :-
if ((recsetMembers("AddressLine2") != "") & (recsetMembers("AddressLine2")
!= null)) {Response.Write(recsetMembers("...
Re: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 15:17
If there's no delivery date the work can't be late.
Ask them to write to you and categorically state how delays were caused by
you and then answer their points one by one.
Sounds very much like a th...
Re: FN-FORUM Website Promotion
date posted 27th August 2002 15:02
hi paul,
My name is anne and i'm studing digital media and production at london
college of printing(elephant&castle, london).
I just saw your announce and i might be interested! A few words to let u...
Re: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 14:17
Does your contract say extra work other then specified in the contract
costs extra? If so very kindly offer not to bill them for all the extra
work if they wave their delay fees.
Tamsin...
RE: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 14:08
>Our Tand C say that everything remains our property until paid for in full.
>So we can remove anything not paid for.
Mine says the same too... amongst other things....
Regards
Darren Spink
TEL:...
Re: FN-FORUM quiet?
date posted 27th August 2002 14:06
I'm not--finding work that is :-(
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM Query
date posted 27th August 2002 14:06
Sure it wasn't Klez or a similar virus? What was the actual text of the
NDR--that tells you why it couldn't be delivered.
Could be that there was a problem with routing or something. I'd try sending...
Re: FN-FORUM domain name renewal and easyspace
date posted 27th August 2002 14:01
Waiting to hear from teh client. I would guess not.
Kathy
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Re: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 14:00
Sounds as thought they want the work for 40% of the agreed price. That's
what they are hoping for.
Our Tand C say that everything remains our property until paid for in full.
So we can remove anythin...
Re: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 13:57
If they signed up to your T and Cs and didn't specify a delivery date, I
can't see that they can do this. What do your T and Cs say about walking
away NOW? See a solicitor. Make a written objection sa...
Re: FN-FORUM quiet?
date posted 27th August 2002 13:54
Good news m8...
cleaned up the logo on your site too... i like :-)
best regards,
vav *who is also desperately trying to clear the decks b4 a well deserved
holiday*
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RE: FN-FORUM Hosting - again
date posted 27th August 2002 13:50
Dear Norman,
Check out http://www.virtualisp.co.uk/Resellers/resellers.html
If you decide to sign up, then tell them that Ausaf from chillizone.com
referred you..!!
Best Price on the market for what...
RE: FN-FORUM quiet?
date posted 27th August 2002 13:33
Been rather quiet here too... but plenty of customers asking "could you do
this?", "could you supply us with a feasibility demo?" always accompanied by
"No, we don't know if we will buy it"!!
Dave....
Re: FN-FORUM Hosting - again
date posted 27th August 2002 13:28
I am also just about at breaking point with my hosting company which one do
you use so I know not to decamp to that one.
Regards
William
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Re: FN-FORUM quiet?
date posted 27th August 2002 13:06
After a very long, slow and quiet start to the year.
I'm snowed under with current clients and their
referrals. Working day and night, weekends and
bank holidays to stay on top of everything with even...
Hosting - again
date posted 27th August 2002 12:56
Hi all
About at breaking point with our hosting company so I'm looking for an
alternative. Is there any chance of us getting this:
ASP support (including CDONTS)
ASP.net support
M$ SQL Server
Acces...
RE: FN-FORUM quiet?
date posted 27th August 2002 12:37
pact with the devil?
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RE: FN-FORUM Barter Card
date posted 27th August 2002 12:34
We looked at them a while back. Basically it is a way of doing business and
purchasing supplies without exchanging cash.
In principle it is a good idea and can help cashflow, but you have to watch
yo...
Re: FN-FORUM quiet?
date posted 27th August 2002 12:24
I have got bit n pieces on but generally its really quiet, especially on
enquiries etc...nothing new as such coming in..
Best Regards
D Thomas
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RE: FN-FORUM quiet?
date posted 27th August 2002 12:17
Best August we have had
Steady to Busy here
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Barter Card
date posted 27th August 2002 12:16
Has anyone had any dealings with Barter Card ?
If so, any feedback ?
Dennis McDermott
Website: http://www.dennismcdermott.co.uk
All outgoing mail is scanned with Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus sof...
domain name renewal and easyspace
date posted 27th August 2002 12:16
Kathy,
Did you resolve the easyspace problem from last week ?
namely the crazy renewal fees.
Were you able to renew with a different company ?
tia,
Darren Yates
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http://dittodesign....
RE: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 12:12
Hi Darren,
When you say they have a functional solution - how close to what you
contracted for is the solution they now have? How was the definition of
the solution agreed and recorded?
Have you var...
Re: FN-FORUM quiet?
date posted 27th August 2002 11:46
>How's everyone finding work at the moment? it's absolutely dead down here...
Yes. I am mostly waiting for people to return from their holidays
(lucky for some). This includes both clients to progre...
RE: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 11:45
I have responded and pointed out that some of the delays have been due to
"Extra work" which has been required and is not being charged for. I have
also advised them against this action.
I am rather...
Re: FN-FORUM Hosting T&C (mail me this morning please)
date posted 27th August 2002 11:39
> Has anyone got any standard T&C for hosting which they can mail me
directly
> this morning please. Or can anyone tell me where I filed ours?
>
Carla, it's in a folder called misc_docs on a CD you ba...
RE: FN-FORUM quiet?
date posted 27th August 2002 11:37
Run off our
Hutch
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Subject: FN-FORUM quiet?
How's e...
RE: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 11:36
Unless you agreed to any form of penalty clauses in your agreement with
them, I would think the chances are zilch! I'd hazard a guess that to
substantiate such action in any way they'd need to formal...
Re: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 11:34
How can they impose something like that unless it is in the original
contract?
Darren Spink wrote:
> Morning all,
>
> Just a quick question. I have a client that I am undertaking some work for,
>...
Re: FN-FORUM site check
date posted 27th August 2002 11:21
> Overall. Colours give poor contrast so not easy to read. Why can't the
body
> text reflow to match the windows size. Currently the lines are very long?
> It's not like there's any layout to preserve...
RE: FN-FORUM quiet?
date posted 27th August 2002 11:20
Quiet(ish) too... I think it's a summer time thing Damian
Regards
Darren Spink
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Re: FN-FORUM site check
date posted 27th August 2002 11:06
> pretty much all the text i just half inched from the cussons one i did so
> i havent read the T&C's. although knowing their process i can understabd
> they're of a draconian nature :)
The worst one...
Query
date posted 27th August 2002 11:05
I have just received back a message I sent to a friend that could not be
delivered for some reason or other. The funny thing is that the message
returned was a reply to a previous message sent by that...
quiet?
date posted 27th August 2002 11:04
How's everyone finding work at the moment? it's absolutely dead down here...
Best Regards
D Thomas
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Re: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 11:03
None whatsoever, especially if there was no delivery date or similar in the
terms and conditions they signed. Tell them politely to read your terms and
conditions and state the fact that there was not...
RE: FN-FORUM site check
date posted 27th August 2002 11:01
Dave,
I find the contrast between the standard text and the white background not
high enough making the site very difficult to read (1280x1024).
http://www.nrg3.net/products/bidflow/cur_tenders.as...
mysql table crash
date posted 27th August 2002 10:59
Hi all,
any ideas on how to fix a crashed mysql table?
I keep getting this error:-
Error: 1016 - Can't open file: 'upload.MYD'. (errno: 144)
is it irrepairable?
I've tried running repair in mysql...
Re: FN-FORUM A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 10:58
I don't know much, but to me that sounds rediculous. Could you clarify if
any of the delays are down to them.
Pete {-_-}
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A client is threatening to fine me....
date posted 27th August 2002 10:52
Morning all,
Just a quick question. I have a client that I am undertaking some work for,
it has run over schedule but they do have a functional solution. They are
now threatening to fine me 100 pou...
Re: FN-FORUM Website Promotion
date posted 27th August 2002 10:45
I have gone back to the original posting on purpose. Let me re-cap
Your client is currently selling via ebay and wants to sell via the site, ok
?
Two issues. Generate traffic (and you had plenty of...
RE: FN-FORUM HTML to XHTML problem with Moz using spacer gifs
date posted 27th August 2002 10:08
> The 2 header lines that do the damage are these...
>
>
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
>
> If I remove them...
Re: FN-FORUM site check
date posted 27th August 2002 10:05
cheers for that kathy,
the colours are a non-issue as i quickly modify the css, this was just a
rapidly produced (hence the tables also - they're second nature to me)
thanks for the heads up on regi...
RE: FN-FORUM site check
date posted 27th August 2002 09:56
Hi Dave,
Colour,
I would darken the main colour, its very light against
a white background.
Font,
Maybe verdana not bold, then you can use bold to emphasise stuff
Layout,
The line length maybe too...
Re: FN-FORUM site check
date posted 27th August 2002 08:43
Overall. Colours give poor contrast so not easy to read. Why can't the body
text reflow to match the windows size. Currently the lines are very long?
It's not like there's any layout to preserve (ie W...
Hosting T&C (mail me this morning please)
date posted 27th August 2002 07:44
Morning all,
Has anyone got any standard T&C for hosting which they can mail me directly
this morning please. Or can anyone tell me where I filed ours?
Thanks
Carla
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RE: PHP, mySQL work
date posted 27th August 2002 04:51
Hi,
We're a young company just starting out, specialising in the area of
hosting and SEO services. We have been approached by a client wanting
some immediate PHP, MySQL work so we are on the look out...