Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday March 5th 2003
FN-FORUM: Rejigged Macromedia site
date posted 5th March 2003 22:52
Just been to MM's home site - seems like it's been re-vamped in Flash.
Anyway, I get an endless loop with Opera 7.01/Win2K with nothing disabled...
endless 'initiating application manager' ... :(
Any...
Re: FN-FORUM: 3d drawing package
date posted 5th March 2003 21:04
try gmax, a free cut down version of max
http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/
loads of demo stuff available too... rhino, amapi3d,strata3d and imagine3d
to name a few alternatives. older versions ma...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP Memory Problems
date posted 5th March 2003 20:39
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Carol Ann Thomson wrote:
> Error messages are of the :
>
> "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to
> allocate 355 bytes) in /home/***/lib/Smarty-2.3...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP Memory Problems
date posted 5th March 2003 20:34
>ooooh me heid....that sounds compliated...
>Could you give a bit more information about your Server set up (OS, CPU,
Ram
>etc) and how much page views, users you have using the website?
>Also are y...
Re: FN-FORUM: 3d drawing package
date posted 5th March 2003 19:47
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>The Chridmeister wrote:
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>>Theresa HARE wrote:
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>>>Hi all, can anyone recommend a 3D imaging package that either is
>>>free or pretty cheap. I'm looking to cr...
RE: FN-FORUM: JScript form validator
date posted 5th March 2003 19:44
Hi Jon,
Hope this helps, short of the @ validation though :(
Tony...
FN-FORUM: JScript form validator
date posted 5th March 2003 19:18
Does anyone have a simple JavaScript form validator script to hand that will
do the following simple tasks.
1) Check Name & Email fields are filled in within a form.
2) Maybe check email has @ in it...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP Memory Problems
date posted 5th March 2003 18:32
ooooh me heid....that sounds compliated...
Could you give a bit more information about your Server set up (OS, CPU, Ram
etc) and how much page views, users you have using the website?
Also are you g...
Re: FN-FORUM: Credit Card Payments
date posted 5th March 2003 18:07
Andrew McDonald wrote:
> Do you mean similar to the charge back facility on credit cards or is
> it worse than that ?
Its that kind of thing, just easier to do
Rick
Kitty5 NewMedia http://Kitty5.co...
Re: FN-FORUM: 3d drawing package
date posted 5th March 2003 18:07
The Chridmeister wrote:
> Theresa HARE wrote:
>
>> Hi all, can anyone recommend a 3D imaging package that either is
>> free or pretty cheap. I'm looking to create geometric shapes to
>> simulate mach...
FN-FORUM: PHP Memory Problems
date posted 5th March 2003 17:41
Hello Luvverly People
I have a problem with a site that is constantly running out of memory, no
matter how many times we up the memory allocation to php. To give you a bit
of background; we are using...
Re: FN-FORUM: legal action over dept
date posted 5th March 2003 17:30
D Thomas wrote:
> Suits me any which way Andrew :) any reccommendations?
I know a lot of people who use this MAD Agency...
http://www.madagency.com/ but dunno if it's just for US residents.
Em
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Re: FN-FORUM: Credit Card Payments
date posted 5th March 2003 17:25
Just basic fraud really, client pays with CC for services, eg website
then when account is activated (usually same day) client uses paypal
to return the funds back to his account.
The company gets st...
Re: FN-FORUM: 3d drawing package
date posted 5th March 2003 17:20
Theresa HARE wrote:
>Hi all, can anyone recommend a 3D imaging package that either is free or
>pretty cheap. I'm looking to create geometric shapes to simulate
>machines/buildings. It does not need t...
RE: FN-FORUM: legal action over dept
date posted 5th March 2003 17:15
> the =A310 solicitor's letter
Or conjure up your own legal "department" with its own appropriately
intimidating letterhead at a friend's address maybe?
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Shopping cart
date posted 5th March 2003 17:08
yep, have to agree with you on OsCommerce. Great package with loads of
add-ins. Using it myself on a soon-to-be-delivered site.
Darren
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FN-FORUM: 3d drawing package
date posted 5th March 2003 17:07
Hi all, can anyone recommend a 3D imaging package that either is free or
pretty cheap. I'm looking to create geometric shapes to simulate
machines/buildings. It does not need to be able to produce an...
RE: FN-FORUM [OT] Misdirected email
date posted 5th March 2003 16:49
poor kid!
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RE: FN-FORUM: Credit Card Payments
date posted 5th March 2003 16:44
Do you mean similar to the charge back facility on credit cards or is it
worse than that ?
Andy
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Re: FN-FORUM: MySQL 4 and Query Caching.
date posted 5th March 2003 16:32
cool
John Wards wrote:
> Hay folks.
>
> Thought I would share a little bit of knowledge with you.
>
> If you have a large hitting dynamic site running on MySQL 3 upgrade to MySQL 4
> and turn on que...
Re: FN-FORUM: Credit Card Payments
date posted 5th March 2003 16:32
Paypal is supposedly great ... until your customers figure out that they
can pull their funds after supposedly "paying" for something, leaving you
with a charge, and no money.
A good friend has been...
FN-FORUM: Search Engine Optomisers
date posted 5th March 2003 16:31
Hi all
We've had a number of clients who've now approached us regarding this, so
we're looking to make some contacts with specialists in this area (something
I've been meaning to do for a while). We...
FN-FORUM: MySQL 4 and Query Caching.
date posted 5th March 2003 16:24
Hay folks.
Thought I would share a little bit of knowledge with you.
If you have a large hitting dynamic site running on MySQL 3 upgrade to My=
SQL 4=20
and turn on query caching. The speed differen...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS: centring a div
date posted 5th March 2003 15:38
Here I am!
Cameron Leask wrote:
> I think I'm losing a plot.
>
> The effect I'm trying to achieve is a 410px wide div, centred
> horizontally in the middle of a screen, with nothing on either sid...
RE: FN-FORUM: CSS: centring a div
date posted 5th March 2003 15:34
Needless to say, moments after I send an email I find the solution
*sigh*
http://www.alistapart.com/stories/practicalcss shows the answer about
halfway down the page - I needed to make the margins on...
Re: FN-FORUM: Images
date posted 5th March 2003 15:27
> Looking for an image and exhausted all my usual libraries.
>
> Realise its a bit of a long shot but I have to match a low res sample I have
> been given.
>
> Its basically a brass/gold globe with...
FN-FORUM: CSS: centring a div
date posted 5th March 2003 15:23
I think I'm losing a plot.
The effect I'm trying to achieve is a 410px wide div, centred
horizontally in the middle of a screen, with nothing on either side.
I've tried various thing but none of the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Credit Card Payments
date posted 5th March 2003 15:01
I use pay pal...it is easy to set up ...doesn't cost much and fees are taken
from payments. Also great for international currency
kimber
On 5/3/03 2:16 pm, "Echo Creative Designs" [EMAIL REMOVED] wr...
FN-FORUM: RE:Phone / Fax
date posted 5th March 2003 14:48
I asked the same question a few weeks ago, but I found that it was near
imposable to get an 0845 number for free so eventually paid =A330 one =
off fee
for it from www.UK2Numbers.co.uk.
The Fax to em...
Re: FN-FORUM: Programming
date posted 5th March 2003 14:46
fine.
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> thanks & do you mind if i pick your brains if anything else comes up that i
> am unsure of.
> cheers
> ribs
>
> ==========
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Programming
date posted 5th March 2003 14:38
thanks & do you mind if i pick your brains if anything else comes up that i
am unsure of.
cheers
ribs...
Re: FN-FORUM: Programming
date posted 5th March 2003 14:34
> Why did you think it was a cool system to use & have you actually used it or
> have you just looked at using it.
>
I haven't used it myself, but have read the docs on it. It's interesting in that
i...
Re: FN-FORUM: WANTED! 96 HIGHLY MOTIVATED PEOPLE TO HELP WITH GLOBAL EXPANSION PROJECT
date posted 5th March 2003 14:33
> We are urgently seeking people from all backgrounds & nationalities to
work
> from home with our International Market Leading company. Currently trading
> in 55 countries. Full training available....
Re: FN-FORUM: Programming
date posted 5th March 2003 14:26
In a message dated 5/3/03 2:22:27 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] writes:
In a message dated 5/3/03 2:11:08 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] writes:
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Re: FN-FORUM: Non Approach Agreement
date posted 5th March 2003 14:25
Translation.
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Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Non Approach Agreement
[snip]
>
> I really do no...
Re: FN-FORUM: Credit Card Payments
date posted 5th March 2003 14:23
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From: "Chris Garrett" [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 2:19 PM
> Paypal is cheapest (they take switch now), worldpay is the one I have been
> told is easi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Programming
date posted 5th March 2003 14:21
I guess http://www.erlang.org is the main resource - that certainly where I was
looking.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Credit Card Payments
date posted 5th March 2003 14:18
Paypal is cheapest (they take switch now), worldpay is the one I have been
told is easiest.
Chris
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Re: FN-FORUM: Erlang programming
date posted 5th March 2003 14:17
www.google.com/search?q=erlang
google is your friend.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Programming
date posted 5th March 2003 14:14
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FN-FORUM: Credit Card Payments
date posted 5th March 2003 14:14
Can anyone recommend what systems are best for accepting online payments
(I.e. Worldpay, PayPal etc) without it costing the earth to set-up and run.
Emma...
Re: FN-FORUM: Programming
date posted 5th March 2003 14:10
I maintain my own scripting language Simkin (http://www.simkin.co.uk) and
I've looked through the specs for Erlang before - it looks like a cool
system.
Are you thinking of using it?
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RE: FN-FORUM: WANTED! 96 HIGHLY MOTIVATED PEOPLE TO HELP WITH GLOBAL EXPANSION PROJECT
date posted 5th March 2003 14:05
He's gone...
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> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: WANTE...
Re: FN-FORUM: WANTED! 96 HIGHLY MOTIVATED PEOPLE TO HELP WITH GLOBAL EXPANSION PROJECT
date posted 5th March 2003 14:01
On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 1:56 pm, Richard Miner wrote:
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RE: FN-FORUM: Images
date posted 5th March 2003 13:58
try the u.p.s courier delivery service logo
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Sent: 05 March 2003 13:55
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: FN-FORUM: Images
Hi all,
Looki...
Re: FN-FORUM: Programming
date posted 5th March 2003 13:57
Are there any programmers out there that have any knowledge of Erlang?
Ribs...
Re: FN-FORUM: Shopping cart
date posted 5th March 2003 13:55
I agree - I just put one onto my site to sell my software products.
It's *extremely* good.
Andrew Mottershead wrote:
> is has to be said = www.oscommerce.com
>
> regards
>
> Andrew Mottershead
> We...
FN-FORUM: WANTED! 96 HIGHLY MOTIVATED PEOPLE TO HELP WITH GLOBAL EXPANSION PROJECT
date posted 5th March 2003 13:54
We are urgently seeking people from all backgrounds & nationalities to work
from home with our International Market Leading company. Currently trading
in 55 countries. Full training available. Imm...
FN-FORUM: Images
date posted 5th March 2003 13:54
Hi all,
Looking for an image and exhausted all my usual libraries.
Realise its a bit of a long shot but I have to match a low res sample I have
been given.
Its basically a brass/gold globe with all...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT
date posted 5th March 2003 13:35
On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 1:32 pm, Chris Garrett wrote:
> > Ha one solved....the match one.....
>
> any hints? :O(
>
Right click and click forward a few times....that will give you a nice bi=
g=20
clue...
RE: FN-FORUM: OT
date posted 5th March 2003 13:33
>> Ha one solved....the match one.....
>any hints? :O(
Up, Down, Up, Down :)
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT
date posted 5th March 2003 13:31
> Ha one solved....the match one.....
any hints? :O(
Chris...
RE: FN-FORUM: Shopping cart
date posted 5th March 2003 13:16
is has to be said = www.oscommerce.com
regards
Andrew Mottershead
Web Developer
Mindstream Web Design
email: [EMAIL REMOVED]
tel: +44 (0)1743 718262
fax: +44 (0) 7092 115513
web: www.mindstream.co...
RE: FN-FORUM: flash bitmap fonts
date posted 5th March 2003 13:09
www.miniml.com has some of the best as far as i'm concerned.
you have to embed the font to use it for dynamic text. also read the readme
from miniml, make sure that your text is placed on whole pixel...
RE: FN-FORUM: legal action over dept
date posted 5th March 2003 13:07
so long since I had to use one...........try google?
Andrew
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Web Design & Hosting - Print design - Graphics - Multimedia
South Lanarkshire, Scotlan...
Re: FN-FORUM: Erlang programming
date posted 5th March 2003 12:50
Does anyone in here know anything about Erlang, or where I can get info on it?
Cheers,
Ribs...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT
date posted 5th March 2003 12:48
On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 12:22 pm, John Wards wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 12:12 pm, G McLackland wrote:
> > Is it posible to ban webdesigners who have puzzle sites
> > http://www.tallhat.com/puz...
Re: FN-FORUM: flash bitmap fonts
date posted 5th March 2003 12:43
Hi Chris
Are you embedding the font?
Also, although this is for Fonts For Flash, this guide might be useful as I
guess it applies to all pixel fonts in Flash...
http://www.fontsforflash.com/guide/...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT
date posted 5th March 2003 12:21
On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 12:12 pm, G McLackland wrote:
> Is it posible to ban webdesigners who have puzzle sites
> http://www.tallhat.com/puzzles.htm
> one click and thats it the morning is buggered....
FN-FORUM: Shopping cart
date posted 5th March 2003 12:12
Can anyone recommend a good FREE source for setting up e-commerce sites? And
some scripts to do the following or something similar...
keep items stored in shopping cart
add vat
add user/member
lo...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT
date posted 5th March 2003 12:10
Is it posible to ban webdesigners who have puzzle sites
http://www.tallhat.com/puzzles.htm
one click and thats it the morning is buggered.
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RE: FN-FORUM: Client credit referencing agency
date posted 5th March 2003 12:00
Quoting Ross Hamilton [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Hehe, so if you served them a request under the DP Act to view the
> information that they hold on you, they could quite legitimately charge 5p
> more than if...
FN-FORUM: flash bitmap fonts
date posted 5th March 2003 11:53
i've just purchased the lastest version of Mini7 and it works in Flash
without antialiasing *except* when it's dynamic text.
see example:
http://www.tallhat.com/flashtext
does anyone know if this fon...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client credit referencing agency
date posted 5th March 2003 11:38
HI!
Sorry! I didn't quite get that
http://pa.freelancers.net/ :)
Anton Palitsyn
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RE: FN-FORUM: Client credit referencing agency
date posted 5th March 2003 11:32
James Murphy said:
> The maximum they can charge is 10, as for justification - well that's a
> seriously grey area...
Hehe, so if you served them a request under the DP Act to view the
information th...
Re: FN-FORUM: legal action over dept
date posted 5th March 2003 11:27
I remember someone else mentioning about getting a solicitor to send a
letter out for about £10 but mine wants about £40! does anyone know a
solicitor who can do it for a tenner?
Might try that fir...
RE: FN-FORUM: legal action over dept
date posted 5th March 2003 11:20
The debt was 1439.37 since 01/10/99. They eventually paid 2124.90 on
10/02/03 including interest and collection fees.
Your debt is probably too small for this route, but you could try
contacting www....
RE: FN-FORUM: Non Approach Agreement
date posted 5th March 2003 11:19
> put them off
Or let someone here with greater need go for it? ;-)
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Microsoft Access, SQL Server,...
Re: FN-FORUM: legal action over dept
date posted 5th March 2003 11:16
Suits me any which way Andrew :) any reccommendations?
Best Regards
D Thomas
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RE: FN-FORUM: Client credit referencing agency
date posted 5th March 2003 11:14
Quoting Ross Hamilton [EMAIL REMOVED]
> I don't see that they could justify
> charge very much for providing you with their details...
The maximum they can charge is £10, as for justification - wel...
RE: FN-FORUM: legal action over dept
date posted 5th March 2003 11:09
You can use a debt collection agency - they take 15% usually.
Andrew
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FN-FORUM: Printer catridge compatibility data
date posted 5th March 2003 11:01
I've been developing an Intranet system for a mail-order consumables
sales company (kind of like Viking Direct or Staples) and have been
trying to find data on the respective printer manufacturer webs...
FN-FORUM: Forum Test - Please Ignore
date posted 5th March 2003 10:45
Just testing....
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