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Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday August 1st 2003

RE: FN-FORUM: Web Radio - Live..

date posted 1st August 2003 23:39

The stream was excellent but not exactly my sort of channel. Kai monoliff internet design and production www.monoliff.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf...

Re: FN-FORUM: Web Radio - Live..

date posted 1st August 2003 23:17

> cheers mate - what do you think of the stream? Nice and clear - they're belting through a heartfelt rendition of All Right Now as I type (although pausing Real Player to listen to the 'wft are you...

Re: FN-FORUM: Web Radio - Live..

date posted 1st August 2003 23:05

> > Noticed a weeny typo on > http://www.latitude50.co.uk/index.asp?pagetype=CONTENT > > The Archive > If you are interseted in stuff - Go There > cheers mate - what do you think of the stream? Rg...

Re: FN-FORUM: Web Radio - Live..

date posted 1st August 2003 22:45

Noticed a weeny typo on http://www.latitude50.co.uk/index.asp?pagetype=CONTENT The Archive If you are interseted in stuff - Go There ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl W Crawley" [EMAIL REMO...

FN-FORUM (OT)Taking computers abroad

date posted 1st August 2003 22:37

Hello all, I thought I'd mention this. I posted to the forum some time ago asking whether X-Ray equipment etc damaged computer parts going abroad. And in reply to this somebody mentioned that I should...

RE: FN-FORUM Q A WebHosting warning

date posted 1st August 2003 22:20

Cheers for the heads up, I guess you might be looking for a new host then! My company: http://www.eyota-hosting.co.uk And so not to be biased, or appear like im spamming the list too much ;) I've us...

FN-FORUM Q A WebHosting warning

date posted 1st August 2003 22:12

Hello, I'm back with an email after a nightmare 7 days of s**t caused by the incompetence of QA Web Hosting. I am still attempting to get my website up and running through my new host... So here is a...

Re: FN-FORUM: SSL and certificates

date posted 1st August 2003 20:18

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Manjit Singh wrote: > I am little confused. New to SSL. > > There are self-signed certificates and those provided by PayPal, > Verisign, Thawte. Which is the best root for a s...

FN-FORUM: SSL and certificates

date posted 1st August 2003 20:11

Hello Everyone, I am little confused. New to SSL. There are self-signed certificates and those provided by PayPal, Verisign, Thawte. Which is the best root for a small business (books, musical i...

FN-FORUM: Web Radio - Live..

date posted 1st August 2003 19:40

Hi All, We're finally live... if you go to www.latitude50.co.uk you will be able to listen to the radio station etc at about 9pm we're going to be broadcasting a live marina stage performance with s...

FN-FORUM: URGENT: London based NT/Win2K specialist needed now!!

date posted 1st August 2003 17:47

A designer who I have done work for in the past has just called me as his web server has just gone belly up big time with a BSOD... he needs a NT/Win2K specialist to try and get the machine running ag...

Re: FN-FORUM: Databases (again)

date posted 1st August 2003 17:47

Apache/1.3.26 (Unix) mod_webapp/1.2.0-dev on Solaris 9, apparently. And thanks for the interview tip! ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Turner" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Frid...

Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] MP3 CD Cover Maker

date posted 1st August 2003 17:45

Martin Kellie wrote: > Try version 6 of Nero > Yes, Nero is very good, but if you haven't got hold of it, there is often basic CD cover software included in those CD labelling kits - available cheaply...

FN-FORUM: SpamCop's Kangaroo Court

date posted 1st August 2003 17:37

I have forms and scripts on various sites that send e-mail to me using addresses that for the most part are not used for any other purpose. Recently, some of these e-mails have been marked as "origin...

Re: FN-FORUM: Databases (again)

date posted 1st August 2003 17:32

gtstream wrote: > You basically answered one of my questions by saying that any database could > handle this. After all, a database can reference any files no matter what > they are. > There has be...

RE: FN-FORUM: Databases (again)

date posted 1st August 2003 17:32

okay. so if we are going to assume that the company uses MySQL, we can make a couple more assumptions. running MySQL, using opensource software, probably on linux. if you want to do a little more re...

RE: FN-FORUM: Quote for intellectual property & source code rights

date posted 1st August 2003 17:21

Hi Darren < A potential client is looking to have some software written, they are seeking the rights to all the source code and intellectual property. I = have a rough idea of the price to charge wi...

RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] MP3 CD Cover Maker

date posted 1st August 2003 17:19

Try version 6 of Nero -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Himanshu Agrawal Sent: 01 August 2003 15:14 To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: FN-FORUM: [OT] MP3...

Re: FN-FORUM Brighton advice

date posted 1st August 2003 17:12

hello there paul i don't know if you had any advice yet i to live in brighton it's difficult getting work as a lot of big companies tend to move up to london ie victoria real but stick at at it.. f...

RE: FN-FORUM: Javascript query

date posted 1st August 2003 16:53

thanks that hal -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Norman Beresford Sent: 01 August 2003 17:17 To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Javascript...

RE: FN-FORUM: Javascript query

date posted 1st August 2003 16:51

Window.opener.href=3D'new url' or some such Hth Norman -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Rob Colton Sent: 01 August 2003 17:12 To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REM...

FN-FORUM: Javascript query

date posted 1st August 2003 16:47

Hi I am building a site with a user login that for purely aesthetic reasons opens in a popup window. I like it that's why. Now when the user correctly enters their details, the login window closes a...

Re: FN-FORUM: Databases (again)

date posted 1st August 2003 16:27

Thanks for that info. FWIW, I *do* realise that I would only want the database to reference the media files, rather than actually putting the media files within the database itself (if that makes sens...

RE: FN-FORUM: Databases (again)

date posted 1st August 2003 15:51

Hi Grant, The concensus of the list seems to have been that you wouldnt actually put the streaming media into a database. Instead you use the database to look up the location of where the media is st...

RE: FN-FORUM: Databases (again)

date posted 1st August 2003 15:45

Grant wrote: > Just asking the same question again - anyone know of a resource that > gives a quick description of the more commonly used database types > and their pros and cons? I've seen several o...

Re: FN-FORUM: zeus log files

date posted 1st August 2003 15:44

[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anybody know of a log analyzer that reads Zeus log files > I've downloaded and installed 2 different supposedly multi format > readers and neither works. I'...

RE: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 15:29

Hey, Actually, the ALT tag is meant to be used to as a replacement for images that cannot be shown (y'know, ALTernative). TITLE is more of a meta tag, used to describe the element it is associated wi...

RE: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 15:06

> That's because they use the alt/title attributes *properly*. > It is not > meant to be hover popup text. The title attribute is more of a > descriptive text used to replace images that cannot be sho...

FN-FORUM: Databases (again)

date posted 1st August 2003 15:00

Hi all Just asking the same question again - anyone know of a resource that gives a quick description of the more commonly used database types and their pros and cons? If it's relevant, the database...

FN-FORUM: Quote for intellectual property & source code rights

date posted 1st August 2003 15:00

Afternoon everyone, Just looking for peoples thoughts about this..... A potential client is looking to have some software written, they are seeking the rights to all the source code and intellectual...

FN-FORUM: [OT] MP3 CD Cover Maker

date posted 1st August 2003 14:49

Hello, I wonder if anybody knows a software that let me print CD cover. I have MP3 CDs and MP3 songs on hard drive & I want to generate the cover that enlist track no. and song names with CD Title on...

Re: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 14:46

Charlotte Owen wrote: > Seems Opera & Moz on W2K don't show ALT as default. Maybe TITLE would be > better for this application, as it shows fine in IE/Opera/Moz? That's because they use the alt/title...

Re: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 14:43

> ok, Safari is out of beta but it is still missing a lot of stuff that > is in other browsers. i use Safari as my main browser, but i often > have to reload a webpage in IE because Safari can't rend...

Re: FN-FORUM: ALT/TITLE and SEO

date posted 1st August 2003 14:40

The Chridmeister wrote: > > What's the current accepted wisdom about the use of ALT and TITLE in > images to help with search engine optimisation? Should one use both and > put different key phras...

FN-FORUM: Expert SEO Required

date posted 1st August 2003 13:37

Hi We have a customer who is looking for a SEO service. Although we should probably be doing this already we don't, therefore don't have the skills/knowledge to do this at all. I would prefer to eng...

Re: FN-FORUM: Another one for the script heads...

date posted 1st August 2003 13:15

thanks for the tip Alan, an interesting idea - I'll check it out and see what happens... i've been trying to mess around with releaseCapture() here but it doesn't seem to work that well! i want to...

RE: FN-FORUM: zeus log files

date posted 1st August 2003 13:01

> Does anybody know of a log analyzer that reads Zeus log files > I've downloaded and installed 2 different supposedly multi format > readers and neither works. I've also tried three others before >...

RE: FN-FORUM: zeus log files

date posted 1st August 2003 12:55

> Does anybody know of a log analyzer that reads Zeus log files > I've downloaded and installed 2 different supposedly multi format > readers and neither works. I've also tried three others before >...

Re: FN-FORUM: zeus log files

date posted 1st August 2003 12:53

[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Does anybody know of a log analyzer that reads Zeus log files > I've downloaded and installed 2 different supposedly multi format > readers and neither works. I've also tried...

FN-FORUM: Web Matrix

date posted 1st August 2003 12:51

Does anyone here know what I am doing wrong???, have have installed webmatrix and .net framework... and when i create a site and try to run it from webmatrix, i get a web site pop up saying that there...

RE: FN-FORUM: zeus log files

date posted 1st August 2003 12:51

Darren I've got a background project I've been working on for a while for creating quick "cheap" solutions for analysing custom and odd logfiles. If you get no joy with an "off the shelf" then e-ma...

Re: FN-FORUM: zeus log files

date posted 1st August 2003 12:48

[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: = > Does anybody know of a log analyzer that reads Zeus log files > I've downloaded and installed 2 different supposedly multi format > readers and neither works. I've also tr...

RE: FN-FORUM: Another one for the script heads...

date posted 1st August 2003 12:39

Luke You could try constructing the page something like your loading message/graphic/animated gif...

Re: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 12:35

> good practice to use them both: > > title="what the image is e.g. a caption" /> > Spot on Tony, that's the habit I've been trying to get into, too. Paul. --- Outgoing mail...

FN-FORUM: ALT/TITLE and SEO (was: ALT tag hover)

date posted 1st August 2003 12:33

What's the current accepted wisdom about the use of ALT and TITLE in images to help with search engine optimisation? Should one use both and put different key phrases in each, or do search engines r...

Re: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 12:32

Charlotte Owen wrote: > Don't know if that is possible (but others will have more knowledge). > > Seems Opera & Moz on W2K don't show ALT as default. Maybe TITLE would > be better for this application...

FN-FORUM: zeus log files

date posted 1st August 2003 12:23

Hi all, Does anybody know of a log analyzer that reads Zeus log files I've downloaded and installed 2 different supposedly multi format readers and neither works. I've also tried three others before...

Re: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 12:21

hi chris try going to my site: www.evoke-media.com and see if the ALT=20 information appears for you... i use ALT tag extensively to have more information appearing on hover -=20= BTW if you want...

RE: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 12:18

> If you use the title tag it will appear as a hover in Moz, > the alt tag will > show on the page if (for example) the image is missing. Can't > speak for > Safari as I'm on a PC... > > HTH, Paul....

Re: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 12:17

On Friday 01 Aug 2003 12:13 pm, Chris Dawson wrote: > is there a simple way of making the ALT tag text appear when hovering over > an image on browsers like IE mac, safari? > (like Windows IE does aut...

RE: FN-FORUM: SMS marketing to 11-14 year olds

date posted 1st August 2003 12:15

> More for campaign management than lists, I suspect (although they > may be up > for just finding you a list) try www.beepmarketing.com. > I've not dealt with them personally, but I think they're a d...

RE: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 12:09

Don't know if that is possible (but others will have more knowledge). Seems Opera & Moz on W2K don't show ALT as default. Maybe TITLE would be better for this application, as it shows fine in IE/Oper...

Re: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 12:08

> it does anyway with the HTML attribute ALT="whatever" in IE mac (i'm > looking in IE5), but it looks like that function hasn't been > implemented in Safari yet, but Safari is still BETA :-} i've t...

Re: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 12:05

George Hazlewood wrote: > Chris Dawson wrote: >> is there a simple way of making the ALT tag text appear when >> hovering over an image on browsers like IE mac, safari? >> >> (like Windows IE does aut...

Re: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 12:01

it does anyway with the HTML attribute ALT=3D"whatever" in IE mac (i'm=20= looking in IE5), but it looks like that function hasn't been=20 implemented in Safari yet, but Safari is still BETA :-} lu...

Re: FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 12:00

Chris Dawson wrote: > is there a simple way of making the ALT tag text appear when hovering over > an image on browsers like IE mac, safari? > > (like Windows IE does automatically)? > > e.g. a simp...

RE: FN-FORUM Brighton advice

date posted 1st August 2003 11:49

Seriously saturated with designers and web coders down here, but if your really good at what you do there is always=20 something about I'm sure, and when the market picks up... :o\ Ant > -----Origi...

Re: FN-FORUM: Another one for the script heads...

date posted 1st August 2003 11:48

Luke Perman wrote: > it would be nice to have a small image in the centre of the screen that > says 'loading' which then swaps to the logo on completion, as the effect > of the page relies heavil...

FN-FORUM: ALT tag hover

date posted 1st August 2003 11:48

is there a simple way of making the ALT tag text appear when hovering over an image on browsers like IE mac, safari? (like Windows IE does automatically)? e.g. a simple Javascript function? chris...

FN-FORUM: NT hosting - dedicated possibly

date posted 1st August 2003 11:27

Hi all, Looking for low cost NT hosting - may need a dedicated server, not sure - is for a chat room type system. No Fasthosts, sorry, nothing against FH in general, but we've been hostign on there...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mozilla Email Client Settings

date posted 1st August 2003 11:24

Thanks all, client now sorted. Yea, I don't have any particular beef against Moz, it was just the way she explained everything on the phone that made me laugh... perhaps I should have pointed out that...

FN-FORUM: Another one for the script heads...

date posted 1st August 2003 11:24

hi all, i have a preload script that loads up about 49k of images when the page opens. (i know!) does anyone know if there is some way to disable user interactivity until all images have loaded int...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mozilla Email Client Settings

date posted 1st August 2003 10:56

Andy Hutchinson wrote on the 01/08/2003 11:09 the following fine words: > him' and that's what she checks her email with. Anyway... does anyone know > where the 'leave message on server' option is in...

Re: FN-FORUM Brighton advice

date posted 1st August 2003 10:55

Never wanted to leave really. Just thought it would be good to further my career and improve my bank balance. Plus my girlfriend lives there and I'm down there most weekends anyway. ----- Original...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mozilla Email Client Settings

date posted 1st August 2003 10:53

Andy Hutchinson wrote: > I have a client who regularly fills up her 10Mb allocated email space and > then phones us up whinging that her email is bouncing. After going through > things with her, it tu...

RE: FN-FORUM: Mozilla Email Client Settings

date posted 1st August 2003 10:51

> . Anyway... > does anyone know > where the 'leave message on server' option is in that particular > browser/email combo. > > Hutch menubar click Edit: click Mail & newsgroup account settings:...

FN-FORUM: Mozilla Email Client Settings

date posted 1st August 2003 10:44

I have a client who regularly fills up her 10Mb allocated email space and then phones us up whinging that her email is bouncing. After going through things with her, it turns out that an 'expert' who...

FN-FORUM: Web based multimedia

date posted 1st August 2003 10:39

Hi I wonder if anyone has any experience in getting web based multimedia working. I am not talking about just playing a video in a web page but ... well let me explain. We are launching a new ser...

Re: FN-FORUM Brighton advice

date posted 1st August 2003 10:27

Brighton property prices?!! Tell me about it - so why do you want to move back? From somewhere between Brighton and Worthing, and not much cheaper either....

RE: FN-FORUM: Web Radio

date posted 1st August 2003 10:25

Hey Carl, Clicking on the email link doesn't work - it just tries to download the file. But cutting and pasting the URL into Winamp does enable me to hear the stream. Doesn't show any ID3 tag info th...

Re: FN-FORUM: Web Radio

date posted 1st August 2003 09:49

> Played fine this morning, no drop outs or glitches. Thanks George - Haven't been to bed yet... I've got three ShoutCast Servers now multicasting the main private source and they all work perfectly...

Re: FN-FORUM: Web Radio

date posted 1st August 2003 09:21

Carl W Crawley wrote: > Sorry to be a complete pain in the arse - but can you all try reconnecting > to the radio feed @ http://195.224.19.6:8000/ and tell me how it goes. Played fine this morning, n...

RE: FN-FORUM: Search Engines

date posted 1st August 2003 09:21

> sorry if i'm missing something here, but don't the keywords go in the > META tag? how do you optimise the page for a keyword phrase? > > -luke since the SEO wizards abused the meta keywords tag t...

Re: FN-FORUM: Search Engines

date posted 1st August 2003 09:09

>how do you optimise the page for a keyword phrase? In the url, in the title of the page, on the page itself as a h1 tag, through out the body text, in urls linking away from the page, in the alt tag...

Re: FN-FORUM: Search Engines

date posted 1st August 2003 09:01

sorry if i'm missing something here, but don't the keywords go in the META tag? how do you optimise the page for a keyword phrase? -luke On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 06:52 PM, Ema wrote: > The...

Re: FN-FORUM Brighton advice

date posted 1st August 2003 09:00

I'm just in the process of moving back to Brighton. I lived there for 6 years before spending the last 5 in London. I've emailed around 10 agencies, but not had much luck. I am more on the web deve...

FN-FORUM Brighton advice

date posted 1st August 2003 08:46

Forum, Having been in London for the last five years ... some of that time as a freelancer, I have finally decided to make the move to Brighton and try and find full time design work again ... none of...

Re: FN-FORUM: Open Careers spam?

date posted 1st August 2003 08:19

yep, i use the 'bounce' feature all the time... ;-p (using Mail program in OS X) -luke On Thursday, July 31, 2003, at 08:53 PM, Paul Annett wrote: > I use the web based email at www.fastmail.fm...

RE: FN-FORUM: .NET framework

date posted 1st August 2003 08:10

It was, fairly clear head this morning which a 'good sign' :) Mike [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote on from [EMAIL REMOVED] > Is it a good red wine ? > > Regards > > > > Darren Spink > TEL: +44(0)113 253 475...

RE: FN-FORUM: .NET framework

date posted 1st August 2003 00:03

Is it a good red wine ? Regards =20 Darren Spink TEL: +44(0)113 253 4750 FAX: +44(0)113 253 1686 EML: [EMAIL REMOVED] ICQ: 56667649=20 PGP Public Key: http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=3Dg...



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