Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday February 19th 2004
Re: FN-FORUM: Which ADSL router to buy?
date posted 19th February 2004 23:43
Oh yeah!.. Got a Zyxel Prestige which I would consider selling. Been using
it for about a year. It's a 600 series (of the top of my head I think it's
the 645r) with an adsl modem, 10/100 4 port switch...
Re: FN-FORUM: Pay Dirt
date posted 19th February 2004 23:20
Paul Cooper wrote:
> Happy days! I'm sure we all go through lean periods ... this xmas for
> me ... when all my mates were enjoying their bonuses. There never seems
> to be a medium. Either f*ck...
Re: FN-FORUM: Which ADSL router to buy?
date posted 19th February 2004 23:16
Philip Painter wrote:
> NetgearDG824M
Obsolete now; replaced with the DG834/M/G range. Same deal but
posher (and a bit cheaper, like for like).
Or a Zyxel Prestige if the budget will stretch....
Re: FN-FORUM: Pay Dirt
date posted 19th February 2004 23:15
On a general note, does it make financial sense to freelance as a designer?
As a copywriter, I'm beginning to learn that, as there are so few of us,
extraordinary riches are possible (apart from Xmas,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Pay Dirt
date posted 19th February 2004 23:00
Happy days! I'm sure we all go through lean periods ... this xmas for me
... when all my mates were enjoying their bonuses. There never seems to be
a medium. Either f*ck all to do apart from buy...
Re: FN-FORUM: Making accessible websites
date posted 19th February 2004 21:33
I'm interested to know where 'the law' on this subject is published. I've
read the Disability Rights Commission Act 1999 and can't find any actual
mention of websites - am I missing something?
http:/...
Re: FN-FORUM: formmail problem
date posted 19th February 2004 21:14
> Maybe 'title' is a predefined variable with FormMail.
> Have you tried naming the 'title' select tag something else
> instead.
>
Richard - you are a bloody genius.
Thanks
Catherine
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RE: FN-FORUM: images displayed in a filmstrip
date posted 19th February 2004 20:56
I'd forgotten that site, I remember seeing that when searching for quick
virtual tour solutions.
That should do the trick, cheers :)
I know I should be able to do an all singing and dancing version...
RE: FN-FORUM: Which ADSL router to buy?
date posted 19th February 2004 19:36
NetgearDG824M with wireless, CABLE and firewall
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Re: FN-FORUM: MAC site check
date posted 19th February 2004 17:59
Paul Cooper wrote:
>
> Been site checking all day on a MAC. You've done better than me. OS9
> IE5 looks near enough the same as on my PC. No title attributes on your
> links???
>
Thanks! There...
RE: FN-FORUM: stats packages
date posted 19th February 2004 17:44
Hi lindsey,
Awstats is great and free too, which is nice.
http://awstats.sourceforge.net/=20
Angus
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eShopworks Ltd
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f(uk) : 0870 8...
RE: FN-FORUM: Which ADSL router to buy?
date posted 19th February 2004 17:35
I use a zoom x4, easy to setup and very reliable!...
Re: FN-FORUM: CC processing with a difference
date posted 19th February 2004 17:26
What I would do if the suppliers don't have merchant
accounts and can wait upto 6 weeks for the payment is
use 2checkout, paysytems, or worldpays non-merchant
account and set up accounts for reach of...
Re: FN-FORUM: Which ADSL router to buy?
date posted 19th February 2004 17:22
i use a solwise715 - can be a bit tricky to set up if you are
unfamiliar with the jargon, but hsa both web and cli interface, good
firewall/port mapping, NAT etc
About 1 yr old, i'm sure there are...
Re: FN-FORUM: MAC site check
date posted 19th February 2004 17:17
goes a bit nuts if the user increases the font size
Mac OS X Safari...
Re: FN-FORUM: Which ADSL router to buy?
date posted 19th February 2004 17:09
Have a look at dslsource.co.uk
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RE: FN-FORUM: Maintenance contract
date posted 19th February 2004 17:08
> I'm looking to scrounge a simple site maintenance contract of someone
> that I can adapt. Just something that covers database and site
> maintenance and the occasional change to the site.
There's a...
Re: FN-FORUM: CC processing with a difference
date posted 19th February 2004 17:07
Hi,
On 19 Feb 2004 16:14:38 -0000, Ken mcewan wrote:
> Do the suppliers already have merchant accounts ?
Not necessarily.
> Do the supplier need payment before shipping from the CC processor ?
Not...
RE: FN-FORUM: Which ADSL router to buy?
date posted 19th February 2004 17:05
Best bet from my perspective is the Solwise SAR130 from here
http://www.solwise.co.uk
It's only =A350 so dead cheap. Only has only LAN side ethernet port but
all you need to do is attach a switch/hu...
RE: FN-FORUM: MAC site check
date posted 19th February 2004 17:05
Been site checking all day on a MAC. You've done better than me. OS9 IE5
looks near enough the same as on my PC. No title attributes on your
links???
Paul
Paul Cooper
Internet Developer
Intex...
FN-FORUM: Which ADSL router to buy?
date posted 19th February 2004 16:57
I want to buy an ADSL router ASAP, that runs over ethernet as I am on a Mac,
although I have been looking at this one, which also has a USB connection:
http://www.dabs.com/uk/ProductView?quicklinx=2...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 19th February 2004 16:52
> http://3riversrace.no-ip.com
Technically sound, but aesthetically a bit bland at the mo'. As it's just a
concept at this stage though that's fine. Let us know once you get the
artwork from the clie...
RE: FN-FORUM: site check
date posted 19th February 2004 16:46
> Please could you look at:
> http://www.sourcefour.co.uk/tsg
Hi Rob - Very nice work - good, strong corporate branding - it has that
'corporate glossy brochure' feel to it!
I'm not going to say too...
Re: FN-FORUM: MAC site check
date posted 19th February 2004 16:43
Mike wrote:
> OOPS just noticed the MAC SITE check
>
> Sorry
>
> Long Day
>
No worries mate - the menu is a bit slow on IE but I put that down to
IE being much slower at rendering than Moz/Opera....
RE: FN-FORUM: MAC site check
date posted 19th February 2004 16:32
OOPS just noticed the MAC SITE check
Sorry
Long Day
Mike
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Re: FN-FORUM: MAC site check
date posted 19th February 2004 16:21
On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 16:52, Paul J White wrote:
> http://bw3.co.uk/paples-paul/
>
> If any of you Mac/*Nix users can give me a quick check on this with
> Browser/OS details, I'd appreciate it - and...
RE: FN-FORUM: MAC site check
date posted 19th February 2004 16:14
Update
For some reason the pop up menu images are requested everytime you roll over
the popup, wierd
Mike
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RE: FN-FORUM: Going to have to go back to fully paid employment
date posted 19th February 2004 16:13
Total disaster, snif.
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RE: FN-FORUM: MAC site check
date posted 19th February 2004 16:07
Win2000 IE6
The pop up menu (above promotions) is dodgy the images are there one minute,
gone the next and do the same on rollover
Look good :-)
No text resizing via the browser?
Personally I would...
Re: FN-FORUM: MAC site check
date posted 19th February 2004 16:06
Nice looking site, very clean. Looks okay on Mac OS X version 10 in IE
and Safari.
On 19 Feb 2004, at 16:52, Paul J White wrote:
>
> http://bw3.co.uk/paples-paul/
>
> If any of you Mac/*Nix users...
RE: FN-FORUM: stats packages
date posted 19th February 2004 16:02
> Just wondered what stats packages everyone uses, simple ones with no
> programming requirements!
WebTrends Log Analyser.
You wouldn't want to analyse *my* logs!
IIRC it was about ?350 a few years...
FN-FORUM: MAC site check
date posted 19th February 2004 15:57
http://bw3.co.uk/paples-paul/
If any of you Mac/*Nix users can give me a quick check on this with
Browser/OS details, I'd appreciate it - and a grab if there is
anything obviously not right!
It's...
RE: FN-FORUM: Win2000 install probs
date posted 19th February 2004 15:46
Thanks for the offer Peter, much appriciated.
All sorted now though :)
Mike
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RE: FN-FORUM: formmail problem
date posted 19th February 2004 15:42
> I have two forms set up using Form mail that for some reason when
> they send
> the email do not print the 'title' field although everything else prints
> fine.
Nothing wrong with your form code AF...
Re: FN-FORUM: Win2000 install probs
date posted 19th February 2004 15:33
Mike,
Mail me off list - I will send you a DOS boot disk which will let you
take care of any partitions, format, view files, etc.
Peter
Mike wrote:
>
> I've got an old AMD 350 amd which I want to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 19th February 2004 15:26
hmm.. nice clean layout... i like.
At 15:58 19/02/2004, Dominic Allkins wrote:
>http://3riversrace.no-ip.com
>
>Just a concept at the moment so ignore the header - am awaiting certain
>bits of artw...
Re: FN-FORUM: CC processing with a difference
date posted 19th February 2004 15:19
I think there is a couple of ways to approach it depending
on payment cycles requirements and the suppliers status.
ie
Do the suppliers already have merchant accounts ?
Do the supplier need payment...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 19th February 2004 15:18
:-)
Always like to keep it valid ;-)
Thanks John
Dominic
Nice bit of code.
Nice idea on the menu too.
I like and is a good start..also its valid too....
Re: FN-FORUM: formmail problem
date posted 19th February 2004 15:11
They did have quote marks and it didn't work, so I took them out and it
still didn't work. I've now put them back and... it still doesn't work. It's
a strange one.
Catherine
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Re: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 19th February 2004 15:11
On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 15:58, Dominic Allkins wrote:
> http://3riversrace.no-ip.com
>
> Just a concept at the moment so ignore the header - am awaiting certain
> bits of artwork from the client.
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: webcam issues
date posted 19th February 2004 15:10
Many thanks - that is incredibly useful and those urls are now well and
truly bookmarked.
Catherine
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Re: FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 19th February 2004 15:07
Dominic Allkins wrote:
>
> http://3riversrace.no-ip.com
>
> Just a concept at the moment so ignore the header - am awaiting certain
> bits of artwork from the client.
>
Sorry, too busy to comment i...
FN-FORUM: Site check
date posted 19th February 2004 15:03
http://3riversrace.no-ip.com
Just a concept at the moment so ignore the header - am awaiting certain
bits of artwork from the client.
Looking for comments on layout, etc at this stage.
Thanks all...
RE: FN-FORUM: Going to have to go back to fully paid employment
date posted 19th February 2004 15:00
On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 15:50, Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
> That's always assuming that they're going to be on at that time.
You will have to change your work pattern to suit then won't you ;-)
Gen...
RE: FN-FORUM: Going to have to go back to fully paid employment
date posted 19th February 2004 14:55
That's always assuming that they're going to be on at that time.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Going to have to go back to fully paid employment
date posted 19th February 2004 14:52
On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 15:42, Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3503549.stm
>
> Tragic news. What on earth am I going to listen to in the afternoons...
Re: FN-FORUM: CC processing with a difference
date posted 19th February 2004 14:49
On 19 Feb 2004 13:37:31 -0000, John Bremner wrote:
> I think what you are suggesting wouldn't work, because manufactures deal
> through wholesalers - they usually don't 'drop ship'.
OK the descriptio...
FN-FORUM: Going to have to go back to fully paid employment
date posted 19th February 2004 14:47
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3503549.stm
Tragic news. What on earth am I going to listen to in the afternoons now
?!...
Re: FN-FORUM: formmail problem
date posted 19th February 2004 14:43
> application form downloaded by">
You need quote marks on "hidden"
Lindsey
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Re: FN-FORUM: My CSS ideas, not a flame argument.
date posted 19th February 2004 14:43
On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 15:29, Michael Lang wrote:
> --- John Wards [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: >
> > Why I am using float I really don't know i must have
> > picked it up from
> > somewhere.
>
> You obvio...
Re: FN-FORUM: domain flavour?
date posted 19th February 2004 14:39
Love it.. Sounds like a TV show..
Welcome to the blah blah site...
Dot Com..
With guest appearances on tonight's show of..
> From: Jakob Widerberg [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> decided
> on 'the[hername]site...
Re: FN-FORUM: My CSS ideas, not a flame argument.
date posted 19th February 2004 14:34
--- John Wards [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: >
> Why I am using float I really don't know i must have
> picked it up from
> somewhere.
>
You obviously didn't look at
http://www.glish.com/css/2.asp (All f...
FN-FORUM: formmail problem
date posted 19th February 2004 14:26
I have two forms set up using Form mail that for some reason when they send
the email do not print the 'title' field although everything else prints
fine. Here's the code I'm using - the actual form i...
RE: FN-FORUM: webcam issues
date posted 19th February 2004 14:25
> I have a customer who has a webcam - an Axis 2100. It only works after you
> have downloaded a plug-in
> looking around the web we have found that a lot of cameras do not
> prompt for
> any plug in...
RE: FN-FORUM: Pay Dirt
date posted 19th February 2004 14:22
Well done old chap!...
Re: FN-FORUM: domain flavour?
date posted 19th February 2004 14:14
> > Client is always right
i take that back - she wanted 'a few songs by elvis' playing as you went
through the site...
explained the copyright/licensing implications and it was dropped...
> show h...
FN-FORUM: webcam issues
date posted 19th February 2004 13:42
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me clarify some information about web cams
and related technologies.
I have a customer who has a webcam - an Axis 2100. It only works after you
have downloaded a plug-...
Re: FN-FORUM: stats packages
date posted 19th February 2004 13:39
Looked into these a while ago and found some of them a little fussy
to install so I went with a very simple to use but powerful one.
http://www.123loganalyzer.com/
regards,
Darren Yates
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Re: FN-FORUM: macs - mail program in OSX
date posted 19th February 2004 13:37
hi jd,
> is there an equivalent of the mail program for OS9
no...
> or does anyone have any ideas - i originally wanted it to use outlook
> express but filemaker pro 5 would not use it
have you...
Re: FN-FORUM: CC processing with a difference
date posted 19th February 2004 12:42
I think what you are suggesting wouldn't work, because manufactures deal
through wholesalers - they usually don't 'drop ship'.
But www.Sporteselectric.com use the same concept delaing directly with
w...
FN-FORUM: Pay Dirt
date posted 19th February 2004 12:39
On an optimistic note..
I just had an oil company call me to a meeting on Monday morning to discuss
: their brand/logo stationary, brochures, website, display and marketing
material.
Oh and can I...
FN-FORUM: macs - mail program in OSX
date posted 19th February 2004 12:38
hello
i am using filemaker pro 6 on OSX and have written a batch emailing
script which opens up the mail program,
i originally tried this using filemaker pro 5 in OS9 using eudora which
i did not...
RE: FN-FORUM: stats packages
date posted 19th February 2004 12:30
Funnel Web is an excellent Freeware stats program
http://www.quest.com/funnel_web/analyzer/
Regards Simon
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RE: FN-FORUM: site check
date posted 19th February 2004 12:26
Looks good, my only concern with the front page is the colour of the
mouseovers in the bottom bar, not enough contrast between the over state and
the bgcolor. Not sure about the mixing of link styles...
Re: FN-FORUM: site check
date posted 19th February 2004 12:10
Initial thoughts. I like the layouts. I would prefer the first layout to be
lowered into the centre more with a blue band mirroring the bottom blue
band: at the mo it feels like it's been pushed up du...
FN-FORUM: CC processing with a difference
date posted 19th February 2004 12:03
We have a client that is setting up a site acting as a gateway to
multiple businesses in a particular field.
They will market and sell the products for different companies taking a
commission on ea...
FN-FORUM: site check
date posted 19th February 2004 11:50
Dear all
have been working on a site and have uploaded x2 pages which will dictate
the style of all the other pages.
Please could you look at:
http://www.sourcefour.co.uk/tsg
and click on the "abo...
FN-FORUM: stats packages
date posted 19th February 2004 11:49
Just wondered what stats packages everyone uses, simple ones with no
programming requirements!
I use the free extreme tracker, which is OK but wouldn't mind something
a bit more substantial even it...
RE: FN-FORUM: Maintenance contract
date posted 19th February 2004 10:53
Hi
This old chestnut again...
I'm looking to scrounge a simple site maintenance contract of someone
that I can adapt. Just something that covers database and site
maintenance and the occasional chang...
Re: FN-FORUM: network problem
date posted 19th February 2004 10:38
Thanks - they are both XP PRO. I had worked out that they were auto assigned
and that there was no DHCP but I was a bit worried that if I changed
anything I might make things worse. I thought that was...
FN-FORUM: STS Template System
date posted 19th February 2004 10:29
Dear all,
I have recently installed the latest STS Template System into OSCommerce,
which worked very well with the site and looked great. BUT, had one very
serious problem that we could not figure o...
RE: FN-FORUM: Win2000 install probs
date posted 19th February 2004 09:08
Thanks, have sorted it, It would help if I booted from the Win2000 disc
rather than the installed OS ... doh!
Its early.. thats my excuse!
Thanks Anyway
Mike
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RE: FN-FORUM: Win2000 install probs
date posted 19th February 2004 09:00
> I've got an old AMD 350 amd which I want to completely re-install the OS
Hi Mike - I don't really know why your having problems deleting your
partitions via the OS install CD, but you could try sta...
FN-FORUM: interesting resource
date posted 19th February 2004 08:53
http://www.htmldog.com/
looks like a useful site.
hth
Tony...
FN-FORUM: Win2000 install probs
date posted 19th February 2004 08:34
I've got an old AMD 350 amd which I want to completely re-install the OS
(2000) and clean the disc of any data, when the 2000 OS disc is inserted it
will not allow me to delete (using the D or C keys...
Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Rainbow
date posted 19th February 2004 08:31
It wasn't a real episode - they filmed it for a laugh. Found on web:
Well, the clip was very probably taken from Victor Lewis Smith's TV Offal,
which explains the confusion. Lewis Smith claimed it w...
Re: FN-FORUM: animated/video Advert templates
date posted 19th February 2004 08:16
I know a person who is doing the same kind of
advertisement in his site which is ongoing site.
if you want take a look on the site
http://www.aravindsoft.co.uk/testing/newsite/ which
is in develo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site copied - legal advice
date posted 19th February 2004 06:25
I am not a lawyer.....:-)
In the winding up process there SHOULD have been an agreement about
allocation of intellectual property rights.
I've been in this situation myself where such an agreement w...
Re: FN-FORUM: images displayed in a filmstrip
date posted 19th February 2004 00:44
cant you just do a looping animation in flash?
> On 19 Feb 2004 00:01:49 -0000, Andrew McDonald [EMAIL REMOVED]
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>
> > To look like a film negative but using stock art in the middle, between...
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