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Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday February 26th 2004

RE: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 23:54

> Am I right in thinking that there's a lot of faffing around > required to make > sure that HTML mails work properly in > > - different mail clients > - web mail clients > - etc > > Or is it prett...

RE: FN-FORUM: Mod rewrite on ISS for PHP

date posted 26th February 2004 23:51

> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL REMOVED] > Sent: 26 February 2004 23:32 > To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] > Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Mod rewrit...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 23:49

Cameron Leask wrote: > Am I right in thinking that there's a lot of faffing around required to make > sure that HTML mails work properly in In my particular instance I only had to worry about Outlo...

RE: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 23:34

> On a more serious note, I've used HTML mail in a simple Am I right in thinking that there's a lot of faffing around required to make sure that HTML mails work properly in - different mail clien...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 23:20

Dom wrote: > I'm not sure that HTML email can be the solution to any problem > whatsoever... "I'd really like to annoy a bunch of old-time net heads by sending them email that's 6 times larger tha...

RE: FN-FORUM: What's the going rate...

date posted 26th February 2004 23:12

> I agree with Andrew that it's whatever you are both happy > with, however, I'd recommend that you negotiate a daily rate > rather than an hourly rate or even an overall salary figure > paid pro-r...

Re: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 23:09

Neelesh Sonawane wrote: > I know some printers who only accept flat graphics files as it prevents any > issues ie: fonts missing or dropping, transparency knocking out instead etc. > Thanks for all...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 23:07

Dom wrote: >>I'm not being awkward, I'm just not entirely clear on what problem >>you're trying to solve. > > > I'm not sure that HTML email can be the solution to any problem > whatsoever... > H...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 23:05

Whoops. What I meant to write was... >I'm not sure that HTML email can be the solution to any problem > whatsoever... How about "There just aren't enough dull pedants in the world in need of somet...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 23:02

----- Original Message ----- From: "Dom" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:52 PM Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email On Thursday 26 Feb 2004 11:46 pm, Pete Cr...

RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Help!!

date posted 26th February 2004 23:00

Rob, If you are using ColdFusion, then do the normal join, but when processing your output use the "group" attribute in e.g. SELECT mainname.mainname,mainitem.mainitem FROM mainnam...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 22:55

On Thursday 26 Feb 2004 11:46 pm, Pete Croft wrote: > I'm not being awkward, I'm just not entirely clear on what problem > you're trying to solve. I'm not sure that HTML email can be the solution to...

Re: FN-FORUM: What's the going rate...

date posted 26th February 2004 22:50

I agree with Andrew that it's whatever you are both happy with, however, I'd recommend that you negotiate a daily rate rather than an hourly rate or even an overall salary figure paid pro-rata - is th...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 22:49

SourceFour wrote: > He wants something he csn send out from outlook. Er, you mean he just wants to send HTML mail from Outlook, or he wants some automated mailer that sends HTML mail (and for some...

Re: FN-FORUM: Wireless access problem

date posted 26th February 2004 22:44

Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote: > I've a wireless access point (A) connected to an ISDN router. This gives > me wireless access to the outside world from any wireless device in the > house. Now I hav...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mod rewrite on ISS for PHP

date posted 26th February 2004 22:33

Just found a freebie - http://www.motobit.com/help/url-replacer-rewriter/iis-mod-rewrite.asp ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mod rewrite on ISS for PHP

date posted 26th February 2004 22:28

Hi Andrew, Funny you should bring this up I'm doing a similar thing. Not a freebie but you get a 30 day trial or a lite version - http://www.isapirewrite.com/ I've only skipped through the notes so...

RE: FN-FORUM: What's the going rate...

date posted 26th February 2004 22:21

nahh forget that everyone can build websites nowadays that was what a business link guru told me today! what ever you can afford and whatever they are happy with that fits in with your budget forget...

RE: FN-FORUM: What's the going rate...

date posted 26th February 2004 22:18

50 per hour Andrew >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Cameron >Leask >Sent: 26 February 2004 23:10 >To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] >Subject: FN-FORUM: What'...

FN-FORUM: What's the going rate...

date posted 26th February 2004 22:12

...for part time (2 days pw) web (HTML, ASP) programming assistance? I'm looking to take someone one (I've got someone in mind sorry guys ;>) but I'd like to know what the going rate is...? Any poin...

FN-FORUM: Wireless Network Config Problem

date posted 26th February 2004 22:06

Maybe there's a networking guru here who has an idea or two... I've got an ADSL router -- a Draytek 2200USB -- that works fine. It's acting as a DHCP server, and doing all the routery sort of things...

FN-FORUM: Mod rewrite on ISS for PHP

date posted 26th February 2004 21:52

Hi there, Is there an IIS clone of apaches' mod_rewrite I can run on my dev box? I've seen a couple of pay for addins but I'm only playing around ATM. TIA regards Andrew Mottershead Web Develop...

Re: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 19:51

I know some printers who only accept flat graphics files as it prevents any issues ie: fonts missing or dropping, transparency knocking out instead etc. They tend to be planing them up with other jobs...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT: 3d image from photos?

date posted 26th February 2004 19:28

On 26 Feb 2004 18:58:14 -0000, Tony Crockford wrote: > I imagine the use of a plastic hoop (to go round the tree) That is what I was thinking. Saw an episode of Grand Designs last week where people...

RE: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 19:26

>or are print shops just slow and reluctant to upgrade and get with the program?< Yes! Alan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Jakob Widerberg Sent: 26 Fe...

Re: FN-FORUM: Distributing publications electronically

date posted 26th February 2004 19:15

Try- http://www.ebookpro.com/t.cgi/644616 my aff link :) or http://www.ebookpro.com my non aff link :( Locks a document to a single machine, locks any editing of it and allows you to remotely disa...

Re: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 18:39

printers always seem to ask for quark files when it is perfectly reasonable to import a bitmap/tif/jpg/psd into quark themselves..? I would flatten the image in photoshop, make sure it is CMYK mode a...

RE: FN-FORUM: Colour printers

date posted 26th February 2004 18:37

> I have a client that wants a laser colour printer that will cope well with > 500 A4 property detail sheets per month. It must have at least > two trays one > for plain and one for letterheaded paper...

Re: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 18:23

slightly off topic and excuse my ignorance - apart from printing a PDF to average quality A4 sheet in b/w at the local print shop I have no experience or clue - but all this 'we need it in quark vers...

Re: FN-FORUM: Distributing publications electronically

date posted 26th February 2004 18:06

I have come across a way to encrypt pdf files (amongst others) and users have to register for a licence. The product is called dotEncrypt and is available from business systems group. I came across th...

RE: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 18:04

They must be able to handle eps files if they can use Photoshop files. Did you ask about .PDF? Illustrator exports as both .EPS and .PDF. Alan Alan O'Rourke _____________ Spoiltchild Design Design...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT: 3d image from photos?

date posted 26th February 2004 18:00

On 26 Feb 2004 16:26:57 -0000, Julian Voelcker [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > On 26 Feb 2004 13:48:48 -0000, Tony Crockford wrote: > Ideally they would need to draw a circle round the tree and then use a...

Re: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 17:58

hi paul, if it's a photoshop image you are giving, anti alias all the text for sure. this will improve the look of the text in the final printed document as you are supplying a BITMAP image (at 30...

Re: FN-FORUM: Distributing publications electronically

date posted 26th February 2004 17:55

I see.... That's an interesting problem. I suppose you could sell someone a propietary piece of software as part of their subscription to download and decrypt the PDF before passing it on to Adobe,...

Re: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 17:53

Neelesh Sonawane wrote: > I'd rasterise it at the dpi they request with anti-aliasing. That way you > have smoothly rendered text with no font issues. > Although you should really be knocking up prin...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT: 3d image from photos?

date posted 26th February 2004 17:51

the sun is also fairly consistent and would illuminate the tree far better than any flash could ;-) just make sure the shoot is done on a clear day... only clouds would upset the light luke On...

FN-FORUM: Wireless access problem

date posted 26th February 2004 17:29

Hi, I've just moved some PC's around and thought I'd be able to do the following; I've a wireless access point (A) connected to an ISDN router. This gives me wireless access to the outside world fro...

Re: FN-FORUM: RE: OT: london underground

date posted 26th February 2004 17:18

Apparently he is well known for doing that on the Nline. I've heard of him but never heard him. -- Neelesh Sonawane Graphic Design 07949 034 391 > From: Jakob Widerberg [EMAIL REMOVED] > Reply-To:...

Re: FN-FORUM: Help! Strange XP Performance Problem

date posted 26th February 2004 17:17

On 26 Feb 2004 18:01:04 -0000, Leon Chevalier wrote: > So, how can I tell what is suddenly causing the PF usage to increase? When you have Task Manager up, go to the Processes Tab and then go to Vie...

Re: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 17:12

I'd rasterise it at the dpi they request with anti-aliasing. That way you have smoothly rendered text with no font issues. Although you should really be knocking up print work in a vector based progra...

FN-FORUM: Colour printers

date posted 26th February 2004 17:10

Hi I have a client that wants a laser colour printer that will cope well with 500 A4 property detail sheets per month. It must have at least two trays one for plain and one for letterheaded paper. R...

FN-FORUM: Help! Strange XP Performance Problem

date posted 26th February 2004 17:03

Hello all, Anyone got any idea what could be causing this problem: - Every 5 minutes or so, the performance of my PC will grind to a halt. Looking at task manager (which taken ages to appear) reveal...

Re: FN-FORUM: Orange phone

date posted 26th February 2004 17:01

Number: 450 If its a new sim card, there should be in the menu - Orange Options - Balance - then they send you a text message with your balance. Leigh ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul J Whi...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 16:58

Just copy the HTML page code, with absolute links, and paste it into the mail program to send. John Bremner www.dogfast.com...

FN-FORUM: OT: Snow from a blue sky

date posted 26th February 2004 16:39

Well - it's happened. Snow in SE London - from a blue sky?? Dominic...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 16:12

i've found gammadyne mailer to be *unbeatable* in comparison, if you can/want to deal with the tracking yourself... http://www.gammadyne.com/mmail.htm it's not exactly outlook (err), but considerin...

Re: FN-FORUM: RE: OT: london underground

date posted 26th February 2004 16:01

about two years ago one miserable morning on the nortern line one driver was doing a rather long 'london tour bus' comment for every stop, including tips on things to do and see, restaurants, etc... h...

Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Help!!

date posted 26th February 2004 15:58

On Thursday 26 Feb 2004 4:44 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > >What platform is this on, BTW? > >PHP / MySQL? > > Sorry, this is Oracle8i and Coldfusion. It seems the magic phrase in Oracle land is "nest...

Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Help!!

date posted 26th February 2004 15:55

Cant you store a result set in a column in Oracle, if you can store the name in the first column and the result set from a sub query in the second column and you will have the info in the correct asso...

Re: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 15:46

kai farnhill wrote: >>From my minimal experience the last thing you want to do, if printing a > raster image, is remove anti-aliasing. In the past I've done a few > advertisements for magazines and t...

RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Help!!

date posted 26th February 2004 15:46

>What platform is this on, BTW? =20 >PHP / MySQL? Sorry, this is Oracle8i and Coldfusion. > I'm doing the same in a small app I knocked up a couple of days ago so = > I'm interested in what the S...

Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Help!!

date posted 26th February 2004 15:38

What database are you using? Best Regards John Kyle ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 4:17 PM Subject: FN-FORUM: SQL Help!!...

RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Help!!

date posted 26th February 2004 15:38

Or (in SQL 2000) you could write a function that concatenates all of the subitems into one string and return the function against each one. Cheers ANdy -----Original Message----- From: Dominic Allki...

Re: FN-FORUM: SQL Help!!

date posted 26th February 2004 15:36

On Thursday 26 Feb 2004 4:17 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: What platform is this on, BTW? =20 PHP / MySQL? > Title=09=09Items > MainName=09=09MainsItem1,MainsItem2,MainsItem3 > > With a standard tabl...

RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Help!!

date posted 26th February 2004 15:36

Sorry Dominic, should've mentioned I'm using Oracle8i. I'll give that = article a look though as I'm sure something similar will apply to = Oracle. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [E...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT: 3d image from photos?

date posted 26th February 2004 15:29

On 26 Feb 2004 13:48:48 -0000, Tony Crockford wrote: > but let me know if you find a solution Scanning over all the info the Canon software solution looks ideal. The trick will be getting consisten...

RE: FN-FORUM: SQL Help!!

date posted 26th February 2004 15:28

Hi Rob If you're using SQL Server 7/2000 you can use Data Shaping to achieve this - there's a series of articles on 4guys that explains it all really well. Start here: http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/...

FN-FORUM: SQL Help!!

date posted 26th February 2004 15:19

Hi everyone, SQL question for you. I have a one-to-many relationship between two tables as such: ----------- ------------ | MainName |-------...

RE: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 15:04

From my minimal experience the last thing you want to do, if printing a raster image, is remove anti-aliasing. In the past I've done a few advertisements for magazines and the only pre-requisite I hav...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 14:53

have you considered using outlook templates? this one looks useful: http://tinyurl.com/3da7r cheers jakob > He wants something he csn send out from outlook....

Re: FN-FORUM: RE: OT: london underground

date posted 26th February 2004 14:44

On 26 Feb 2004 14:52:15 -0000, Susan Engel [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > > We have a new quite resolute platform guy on the victoria line, this was > today about 9.30a.m. > Thought I'd share, made me smil...

Re: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 14:41

kai farnhill wrote: > No and I've never been bawled at by any angry printers. > No it shouldn't be anti-aliased, or no it should ;-) They won't bawl at me, but they will charge £50/hour if they hav...

RE: FN-FORUM: Protecweb

date posted 26th February 2004 14:35

I have used protec for a few months and have been very happy from day one, they answer any questions or support emails in minutes instead of hours. I have used various other hosting providers through...

Re: FN-FORUM: Linux Upgrade Problem

date posted 26th February 2004 14:34

On Thursday 26 February 2004 15:04, Dom wrote: > I think I'll try the SSH route for a more permanent installation > that I've got in mind. Well don't forget to write down what you do to get it workin...

Re: FN-FORUM: RE: OT: london underground

date posted 26th February 2004 14:30

Or not as good as First Great Eastern trains, a 45 minute delay on leaving Liverpool Street station after spending a good 40 minutes trying to couple two brand spanking new trains together resorted to...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 14:29

Just reference all images and links with the absolute path and store the images on the website. Don't make it to wide for the little outlook window. All styles in the doc itself. Individual mails you...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 14:27

I do this every day of the week but there is not a chance that I would use Outlook as a mailer. My site (http://www.wizzmail.co.uk) maybe able to steer you the right way, otherwise please contact me v...

Re: FN-FORUM: RE: OT: london underground

date posted 26th February 2004 14:25

Not as good as the Asda supermarket at Chelmer Village in Chelmsford, the bloke did the whole of the anouncement doing an impression of the egg/cow characters in the Anchor butter adverts; I thought i...

Re: FN-FORUM: RE: OT: london underground

date posted 26th February 2004 14:22

lol! that's a first for me although have 'experienced' a few hilarious drivers in my time. they really brighten up the shite of rush-hour tubes.. nick actually I'm about to get on the viccy line s...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 14:22

SourceFour wrote: > Dear all, > > a client of mine needs me to produce an html email, not something I have > done before. Does anybody have any tips or a tutorial etc etc to get me > started. I am v...

Re: FN-FORUM: Distributing publications electronically

date posted 26th February 2004 14:20

Hi Cameron You need to use this http://www.phocis.com/ I know phocis very well, if you would like an intro please let me know, if not please mention that I referred you (non-financial reason for this...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 14:10

He wants something he csn send out from outlook. Regards on 2/26/04 3:01 PM, Pete Croft at [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > > SourceFour wrote: > > >> a client of mine needs me to produce an html email,...

RE: FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 14:07

No and I've never been bawled at by any angry printers. Cheers Kai Monoliff.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Paul J White Sent: Thursday, February 26...

Re: FN-FORUM: Linux Upgrade Problem

date posted 26th February 2004 14:07

On Thursday 26 Feb 2004 10:15 am, Nick B wrote: [VNC] > Did you manage to get it working across SSH? Something I want to get Didn't try - it was a tightly controlled situation, and the logging on t...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 14:04

SourceFour wrote: > a client of mine needs me to produce an html email, not something I have > done before. Does anybody have any tips or a tutorial etc etc to get me > started. I am very experienc...

FN-FORUM: RE: OT: london underground

date posted 26th February 2004 13:54

We have a new quite resolute platform guy on the victoria line, this was today about 9.30a.m. Thought I'd share, made me smile: Ladies and gentlemen, this is Victoria Station, good morning. Please be...

FN-FORUM: HTML Email

date posted 26th February 2004 13:47

Dear all, a client of mine needs me to produce an html email, not something I have done before. Does anybody have any tips or a tutorial etc etc to get me started. I am very experienced in Dreamweave...

FN-FORUM: Orange phone

date posted 26th February 2004 13:45

Any of you lot on Orange PAYG? We've just bought Molly a mobile on that network and can't find the number for checking your balance, customer services and all that stuff. If anyone can let me know,...

FN-FORUM: Dummy's print question

date posted 26th February 2004 13:42

It's a long time since I did any print work, but I need to send a few Photoshop files off tomorrow. Am I right in recalling that text should NOT be anti-aliased for printing, as this is merely to im...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT: 3d image from photos?

date posted 26th February 2004 12:51

On 26 Feb 2004 12:56:19 -0000, Julian Voelcker [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > > Hi Tony, > > Many thanks for the input, it's a shame that there isn't a simple > solution. > >> If it were me, I'd be sellin...

Re: FN-FORUM: Anti-spam

date posted 26th February 2004 12:17

> Any comments about client-side anti-spam programs you use - URL, > cost, effect etc - would be appreciated please. MailWasher Pro is $29.95 and does the job. http://www.firetrust.com/products/mailw...

Re: FN-FORUM: Anti-spam

date posted 26th February 2004 12:11

Luke Perman wrote: > > talking purely from an OSX point of view, i also get great results from > the OSes "Mail" programs junk filter - now that i've trained it! i > wonder if it's engine is simi...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT: 3d image from photos?

date posted 26th February 2004 11:58

Hi Tony, Many thanks for the input, it's a shame that there isn't a simple solution. > If it were me, I'd be selling them on the idea of a service to merge the > 3d render with four shots of the re...

Re: FN-FORUM: Anti-spam

date posted 26th February 2004 11:40

Luke Perman wrote: > > talking purely from an OSX point of view, i also get great results from > the OSes "Mail" programs junk filter - now that i've trained it! > Ditto Mox Thunderbird mail - ta...

Re: FN-FORUM: Anti-spam

date posted 26th February 2004 11:34

talking purely from an OSX point of view, i also get great results from the OSes "Mail" programs junk filter - now that i've trained it! i wonder if it's engine is similar to something else on the...

Re: FN-FORUM: Anti-spam

date posted 26th February 2004 11:25

Hugh wrote: > Any comments about client-side anti-spam programs you use - URL, cost, effect etc - > would be appreciated please. On or off list. Thanks POPFile works wonders for me now that I've...

Re: FN-FORUM: IE6 CSS issue?

date posted 26th February 2004 11:25

On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 12:14, Jonathan Chong wrote: > John Wards wrote: > > > It does in Moz and I.E 5.5 & 5 but not in I.E. 6! > > > > Change your Doctype. It's using loose.dtd at the moment. > >...

Re: FN-FORUM: IE6 CSS issue?

date posted 26th February 2004 11:17

John Wards wrote: > It does in Moz and I.E 5.5 & 5 but not in I.E. 6! > Change your Doctype. It's using loose.dtd at the moment....

Re: FN-FORUM: Anti-spam

date posted 26th February 2004 11:14

Hugh wrote: > Any comments about client-side anti-spam programs you use - URL, cost, effect etc - > would be appreciated please. On or off list. Thanks It's not really "client-side" as it integrat...

Re: FN-FORUM: Getting Quark for Windows

date posted 26th February 2004 11:14

Is it necessary to use Quark? Could you use PageMaker instead? It's a lot cheaper to get ahold of. John Anderson Soaring Penguin...

Re: FN-FORUM: Getting Quark for Windows

date posted 26th February 2004 11:14

i fully agree (and reason for my mini "i hate quark" rant in my previous posting ;-) the 30 day trial sounds a great idea - and InDesign does spit out perfect postscript error free PDFs and EPS fil...

FN-FORUM: IE6 CSS issue?

date posted 26th February 2004 11:11

Morning All, I think its going to be one of those days. http://www.sportnetwork.net/newsite/test.htm The Div with the advert and the grey blurb should be 100% with a bottom grey border and continue...

FN-FORUM: Anti-spam

date posted 26th February 2004 11:02

Morning All, Have just been "volunteered" to do a talk about spam/hoaxes etc at a Business Club I am a member of. Have loads of info & a fair bit of experience on this, so no problem. BUT - I ha...

Re: FN-FORUM: Getting Quark for Windows

date posted 26th February 2004 10:57

Why not go over to InDesign, which can read Quark files (v3.3-4.1). I much prefer it to Quark, which I have used on the Mac and PC. There's probably very little that Quark can do that InDesign can't,...

Re: FN-FORUM: Getting Quark for Windows

date posted 26th February 2004 10:52

You could always download a 30-day trial version of In Design. As it's Adobe, it does PDFs fairly well too, from what I remember (haven't used it for a while). May be too much for what you want to d...

Re: FN-FORUM: Snow (OT)

date posted 26th February 2004 10:37

For todays weather I do be mostly having sunshine and frost. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Murphy" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 10:51 AM Subject:...

Re: FN-FORUM: Getting Quark for Windows

date posted 26th February 2004 10:34

On 26 Feb 2004 09:55:21 -0000, Alex McLintock [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Is anyone familiar with Quark and Open Office and will OpenOffice do > much of what she is expecting to do in Quark ? has she...

Re: FN-FORUM: Getting Quark for Windows

date posted 26th February 2004 10:14

On 26 Feb 2004, at 09:54, Alex McLintock wrote: > Anyway I was going to use OpenOffice as the word processor because > there would be no license problems - and I'm an OSS evangelist, but my > frien...

RE: FN-FORUM: Snow (OT)

date posted 26th February 2004 10:13

Heh, I had to scrape the INSIDE of my windscreen yesterday morning! Never had to do that before! Ron -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Kalagoo.Com Sent: 2...

Re: FN-FORUM: Getting Quark for Windows

date posted 26th February 2004 10:13

Hi Alex Found a couple on ebay - this one for windows currently bidding at 208 pounds. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3661770247&category=185 but quite a new seller! Just sea...

Re: FN-FORUM: Snow (OT)

date posted 26th February 2004 10:00

No Snow in West kent but a bottle of water left in my car overnight had ice in it this morning! Brrrr! Paul. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Murphy" [EMAIL REMOVED] To: [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent...

FN-FORUM: Snow (OT)

date posted 26th February 2004 09:53

Morning all Don't know about the rest of the UK but woke up this morning to the sun shining down on the house, now 10 min later and it's chucking the snow down totally crazy. John South Wales...

RE: FN-FORUM: Getting Quark for Windows

date posted 26th February 2004 09:36

Alex, I'm not aware of any ways to get hold of Quark cheaply, it currently costs around =A31000. It is much loved by newspapers, magazines and = print houses as, for years, it was really the only pro...

RE: FN-FORUM: Google SEO link

date posted 26th February 2004 09:33

Interesting stuff, thanks! Michael Beckett Denial Design http://www.denialdesign.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL REMOVED] Sent: 25 February...

Re: FN-FORUM: Linux Upgrade Problem

date posted 26th February 2004 09:18

I use them both - can't beat them. Having said that, perhaps you can (www.tightvnc.com - but TBH haven't noticed much difference, need a REALLY low b/w connection I think). Did you manage to get it...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT: 3d image from photos?

date posted 26th February 2004 09:09

On 26 Feb 2004 09:57:08 -0000, Julian Voelcker [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > > Hi Richard, > > Thanks for the response. > > On 25 Feb 2004 19:30:10 -0000, Richard Watt wrote: >> There used to be a product...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT: 3d image from photos?

date posted 26th February 2004 08:59

Hi Richard, Thanks for the response. On 25 Feb 2004 19:30:10 -0000, Richard Watt wrote: > There used to be a product called Canoma by Metacreations (now > defunct) that did exactly this I've just G...

FN-FORUM: Getting Quark for Windows

date posted 26th February 2004 08:57

Hi folks, I'm going to be producing a newsletter for a hobby event - A4x doublesided x 6issues x 700 print run. Anyway I was going to use OpenOffice as the word processor because there would be no...

FN-FORUM: Ciel & MySQL/PHP integration

date posted 26th February 2004 08:57

I've a near completed website using mySql and PHP. The client has gone ahead and installed Ciel (www.ciel.be (only in french or dutch) it is similar to Sage Accountancy Software). Has anybody got any...

Re: FN-FORUM: OT: 3d image from photos?

date posted 26th February 2004 08:50

On 26 Feb 2004 09:26:35 -0000, Julian Voelcker [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Unfortunately we can't go down the route of using generic trees - no > two are a alike and the treehouses are being built for s...

FN-FORUM: Topstyle discount for freelancers.

date posted 26th February 2004 08:29

if anyone's thinking of buying Topstyle Pro 3.1 I'm splitting my commission on the affiliate scheme and offering 10% discount. mail me off list for details, don't want a Spam war.......

Re: FN-FORUM: OT: 3d image from photos?

date posted 26th February 2004 08:29

Hi John, I believe the CAD package they use can produce the 3d render for them. The problem for them is getting the tree in there. On 25 Feb 2004 19:27:34 -0000, John Murphy wrote: > Find out what...

FN-FORUM: Protecweb

date posted 26th February 2004 08:12

Im liking what I see here: http://www.protecweb.co.uk Any comments, bad, good? Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Steph O'Brien Sent: 25 February 2...

RE: FN-FORUM: Distributing publications electronically

date posted 26th February 2004 08:05

> I'd consider sticking with ACrobat rather than a propietary > format of any type. There are some e-book formats around, Yes but the problem is if we used pdf files then they could be forwarded a...

Re: FN-FORUM: Distributing publications electronically

date posted 26th February 2004 06:37

I'd consider sticking with ACrobat rather than a propietary format of any type. There are some e-book formats around, but my experiments in e-publishing (hate this e- stuff...:-) ) have all used Acro...

Re: FN-FORUM: London Pool (and beer!) Night - March 10th

date posted 26th February 2004 01:21

The group rip off I think only applies if you call & book for a large group= . If we just turn up & book the tables by the hour it is just a tenner each s= o I recon we do just that. On 26/2/04 1:29...

RE: FN-FORUM: London Pool (and beer!) Night - March 10th

date posted 26th February 2004 00:32

Neelesh wrote about the Elbow Rooms in Shoreditch: > Just called up to find out prices (£10 per hour > per table) & asked if there was a discount for group bookings. This is their rule. > If you book...



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