Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday April 8th 2005
Re: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 23:54
>they wern't there the last four days whilst
Microsoft says they were. So do the Word MVPs. So does every Word 2k
training course or book.
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/DefParaFont.htm
So...
Re: FN-FORUM: taking payment from overseas
date posted 8th April 2005 23:48
> what would be the recommended form of payment to take from someone in
> the US ?
I've received a lot of payments from overseas. Everything's fine until a
payment goes missing. That can happen becau...
Re: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 23:41
> I want to remove them appearing in the pull down style list.
>
Why? What are you trying to achieve or what problem are you trying to solve.
> No you're right, but what I was hoping that you can op...
Re: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 23:34
I have never seen an installation of Word 2000 or above like that. It always
has Headings 1-3, default para + normal.
Why does it matter what is in the list? If you don't want to use a style,
don't u...
RE: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 23:05
This is what is so frustrating, they wern't there the last four days whilst
I was creating these templates and the client was using them! Now they are,
god beginning to sound like polly parrot, I thin...
RE: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 23:02
Lists wrote:...
RE: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 23:01
>>>SO... how can I make them invisible to the style sheet?...
Re: FN-FORUM: taking payment from overseas
date posted 8th April 2005 22:49
On Friday 08 April 2005 23:48, nxmd wrote:
> what would be the recommended form of payment to take from someone in
> the US ? it is not a large amount of money but will be a recurring
> amount
Hi,
If...
RE: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 22:48
Ok, there you have the situation I had. I did not use those styles hence
they did not appear in the style list. Great, I'd created a number of
templates where those three styles did not appear in the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 22:45
Excellent, thanks.
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http://www.vendetta.co.uk
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DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritating Information...
FN-FORUM: taking payment from overseas
date posted 8th April 2005 22:43
hi
what would be the recommended form of payment to take from someone in
the US ? it is not a large amount of money but will be a recurring
amount
I accept cheques and bank transfers from the UK,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 21:30
At 21:18 on Friday, 08 Apr 2005, Lists wrote:
>
> What language are they written in? I mean what language would I have to
> learn in order to create and edit them?
http://user-faq.openoffice.org/faq...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 21:12
What language are they written in? I mean what language would I have to
learn in order to create and edit them?
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http://ww...
Re: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 21:09
They are always there. Really. Read the article you refer to. You might not
have noticed them.
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http://www.vendetta.co.uk...
RE: FN-FORUM: Reseller Web Hosting
date posted 8th April 2005 21:07
Not just me then. I have been with them for a few years and generally =
quite
happy but just recently it has been really bad. Apparently they had a
denial of service so maybe that can be excused but...
RE: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 21:07
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> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On=20
>=20
> The one thing I absolutely detest about it is its tenacity=20
> for cached =20
> stylesheets - make a minor change an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 21:06
Just open Normal.dot (do a search from the Start menu) - right-click and
select open. Then click Format, style and delete the ones you don't want or
modify them to look the way you do want. You ALWAY...
RE: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 20:57
>>>No they were not there until I moved them in Organiser....
Re: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 20:48
> The styles you refer to are, I think, always present. As you found, Word
> automatically includes them when creating Normal.dot.
Correct. These are built-in to Word and cannot be deleted (along wi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 20:46
>> > And will it run all my macros...?
>>
>> Yes, if you convert them first ;)
>
> To what?
To OpenOffice.org macros, if "it" was indeed OpenOffice.org...
Anthony
--
www.fonant.com - hand-crafted w...
RE: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 20:46
No they were not there until I moved them in Organiser.
Theresa
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Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 20:40
Dave Edwards wrote:
> On 8 Apr 2005 10:27:03 -0000, Paul J White [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>>Oh, you're wavering Tony - Luke and Dave been getting at you again ;-)
>>
>
> Oi! Out of the closet with y...
RE: FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 20:33
>>>When I create a new doc now, I have those styles in my list - which I
don't want and I think is what's causing the action above not to work, I
have tried renaming normal.dot to something else so th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 20:27
No, my WORD VBA macros. I have three full versions of Acrobat and two free
PDF creators, so I don't need any more!
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Kathy
htt...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 20:25
To what?
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Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritating Information and Trivia...
FN-FORUM: Normal.dot in Word 2000
date posted 8th April 2005 20:09
Hi ,
I know this will be a long shot, but I want to remove some default styles
from a template I created in Word 2000 namely: heading 1, heading 2 an
heading 3.. and default paragraph style would be...
RE: FN-FORUM: Accessing the net on a pda
date posted 8th April 2005 19:56
> I've got a usb cable to sync but could i access the internet using that?
> its
> got bluetooth as well but i aint got a bluetooth phone either :(
>
Yes
Link it to your computer for a sync then yo...
RE: FN-FORUM: Accessing the net on a pda
date posted 8th April 2005 19:53
I can access through USB using active sync - open AS -> Options -> Rules ->
Pass through
Set this to the internet - or if you want to surf in house dev sites set it
to 'work' then you need to add the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Accessing the net on a pda
date posted 8th April 2005 19:41
No help whatsoever, but just got one to "test" at work, but left it all there!
On 8 Apr 2005 18:35:30 -0000, Thomas Design [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> hi all
>
> i've just got a ipaq pda with wirele...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 19:39
you need a pdf writer such as Win2pdf or AmunyiConverter
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FN-FORUM: Accessing the net on a pda
date posted 8th April 2005 19:29
hi all
i've just got a ipaq pda with wireless access but at the moment, i dont have
wireless here to try it online.
I've got a usb cable to sync but could i access the internet using that? its
got...
RE: FN-FORUM: .NET frqamework with MSSQL FastHosts
date posted 8th April 2005 19:17
Bad I'd say. Unlimited isn't unlimited - we got done for providing video =
downloads of legitimate video - so I moved to One&One. That comes with =
MSDE installed on Win2003 server or webserver depend...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 18:51
> And will it run all my macros...?
Yes, if you convert them first ;)
Anthony
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www.fonant.com - hand-crafted web sites...
FN-FORUM: RE: Freelancers in Lichfield/Staffs
date posted 8th April 2005 18:44
Hi
I am looking to make contact with Freelance web and graphic designers in
the Lichfield/South Staffs areas to work alongside us in potential web
and marketing collateral design projects. Please co...
Re: FN-FORUM: .NET frqamework with MSSQL FastHosts
date posted 8th April 2005 18:14
> Here we go again!
>
> FastHosts? Good? Bad?
>
> Should I or shouldn't I?
>
> I'm looking at the MSSQL & .NET framework hosting package. Although
> Ideally I would prefer a reseller.
Had a couple...
Re: FN-FORUM: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
date posted 8th April 2005 17:53
I piss myself off regularly.
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Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritating In...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 17:46
And will it run all my macros...?
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Kathy
http://www.vendetta.co.uk
+44(0)7005 982 261
DNRC Minister for Useful but Irritati...
Re: FN-FORUM: ActiveX Plug-in Problem
date posted 8th April 2005 17:43
I wouldn't even have guessed that you could click on eXentia!
If you install the plug-in after enabling allow websites to install software
and are daring enough to install an unsigned plug-in, then...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 17:04
On 8 Apr 2005 10:24:00 -0000, Tony Crockford [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> maybe it's time to rethink where the server runs. Mac Mini with a 40gb
> hard drive might be enough to serve all my dev work....
RE: FN-FORUM: CS Illustrator Book
date posted 8th April 2005 16:57
< Does anyone have a recommendation for a good CS Illustrator book?>
Illustrator CS Killer Tips, by Dave Cross/Scott Kelby - available from
Amazon.
Lindsay
Howardsgate LLP...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 16:55
On 8 Apr 2005 09:05:27 -0000, Paul Silver [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> It would be good if there was a Firefox for OS9, or even OS7+, but with
> so few open source coders using the platforms, I can't s...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 16:50
On 8 Apr 2005 10:27:03 -0000, Paul J White [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Oh, you're wavering Tony - Luke and Dave been getting at you again ;-)
>
Oi! Out of the closet with you ... come on!
FYI - Pa...
FN-FORUM: ActiveX Plug-in Problem
date posted 8th April 2005 16:42
Hi All
Handed a site over yesterday and clients come back with a bit of an
issue with a TurnTools plug-in between Internet Explorer (IE6) and
FireFox (1.0).
In IE If you take a look at
http://meride...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 16:40
On 8 Apr 2005 10:49:00 -0000, Tony Crockford [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> http://www.bluerobot.com/web/layouts/
>
> the trouble is when people that don't understand the media or the
> langauge, start...
Re: FN-FORUM: CS Illustrator Book
date posted 8th April 2005 16:40
On 8 Apr 2005, at 16:39, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Does anyone have a recomendatin for a good CS Illustrator book, or one
> that is going begging ;)
>
> Andrew
These might be worth a look as well:
h...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 16:37
On 8 Apr 2005 08:46:25 -0000, Cat [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> > IE5 on Mac is dead.... please bury it.
>
> the problem here is that although people do upgrade their browsers to new
> versions, IE5 h...
FN-FORUM: CS Illustrator Book
date posted 8th April 2005 16:34
Does anyone have a recomendatin for a good CS Illustrator book, or one
that is going begging ;)
Andrew...
FN-FORUM: Brother 1840c (Fax/Copy/Print)
date posted 8th April 2005 16:26
Anyone got one of these? Any good?
TIA
Chaz...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 15:43
>
>
>
> I went out in a t shirt this morning and came close to death.
>
>
you must have been freezing and soggy ;-)...
FN-FORUM: "Yahoo" spam
date posted 8th April 2005 15:40
Just got this spam "Your New Web Site Report, A FREE Independant Report on
your Web Site Rankings" supposedly from [EMAIL REMOVED] (which is
now repsonding "553 VS10-RT Possible forgery or deactivated...
RE: FN-FORUM: UTF-8, PHP, Polish Characters and Start of File Characters
date posted 8th April 2005 15:32
Thanks everyone who helped with this!
I'll try the Ultraedit fix, and take a look at JEdit if that doesn't work.
Cheers
Dan...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 15:31
> sylvia wrote:
>
> >> I went out in a t shirt this morning and came close to death.
> >>
> > I'm getting really worried now. Anyone tried going out with even less
> > on? I suppose they wouldn't...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 15:27
Dan Norcott wrote:
> I considered that a dare:
>
> http://dan.dandylogic.co.uk/photos/IMG_3323s.JPG
>
> and by christ, they're like chapel hatpegs.
>
Cut the grass, that would warm you up a bit.
--...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 15:26
>
> Dan Norcott wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I went out in a t shirt this morning and came close to death.
>>
>
Snowing like mad here now, hard and cold and blowing down the road. :-(
Son wants his shorts, mig...
Re: FN-FORUM: script error message
date posted 8th April 2005 15:23
Paul Evans wrote:
> so where is MM_reloadPage defined?
>
> if it is not somewhere-else within the code of your page, then that is
> why you are getting the error. You are calling a function which ha...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 15:12
sylvia wrote:
>> I went out in a t shirt this morning and came close to death.
>>
> I'm getting really worried now. Anyone tried going out with even less
> on? I suppose they wouldn't have come ba...
Re: FN-FORUM: css forms
date posted 8th April 2005 15:04
At 14:21 on Friday, 08 Apr 2005, Aaron Brailsford wrote:
>
> Lindsey Hill wrote:
>> I've tried my hand at doing this form in css, no point in spoiling the
>
> Not sure if it'll help, but I always use...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 15:01
Dan Norcott wrote:
>
> sylvia wrote:
>
>> Summer?? What gave you that silly idea. Good thing you bothered with
>> some sort of coat.
>
>
> I went out in a t shirt this morning and came close to dea...
RE: FN-FORUM: .NET frqamework with MSSQL FastHosts
date posted 8th April 2005 14:54
I referred one client to www.titanhosts.net, they seemed to be very
competitive when it came to SQL Server space. They allow VPN access to the
database too. I use Fasthosts for hosting myself but th...
RE: FN-FORUM: .NET frqamework with MSSQL FastHosts
date posted 8th April 2005 14:53
Hi Andrew
I used to be with Fasthosts...
Good points are unlimited bandwidth + disk space... Tech support isn't
bad - though not great and the ability to mix and match Linux and
Windows on the resel...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 14:51
sylvia wrote:
> Summer?? What gave you that silly idea. Good thing you bothered with
> some sort of coat.
I went out in a t shirt this morning and came close to death.
--
http://www.dandylogic.c...
RE: FN-FORUM: .NET frqamework with MSSQL FastHosts
date posted 8th April 2005 14:49
Hi Andrew
Bad bad bad.
Norman
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Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 14:47
Dave Edwards wrote:
>> Bloody cold out there for April.
>>
>>
>As I just discovered when I went out to buy milk wearing a light
>summer coat ... brrrh!
>
>
Summer?? What gave you that silly id...
FN-FORUM: .NET frqamework with MSSQL FastHosts
date posted 8th April 2005 14:43
Here we go again!
FastHosts? Good? Bad?
Should I or shouldn't I?
I'm looking at the MSSQL & .NET framework hosting package. Although
Ideally I would prefer a reseller.
I have a couple of state s...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 14:32
sylvia wrote:
>
> Dave Edwards wrote:
>
>> 'life'?
>>
> But if there is a good day to be in a small warm place with a keyboard
> this is it. Bloody cold out there for April.
Hate to admit it, but...
Re: FN-FORUM: script error message
date posted 8th April 2005 14:30
On 8 Apr 2005, at 13:54, sylvia wrote:
> ...why this causes trouble...
> message: 'object expected'
so where is MM_reloadPage defined?
if it is not somewhere-else within the code of your page, then...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 14:30
On 8 Apr 2005 13:18:49 -0000, sylvia [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Dave Edwards wrote:
>
> >'life'?
> >
> But if there is a good day to be in a small warm place with a keyboard
> this is it. Bloody co...
Re: FN-FORUM: css forms
date posted 8th April 2005 14:20
it is not aproblem of css i looked at your code and your code is wrong ...
well not wrong but you create dyour form with css which is great !
but looks closer:
Products Re...
Re: FN-FORUM: css forms
date posted 8th April 2005 14:15
Lindsey Hill wrote:
> I've tried my hand at doing this form in css, no point in spoiling the
Not sure if it'll help, but I always use this method for styling forms:
http://www.aplus.co.yu/css/forms...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 14:13
Dave Edwards wrote:
>'life'?
>
But if there is a good day to be in a small warm place with a keyboard
this is it. Bloody cold out there for April.
--
Sylvia...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 14:04
On 8 Apr 2005 12:15:19 -0000, chris greenway [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> can recommend a google for mac groups, i found one when i was looking at
> put panther on an old beige g3. Theres another appl...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 8th April 2005 14:02
> >those bevelled boxes and just make them flat solid colours
> >
> But the clients love them >:o I've just messed up another nice
> page for the silly sods :-(
>
I also agree, the original d...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 13:59
On 8 Apr 2005 12:04:45 -0000, Paul Silver [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> The CRT iMacs will boot to OS9 as well, but there's no point as IE
> behaves the same on both. I don't believe the Mac Mini will a...
FN-FORUM: css forms
date posted 8th April 2005 13:53
I've tried my hand at doing this form in css, no point in spoiling the
site with tables. It probably looks a dogs dinner in PC IE, I've got
it looking OK-ish in Safari, apart from I can't get the b...
FN-FORUM: script error message
date posted 8th April 2005 13:49
Anyone know why this causes trouble for a screen reader?
message: 'object expected'
It doesn't stop things altogether but the 'internet explorer scri...
FN-FORUM: yahoo 360 invite?
date posted 8th April 2005 13:28
has anyone got one going spare ?
cheers , happy Friday etc.
Oh and has anyone got a bewan st PCI adsl modem running under any Linux
distro apart from smoothwall or IPCOP ? if you have i bow to y...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 13:21
>
>>
>> On 8 Apr 2005 11:42:34 -0000, "Paul J White"said:
>>> Dave Edwards wrote:
>>> > On 8 Apr 2005 10:51:19 -0000, Niels Reynolds wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>
>> I believe the latest version of Safari d...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 13:09
>
> On 8 Apr 2005 11:42:34 -0000, "Paul J White"said:
>> Dave Edwards wrote:
>> > On 8 Apr 2005 10:51:19 -0000, Niels Reynolds wrote:
>> >>
>> >>Not sure about the beige G3s, but all original CRT iMac...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 13:01
On 8 Apr 2005 11:42:25 -0000, Paul J White [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> How can us mere peasants tell which iMac is capable of running
> Panther? And are all these machines bootable into OS9 too, in ca...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 8th April 2005 13:00
>those bevelled boxes and just make them flat solid colours
>
But the clients love them >:o I've just messed up another nice
page for the silly sods :-(
--
Sylvia...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 12:59
On 8 Apr 2005 11:42:34 -0000, "Paul J White"said:
> Dave Edwards wrote:
> > On 8 Apr 2005 10:51:19 -0000, Niels Reynolds wrote:
> >>
> >>Not sure about the beige G3s, but all original CRT iMacs came w...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 8th April 2005 12:54
Looks fine on FireFox 1.0.2
No class or ID values quoted though.
Craig
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Re: FN-FORUM: OT - Friday concentration test
date posted 8th April 2005 12:52
>
> This is impossible:
>
> http://www.concentrationtest.com/
>
great link ;-)
solution, watch the 'clip'. its the left one, then right, L R L R
or was that R L R L. who cares ?...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 8th April 2005 12:50
Hi Damon
Looks good, nice layout - One thing I may tend to do though - Swap those
bevelled boxes and just make them flat solid colours... May give a more
crisp look... Apart from that it works.
Pa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 12:48
>
> Dave Edwards wrote:
>> On 7 Apr 2005 14:42:01 -0000, Emma Davis [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>>>
>>>
>
> I've been looking on Ebay and giving this some thought - 80 odd quid
> for instant x-browser test...
Re: FN-FORUM: friday funny [OT]
date posted 8th April 2005 12:46
chris greenway wrote:
> Q. What did William The Conqueror say just before his men got on the boat?
Lol, I have one for you...
What was the last thing St Patrick did before driving the snakes out
of...
FN-FORUM: OT - Friday concentration test
date posted 8th April 2005 12:45
This is impossible:
http://www.concentrationtest.com/
Karl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 8th April 2005 12:44
>
>
>
> Can anyone do a quick site check on
> http://www.fundbusters.co.uk/index.aspx
>
no probs on, osx 10.3.4, safari 1.2.2...
RE: FN-FORUM: Text being 'eaten' in Access - text not positioning properly
date posted 8th April 2005 12:42
Try turning off hardware acceleration in your Windows display settings?
David Nye
http://dnye.co.uk
Business Systems, Database & Internet Applications Design & Development.
Microsoft Access, SQL Se...
FN-FORUM: friday funny [OT]
date posted 8th April 2005 12:40
Q. What did William The Conqueror say just before his men got on the boat?
A. "Get on the boat"...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 12:36
Dave Edwards wrote:
> On 8 Apr 2005 10:51:19 -0000, Niels Reynolds
> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>>
>>Not sure about the beige G3s, but all original CRT iMacs came with ethernet
>>as standard.
>>
>
> B...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 8th April 2005 12:34
Niels Reynolds wrote:
>
>
>>Can anyone do a quick site check on http://www.fundbusters.co.uk/index.aspx
>>
>>
>
>
>Looks and works fine on Mac OS9.2 IE 5.1.7
>
>
And Firefox windows though "m...
RE: FN-FORUM: Cheap SSL certificates.
date posted 8th April 2005 12:24
geotrust is probbaly the easiet and cheapest route for sure
forget verisign they are piss takers
Andrew
> Hi Dom
>
> I've had a couple of certs from GeoTrust before now, would have to look
> up pr...
FN-FORUM: Accessible E-Commere Software
date posted 8th April 2005 12:17
Hi all,
I have an e-commerce site to build for a company which sells products
for the disabled, everything from scooters to tin openers. The site
obviously needs to be super accessible given the t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 12:16
At 12:01 on Friday, 08 Apr 2005, Mike A wrote:
>
>> and it's all there for the taking:
>
> Yes, I've used css-discuss for years. Swear by Eric Meyer's stuff. Too
> many
> people have to trawl for b...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 12:15
On 8 Apr 2005 10:51:19 -0000, Niels Reynolds
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>
> Not sure about the beige G3s, but all original CRT iMacs came with ethernet
> as standard.
>
Beige G3's (and all the 'pro m...
RE: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 8th April 2005 12:10
Looks fine here on Xp pro FF - nice site btw
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Re: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 8th April 2005 12:07
Looks good here - IE6 + Firefox / XP
(nothing on the links page)
Stewart...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 8th April 2005 11:59
One little thing and it is a little thing, on
http://www.fundbusters.co.uk/index.aspx?pg=cnt the phone and email boxes
look a little, i dunno - phpNuke?,
not that im a shit hot designer or anythin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 8th April 2005 11:55
>Can anyone do a quick site check on http://www.fundbusters.co.uk/index.aspx
Looks and works fine on Mac OS9.2 IE 5.1.7
Niels
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Design for business
website: http://www.powd...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 11:54
> and it's all there for the taking:
Yes, I've used css-discuss for years. Swear by Eric Meyer's stuff. Too many
people have to trawl for bits to build the whole though, hence my comments
about a cen...
FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 8th April 2005 11:50
Hi everyone
Just had a wonderful holiday, checking out the local NHS facilities in
Banbury, having gone to the Cotswolds for a holiday and falling ill with an
infected Kidney stone, bloody typical
C...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 11:45
>>> On 7 Apr 2005 14:42:01 -0000, Emma Davis [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>>>An old G3 iMac (the screen and computer in one ones in various colours)
>>>will run the latest OS - OS X 10.3, which will run Saf...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 11:43
At 11:41 on Friday, 08 Apr 2005, Mike A wrote:
>
>> Nice troll attempt, but not rising.
>> four templates are enough?
>
> Hey, it's Friday!
>
> Four, nowhere near enough but suits the majority of pag...
FN-FORUM: That Ultraedit/Polish/UTF-8 question ......
date posted 8th April 2005 11:41
I deleted the original and replies to this
http://www.freelancers.net/show_forum/20050408/156263.html
before happening on an answer here
http://www.ultraedit.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 11:35
> Nice troll attempt, but not rising.
> four templates are enough?
Hey, it's Friday!
Four, nowhere near enough but suits the majority of page base design in
common use. Provides a decent platform, e...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 11:27
At 11:22 on Friday, 08 Apr 2005, Mike A wrote:
> Mike A.
>
Tony C
stamps on fuse and retires to a safe distance.
Nice troll attempt, but not rising.
four templates are enough?
;o)...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 11:21
Tony Crockford wrote:
>
> At 11:19 on Friday, 08 Apr 2005, Cat wrote:
>
>> *i'm talking about local file development/viewing here, not http server
>> viewing, so maybe that's where the problem lies....
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 11:20
Cat wrote:
>>The one thing I absolutely detest about it is its tenacity for cached
>>stylesheets - make a minor change and it won't refresh the CSS no matter
>>what you do - I have to close and re-ope...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 11:18
At 11:19 on Friday, 08 Apr 2005, Cat wrote:
> *i'm talking about local file development/viewing here, not http server
> viewing, so maybe that's where the problem lies.
>
that'll be it then.
My dev...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 11:16
This is an old, very old, subject that has done the rounds on various forums
for years. It causes me considerable concern for the Web industry as a whole
for time and again the focus is on problems an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 11:13
> The one thing I absolutely detest about it is its tenacity for cached
> stylesheets - make a minor change and it won't refresh the CSS no matter
> what you do - I have to close and re-open the brows...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 11:11
Check out A List Apart (http://www.alistapart.com/)
Another excellent CSS resource...
Re: FN-FORUM: Another MAC problem plus possible advice needed
date posted 8th April 2005 11:06
Dave Edwards wrote:
> On 7 Apr 2005 14:42:01 -0000, Emma Davis [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>>
>>An old G3 iMac (the screen and computer in one ones in various colours)
>>will run the latest OS - OS X 10.3...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 10:42
At 10:20 on Friday, 08 Apr 2005, Cat wrote:
> one good thing about IE5 on the mac, in my experience:
> when doing HTML dev work, if you check on IE5 mac early on and make your
> layouts work for it,...
Re: FN-FORUM: db search criteria
date posted 8th April 2005 10:34
David,
The dataset I mentioned is here:
http://www.jibble.org/ukpostcodes/
I can't vouch for it, except that it produced sensible results when I
was experimenting.
Give us a call off-list if you'd...
FN-FORUM: skint Accounting and invoices
date posted 8th April 2005 10:32
on the theme of excellent software available
check out www.phpcoin.com for an online invoice, sales, bookkeeping,
ordering, domainname tracking etc piece of kit.
very brilliant. And its free (doant...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 10:32
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>> to create PDF files specifically.... I heard Word can do it, but I don't
>> know how?
>
>
> OpenOffice.org
> OpenOffice is also an excellent tool for extracting images f...
Re: FN-FORUM: UTF-8, PHP, Polish Characters and Start of File Characters
date posted 8th April 2005 10:29
have just done a very similar thing - ultraedit similarly added these
characters. I ended up converting the files in notepad, 1 by 1 - very
laborious but it worked. I wasn't dealing with Polish, but...
RE: FN-FORUM: Brussels Beer Night : 2005 au Luxembourg
date posted 8th April 2005 10:29
Final chance for anyone interested as I will be looking to reserve the
hotel rooms over the next week. So far it looks like the majority will
be
flying from London City to Luxembourg via VLM, cheap fl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Skint Image-Editing Mac Users
date posted 8th April 2005 10:28
the gimp - a bit fiddley but an excellent piece of kit
you will need to have X11 installed too - see apple.com for that bit (i
think)
the gimp, a must even if you have photoshop
john
On 8 Apr 2...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 10:24
>>>>anyone looking for some advanced CSS would enjoy Stu Nicholls site.
>>>>some very clever stuff...
>>>>http://www.stunicholls.myby.co.uk/
>>>...although the page looks a complete mess on Mac IE 5....
Re: FN-FORUM: UTF-8, PHP, Polish Characters and Start of File Characters
date posted 8th April 2005 10:23
Jerome wrote:
> What is your editor with which you code?
Him say
>> (currently Outlook and Ultraedit)
in post so I suspect it's Ultraedit.
--
http://www.dandylogic.com
--
No virus found in...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 10:17
Paul Silver wrote:
>On 8 Apr 2005 08:46:34 -0000, "Cat" said:
>
>
>>>IE5 on Mac is dead.... please bury it.
>>>
>>>
>>the problem here is that although people do upgrade their browsers to ne...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 10:17
> to create PDF files specifically.... I heard Word can do it, but I don't
> know how?
OpenOffice.org...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 10:14
>> so i think Mac IE5 is going to remain a (minority) issue for quite a
>> while... at least longer than most "out of date" browsers.
>>
>
> any hard evidence? or just wishful thinking...
no wishfu...
RE: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 10:09
>IE5 on Mac is dead.... please bury it.
Burn it please
Mike
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FN-FORUM: Skint Image-Editing Mac Users
date posted 8th April 2005 10:05
Hoping they do a similar PC job on this - basically it's the Gimp hacked
to work like Photoshop. Even runs off a USB drive. Very cool.
http://plasticbugs.com/index.php?p=241*
*Hutch...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 09:59
On 8 Apr 2005 08:46:34 -0000, "Cat" said:
> > IE5 on Mac is dead.... please bury it.
>
> the problem here is that although people do upgrade their browsers to new
> versions, IE5 has a specific issu...
RE: FN-FORUM: UTF-8, PHP, Polish Characters and Start of File Characters
date posted 8th April 2005 09:56
Not a direct solution to your PHP encoding problem, but I once had to do a
Polish version of a site and rather than change the file encoding I
converted all the Polish characters into their full chara...
Re: FN-FORUM: UTF-8, PHP, Polish Characters and Start of File Characters
date posted 8th April 2005 09:56
What is your editor with which you code?
Dan Winchester wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>I'm doing a site in Polish at the moment.
>
>It is all a bit new to me and I've come across a problem.
>
>In order to get...
Re: FN-FORUM: UTF-8, PHP, Polish Characters and Start of File Characters
date posted 8th April 2005 09:54
Dan Winchester wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>I'm doing a site in Polish at the moment.
>
>It is all a bit new to me and I've come across a problem.
>
>In order to get the Polish characters in I've converted my...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 09:54
You can create up to 5 PDF files for free on the Adobe website:
http://createpdf.adobe.com/?v=AHP
hth
Charles
>
> I have written a press release for a great new movie thriller called EVERY
> PICT...
Re: FN-FORUM: UTF-8, PHP, Polish Characters and Start of File Characters
date posted 8th April 2005 09:52
Dan,
I recently had similar problems getting php to talk Russian, for
this:
http://www.wider.unu.edu/darts_web/
I found that JEdit (http://www.jedit.org) helped enormously. It's an
open-source...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 09:50
At 09:47 on Friday, 08 Apr 2005, Cat wrote:
> so i think Mac IE5 is going to remain a (minority) issue for quite a
> while... at least longer than most "out of date" browsers.
>
any hard evidence? o...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 09:50
Another shout for Openoffice.
Makes a good job of PDF's.
Stewart...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 09:41
> IE5 on Mac is dead.... please bury it.
the problem here is that although people do upgrade their browsers to new
versions, IE5 has a specific issue: if you're running OS9, where do you go
from IE5...
FN-FORUM: UTF-8, PHP, Polish Characters and Start of File Characters
date posted 8th April 2005 09:37
Hi guys,
I'm doing a site in Polish at the moment.
It is all a bit new to me and I've come across a problem.
In order to get the Polish characters in I've converted my PHP files to
UTF-8.
This all...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 09:19
At 09:15 on Friday, 08 Apr 2005, Niels Reynolds wrote:
>
>> anyone looking for some advanced CSS would enjoy Stu Nicholls site.
>
>> some very clever stuff...
>
>> http://www.stunicholls.myby.co.uk/...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 09:17
At 09:01 on Friday, 08 Apr 2005, Warwick Sculpher wrote:
>
> Morning All!
>
> Well, can it ? :-)
>
> I have written a press release for a great new movie thriller called
> EVERY
> PICTURE (www.ever...
RE: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 09:16
or jaws
select print and select jaws as your printers.... billabong
Andrew
> Cute PDF writer
>
> http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
>
> HTH
> Deborah
>
>
>
>
> --
> Freelancers, co...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 09:14
Deborah Causton wrote:
>Cute PDF writer
>
>http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
>
>HTH
>Deborah
>
>
>
>
>
>
Why now strating to you all use openoffice ....
http://www.openoffice.org/...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 09:09
>anyone looking for some advanced CSS would enjoy Stu Nicholls site.
>some very clever stuff...
>http://www.stunicholls.myby.co.uk/
---
...although the page looks a complete mess on Mac IE 5.1.7!...
RE: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 09:00
Cute PDF writer
http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
HTH
Deborah...
Re: FN-FORUM: Can Word be saved as PDF file?
date posted 8th April 2005 08:55
Morning All!
Well, can it ? :-)
I have written a press release for a great new movie thriller called EVERY
PICTURE (www.everypicturethemovie.com if you want to check it out...) and I
want to send...
Re: FN-FORUM: Talking about CSS
date posted 8th April 2005 08:33
At 14:03 on Thursday, 07 Apr 2005, wrote:
>
> In the meantime, just archive Tony's e-mail's, combined and suitably
> indexed they should see you through most css problems.
LOL!
anyone looking for...
RE: FN-FORUM: e-commerce solution working with Worldpay
date posted 8th April 2005 08:30
Hi Peter,
I would be happy to quote for the e-commerce solution working with Worldpay.
Do you still need someone for the job? Do you have a number perhaps I can
call you?
Kind Regards
Anthony Rome...
Re: FN-FORUM: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
date posted 8th April 2005 08:21
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Anyone get pissed off with their
> employers.......................???????!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> GRRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGR!!!
Heh - I think posting that to a freelancers list is...
Re: FN-FORUM: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
date posted 8th April 2005 00:19
On 7 Apr 2005 23:20:11 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Anyone get pissed off with their
> employers.......................???????!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> GRRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGR!!!
>...
FN-FORUM: grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
date posted 8th April 2005 00:14
Anyone get pissed off with their
employers.......................???????!!!!!!!!!!!!
GRRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGRGR!!!...
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