Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday September 15th 2005
RE: FN-FORUM: most basic level e-commerce?
date posted 15th September 2005 18:35
Thanks Mick that was very interesting. I can see now how crazy it would have
been to deploy osCommerce and try and customise it for such a small project
when simpler tools can do the job that I need....
RE: FN-FORUM: Site on CD
date posted 15th September 2005 16:16
I eventually went the hta way, seems to work well. I put an autorun.inf
pointing to a setup.bat file calling the hta you don't even get a open file
prompt, it just opens the hta window and everything...
Re: FN-FORUM: fasthosts merchant account
date posted 15th September 2005 14:57
Thomas Design [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> anyone using the new fasthosts merchant account? looking for a quick setup
> merchant account and payment processing that gets the money in the account
> with...
RE: FN-FORUM: Late cancellation of work.
date posted 15th September 2005 14:47
Thanks for the replies everyone.
I phoned up the client, and when I dropped into the conversation that I
would invoice them anyway, they didn't bat an eyelid!
They want to cancel because even the c...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site on CD
date posted 15th September 2005 14:10
I blogged about this not too long ago and the link should help:
http://creativenrg.co.uk/blog/archive/2005/04/11/341.aspx
Simon
>
> Client wants there site on a cd to give to clients without inter...
FN-FORUM: fasthosts merchant account
date posted 15th September 2005 14:05
anyone using the new fasthosts merchant account? looking for a quick setup
merchant account and payment processing that gets the money in the account
within a couple of days, none of this worldpay,...
FN-FORUM: plus.net 2meg premier / netgear DG824M router
date posted 15th September 2005 14:05
Any one on the list using both of the above?
I've inherited one of these routers but i cant get it to connect -
plenty of anecdotal evidence that it should though - i.e. people on the
plus net for...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash playback problems ?
date posted 15th September 2005 14:05
Assuming you tested it on a few different browsers/platforms and on
some old slow machines too (v important) without problems then you can
reasonably assume her laptop is the problem rather than your...
Re: FN-FORUM: Auto Responder
date posted 15th September 2005 13:26
CYNIC!
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> What's the bets he gets de...
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 13:08
I've come across them trying it one some search forms on a couple of my
sites!
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Re: FN-FORUM: Dreamweaver 8 Reviews
date posted 15th September 2005 13:08
Well I have used it for tweaking a couple of sites and am glad to see
that they have managed to sort out the CSS rendering so that it is a
bit better.
The only bug bear so far is that it keeps on f...
Re: FN-FORUM: Auto Responder
date posted 15th September 2005 12:47
Perhaps he's dead, and this will be his epitaph for all time.
Mike A wrote:
> What's the bets he gets delayed by a week or two!?
>
> George Bliss wrote:
>
>>*bursts into song*
>>
>>The sun'll come...
FN-FORUM: Site on CD
date posted 15th September 2005 12:46
Client wants there site on a cd to give to clients without internet access.
Not a problem I thought as it is static but when the site displays IE gives
a security warning for the JavaScript being run...
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 12:42
hmm. solved alot of the problems ive had on my contact form but im
thinking - has some arse gone through a somewhere like FN and found all
the contractors sites and blitzed the lot? maybe someone w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 12:30
On Thursday 15 Sep 2005 12:30 pm, Paul Silver wrote:
> attacks. One of them is collecting IP addresses of the spammers as I'm
> thinking of blocking them generally, although really it's probably just...
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 12:29
On 15 Sep 2005 11:43:52 -0000, "Anthony Cartmell" said:
> > http://www.paulsilver.co.uk/code/php_contact_spam_block.php
> >
> > The alternative function at the bottom of the page was written by a much...
Re: FN-FORUM: Auto Responder
date posted 15th September 2005 12:14
What's the bets he gets delayed by a week or two!?
George Bliss wrote:
> *bursts into song*
>
> The sun'll come out... tomorrow...
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Re: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 11:58
Plus at another level I presume, I've been getting loads of these lately
from one of my sites...
Name : prozac
Email : [EMAIL REMOVED]
Telephone : prozac
Comments/Enquiry :-
What gives you joy? M...
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 11:58
> And another thing from my end, my older PHP contact forms have been
> affected as yours, but my newer ones which use a generic form handler
> although affected, seem to be limited to sending out...
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 11:56
> http://www.paulsilver.co.uk/code/php_contact_spam_block.php
>
> The alternative function at the bottom of the page was written by a much
> better PHP programmer than I am, so you might want to try t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 11:53
And another thing from my end, my older PHP contact forms have been
affected as yours, but my newer ones which use a generic form handler
although affected, seem to be limited to sending out blank r...
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 11:53
> Any way to stop this?
Yes, just check for line breaks in any values you get from the form that
are included in the e-mail headers (typically Subject and From). In PHP
check for "\n" and "\r" in...
RE: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 11:50
Sorry, should also have said: my PHP contact forms have been affected,
but my ColdFusion ones have not as the attack doesn't work on them
(doesn't stop the odd try though.)
I think some of the first...
RE: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 11:42
I'm getting a bundle of these at the moment. I've put together a
function to check for a couple of the words that always come up in this
sort of attack, see here:
http://www.paulsilver.co.uk/code/php...
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 11:36
If you wrote the mail form, then I would say it is a problem. At the
very least, it reflects badly on you/your company. I would move to put a
stop to it asap.
Tom.
Andrew Wilson wrote:
> I've had...
Re: FN-FORUM: Auto Responder
date posted 15th September 2005 11:34
*bursts into song*
The sun'll come out... tomorrow...
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RE: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 11:29
I've had a couple of clients get exactly the same thing in the past week -
again via forms on the websites. Any way to stop this? Is it really a
problem or just an annoyance? One client had 50 or so...
Re: FN-FORUM: Auto Responder
date posted 15th September 2005 11:25
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I am currently away until 16th September.
Tomorrow ... tomorrow .... tomorrow.
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FN-FORUM: Auto Responder
date posted 15th September 2005 11:17
I am currently away until 16th September. I will respond to your email on my return, however, if you have any urgent issues, such as bug fixes, please email [EMAIL REMOVED]
Thank you,
John...
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 11:15
This is SMTP header injection, which seems to be popular with
script-kiddies at the moment. They can send spam via your form if you
don't check for line breaks in the name, subject or from fields....
Re: FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 11:12
It looks like an automated attempt to send a malicious attachment / spam
through the contact form.
A quick google for [EMAIL REMOVED] brought up this.
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?...
Re: FN-FORUM: Late cancellation of work.
date posted 15th September 2005 11:05
Send them an invoice for the first day noting that if they rebook for
the same work within a fortnight then you'll discount the invoice from
that work.
Regards,
Tim.
Andy Cotgreave wrote:
> Hi,
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: ANy IT Trainers out there?
date posted 15th September 2005 11:03
Been a while since I last did any training, so this may be a little out
of date, but back in the late '90s getting D32/33 (and preferably D36 -
D34 is also nice, but apparently hard work) was usuall...
FN-FORUM: Odd Form Postings
date posted 15th September 2005 11:01
I and a few of my clients have been getting odd postings via their
enquiry forms lately...
The inbound emails ending up something like...
Name : [EMAIL REMOVED]
Company : [EMAIL REMOVED]
Phone : [E...
Re: FN-FORUM: Late cancellation of work.
date posted 15th September 2005 10:55
Hi Andy
I do training and have had similar situations in the past.
What I do now is make all clients sign a booking form and agree to terms an
conditions which state various cancellation fees.
If th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Late cancellation of work.
date posted 15th September 2005 10:45
Andy
If they're a medium to large firm they'll usually understand that
cancellation or postponement, means you'll have prepared for and lost a
day's work. Whatever they say, except that they're going...
Re: FN-FORUM: most basic level e-commerce?
date posted 15th September 2005 10:09
You shouldn't need to collect customer info at all if you're letting
Paypal do the processing. The customer can pay on the Paypal site and
you'll get their address from there. If you sign up for P...
Re: FN-FORUM: Late cancellation of work.
date posted 15th September 2005 10:03
On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 09:39:43AM -0000, Andy Cotgreave wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> My clients are intending to cancel a day?s training on Monday that has been
> booked for three months. They?ll tell me on...
RE: FN-FORUM: Late cancellation of work.
date posted 15th September 2005 09:57
If they're going to rearrange it then tell that this time you won't =
charge them for the late cancellation but to then get a new proper t&c =
for the new day including cancelleation fees etc.
If the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Increase ranking in Google
date posted 15th September 2005 09:53
Sure, perhaps I needed a smiley or two there...
I just notice that when people talk about SEO, the concept of adding
value to your website doesn't always come up despite being so
important.
Regards,...
FN-FORUM: ANy IT Trainers out there?
date posted 15th September 2005 09:52
Hi there,
I=92m trying to establish myself as an IT trainer, and it=92s going =
slowly but
surely. I=92m wondering about IITT and CAPD qualifications to boost my
credibility.
Currently, I=92m deliver...
FN-FORUM: Late cancellation of work.
date posted 15th September 2005 09:51
Hi,
My clients are intending to cancel a day=92s training on Monday that has =
been
booked for three months. They=92ll tell me on Friday, less than one =
working
day before the course.=20
As I=92m j...
RE: FN-FORUM: most basic level e-commerce?
date posted 15th September 2005 09:43
>>>Also, if I wanted to secure the customer details, what would be the best
way of going about it? I don't really understand secure https etc. Can
someone give me a brief overview?...
Re: FN-FORUM: Gigi.ttf font issues (2) PC HELP?
date posted 15th September 2005 09:39
Try the following:
Start > Run > Charmap
That should help you locate the character.
Simon
>
> Hi... Any PC user able to help me track down the elusive 'HEART' character
> that is part of the gigi....
FN-FORUM: Gigi.ttf font issues (2) PC HELP?
date posted 15th September 2005 09:07
Hi... Any PC user able to help me track down the elusive 'HEART' character
that is part of the gigi.ttf font set???? - maybe a PC thing.. No joy on
MAC. Ad....
FN-FORUM: GIGI.ttf FONTCHARACTER SETS??
date posted 15th September 2005 09:04
Anyone out there on MAC..FONT Help?... Have acquired gigi.ttf... Client
wants the 'HEART' shape which appears as part of a line of SPECIAL
CHARACTERS at the bottom of the FONT LIST... Can't find the k...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Increase ranking in Google
date posted 15th September 2005 00:21
it all depends on your search engine string potimisation, search for
SEO in google and see what you get though dont bother going with an
organisation or anything, i think that there is an article on
w...
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