Freelancers Forum Messages on Friday September 30th 2005
RE: FN-FORUM: "Umbrella" companies or similar?
date posted 30th September 2005 23:44
Don't whatever you do get involved with Prosperity4, they have to be one of
the worst companies I have ever dealt with. They offer a pi$$ poor service
and non existent customer service in addition to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Sophos Anti Virus
date posted 30th September 2005 22:29
Sophos is the one easy to install not memory hungry
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FN-FORUM: Charging - CMS Site
date posted 30th September 2005 21:18
hi,
what is the market pricing for setting up a postnuke/mambo/joomla/
open source cms system? not including content?
and are there any people out there who can convert designs into
themes for o...
Re: FN-FORUM: website update
date posted 30th September 2005 20:48
Hi Michael,
I tried the code last night and you just "gotta love that", great stuff, the full implication of CSS being dynamic like that was a
revelation. Cheers Anthony for the similar Java tip....
FN-FORUMS: Flash quotation required
date posted 30th September 2005 19:35
Hi folks,
While not three bad at web design, I'm a complete newbie as far as Flash is
concerned.
As part of an ecommerce store I'm pricing up for a prospective client, I've
been asked to provide a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Here's a question if your bored
date posted 30th September 2005 18:59
I use the /* box model hack. I personally think that the IE box model is
more sensible. The WC3 model doesn't allow you to mix % and absolute
measurements very easily / logically IMHO. It would be nic...
Re: FN-FORUM: All emails gone from outlook express inbox.
date posted 30th September 2005 18:22
If you have all the dbx files, you just need to put them in the correct
folder and delete folders.dbx to make OE rebuild the folder list - in fact,
that solves a lot of problems. You'll lose any rule...
Re: FN-FORUM: Here's a question if your bored
date posted 30th September 2005 18:20
Andrew Larcombe wrote:
>
> Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
>
>> faster than Opera. I find far fewer CSS issues with IE than FF and don't
How do you get around the IE box model cock-up? Or is it a cas...
Re: FN-FORUM: "Umbrella" companies or similar?
date posted 30th September 2005 17:58
Alistair,
I respond having once run an accounting and business consulting firm for
many years.
You don't say where in the UK you are but generally choose a local
accountant if, and ONLY, if you can...
FN-FORUM: Developers in Leicester
date posted 30th September 2005 17:44
Looking for asp.net developers in Leicester... Please call 07949 179073 if
available for work on part-time basis....
Re: FN-FORUM: Sophos Anti Virus
date posted 30th September 2005 17:43
Craig wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have any strong opinions on Sophos Anti Virus software? I'm
> being asked by a client if he should go with Sophos over Norton for his web
> server and general offi...
FN-FORUM: All emails gone from outlook express inbox.
date posted 30th September 2005 17:42
Hi, Dont know if anyone else has had this problem but we just lost all our
inbox emails in outlook express. I think it was full (contined 2gb).. Still
have a copy of the inbox file.. Just wondering...
FN-FORUM: Windows player
date posted 30th September 2005 17:40
Any ideas please as to why videos in Windows player should stop after 25
seconds when they should last longer than that? I have had a complaint about
two on a site I look after.
Pam...
Re: FN-FORUM: Here's a question if your bored
date posted 30th September 2005 17:39
Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
> faster than Opera. I find far fewer CSS issues with IE than FF and don't
???????...
FN-FORUM: "Umbrella" companies or similar?
date posted 30th September 2005 17:37
Hello all,
I've been working as a contractor for a while and have been using an
umbrella scheme for the money side of things - the agency who i've had
work for has paid an accountancy company to de...
RE: FN-FORUM: CMS systems
date posted 30th September 2005 16:25
the reason I put Mambo\Joomla is because Miro have formed a Miro Foundation to
control Mambo and all the open source core team quit and became Joomla
Miro have since appointed a new team
Joomla have r...
RE: FN-FORUM: CMS systems
date posted 30th September 2005 15:47
I'm looking in to it. Looks like it'll take a bit longer to master than
WebGUI, not that I've "mastered" that anyway!!!
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FN-FORUM: CMS systems
date posted 30th September 2005 15:38
Ian,
Have you tried Mambo? I hear good things about it. Not
that I have a clue how it works.
Marieke
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RE: FN-FORUM: flash transition effects ...
date posted 30th September 2005 15:10
perfect - thanks mike.
the script side of things is actually what i'm most comfortable with (java
oop background), so no worries there.
have a nice weekend,
a
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Re: FN-FORUM: Basic HTML downloading
date posted 30th September 2005 15:08
As Anthony mentioned, it's quite possible to force download via php:
here's an example of that in action that I did:
http://www.duguid.co.uk/mike/businesscard/
On 30 Sep 2005 08:15:21 -0000, Ian Co...
Re: FN-FORUM: flash transition effects ...
date posted 30th September 2005 15:03
easy enough, create 2 movieclips, top one has a mask clip with
programatically created square clips. A setInterval loads the next
image every so often, a listener fires the mask effect on every image...
Re: FN-FORUM: flash transition effects ...
date posted 30th September 2005 14:46
yes and...
Nige...
Re: FN-FORUM: How much would it cost for...
date posted 30th September 2005 14:29
On 29 Sep 2005 16:15:43 -0000, Ian Copeland [EMAIL REMOVED] wrot=
e:
> ...a "fantasy football" website to be created on the "freelancers" circui=
t?
> Such as the UEFA champions league fantasy league...
RE: FN-FORUM: CMS Systems
date posted 30th September 2005 14:25
there's plenty of guns for hire with skills in these systems.
the only thing I think you may need to write yourself is something to
deal with
the enter 2 words stuff and that shouldn't be too tricky....
FN-FORUM: flash transition effects ...
date posted 30th September 2005 14:25
hi gang
any flash bods out there know how to achieve the kind of funky transition
effects used between images here:
http://www.digbymorris.com/
just trying to hook up something similiar for a site...
FN-FORUM: funny ad agency ads
date posted 30th September 2005 14:04
D wrote:
>The backstory to that:
>http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/vwpolo.asp
I look forewards to lee and dans nuns on the run sequel!!
:)
thsnks for that!!
personally i dont think its...
RE: FN-FORUM: CMS Systems
date posted 30th September 2005 13:54
>> you might have to write your own plugins
Damn, I'm still learning! lol
Quoting Ian Copeland [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> Does anyone know of a free CMS system that would be good for an online
> community...
Re: FN-FORUM: Sophos Anti Virus
date posted 30th September 2005 13:25
I haven't used Sophos, but I have used Norton and I will never use it again.
I use NOD32 now - and no problems so far, in fact I am quite impressed with
the way it just sits there and does its' job w...
FN-FORUM: how to find the general public?
date posted 30th September 2005 13:21
Billy:
andy:
DG:
thanks just caught up on digest
rubbing mouse on monitor!! LOLOL funniest ive heard :)
i shouldn't laugh though ive been eating CSS crispy sausage sandwitches :)
nice to see a bit of...
RE: FN-FORUM: Sophos Anti Virus
date posted 30th September 2005 13:19
Infected by what? Spyware? Or a virus?
Should be pointed out that sophos is an anti-VIRUS product.
Doesn't do spyware :-(
So you need to secure the PC's for spyware as well.
I have never had a vi...
Re: FN-FORUM: funny ad agency ads
date posted 30th September 2005 13:13
On 30 Sep 2005 12:11:35 -0000, jd [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Did anyone see the self promo ad - VW sued them as it featured a suicide
> bomber parking outside a caf=E9, pulls the cord and the explosion...
Re: FN-FORUM: funny ad agency ads
date posted 30th September 2005 13:08
A funny ad for vaseline - was when Archer got sent to jail - under his
picture: "Not even we can save your skin this time"
Did anyone see the self promo ad - VW sued them as it featured a suicide...
Re: FN-FORUM: CMS Systems
date posted 30th September 2005 12:42
you can test drive a bunch of open source PHP ones at opensourcecms.com
I can recommend Drupal, Mambo\Joomla, e107 or LDU
you might have to write your own plugins to do everything you want but they'l...
Re: FN-FORUM: Sophos Anti Virus
date posted 30th September 2005 12:38
Sophos was on a school network that I worked on for a while.
It had been installed before I got there and the reason that I was
brought in was mainly due to the fact that the network had been
infe...
Fwd: FN-FORUM: Sophos Anti Virus
date posted 30th September 2005 12:11
> As far as I know, Sophos is quite a bit better than Norton, but it
> doesn't
> work on all platforms, although I may be wrong...
recently deployed, norton client security, so far no problems, ve...
FN-FORUM: funny ad agency ads
date posted 30th September 2005 12:08
anyone know any good sources for funny ad agency ads
you know the type they do for a laugh or to advertise their own services
or belong to us ones??
we've done this one to advertise one of our our a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Sophos Anti Virus
date posted 30th September 2005 12:04
I have installed, managed, and used sophos on a large corporate - great
product :-)
Never tried it as a standalone though. The management software for use
within a domain is pretty damn good.
Antig...
RE: FN-FORUM: Sophos Anti Virus
date posted 30th September 2005 12:01
As far as I know, Sophos is quite a bit better than Norton, but it doesn't
work on all platforms, although I may be wrong...
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FN-FORUM: Sophos Anti Virus
date posted 30th September 2005 11:57
Hi,
Does anyone have any strong opinions on Sophos Anti Virus software? I'm
being asked by a client if he should go with Sophos over Norton for his web
server and general office AV protection. I've...
Re: FN-FORUM: Here's a question if your bored
date posted 30th September 2005 11:28
> I test most sites on IE, FF, Op, Safari, FF (mac) and Op (mac).
>
> Generally I find that most work fine on IE and FF, but Op gives weird
> CSS rendering errors and I just find it very cluttered.
H...
FN-FORUM: CMS Systems
date posted 30th September 2005 11:07
Does anyone know of a free CMS system that would be good for an online
community.
I'd like to have pages for:
A forum,
A picture gallery, (users submit their own pictures and a comment)
A links page,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Here's a question if your bored
date posted 30th September 2005 10:54
I test most sites on IE, FF, Op, Safari, FF (mac) and Op (mac).
Generally I find that most work fine on IE and FF, but Op gives weird
CSS rendering errors and I just find it very cluttered.=20
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Re: FN-FORUM: Here's a question if your bored
date posted 30th September 2005 09:40
> and don't get me started on Opera...
What was the last Opera version you tried? 8.50 is as good as Firefox in
terms of CSS support and bugs, IMHO.
Now it's free and ad-free I'm expecting quite a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Basic HTML downloading
date posted 30th September 2005 09:38
Hey,
Thanks guys, I'll have to check it out. Might just leave instructions for
the "save picture as".
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Re: FN-FORUM: Basic HTML downloading
date posted 30th September 2005 09:32
> If I put a link to the picture, it just loads the picture in the browser.
That's because most browsers are set to open image files in the browser.
You might be able to force a download by changing...
RE: FN-FORUM: website update
date posted 30th September 2005 09:25
Hi Trevor,
I think your site looks great. I looked in your source code and noticed
some JavaScript's for your menu which is fine. As a little tip you can
run JavaScript from an external file .js and...
RE: FN-FORUM: Basic HTML downloading
date posted 30th September 2005 09:22
Yeah, I thought that, but it would be a pain just for a small jpg. It's only
a logo you see.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Basic HTML downloading
date posted 30th September 2005 09:19
You could zip them, give them the URL, when this is typed in it will auto
download
On 30/9/05 9:15 am, "Ian Copeland" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> I've got some jpg's that I want to allow peopl...
Re: FN-FORUM: website update
date posted 30th September 2005 09:17
Actually, the thing I like about pencils is that you can rub out the result.
I never got on with tippex.
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Kathy
http://www.vend...
FN-FORUM: Basic HTML downloading
date posted 30th September 2005 09:12
I've got some jpg's that I want to allow people to download from my site.
Is there anyway to allow them to do it without right-click, "save picture
as"?
If I put a link to the picture, it just loads t...
Re: FN-FORUM: bulk mail costs
date posted 30th September 2005 04:14
Thanks everyone - very helpful!
Rgds
jez
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RE: FN-FORUM: website update
date posted 30th September 2005 00:04
Of course, MS Table v1.0 with the "lining" template and "Developer
plugin"
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RE: FN-FORUM: Here's a question if your bored
date posted 30th September 2005 00:03
On the PC, I find the converse - IE loads way faster than FF and loads
faster than Opera. I find far fewer CSS issues with IE than FF and don't
get me started on Opera...
I use FF in preference to sa...
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