Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday November 24th 2005
Re[2]: FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 23:24
Hi Cy,
Thursday, November 24, 2005, 5:50:14 PM, you wrote:
> Whilst we're on the subject of shitty ISPs.... Can I just put in my
> vote for Eclipse?
Ah yes, an artist I work with is on Eclipse and...
Re: FN-FORUM: Setting up SMS service
date posted 24th November 2005 23:13
never used it but -
http://www.kannel.org/
Third party gateway -
http://www.mpush.com/
hth,
Darren
www.ppcaccelerator.com
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RE: FN-FORUM: Things to Do...
date posted 24th November 2005 21:50
Try http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
Simon...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spam from A1Opportunity
date posted 24th November 2005 21:16
i did, i used the unsubscribe link, let hope it actually worked....
Re: FN-FORUM: Firefox onload problem...
date posted 24th November 2005 21:01
Nope no onload function working :(
>
> Have you got the javascript debugger extension in firefox - is
> the log empty?
> Try a simple fucntion that just alert()s from the onLoad - is it called?
>...
FN-FORUM: Spam from A1Opportunity
date posted 24th November 2005 20:58
Hi,
Did anyone else on this list get spam from A1Opportunity.net in this
morning with the title "Your free test drive"?
IIRC, the guy posted to this list a while back.
--
Mamading Ceesay
"Isn't a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Firefox onload problem...
date posted 24th November 2005 20:54
> I have been playing with some Javascript to control a flash movie, =
works fine in IE=20
> and the functions I am running work if attached to an onclick();
>=20
> However I would like them to work o...
RE: FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 19:31
I thought that was a plus point - they're less likely to go bust - and owned
by Pipex is better than owned by Business Serve!
A.
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RE: FN-FORUM: Setting up SMS service
date posted 24th November 2005 18:53
Hi there
would look at someone like http://www.csoft.co.uk they are very good, and
will help you decide what it is you really need if you give them a bell!
Steph...
RE: FN-FORUM: Protecting against hackers
date posted 24th November 2005 18:48
Cheers for that, shall take a butchers
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of stephen
> gibson
> Sent: 24 November 2005 14:12
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 17:44
Hi Paul
This can seem confusing, but it isn't really. Many self employed
people do salaried jobs too.
I'm not sure if you have told us whether they have deducted Tax an NI
from the money they sent y...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 17:42
Thanks Kathy, very useful info.
On 24 Nov 2005 17:34:28 -0000, "Lists" [EMAIL REMOVED] said:
>
> You shouldn't give anyone your NI number - see What the Inland Revenue
> has
> to say:
>
> http://ww...
Re: FN-FORUM: Testing Server Crashed
date posted 24th November 2005 17:38
The router is giving your PC a DHCP address. If you have a NIC, the IP
address is associated with the computer's name - it is always *also*
localhost and 127.0.0.1. That's how TCP/IP and netbios over...
Re: FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 17:35
>=20
> Time to look for a new ISP...
>=20
Have people ever considered getting two ISP's or at least a backup dial=20
conneciton. I admitally have to almost the point of stupidity of having=20
two AD...
Re: FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 17:32
> The majority of ISPs do seem to be absolutely rubbish. I find it
> shocking that people can be so utterly incompetent and stay in business,
> especially where shared hosting is concerned.
Whilst w...
FN-FORUM: Firefox onload problem...
date posted 24th November 2005 17:25
Hi there
I have been playing with some Javascript to control a flash movie, works fine in IE
and the functions I am running work if attached to an onclick();
However I would like them to work onloa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 17:16
You shouldn't give anyone your NI number - see What the Inland Revenue has
to say:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nic/ynino.htm#2 If someone needs an ID code to put
into a billing system that is set up to de...
Re: FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 17:07
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Moved away from them 2 years after their service considerable to the
> wayside, they are now owned by PIPEX!
Could we have that in English, do you think?
P...
RE: FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 17:02
very limited for the price, seriously they are and whilst their support is
reasonable they are not pleasnat at all.
Moved away from them 2 years after their service considerable to the
wayside, they...
RE: FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 16:44
www.donhost.co.uk
problem free so far - cheaper and more capacity too.
A.
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Paul
Summers
Sent: 24 November 2005 16:58
To: FN-...
RE: FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 16:39
Hi Andrew
Where did you go? If someone could offer the same features as DSVR then
I may consider moving but have full SSH, root access and full DNS access
is not easy to find...
Paul
=20
Paul Su...
Re: FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 16:38
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>Which reminds me I am still looking for a dedicated server if anyone can
>recommend?
>
>
>
The majority of ISPs do seem to be absolutely rubbish. I find it
shocking tha...
RE: FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 16:16
I left DSVR - much happier now!
A.
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From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of Paul
Summers
Sent: 24 November 2005 16:12
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: FN-FOR...
Re: FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 16:13
Since 2000 I have heard nothing but bad things about these people in fact
one of my first tasks when going it alone was to move a clients portfolio
of domains out of DSVR.
They changed hands around 3...
Re: FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 16:06
Paul Summers wrote:
> Anyone else using DSVR seeing poor performance and packet loss?
>
My site on DSVR has been down twice in 72 hours, with no apology and
minimal explanation. I've always found t...
FN-FORUM: DSVR
date posted 24th November 2005 15:54
Anyone else using DSVR seeing poor performance and packet loss?
Paul
=20
Paul Summers
Systems Developer
=20
=20
Telephone. 0845 307 0002
Fax. 0845 307 0003
Email. [EMAIL REMOVED]
=20
http://www....
Re: FN-FORUM: Protecting against hackers
date posted 24th November 2005 15:32
Good - I thought it might be worth getting. I added it to my wish list a few
weeks go in the intention of getting it.
Pam
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FN-FORUM: What is GoTo on a Mac?
date posted 24th November 2005 15:10
I did some Flash work for a client which works fine in the "usual" browsers,
but they came back to me and said there was a funny line around an image in
the Flash in "GoTo on their Macintosh". When I...
Re: FN-FORUM: Setting up SMS service
date posted 24th November 2005 14:56
www.esendex.co.uk are the people y want not cheap but then the client pays
for charges nothing you can do about that, if you need the programming
done mail me off list and I will recommend a proficie...
Re: FN-FORUM: Setting up SMS service
date posted 24th November 2005 14:51
Hey Paul,
Ive never done it but a previous client had, and i saw how he did it.
Now as you might guess im bound by an NDA, but he did with php/mysql,
i didnt get a look directly into the mechanism bu...
FN-FORUM: Integrating Barclays ePDQ and Mals-e commerce shopping cart?
date posted 24th November 2005 14:48
Does anyone have any experience of this? I have hit a problem right at the
last page and Barclays are saying it is a Mals-e problem and Mals-e are
saying it is a Barclays problem. Anyone have any expe...
Re: FN-FORUM: Setting up SMS service
date posted 24th November 2005 14:41
it is quite expensive to setup, there are probably some free setups out
there but ou are looking at around 150 setup and then around 50 each month
andrew
>
> Hi
>
> A client has asked about sett...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Borders with images
date posted 24th November 2005 14:39
On 24 Nov 2005 14:47:10 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> not sure whcih thread I am supposed to be looking at?
> >> I am currently slcing an awkard design to fit in with an existing h...
FN-FORUM: Setting up SMS service
date posted 24th November 2005 14:33
Hi
A client has asked about setting up an SMS service. So where you'd
send a code to an SMS number. This code would identify that the user
is interested in a specific service and so they would rece...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Borders with images
date posted 24th November 2005 14:29
not sure whcih thread I am supposed to be looking at?
andrew
>
> On 24 Nov 2005 14:31:53 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED]
> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>> I am currently slcing an awkard design to fit in with an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Testing Server Crashed
date posted 24th November 2005 14:19
Hello Kathy,
Your right I had the same router but connect via a powered USB hub. I have
now installed a Ethernet card, and use this only for my broadband
connection.
The MySQL sever is on my box, no...
Re: FN-FORUM: CSS Borders with images
date posted 24th November 2005 14:18
On 24 Nov 2005 14:31:53 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I am currently slcing an awkard design to fit in with an existing html
> table strcuture and it's a pita to say the very least....
Re: FN-FORUM: Email problem
date posted 24th November 2005 14:16
> It's being sent from a Fasthosts domain, via a BT SMTP server to a BT
> email address.
Is there a Fasthosts SMTP server you could use?
Anthony
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www.fonant.com - hand-crafted web sites...
FN-FORUM: CSS Borders with images
date posted 24th November 2005 14:14
I was looking at the CSS for a faded effect and stumpled on the CSS3
images for borders
http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-css3-border-20021107/#the-border-image
8 images to make an image border! Has anyo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Protecting against hackers
date posted 24th November 2005 13:54
Jonathan
Sorry it's a day late but O'Reilly have recently brought out a good
book "Essential PHP Security" (about 15 quid from one of the amazon
bookstores) which I have found useful as it brings...
Re: FN-FORUM: Country and UK county lists?
date posted 24th November 2005 13:28
Elizabeth,
Share away, where did you get holdof them?
Thanks,
D...
Re: FN-FORUM: Country and UK county lists?
date posted 24th November 2005 13:16
On 24 Nov 2005 12:51:03 -0000, Dave Cross [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Elizabeth Varley wrote:
>
> > Anyone got UK counties list?
>
Thanks all, I have them now.
E
--
Elizabeth Varley
Editorial Dir...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 12:40
They did have my NI number having insisted they couldn't pay in the past
without it as the 'computer wouldn't let them' (*sigh*), however they
agreed that I wasn't an employee and didn't remove anythi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email problem
date posted 24th November 2005 12:36
On Thursday 24 Nov 2005 12:10 pm, Will Lingard wrote:
> It's being sent from a Fasthosts domain, via a BT SMTP server to a BT e=
mail
> address.
Is that SMTP server part of business broadband?
BT, i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Country and UK county lists?
date posted 24th November 2005 12:33
Elizabeth Varley wrote:
> Anyone got UK counties list?
Always worth checking Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England
Dave...
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Magnum Solut...
RE: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 12:32
I'd invoice them as per normal. You have a contract that you're
fulfilling. AND they've very kindly decided to add you to the payrole to
carry out the same task. You've not asked them to do it.
Doubl...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 12:29
On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 12:43:32PM -0000, Craig wrote:
>
> I'd re-invoice them for the extra tax and ni they've removed and add
> interest, see how they like that!
If they have removed tax/ni they h...
Fwd: FN-FORUM: Country and UK county lists?
date posted 24th November 2005 12:29
> I have tried to get a list of UK counties for my customers web site =20=
> but ended up paying for one from Collins Bartholomews . It costs =20
> about =A3300 though.
> If you do not want to pay,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 12:25
I'd re-invoice them for the extra tax and ni they've removed and add
interest, see how they like that!
Craig
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Silve...
Re: FN-FORUM: Country and UK county lists?
date posted 24th November 2005 12:13
On 24 Nov 2005 12:29:03 -0000, Graeme J Sweeney
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Elizabeth Varley wrote:
>
> > Can anyone point me in the direction of a site where I can download an
> >...
Re: FN-FORUM: Testing Server Crashed
date posted 24th November 2005 12:12
Try explaining that again.
As I understand it, you had a USB modem. Now you have a router and a NIC in
the PC.
If the PC has a NIC, it will have TWO ip addresses (sort of) - 127.0.0.1
(which is ALWA...
Re: FN-FORUM: Country and UK county lists?
date posted 24th November 2005 12:11
On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Elizabeth Varley wrote:
> Can anyone point me in the direction of a site where I can download an
> up-to-date list of countries and one for UK counties? Just a text or
> CSV list...
FN-FORUM: Country and UK county lists?
date posted 24th November 2005 12:02
Hi all
I know this has been asked before but I can't find the relevant old
email (which surprises me using Gmail).
Can anyone point me in the direction of a site where I can download an
up-to-date l...
RE: FN-FORUM: ECommerce Project - Initial Proposal
date posted 24th November 2005 11:56
Thanks for help on this so far people.
Can any SEO & placement experts, with proven results please email me CV's,
URL's and rates etc off list.
Cheers
Will...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 11:55
The project effectively ends in the new year, apart from keeping the
website alive for another couple of years, and I've got one more invoice
due, so unfortunately I can't afford to wait around and se...
RE: FN-FORUM: Email problem
date posted 24th November 2005 11:52
It's being sent from a Fasthosts domain, via a BT SMTP server to a BT email
address.
Thanks for help
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Cartmell
Se...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 11:51
i reckon someone has just not thought and its a mistake! free thinking at
a university!!
I'm surprised you weren't asked if soeone had thought about what they were
doing.
Probably worth not pursuing...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 11:46
Thanks for the replies so far everyone. I'll do a slight bulk reply /
more details:
I am a sole trader. I realise this means that my tax / NI should sort
itself out at the end of the day, but I've ha...
FN-FORUM: Banner Advertising
date posted 24th November 2005 11:37
I am going to offer some SE promotion for free for a few companies,
freelancers! I have a spare domain going that a few of us can work in our
favour.
Not decided yet exactly how many. However it wi...
RE: FN-FORUM: .NET Global.asax
date posted 24th November 2005 11:31
Eureka!
Thanks for the help on the journey, I've now arrived.
The solution to my problem was to take the comparison of the
ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME"), which determined the DB Connection strin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 11:22
call yu tax office , if 80% of your income is from this one source they
may well have no choce however you have to be asked! all sounds odd and
strange not to say weird!
> Hi,
>
> Slightly strange...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 11:16
On 24 Nov 2005, at 11:14, Alain Williams wrote:
> It could cause a problem if he is VAT registered, he might need to pay
> the excise 17.5% of his salary.
>
> I don't know ... but worth checking.
It...
RE: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 11:14
You definitely don't want this. An employee will pay more in tax off the
same earnings and is not usually eligible to claim any expenses as tax
relief plus the already mentioned VAT problems this coul...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 10:56
On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 11:08:31AM -0000, Ray McGinty wrote:
>
> On 24 Nov 2005, at 10:57, Paul Silver wrote:
>
> >So: does anyone have any employment advice / legal wording I can start
> >throwing...
RE: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 10:54
>>>So: does anyone have any employment advice / legal wording I can start
throwing around? I've complained to my contact (who is generally very good
at sorting things out) but she's hitting a brick wa...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 10:50
On 24 Nov 2005, at 10:57, Paul Silver wrote:
> So: does anyone have any employment advice / legal wording I can start
> throwing around? I've complained to my contact (who is generally very
> good at...
Re: FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 10:42
Quoting Paul Silver [EMAIL REMOVED]
> So: does anyone have any employment advice / legal wording I can start
> throwing around? I've complained to my contact (who is generally very
> good at sorting...
FN-FORUM: Client making me employee without notice
date posted 24th November 2005 10:40
Hi,
Slightly strange situation: I work for a research organisation spread
across several European countries. I get paid through the contact in the
UK, who works at a university in London.
When payin...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email problem
date posted 24th November 2005 10:25
Does in bounce or just dissapear?
I had the problem once where I used to be on the same host company as
my 'contact' he then moved to his own servers and I stayed with the
original company, the e...
Re: FN-FORUM: 3D product viewer
date posted 24th November 2005 10:22
Thanks all.
Paul...
RE: FN-FORUM: .NET Global.asax
date posted 24th November 2005 10:20
Just to clear this up, I am using the code behind method, not the inline
method. All I want to get rid of is the stuff the designer puts in as it is
incapable of rendering correctly formatted HTML eve...
Re: FN-FORUM: Email problem
date posted 24th November 2005 10:18
> Any ideas what could cause this?
SPF settings?
Blacklisted e-mail or IP address?
What domains are your client sending from and to?
Anthony
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FN-FORUM: Email problem
date posted 24th November 2005 10:07
Hi All,
I have a client having a pretty strange problem with his e-mail - it only
appears to be happing with one of his contacts though so there must be a
straight forward reason I guess. When he sen...
RE: FN-FORUM: .NET Global.asax
date posted 24th November 2005 08:50
Hi, You do need to have;
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.SessionState
Public Class Global
Inherits System.Web.HttpApplication
#Region " Component Designer Generated Code "
Public Su...
Re: FN-FORUM: .NET Global.asax
date posted 24th November 2005 08:42
Hi Craig,
I recommend using the code behind feature of .NET, which is a default in
VS.NET rather than in-line code. Is there any particular reason for using
in-line code, as this is the ASP/VB way o...
RE: FN-FORUM: Caching Images in CSS
date posted 24th November 2005 07:35
I'll give it a go, see if it works.=20
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Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 1:52 AM
To: Andy Macnaugh...
RE: FN-FORUM: Caching Images in CSS
date posted 24th November 2005 01:34
-----Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:-----
> Any ideas how to "expire" a stylesheet ?
Instead of linking to the stylesheet like this:
Append a query parameter ("?" followed by anything y...
RE: FN-FORUM: .NET Global.asax
date posted 24th November 2005 01:17
Hi Dawn,
Adding "Imports System.Web" to the asmx file has now allowed me to access
the ServerVariables from the Web Service using
"HttpContext.Current.Request.ServerVariables" Thanks.
However it st...
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