Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday December 21st 2005
RE: FN-FORUM: new website
date posted 21st December 2005 22:54
Hi Jo (and everyone else),
I wanna give some IMHOs.
1) Planning (and research) for web marketing (online and offline) should be
done BEFORE the site design has begun. It saves lots of headache (and...
FN-FORUM: how much to charge
date posted 21st December 2005 21:47
Someone asked a question about this earlier, here is an interesting take on it:
http://graphicdesign.about.com/library/weekly/aa092702a.htm
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Alain Williams
Parliament Hill Computers Ltd.
Linux C...
RE: FN-FORUM: Into the lion's den ;)
date posted 21st December 2005 20:29
(Oh and you can ignore the TEST purchase !)
You might need to consider a cheaper shipping option than =A312.50 UPS - =
unless of course you have no control of it and you're shipping direct =
from man...
RE: FN-FORUM: Into the lion's den ;)
date posted 21st December 2005 20:24
Oh, and you need to have your Payment / Learn More finished.=20
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RE: FN-FORUM: Into the lion's den ;)
date posted 21st December 2005 20:22
I shant make any comments about what it looks like as I'd do no
better...
But...
If it's your scripting, it's nice and fast, but there are a few errors
here and there.
(1) search for % (or anything...
RE: FN-FORUM: Into the lion's den ;)
date posted 21st December 2005 18:57
John Anslow wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> time for me to put my head in the lion's mouth and ask for a site
> check.
>
> Am launching www.service-computers.com in the new year and would be
> grateful for so...
RE: FN-FORUM: Into the lion's den ;)
date posted 21st December 2005 18:35
To me, it looks good. The links and text are a bit small, but I appreciate
that you have a lot to fit on the main page. It might be worth thinking
about sub categorising the navigation so that it is a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Into the lion's den ;)
date posted 21st December 2005 18:32
A layout thing, really
You have all the pages line up nicely but the index page goes off the sides.
On the home page you use white out text for headings but on the contact page
the text butts up to...
Re: FN-FORUM: Into the lion's den ;)
date posted 21st December 2005 18:19
Hi ,
Inital thoughts very clean and fairly easy to read / navigate.
things im not to keen on:
buttons they seem out of place with the intial design. ( when you select a
product)
the TYPE for the l...
RE: FN-FORUM: Into the lion's den ;)
date posted 21st December 2005 18:17
Hi John
Looks good, if a bit like every other computer shop online.
Only thing I can see, apart from what you point out, is the contact us
section. Why an email link, why not a form?
Otherwise nice...
FN-FORUM: Into the lion's den ;)
date posted 21st December 2005 18:02
Hi all,
time for me to put my head in the lion's mouth and ask for a site check.
Am launching www.service-computers.com in the new year and would be
grateful for some feedback.
Before you bite my...
Re: FN-FORUM: web/interface/print designer's rates (per hour)
date posted 21st December 2005 17:58
Thanks a lot, you've really helped me.
Natalie
http://felinestudio.com...
RE: FN-FORUM: web/interface/print designer's rates (per hour)
date posted 21st December 2005 17:56
And the free Guide to Freelancing at www.pcg.org.uk
Kind regards
Lindsay...
Re: FN-FORUM: web/interface/print designer's rates (per hour)
date posted 21st December 2005 17:47
There's also this one:
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1073858805
On 21 Dec 2005, at 17:59, Natalie Lukicheva wrote:
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> I am a web/interface/print designer settled down i...
Re: FN-FORUM: web/interface/print designer's rates (per hour)
date posted 21st December 2005 17:46
Rates vary depending on lots of things, such as experience and =20
location, but most freelancers probably charge between =A315 and =A330/hr
You'll either have to register as self employed with the I...
Re: FN-FORUM: web/interface/print designer's rates (per hour)
date posted 21st December 2005 17:45
Try...
http://www.xchangeteam.com/freelancers/working/example-rates.asp
as a general guide to rates - Good luck!
On 21/12/05 5:59 pm, "Natalie Lukicheva" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> I am a web/in...
FN-FORUM: web/interface/print designer's rates (per hour)
date posted 21st December 2005 17:34
I am a web/interface/print designer settled down in UK recently
And I'd like to do freelance works but I don't know the real rates and
the common scheme of the procedure of payments (tax and so on)
M...
Re: FN-FORUM: Interesting contact page
date posted 21st December 2005 17:14
Lol @ second one - that made me laugh.
On 21 Dec 2005, at 17:26, Tony Crockford wrote:
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> On 21 Dec 2005 17:18:34 -0000, Richard Quick
> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>> Hope this makes sense - I'm not...
Re: FN-FORUM: Interesting contact page
date posted 21st December 2005 17:13
On 21 Dec 2005, at 17:26, Tony Crockford wrote:
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> On 21 Dec 2005 17:18:34 -0000, Richard Quick
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>> Hope this makes sense - I'm not looking for ideas, as such, but
>> exam...
Re: FN-FORUM: Interesting contact page
date posted 21st December 2005 17:07
Lol @ the second one. I like that - it's quite funny.
On 21 Dec 2005, at 17:26, Tony Crockford wrote:
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> On 21 Dec 2005 17:18:34 -0000, Richard Quick
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>> Hope this makes...
Re: FN-FORUM: Interesting contact page
date posted 21st December 2005 17:02
On Wednesday 21 December 2005 16:56, Richard Quick wrote:
> Has anyone seen a really interesting example of a contact details page?
>
> I'm looking for something a bit more exciting and conceptual tha...
Re: FN-FORUM: Interesting contact page
date posted 21st December 2005 17:01
On 21 Dec 2005 17:18:34 -0000, Richard Quick
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> Hope this makes sense - I'm not looking for ideas, as such, but
> examples.
how about:
http://www.keltecdesign.co.uk/contact.as...
RE: FN-FORUM: Interesting contact page
date posted 21st December 2005 16:54
Yeah, I'd say people wouldn't go to a contact page for anything other than
contact details, not for trying to find a part of a site that looks flashy.
"Interesting" pages can turn some people away, w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Interesting contact page
date posted 21st December 2005 16:53
Sorry, it would probably have helped if I'd have explained why I'm
looking for this.
I'm just finishing off a book on web design (Web Design in easy steps
- out in January) and I was looking for...
RE: FN-FORUM: Interesting contact page
date posted 21st December 2005 16:40
Hi Richard
Sorry for being obtuse but surely a contact details page is whatever you
want to show, purely down to the specification and brief, or your own
thoughts. If it is stored in your systems, an...
FN-FORUM: Interesting contact page
date posted 21st December 2005 16:31
Has anyone seen a really interesting example of a contact details page?
I'm looking for something a bit more exciting and conceptual than
just an address, email and phone number - any ideas?...
FN-FORUM: Flash text
date posted 21st December 2005 14:23
Hi,
Anyone know how to get a "%" sign appearing in a Flash Movie when it's
passed in on the swf file's querystring? My client wants to be able to add
the percent sign in the text that they update fr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Forum Digest Wednesday December 21st 2005
date posted 21st December 2005 14:09
i have been getting these emails for 2 years now, what can i get from this info or refer too them?
cheers
dave!
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RE: FN-FORUM: Feedback from website
date posted 21st December 2005 13:58
Hi Waz
If you were just starting word 6 months ago that is amazing. What a learning
curve!
Head tags (Meta) are good; although I would say change the keywords to
single words with commas in between....
FN-FORUM: Feedback from website
date posted 21st December 2005 13:48
Helloe,
I am a little new to web design and SEO. In fact as an 'oldie' I was
only managing word 6 months ago! Please look at the following site and
give me some constructive feedback for SEO and des...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 21st December 2005 13:17
Looks fine in firefox and safari on mac, graphic on entry page looks
rough though.
Paul
On 21 Dec 2005 13:01:59 -0000, Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs
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> This is more for th...
RE: FN-FORUM: Changing domain names
date posted 21st December 2005 13:13
Yeah, I could do that and try to get some of the links that point to the old
site to change to the new one.
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RE: FN-FORUM: Changing domain names
date posted 21st December 2005 12:58
You'll basically lose the benefit of the links you've built up to the
old address.
I've heard before that 301 redirects will help transfer the ranking to
your new site, but having tried it with one o...
FN-FORUM: Site check please
date posted 21st December 2005 12:36
This is more for the MAC people out there.
www.zoomanoo.com
Lorna McArdle
Designer and Artworker
www.spinettedesigns.co.uk
0118 375 3333
07813327809...
RE: FN-FORUM: Changing domain names
date posted 21st December 2005 12:26
Yeah, the content would be on the new site.
OK, so with a 301 Redirect, what would happen to the ranking of the old
domain and the new domain?
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Ian Copeland wrote:
> I'm thinking...
Re: FN-FORUM: new website
date posted 21st December 2005 12:22
In IE it's fine but in Firefox it's small on mine too.
Lorna
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RE: FN-FORUM: new website
date posted 21st December 2005 12:09
Joanne
I have just looked at your site, and the look is fine although I am not a
fan of purely flash websites.
Search engine positioning? To give yourself even half a chance sort out the
head of you...
RE: FN-FORUM: new website
date posted 21st December 2005 12:07
1. You need to fix the height and width of the movie rather than scaling to
fit the browser size, if my browser window is long and thin or short and fat
then it looks awful.
2. Your using flash with...
Re: FN-FORUM: Changing domain names
date posted 21st December 2005 12:03
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Ian Copeland wrote:
> I'm thinking of changing my domain name, but I'm worried about the impact it
> will have on my ranking.
> If I have a redirect to my new domain name, will I...
Re: FN-FORUM: new website
date posted 21st December 2005 12:03
You've got the size as percentages so it scales depending on the
browser size. You need to use fixed sizes. You have no keywords or
anything that can be read by a search engines. You need to at lea...
Re: FN-FORUM: new website
date posted 21st December 2005 11:55
On 21 Dec 2005, at 11:21, Joanne Motteram wrote:
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> I have just managed to get the website up and running -
> www.lmn-creative.co.uk but now I wondered is there anyway I can market
> the website c...
Re: FN-FORUM: new website
date posted 21st December 2005 11:51
i cant understand that - i have had loads of people looking at the site for
feedback and you are the first person to come back with these problems. In
fact it looks really big when we are looking a...
FN-FORUM: Changing domain names
date posted 21st December 2005 11:23
Hi,
I'm thinking of changing my domain name, but I'm worried about the impact it
will have on my ranking.
If I have a redirect to my new domain name, will I get credit for the links
I had to my old s...
Re: FN-FORUM: new website
date posted 21st December 2005 11:09
On 21 Dec 2005 11:31:19 -0000, Michael Adams [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Holy tiny website batman!
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> A few problems I see straight away:
>
> 1) the text of the site is tiny, looks like you just nee...
Re: FN-FORUM: new website
date posted 21st December 2005 11:06
Holy tiny website batman!
A few problems I see straight away:
1) the text of the site is tiny, looks like you just need to set the
movie to be bigger.
2) the actual webpage has no content, just a...
FN-FORUM: new website
date posted 21st December 2005 10:56
Hi
I have recently been working with LMN Creative, a design company in
Manchester - I have been doing some design and trying to market the
business. For 15 years the business has relied on word of m...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 21st December 2005 10:38
Someone suggested JavaScript's HTTPRequest object. I have had time to try it
yet but it loks as though it will work
Pam
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Re: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 21st December 2005 10:23
Pop up windows (whether up or under) are a very unreliable way to do
things since toolbars blocking popups have become so popular - I believe
it's even built in to IE in XP service pack 2.
It's worth...
RE: FN-FORUM: Merchant Accounts
date posted 21st December 2005 10:18
About a year ago we and a client found the best combination to be RBS
card services combined with Protx. So I'd say it was a good starting
point, I haven't heard of any flat fee credit cards.
rebecca...
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