Freelancers Forum Messages on Saturday January 7th 2006
Re: FN-FORUM: Portfolio
date posted 7th January 2006 23:28
>>ive definately learnt some lessons from you guys.
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>One of them should be that be the first thing a lot of these guys do
>when faced with a website is view the source...
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yup +1...
Re: FN-FORUM: Portfolio
date posted 7th January 2006 23:08
On Saturday 07 Jan 2006 12:06 am, richard wrote:
> ive definately learnt some lessons from you guys.
One of them should be that be the first thing a lot of these guys do=20
when faced with a website...
Re: FN-FORUM: yaks
date posted 7th January 2006 22:21
allison mc connell wrote:
>Cheers for that, it was funny, did u do the artwork?
>
o not me, its someone elses ;)
A....
Re: FN-FORUM: More blatant copying
date posted 7th January 2006 19:38
Mike A wrote:
> Oooohhh... that's nasty! The site held me for less than a minute. Good idea,
> bad design and development.
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> Mike A.
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> getyoursnackon wrote:
>> http://www.pirated-sites.com/
Thi...
FN-FORUM: Video request
date posted 7th January 2006 16:37
Hi
Has anyone got a video clip I could use of someone talking to camera.=20
I do not need the audio ... just a face talking to camera. By Monday
I need to illustrate video conference on a mobile as...
Re: FN-FORUM: More blatant copying
date posted 7th January 2006 16:02
Oooohhh... that's nasty! The site held me for less than a minute. Good idea,
bad design and development.
Mike A.
getyoursnackon wrote:
> http://www.pirated-sites.com/
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> Arrgghh matey, avast behind...
RE: FN-FORUM: More blatant copying
date posted 7th January 2006 15:58
Pirated sites is always writing in the present tense. Ha Harrr mateys.=20
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RE: FN-FORUM: More blatant copying
date posted 7th January 2006 15:56
I think the main level of annoyance is down to somebody touting their
skills to be able to do a job but when it comes down to it, all they can
really do is change the style. Now obviously there are th...
Re: FN-FORUM: More blatant copying
date posted 7th January 2006 15:51
http://www.pirated-sites.com/
Arrgghh matey, avast behind!
Q: How do pirated get to work in the morning?
A: In a caaaaaaarrrggghhh!
Mike A wrote:
> Isn't there some sort of website somewhere that p...
Re: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Bounding Box width?
date posted 7th January 2006 15:48
I always explicitly create a crop area and then export it as a psd (or
just save for web) rather than use the document bounds.
* new layer (i keep my crops seperate so i can release them easier)...
Re: FN-FORUM: More blatant copying
date posted 7th January 2006 15:37
On 7 Jan 2006 15:55:20 -0000, Paul Cooper [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> On 7 Jan 2006 15:29:24 -0000, Anthony Cartmell [EMAIL REMOVED] wr=
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> > Not wanting to flog a dead horse, (well, alright, p...
Re: FN-FORUM: More blatant copying
date posted 7th January 2006 15:36
Isn't there some sort of website somewhere that people can notify/register
sites that are bad 'uns? Sort of like SpamCop but for sites.
Mike A.
Paul Cooper wrote:
> On 7 Jan 2006 15:29:24 -0000, Ant...
Re: FN-FORUM: More blatant copying
date posted 7th January 2006 15:34
lol... That's funny!
Richard has been a real sport about how some hounds here have treated him
like a fox. Seems like a strong chap who will go a long way in this field
once he has his own portfolio,...
Re: FN-FORUM: More blatant copying
date posted 7th January 2006 15:25
On 7 Jan 2006 15:29:24 -0000, Anthony Cartmell [EMAIL REMOVED] wrot=
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> Not wanting to flog a dead horse, (well, alright, perhaps it is fun!) but=
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> Compare
> http://itsoftwaresolutions.co.uk...
Re: FN-FORUM: More blatant copying
date posted 7th January 2006 15:15
> http://itsoftwaresolutions.co.uk/characterisitcs.php
perhaps the spelling of the filename is a clue to Richards
copywriting skills ;)
N...
FN-FORUM: More blatant copying
date posted 7th January 2006 14:59
Not wanting to flog a dead horse, (well, alright, perhaps it is fun!) but:
Compare
http://itsoftwaresolutions.co.uk/characterisitcs.php
with
http://www.phoebemoon.com/properly-designed-website.ht...
css help FORMERLY Re: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Bounding Box width?
date posted 7th January 2006 13:33
Richard, read the rules of the forum or listen to what was said in a
similar incident yesterday.
If you are going to hijack a post CHANGE THE SUBJECT NAME AND REMOVE
UNEEDED CONTENT.
As for your que...
FN-FORUM: Flash mx - internet explorer problem
date posted 7th January 2006 13:21
I have a 4 levels of flash movies stacked on one another
I am using macOS X 10.2
Testing locally on my machine in IE works fine, but when I test on the
remote server, one of the levels unloads
This...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 7th January 2006 12:31
That's the way I did it for another site - I was just wondering if there was
anything better but I couldn't think anything. I like Sam's suggestion
aswell - I hadn't thought of that one - a real bra...
Re: FN-FORUM: IIS Password protection system for web pages
date posted 7th January 2006 12:02
that looks good - is there a similar system which works for a mac
platform?
On 6 Jan 2006, at 16:52, Dominic Marsat wrote:
Try this :-
http://www.troxo.com/products/iispassword/
It's free too.
O...
Re: FN-FORUM: Portfolio
date posted 7th January 2006 12:01
On 6 Jan 2006 21:33:46 -0000, richard [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> any positive ideas for me, besides all the negative ones going around, we=
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> all made mistakes and used other people's idea!
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uns...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Test Please
date posted 7th January 2006 11:48
works on Mac Safari
On 6 Jan 2006, at 15:34, Mike A wrote:
I'd be grateful for a site check and commentary on
www.guthriecontracts.co.uk to see if it works across browsers, looks
okay
and so on....
Re: FN-FORUM: Illustrator Bounding Box width?
date posted 7th January 2006 11:46
what does this CSS mean: MARGIN: 0px auto;
and what are the variations?
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FN-FORUM: Illustrator Bounding Box width?
date posted 7th January 2006 11:23
I have a delima copying illustator images into PS for some reason the
bounding box saves (or transfers) a white line around the image? Any
ideas?
Does the blue bounding box outline represent a width...
RE: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 7th January 2006 11:19
You could create a GUID on session start and refer to that. If they
return to the site whilst the session is still valid that's not really a
big deal is it =3D- you know that they've visited the sessi...
RE: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 7th January 2006 11:18
If you're using script then just check the name of the script that's
running. If it's not the home page and you've not set a flag in a
session then redirect to the home page.=20
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RE: FN-FORUM: Portfolio
date posted 7th January 2006 11:12
There is nothing wrong with copying a basic idea. Use the page you already
have. Make the design your own.
The basic way to do it is just list the sites you have worked on. Get a
screenshot that l...
Re: FN-FORUM: Portfolio
date posted 7th January 2006 10:47
how do I go about designing a personal portfolio website?
without copying!
richard
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RE: FN-FORUM: Portfolio
date posted 7th January 2006 10:40
I'm still not sure where your area of expertise is. If you are a designer
that can't code, I will be happy to help out. I have helped a few designers
in the past that are at least attempting to do t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 7th January 2006 10:35
That's the way I tend to do it. Not much help there, just agreeing with
Sam!
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Re: FN-FORUM: Portfolio
date posted 7th January 2006 09:39
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Re: FN-FORUM: Portfolio
date posted 7th January 2006 09:28
yes it was based on a free template, and the text, is my own.
richard
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RE: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 7th January 2006 09:11
When you say includes are you using .php, .asp or basic .shtm includes,
either way again you could do almost the same thing, check the URL isn't the
url of the include and redirect if it is.
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Re: FN-FORUM: Site Test Please
date posted 7th January 2006 03:12
Looks fine ... XP IE6.
Agree with Steve on the navigation changing ... hate sites that do
that. Also I notice that only the text is the active area. They look
like buttons so why not make them act...
Re: FN-FORUM: Site Test Please
date posted 7th January 2006 01:24
Sam
Thanks so much! I will work on the website over the weekend!
Mike A.
Sam Morgan wrote:
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Re: FN-FORUM: Portfolio
date posted 7th January 2006 01:22
here, here. I think we've had enough slating for tonight, he seems to
have taken everything onboard which is the main thing.
Richard, as Steve says you should know what are you excel in, if you
don't...
Re: FN-FORUM: Portfolio
date posted 7th January 2006 01:06
cheers rich, thanks for your opinion!
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RE: FN-FORUM: Portfolio
date posted 7th January 2006 00:33
Spend a month putting together a good page about yourself and some examples
of any design / development work you have genuinely built to date.
Call your local charitable organisations / community gro...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 7th January 2006 00:19
No not frame just straight includes - Pam
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RE: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 7th January 2006 00:14
If your using frames (Shame on you :) ) and have header / footer frames you
can check that they are actually part of the frame using JavaScript.
Something like this
--- untested code --
if (top.docu...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 7th January 2006 00:13
Good thinking - I hadn't thought of that - Pam
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Re: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 7th January 2006 00:11
They might have Cookies turned of. I did think about setting a session
varaible. The only problem is that the Session variable doesn't disappear
straight away when you leave the site but it the only...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 7th January 2006 00:10
On Saturday 07 January 2006 00:34, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I hadn't thought about book marks - you are right. The pages I was thinking
> about was where you have the header or footer as a page which...
Re: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
date posted 7th January 2006 00:04
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Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Suggestions please
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> On Saturday 07 Januar...