Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday January 19th 2006
RE: FN-FORUM: windows xp, privs + applications
date posted 19th January 2006 23:49
Hey Rob,
The software wont be visibale as in an icon on the desktop but should be
under the list of all programs. If not look in the C: Drive and see if you
can find the Programs folder and then loo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 23:45
Was it based on existing blog software under open source licence?
Mike A.
billy wrote:
> Similarly (I don't think its the same case as mentioned below) a
> developer working for Edinburgh Council cr...
FN-FORUM: Site Check please
date posted 19th January 2006 23:34
one for all you late nighters
I've put it live (with a few minor tweaks pencilled in for the morning
- like sorting out the redirection in a meaningful way and getting
print.css to do a proper job)...
Re: FN-FORUM: windows xp, privs + applications
date posted 19th January 2006 22:58
1.
Are you logging in as admin
Logging out
And then logging in as ADMIN AGAIN
OR
2.
Are you logging in - installing - logging out - logging back in as a.n.other
user
If it is 2 then the OS is beha...
Re: FN-FORUM: Spare Monitor about to be skipped
date posted 19th January 2006 22:40
Don't skip it - take it to your local charity shop.
Rich Quick
http://www.richardquickdesign.com
On 19 Jan 2006, at 16:02, [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> It will be skipped tomorrow i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Adwords
date posted 19th January 2006 22:38
With Google it depends how competitive the keywords you're going for =20
are, as this will affect the cost to get a high ranking.
I dread to think how much it costs to be number on on "Web Design", =...
Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Adwords
date posted 19th January 2006 22:23
Lorna,
Search engine submission is entirely free, apart from the charges you
will make for your time. A good semantic css site, with well written
content, tweaked to optimise the keyword density, ma...
Re: FN-FORUM: Starting out with agencies
date posted 19th January 2006 22:06
All I can say is WHY????
If you have enough work to do at home then why would you go into an
environment that restricts your ability and freedom.
I've been in the business for 20 years (print mostl...
RE: FN-FORUM: Starting out with agencies
date posted 19th January 2006 22:02
Hi Tam,
I was in a similar situation in the late 90's. I had only ever worked =
for
two companies (full time) and although I knew I was good for my current
company, I had no idea if I had marketable...
RE: FN-FORUM: Starting out with agencies
date posted 19th January 2006 21:56
You'll largely get shafted by agencies - I went the other direction cos
I'm sick of them taking the pi$$ - jobs that don't really exist just to
get your CV so they can see where you've worked to find...
RE: FN-FORUM: Adwords
date posted 19th January 2006 21:33
The thing to remember is that using adwords doesn't affect your search
rankings. There is a clear distinction between google ads & google
listings.
When you sign up for adwords, you allocate how muc...
RE: FN-FORUM: Re: Adwords
date posted 19th January 2006 21:27
that one been fryin my noodle too lorna, all i can suggest is spend a few
nights hard at it plugging it to bits u know the score multiple all profiles
n chat sites n stuff all strangely made up abo...
RE: FN-FORUM: Spare Monitor about to be skipped
date posted 19th January 2006 21:15
second thoughts, it might be as cheap to buy one where u based?
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RE: FN-FORUM: Spare Monitor about to be skipped
date posted 19th January 2006 21:13
dude you happen to mention that right at the moment mine keeps trippin into
blackness
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Re: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 20:00
you could just use a plain old tag. The spider will find the alt
attribute and, if used, long desc attribute
On Thursday 19 January 2006 14:05, you wrote:
> > Any thoughts?
>
> Yeh - its mainly us...
RE: FN-FORUM: motherboard for dell poweredge 650?
date posted 19th January 2006 19:18
Rob
I don't see your problem as being the motherboard. ASUS, MSI, and Intel all
make what they call 'Server' motherboards - my ASUS P2B-DS is technically a
server mother board as it supports dual CPU...
RE: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 19:13
Question is, is it really cloaking - if you took it to it's extreme it
would be, I agree entirely, but hiding some text that says the same as
the logo, so;
Coca Cola=20
So that on a PC it shows the...
FN-FORUM: Adwords
date posted 19th January 2006 18:07
My client has asked me to look into getting his company on the search
engines.
My personal opinion is that they are a waste of money, has anyone on this
forum had experience of doing adwords and...
Re: FN-FORUM: copyright in the UK
date posted 19th January 2006 17:14
On Thursday 19 Jan 2006 1:20 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> what was the original question?
Who owns the copyright when you do something as a freelancer....
Re: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 17:11
Similarly (I don't think its the same case as mentioned below) a developer
working for Edinburgh Council created a community website with another
agency. The developer then left Edinburgh Council,...
RE: FN-FORUM: Accessible logo [css/html] - cross-browser solution
date posted 19th January 2006 17:10
Ok - think got it working now in all modern browsers (incl. IE5.5) and you
can even define the clickable area through a .link class. If css is turned
off the text stays as a h1 hyperlink.
Have a look...
FN-FORUM: windows xp, privs + applications
date posted 19th January 2006 16:53
Hi Guys,
I'm having a problem with windows xp pro. Basically I limit the office's
PC's privs to 'limited' and not 'aministrator'. I have a piece of software
I'm trying to install. It won't insta...
FN-FORUM: Starting out with agencies
date posted 19th January 2006 15:54
Hi everyone,
I've been persuing freelance web development work for about 6 months
now, working from home sitting on my computer for 12 hours a day
(quite unhealthy i know, but i bet im not the only o...
FN-FORUM: Re: Adwords
date posted 19th January 2006 15:38
sorry that's browsers
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From: "Lorna McArdle - Spinette Designs" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:47 PM
Subject: Adwords
> My client...
FN-FORUM: Spare Monitor about to be skipped
date posted 19th January 2006 15:26
I bought a monitor about 2 years ago as a spare (£20) and now it is time
to bin it, if someone would like it and lives in Leicestershire and can
collect from near the city it is yours.
It's a Dell 1...
FN-FORUM: Adwords
date posted 19th January 2006 15:25
My client has asked me to look into getting his company on the search
engines.
My personal opinion is that they are a waste of money, has anyone on this
forum had experience of doing adwords and ge...
Re: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 15:01
If you're looking to do something more accessible, it might be worth looking
into FIR:
http://google.com/search?q=%22fahrner+image+replacement%22
There are also some discussions on places like http...
RE: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 13:38
Not if the background image was in the it'd dissapear as well. It's
just the text I'm trying to hide. If the css doesn't get loaded (i.e.,
by a spider) then the text is happily visible in place in th...
RE: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 13:30
> Any thoughts?
Yeh - its mainly used for hiding text from users but feeding it to SE
spiders - in other words 'cloaking'
Not clever really
Mike...
RE: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 12:56
Agree entirely - I'd taken things a bit further to include all website
images. However, I'd still say that on a low bandwidth device,
downloading a big logo (and some sites do have them) may be (a)
un...
Re: FN-FORUM: Import website
date posted 19th January 2006 12:54
> Basically yes, my client wants his site to mirror an associated company,
> so to get the basic structure I want to import what is there. It is
> easier to do it this way for structure than obtai...
Re: FN-FORUM: copyright in the UK
date posted 19th January 2006 12:45
what was the original question?
>
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 10:20:13AM -0000, Andrew Wilson wrote:
>>
>> http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_1.htm
>
> Your point being .... ?
>
> -...
Re: FN-FORUM: Import website
date posted 19th January 2006 12:28
On Thursday 19 Jan 2006 11:54 am, David J MacKillican wrote:
> Basically yes, my client wants his site to mirror an associated company=
, so
> to get the basic structure I want to import what is there...
Re: FN-FORUM: Import website
date posted 19th January 2006 12:26
David J MacKillican wrote:
> Basically yes, my client wants his site to mirror an associated company, so
> to get the basic structure I want to import what is there. It is easier to
> do it this way f...
RE: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 12:18
Where as i would...o
my logo
h1 {
background: url(image.jpg) no-repeat;
}
h1 span {
display: none;
}
>
>
>> I just do;
>>
>> My Company Logo Name
>>
>> And do;
>>
>> .clsHide{disp...
Re: FN-FORUM: Import website
date posted 19th January 2006 12:14
On 19 Jan 2006 11:53:36 -0000, David J MacKillican
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Basically yes, my client wants his site to mirror an associated company, =
so
> to get the basic structure I want to impor...
Re: FN-FORUM: HTML work anyone
date posted 19th January 2006 11:47
Thanks for all the responses. Sorry I was not able to respond to most
people. Please don't take this as a reflection of your skills. I was
inundated with emails.
Thanks again.
Paul...
Re: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 11:42
Im still getting to grips with the whole CSS thing, but am enjoying it.
I saw something recently which might be the same kinda thing incase css is
off or not supported....
text-indent: 3000000px; //...
RE: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 11:40
Well, using hidden and visibility css properties is not safe according to
many sources and may cause problems with other than JAWS screen readers
(this might change with the new version not work at al...
Re: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 11:33
At 10:54 am +0000 19/1/06, David Sadowski wrote:
>Good morning all freelancers!
>
>I have been searching (googling) for the best way of creating accessible
>logos i.e. those ones that always look nice...
Re: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 11:30
I know visibility: hidden leaves the block in place, as it's meant to
do this.
But I haven't come across display: none not working in any modern
browser.
On 19 Jan 2006, at 11:40, Andy Macnaught...
Re: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 11:29
Hi Andy,
> My Company Logo Name
Wouldn't it be better to do:
My Company Logo Name
?
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Cheers,
Julian Voelcker,
Cheltenham, Glos.
T: 01285 821 910
M: 07971 540 362
MSN: j...
Re: FN-FORUM: Import website
date posted 19th January 2006 11:29
Hi David,
> Can anyone recommend a tool for importing a website, other than FrontPage?
Importing into what?
If you just want to suck in the front end view of it, I use Teleport Pro
which does a re...
Re: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 11:28
2 things
1. A logo is FUNDAMENTALLY visual. It's not used to convey any
information or explain a concept - it's just so people who look at it
go "Oh, that' a can of Coke" (or whatever).
2. It'...
Re: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 11:20
On Thursday 19 Jan 2006 1:24 am, Lee Fogarty wrote:
I didn't mean to offend. I was merely observing that your arguments
against using (a) open-source (b) off-the-shelf packages came in two=20
variet...
RE: FN-FORUM: Import website
date posted 19th January 2006 11:19
Basically yes, my client wants his site to mirror an associated company, so
to get the basic structure I want to import what is there. It is easier to
do it this way for structure than obtain the othe...
Re: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 11:18
On Thursday 19 January 2006 11:15, Tony Crockford wrote:
> I don't want to get into legal interpretation of all the other
> aspects, just to clarify that copyright remains with the creator of
> the w...
RE: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 11:16
Screen readers I've tried in the past have basically ignored all CSS, so
the idea is to simply hide the text of "My Company Logo" to normal
browser users. I guess all it would need would be a CSS sele...
FN-FORUM: shopping cart/HSBC payment setup - opportunity
date posted 19th January 2006 11:15
hi,
i am looking to hire an ecommerce developer to integrate (on an existing
website) a very simple shopping cart with the HSBC card processing facility.
the client has a merchant account already set...
RE: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 11:05
I've found previously that if you do visibility:hidden it still leaves
the space created by the display:block (or visible component of the
display). And also previously that if you didn't do both that...
Re: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 11:03
> I just do;
>
> My Company Logo Name
>
> And do;
>
> .clsHide{display:none; visibility:hidden}
> h1.background:url('mylogo.jpg');
>
>
> In fact, anywhere I want to have an image as well as accessible...
Re: FN-FORUM: Import website
date posted 19th January 2006 10:50
On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, David J MacKillican wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a tool for importing a website, other than FrontPage?
Import to what?
Do you just want a mirror of the site?
--
Graeme -
Out...
Re: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 10:46
On 19 Jan 2006, at 11:13, Andy Macnaughton-Jones wrote:
> .clsHide{display:none; visibility:hidden}
Why'd you do display:none AND visibility: hidden ?
Surely you'd want to do one or the other?...
Re: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 10:42
On 19 Jan 2006 10:34:39 -0000, Lee Fogarty [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> If you read the whole document, it is actually left very open to the cour=
ts
> to decide whether you are an employee or not. Thi...
Re: FN-FORUM: copyright in the UK... OH NO NOT AGAIN!
date posted 19th January 2006 10:41
Andrew Wilson wrote:
> http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_1.htm
Good post Andrew, and one some here will know I've posted many times before.
Folk that don't know about it, especi...
RE: FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 10:40
I just do;
My Company Logo Name
And do;
.clsHide{display:none; visibility:hidden}
h1.background:url('mylogo.jpg');
In fact, anywhere I want to have an image as well as accessible text
I'll use th...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP/Apache path problem
date posted 19th January 2006 10:38
Thanks for that Jamie I'll give it a whirl.
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FN-FORUM: Import website
date posted 19th January 2006 10:35
Hi
Can anyone recommend a tool for importing a website, other than FrontPage?
Thanks
Dave
David J MacKillican...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP/Apache path problem
date posted 19th January 2006 10:32
Actually re-reading what you wrote i noticed the bit about pathinfo; =
Looks like the scripts are outputting the physical path of the images to =
the clients? Check the source received from the site....
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP/Apache path problem
date posted 19th January 2006 10:29
Thanks Jamie
I agree with everything you say and the images are available via the
http://example.com/assets directly from a browser. However the problems lies
with the way the root of the site is det...
FN-FORUM: Accessible logos [css/html]
date posted 19th January 2006 10:22
Good morning all freelancers!
I have been searching (googling) for the best way of creating accessible
logos i.e. those ones that always look nice and work despite javascript/css
turned off - does an...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP/Apache path problem
date posted 19th January 2006 10:16
All files and folders that web users will be accessing need to be a =
subdirectory of the root they access in the a browser.
If they access http://example.com/ and it puts them in the /web folder, th...
RE: FN-FORUM: copyright in the UK
date posted 19th January 2006 10:10
There is no point expressing opinions - this is the law and that is what
would count in a dispute.
A.
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RE: FN-FORUM: copyright in the UK
date posted 19th January 2006 10:05
I realise I am coming across as really negative here, but that's not really
the case.
The danger here is that it is too easy to pick which parts of the law we
want to apply to us. This works both wa...
RE: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 10:01
If you read the whole document, it is actually left very open to the courts
to decide whether you are an employee or not. This is the whole point of
work for hire.
The term 'employee' doesn't necess...
Re: FN-FORUM: copyright in the UK
date posted 19th January 2006 09:56
On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 10:20:13AM -0000, Andrew Wilson wrote:
>
> http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_1.htm
Your point being .... ?
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Alain Williams
Parliament Hill Computers...
RE: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 09:47
As an aside, I was asked last year to produce a rather large website. I
quoted =A330k for this site, and spent 2 weeks with the customer =
building a
very detailed NSR with them.
At the end of two w...
FN-FORUM: copyright in the UK
date posted 19th January 2006 09:46
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_1.htm...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP/Apache path problem
date posted 19th January 2006 09:39
Hi Ray
It is Linux - but the problem lies with paths rather than permissions =
they
are set at 755.=20
Andy
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Re: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 09:37
On 19 Jan 2006 09:42:17 -0000, Lee Fogarty [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Ok, I apologise for the previous misleading statement.
> There are steps in place to bring the UK & Europe into line with the US,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 09:34
On 19 Jan 2006, at 01:23, Lee Fogarty wrote:
> More importantly, when a customer pays you for work, they automatically
> retain copyright of your work - unless a specific agreement is reached
> befor...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP/Apache path problem
date posted 19th January 2006 09:28
On 19 Jan 2006, at 07:47, Andy Creed wrote:
> Now if I look at the site on my windows machine (running apache) I can=20=
> see
> these images fine in my pages as I have access to the root of my dri...
RE: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 09:28
In this case (as a guess), I would say the software company would win. I've
based this on the assumption that the council didn't request software that
is critical to their income. If it had been a p...
Re: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 09:26
Lee Fogarty wrote:
> Ok, I apologise for the previous misleading statement.
>
> This is how the law works (currently) in the UK.
>
> When you create any form of works, the copyright automatically goes...
RE: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 09:18
There was a case in the press a few months ago (probably on the
register) about a software firm contracted to write some software for a
council but I can't recall who was involved. That came down to t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 09:09
Ok, I apologise for the previous misleading statement.
This is how the law works (currently) in the UK.
When you create any form of works, the copyright automatically goes to the
creator & not the c...
Re: FN-FORUM: Reloading Flash
date posted 19th January 2006 09:01
well thats sorted that problem out then. There must be another reason for
the bandwidth more than trebling.
Andrew
>
> I watched the site transfer via charles web debugging proxy (fantastic
> tool...
Re: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 08:56
On 19 Jan 2006 08:13:37 -0000, Lee Fogarty [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Not necessarily. When you are paid to code, you are a work for hire.
I don't think you are right on this point.
if you are an e...
RE: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 08:37
If you hire a photographer, the usual situation (unless specifically
stated) is that the copyright of the created works stays with them. So
in the case you've given, the copyright of the customised wo...
Re: FN-FORUM: motherboard for dell poweredge 650?
date posted 19th January 2006 07:46
Thanks for the advice!
can you or anybody else recommend one?
cheers
Rob
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RE: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 07:40
Not necessarily. When you are paid to code, you are a work for hire.
Therefore all IP goes to the person that is hiring you. If this person
isn't made aware that parts of the code aren't theirs & se...
RE: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 07:27
Erm, is this an open source thing;
"More importantly, when a customer pays you for work, they automatically
retain copyright of your work - unless a specific agreement is reached
beforehand. Do you...
FN-FORUM: PHP/Apache path problem
date posted 19th January 2006 07:14
Hi=20
I cannot get round this problem:
I have a client who structures their sites as follows:
For all web pages go into=20
/web - this is the public folder that can accessed =
from
the web
All...
RE: FN-FORUM: Best Blog stuff?
date posted 19th January 2006 00:51
Well, thanks for insulting my intelligence.
Firstly, I have no problem with the nature of open source and free software.
Which I have already stated.
Secondly, I don't claim to be a lawyer, but I DO...
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