Freelancers Forum Messages on Wednesday June 13th 2007
Re: FN-FORUM: steve wilson - freelance website
date posted 13th June 2007 22:30
On Wednesday 13 Jun 2007 7:28 pm, steve wilson wrote:
> Site link is : www.stevesideas.net
One: it's got an "enter" link. I hates these. I want the site, not some=
thing
that I have to click on fi...
Re: FN-FORUM: steve wilson - freelance website
date posted 13th June 2007 22:10
Thanks for the feedback guys.
I work on a pc, and I think a lot of clients are using those too, but I
guess the occasional Mac will have a problem with the site. Im not too
worried about that.
The...
Re: FN-FORUM: steve wilson - freelance website
date posted 13th June 2007 20:45
Hey Steve,
Nice site. When I eventually got it to work. I use mac's and it will
work on a mac with firefox, but not at all on safari when you click
enter. just gives a message saying I need a fla...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash Website Help
date posted 13th June 2007 20:35
If I were you, add:
Inside the of your HTML page - that'll do it.
However, caching is actually a good...
Re: FN-FORUM: steve wilson - freelance website
date posted 13th June 2007 20:27
Hi Steve,
I quite like the idea, but the site just seems so empty. Your thumbnails
are titchy and just sit in the corner; you can't really get an idea of
what the thumbnail is either as they're so...
RE: FN-FORUM: steve wilson - freelance website
date posted 13th June 2007 19:41
I'm no expert, but to me the site looks incredibly slick and rather
impressive.
One very minor point though - I use the noscript plug in with FF2 which the
site initially perceives as having JavaScri...
Re: FN-FORUM: steve wilson - freelance website
date posted 13th June 2007 19:37
really cool site. Really good music.
I like the shrinking icons at the beginning a lot.
One thing - when the thumbnails enlarge on rollover
they become a bit low-res. Maybe you're enlarging the origin...
Re: FN-FORUM: steve wilson - freelance website
date posted 13th June 2007 19:34
everything worked fine in Safari on my mac!
On 13 Jun 2007, at 19:43, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi steve - I generally liked the site very much, but on my system - =20=
> the pop
> up window d...
Re: FN-FORUM: steve wilson - freelance website
date posted 13th June 2007 19:30
Hi steve - I generally liked the site very much, but on my system - the pop
up window did not come up in safari
In camino broswer (os x 10.2) the box came up - hence I like the layout, bu=
t
when y...
FN-FORUM: steve wilson - freelance website
date posted 13th June 2007 19:15
Hi Everyone. Just thought I'd put my site out there and see what people
think. Any comments are welcome. I do 3d modelling, animation, walkthroughs,
product visualisation, POS modelling and much mor...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wordpress and text formatting
date posted 13th June 2007 19:04
Mark Hutchinson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Currently using wordpress for the first time and trying to find my way
> around.
>
> How can I....
>
> 1. Centre text on a page?
> 2. Indent text within a page?...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash Website Help
date posted 13th June 2007 19:00
Peter Stubbs wrote:
>
> Get then to clear their browsers cache, Tools > Internet Options >
> Delete
> Temporary Files
is this the same as emptying the cache in Safari?...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wordpress and text formatting
date posted 13th June 2007 18:58
Mark Hutchinson wrote:
> Spot on, that's exactly the level of information I was seeking.
doesn't wordpress have various text markup extensions like textile or
markdown code?
be easier to learn a fe...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash Website Help
date posted 13th June 2007 18:58
On 13 Jun 2007, at 6:44 pm, ZAC SANDLER wrote:
> in my experience, you have to remind people who have already viewed
> the site to
> hit refresh, otherwise they will be viewing what is already in t...
RE: FN-FORUM: Flash Website Help
date posted 13th June 2007 18:56
Hi all,
Thanks for the info.
You know, I hoped it might be something as simple as hitting the ol'
refresh button.
I think tomorrow will herald a series of phone calls and emails to those
with the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash Website Help
date posted 13th June 2007 18:46
If this is going to be an issue, I would suggest making the index.html page
redirect to a new page on loading (ie websitev2.html) for each new update
therefore cache'ing the older version should n...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash Website Help
date posted 13th June 2007 18:40
Get then to clear their browsers cache, Tools > Internet Options > Delete
Temporary Files
And also get then to do a super refresh by holding down the shift key at the
same time as clicking refresh....
RE: FN-FORUM: Flash Website Help
date posted 13th June 2007 18:39
I've had the same problem before and occasionally refreshing the page
doesn't work, but navigating away from the page and then clearing out the
browser's cache (or "temporary internet files" if the pe...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash Website Help
date posted 13th June 2007 18:36
I would say that its more likely their temporary internet files have not yet
been updated so they wont be seeing it yet, a few page refreshes may help
but idealy they would need to empty temporary i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Flash Website Help
date posted 13th June 2007 18:31
Hi Jon,
I've had exactly the same experience many times, often on my own
computer.
I may stand corrected, but:
in my experience, you have to remind people who have already viewed
the site to
hit r...
FN-FORUM: Flash Website Help
date posted 13th June 2007 18:17
Hi gang,
I need some probably quite simple assistance before I go mental, tear my
remaining hair out and smash anything remotely computery within arm's
reach.
Here's what it is.
I've updated a Flas...
Re: FN-FORUM: feedback request
date posted 13th June 2007 17:54
Thank you very much indeed for some very useful and
encouraging feedback. Working from home, I hadn't even
heard of many of these processes and packages so much
appreciated! All advice was spot on.
Th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Safari 3 on Windows, thoughts?
date posted 13th June 2007 16:34
Tom Miller wrote:
> The rendering engine is pretty decent - but I heard it was the WebKit
> rendering engine (which is used by Adobe Apollo - now called "AIR").
WebKit is a fork of KHTML and improv...
Re: FN-FORUM: feedback request
date posted 13th June 2007 15:12
ZAC SANDLER wrote:
>
> hi all,
> I'm just about to send out my illustrations to publishers and
> I'd really appreciate any feedback anyone has on my site at
> www.zac.dircon.co.uk
> Also, I've used a...
Re: FN-FORUM: feedback request
date posted 13th June 2007 15:02
> Also, I've used a lot of Flash as innovatively as I could for my band
> website at www.londonastroman.com involving a lot of animations.
> Any feedback on this would also be much appreciated.
> Than...
Re: FN-FORUM: feedback request
date posted 13th June 2007 14:15
illustration -
nice style of illustration, website a bit simple but does what it
says on the tin. i'm viewing on a laptop so the main presentation of
images too deep (cut off), so for my viewing p...
Re: FN-FORUM: feedback request
date posted 13th June 2007 14:08
Great illustrations! The only thing I would suggest for you portfolio
site would be to add lightbox v2 to it, google for it to see what it
does - IMO it really lifts any site showcasing photos or
illu...
RE: FN-FORUM: feedback request
date posted 13th June 2007 13:55
Zac,
Whilst I'm no designer or graphic artist I think your illistrations and
design capabilities are excellent.
The only bit I fonund frustration was the lon into on the website whilw the
flash down...
FN-FORUM: feedback request
date posted 13th June 2007 13:29
hi all,
I'm just about to send out my illustrations to publishers and
I'd really appreciate any feedback anyone has on my site at
www.zac.dircon.co.uk
Also, I've used a lot of Flash as innovatively as...
RE: FN-FORUM: Wordpress and text formatting
date posted 13th June 2007 12:58
Spot on, that's exactly the level of information I was seeking.
Thanks
Mark
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Re: FN-FORUM: Wordpress and text formatting
date posted 13th June 2007 12:54
> > How can I....
> >
> > 1. Centre text on a page?
> > 2. Indent text within a page?
> > 3. Create bullets and numbered lists?
>
> Use HTML.
There are 100 ways to do the same thing but i'll try to k...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wordpress and text formatting
date posted 13th June 2007 12:46
Assuming you're using the default theme, the main stylesheet is
style.css in wp-content/themes/default.
Vicki
Mark Hutchinson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Currently using wordpress for the first time and tr...
RE: FN-FORUM: Wordpress and text formatting
date posted 13th June 2007 12:40
Tam,
OK, guess I asked for that (information that comes out is only as good as
the inforation that goes in).
I'm not a techie or developer either, could you let me know what html to
use?
Thanks in...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wordpress and text formatting
date posted 13th June 2007 12:39
how bizzare I was just looking at one of the pluggins for wordpress wordtube!
Not sure if it is the right solution as I want to uplaod mpeg files not
fla files!
WP as far as styling is concerned is...
FN-FORUM: opportunity
date posted 13th June 2007 12:36
Hi all,
I will be exhibiting my business services at Earls Court Exhibition end of
this month. If anyone is interested in advertising their services on my
leaflets, this will cost £35.00 plus dist...
Re: FN-FORUM: Wordpress and text formatting
date posted 13th June 2007 12:26
> How can I....
>
> 1. Centre text on a page?
> 2. Indent text within a page?
> 3. Create bullets and numbered lists?
Use HTML.
Tam...
FN-FORUM: Wordpress and text formatting
date posted 13th June 2007 12:21
Hello,
Currently using wordpress for the first time and trying to find my way
around.
How can I....
1. Centre text on a page?
2. Indent text within a page?
3. Create bullets and numbered lists?
Th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Video Player
date posted 13th June 2007 12:00
PuntersPower wrote:
> I was thinking it would be a flash player but I want to be able to upload
> mpeg files that then play?
I don't believe there's a Flash player than can handle MPEG streams
direc...
Re: FN-FORUM: Video Player
date posted 13th June 2007 11:55
I was thinking it would be a flash player but I want to be able to upload
mpeg files that then play?
Andrew
>> can anyone recommend a decent utube type mpeg player ?
>>
>> like this one please.
>> a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Video Player
date posted 13th June 2007 11:50
PuntersPower wrote:
>
> can anyone recommend a decent utube type mpeg player ?
>
> like this one please.
> another one is 247spares.co.uk
>
> http://www.retailtherapy.tv/
I assume you mean a Flash...
RE: FN-FORUM: sound proofing a home office
date posted 13th June 2007 11:43
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
> > There's no need for ceiling or floor insulation, just the partition
> > walls, would ordinary mineral wool do the trick or would it be too
> > warm...?
>
> Mineral w...
RE: FN-FORUM: Required - A usability Guru - Where do I find one?
date posted 13th June 2007 11:14
I may be able to help? I have had some experience in this area and have
worked with organisations including TUI UK, Cosmos Holidays, Admiral
Insurance, Confused.com amongst many others on developing t...
FN-FORUM: Video Player
date posted 13th June 2007 11:00
can anyone recommend a decent utube type mpeg player ?
like this one please.
another one is 247spares.co.uk
http://www.retailtherapy.tv/...
Re: FN-FORUM: Required - A usability Guru - Where do I find one?
date posted 13th June 2007 10:54
Mark Pawelek wrote:
> Required - A usability Guru.
>
>
From what you're saying a good starting point might be to do everything
you can sort out for yourselves- you know your customers and under...
RE: FN-FORUM: website branding - american vs international terminology
date posted 13th June 2007 10:40
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> Sivess
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Re: FN-FORUM: website branding - american vs international terminology
date posted 13th June 2007 10:34
> I'd question the use of robot as well, do they sell homes for robots?
er... that was my hypothetical brand name (used for sake of argument) - it's
not real! (the REALTY bit is!)
katy...
Re: FN-FORUM: Required - A usability Guru - Where do I find one?
date posted 13th June 2007 10:31
Hi Mark,
I get queries like this all the time and totally understand your confusion.
Your boss is right in that you don't really want a techie for this job -
nothing against them, but I've come acros...
Re: FN-FORUM: website branding - american vs international terminology
date posted 13th June 2007 10:28
I think it comes from "Royal." Something to do with when they paid land
tax to the King of England and then it just stuck.
Vicki
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> Always wondered why it's "Real" estate. An...
RE: FN-FORUM: website branding - american vs international terminology
date posted 13th June 2007 10:22
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> Rogers
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Re: FN-FORUM: website branding - american vs international terminology
date posted 13th June 2007 10:20
i have an american dictionary:
realty |=CB=88r=C4=93(=C9=99)lt=C4=93|
noun Law
a person's real property. The opposite of personalty .=...
Re: FN-FORUM: Required - A usability Guru - Where do I find one?
date posted 13th June 2007 10:12
> Required - A usability Guru. Where do I find one?
Depends on what level/credibility you're looking for.
A half decent web developer/designer will have a good idea on
usability. Of which there are...
Re: FN-FORUM: website branding - american vs international terminology
date posted 13th June 2007 10:03
I'd question the use of robot as well, do they sell homes for robots?...
RE: FN-FORUM: website branding - american vs international terminology
date posted 13th June 2007 09:58
Always wondered why it's "Real" estate. Any Americans out there care to
enlighten?
David.
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Re: FN-FORUM: website branding - american vs international terminology
date posted 13th June 2007 09:56
Is the site literally for all property types ie commercial,
agricultural or specific to where people live?
realty is american yes and whilst estate agents will be familiar with
it many consumers...
RE: FN-FORUM: website branding - american vs international terminology
date posted 13th June 2007 09:52
Something like "Robot Real Estate" would work internationally. Realty is
really very American.
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FN-FORUM: website branding - american vs international terminology
date posted 13th June 2007 09:48
a new client has approached me for design and build of a website plus
corporate identity.
he's not UK based and his current idea for company name incorporates the
word "REALTY". for sake of argument...
Re: FN-FORUM: sound proofing a home office
date posted 13th June 2007 09:35
> There's no need for ceiling or floor insulation, just the partition
> walls,
> would ordinary mineral wool do the trick or would it be too warm...?
Mineral wool might help a little, but I think t...
FN-FORUM: Required - A usability Guru - Where do I find one?
date posted 13th June 2007 09:13
Required - A usability Guru.
Where do I find one?
I'm working for a pensions news business who are looking for someone to
improve the user experience at our web-site. Our clients are
subscription o...
FN-FORUM: Looking for a quote designing a theme for an application and website
date posted 13th June 2007 09:01
Hi all,
I have a possible opportunity for a graphic designer. I am
redeveloping a piece of software and would like some professional
help with designing the graphic imagery for the program and th...
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