Freelancers Forum Messages on Monday October 8th 2007

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 18:54

My G4 Digital Audio 1.2GHZ 1.5GB RAM runs PS CS2 without problems. Bo Bo Persson, M.A. Independent Fashion Consultant & Researcher [EMAIL REMOVED] Skype name: bossep64 http://bopersson64.wordpress....

Re: FN-FORUM: IE menu help

date posted 8th October 2007 18:09

On 8 Oct 2007, at 18:26, James Herrington wrote: > > Chris Hanson wrote: >> Hey did you by any chance set a width for the menu items in your >> css code ?? >> > No, the only element that has a wid...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 18:07

On 8 Oct 2007, at 18:14, PuntersPower wrote: > > > ok that is a draw back if ever I saw it smack in the face go take a look at he Dell Pro workstations - they will cost as much if not more. a Ma...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 18:05

On 8 Oct 2007, at 18:08, Fiaz Khan wrote: > > For the hell of it, i configured a mac pro with all the options =20 > using the "configure" wizard. It ended up costing more than my =20 > car. :) =A312...

RE: FN-FORUM: IE menu help

date posted 8th October 2007 17:57

Ah ok just a suggestion lol . Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of James Herrington Sent: 08 October 2007 18:26 To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED] Subject:...

Re: FN-FORUM: 3D rotating image

date posted 8th October 2007 17:55

You can do this with Java I think, check out this website: www.webexpomedia.co.uk, they do something similar with photographs. Jules Stevenson wrote: >> One of my clients needs me to be able to show...

RE: FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 17:45

Dom wrote: > lynx? Pretty overkill for a dynamically generated page?! I'm guessing the best performance-accuracy will be clever use of reg = exp, as this is natively avail under most web scripting l...

Re: FN-FORUM: IE menu help

date posted 8th October 2007 17:43

Chris Hanson wrote: > Hey did you by any chance set a width for the menu items in your css code ?? > No, the only element that has a width is the menu container div and the top level ul (set to 1p...

RE: FN-FORUM: 3D rotating image

date posted 8th October 2007 17:40

> One of my clients needs me to be able to show his 3D images on his > website, allowing the site visitor to manually move around the object for > a fulls 360 view. Does any body have any recommendati...

Re: FN-FORUM: 3D rotating image

date posted 8th October 2007 17:31

You can use Flash, I remember doing some interactive spinning 3d menus. You can also use Quicktime VR: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ technologies/qtvr/ Give it a try: http://www.apple.com/macbookp...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 17:30

ok that is a draw back if ever I saw it smack in the face > > For the hell of it, i configured a mac pro with all the options using > the "configure" wizard. It ended up costing more than my car. :...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 17:29

oh my god that is fast Up to 16GB RAM that mac pro has got to have some draw backs, surely? what about outputting files compatible for factories / printers ect using PC's? andrew > > > On 8 Oct...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 17:28

On 8 Oct 2007, at 5:50 pm, PuntersPower wrote: > I guess there is not a PC equivalent, the designer doens't like > Mac!? :( I'm not sure I understand the question... are you asking whether ther...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 17:25

For the hell of it, i configured a mac pro with all the options using the "configure" wizard. It ended up costing more than my car. :) £12,772 PuntersPower wrote: > > I guess there is not a PC equ...

RE: FN-FORUM: IE menu help

date posted 8th October 2007 17:08

Hey did you by any chance set a width for the menu items in your css code ?? Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of James Herrington Sent: 08 October 2007...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 17:07

I guess there is not a PC equivalent, the designer doens't like Mac!? :( > > On 8 Oct 2007, at 16:17, PuntersPower wrote: > >> >> Pro Mac? >> >> links please? > > >> http://www.apple.com/uk/macpro/...

FN-FORUM: IE menu help

date posted 8th October 2007 16:48

Hi all, I'm having a few problems with a drop down menu in IE (no surprise there) and I just can't seem to figure out a solution. The page is http://first4quality.co.uk/site022/ and if you browse t...

FN-FORUM: 3D rotating image

date posted 8th October 2007 16:11

Hi, One of my clients needs me to be able to show his 3D images on his = website, allowing the site visitor to manually move around the object = for a fulls 360 view. Does any body have any recommend...

Re: FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 16:07

Quoting Dom Latter [EMAIL REMOVED] > On Monday 08 October 2007 17:10:45 [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > >> The real solution (as I mentioned before) is to use a (context-aware) >> parser. In most cases, thi...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 16:00

Tony Crockford wrote: >> Since the client already conferences using iChat i thought i could use >> AIM, but the quality is really low, pixelated. All i hope is that my >> web cam is supported. > >...

Re: FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 15:54

On Monday 08 October 2007 17:10:45 [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > The real solution (as I mentioned before) is to use a (context-aware) > parser. In most cases, this is probably done using some kind of fin...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 15:53

On 8 Oct 2007, at 16:17, PuntersPower wrote: > > Pro Mac? > > links please? > http://www.apple.com/uk/macpro/ has no problems with Fireworks CS3 (quad core and 3Gb memory) you could go mad and...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 15:49

On 8 Oct 2007, at 15:58, Fiaz Khan wrote: > > Since the client already conferences using iChat i thought i could > use AIM, but the quality is really low, pixelated. All i hope is > that my web c...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 15:48

On Monday 08 October 2007 15:59:53 Ian Piper wrote: > On 8 Oct 2007, at 2:24 pm, > > [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > > Does this explain why my MacMini (Intel Core Duo, 2GHz, 1Gb RAM) > > performs rather slo...

RE: FN-FORUM: SEO SEP

date posted 8th October 2007 15:41

Hi Andrew, Can you tell me more about your project? I should be able to help you there. Email me direct at [EMAIL REMOVED] Cedric...

RE: FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 15:37

Ben wrote: > One other thought I had, by the way. For HTML to be valid, are attrib > values required to be escaped? e.g., my first example becomes: > > > > If this is the case, then the "easily broke...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 15:34

Pro Mac? links please? I need to get a machine that can run Adobe CS2 without crashing! Andrew...

Re: FN-FORUM: Error message while sending email

date posted 8th October 2007 15:30

On 8 Oct 2007 14:59:45 -0000, Kathy Lists [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > > If it was Exchange, I'd tell you to clear the This Exchange Organization > is responsible for all mail delivery to this address and...

RE: FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 15:27

Quoting "Ben Johnson (Neogic) F" [EMAIL REMOVED] > Dave wrote: >> All of those links go to articles that recommend using regular >> expressions to strip the tags. And they all seem to be using >> reg...

Re: FN-FORUM: Os x - external dvd drive problems

date posted 8th October 2007 15:19

I suspect that you are correct Thank you everyone for your replies John > for =A360, I would suspect it would be cheaper to buy a new one than waste > time and blank disks trying to fix it. >=...

Re: FN-FORUM: Error message while sending email

date posted 8th October 2007 15:15

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Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 15:15

Another reason for the purchase which i forgot to mention was video conferencing. I have a client that "likes his meetings" and so we are trying to replace them with video conferences. I have rese...

RE: FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 15:12

Dave wrote: > All of those links go to articles that recommend using regular =20 > expressions to strip the tags. And they all seem to be using=20 > regular expressions that break on the most trivial...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 15:09

Cool, think i will get myself one, once Apple have released osx 10.5 as i spoke to a sales rep and he couldn't guarantee that i wouldn't have to pay the upgrade price IF i purchased it before it was...

Re: FN-FORUM: Error message while sending email

date posted 8th October 2007 14:49

On 8 Oct 2007 14:14:36 -0000, Phillip Healey [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > > YIKES! And you are on a forum for web proffessionals. > > Well, urm, jeez, um, ah, well........... > > Perhaps it means that the...

Re: FN-FORUM: Error message while sending email

date posted 8th October 2007 14:38

> Can anyone tell me what this message means? > > There was an error sending your message: Failed to add recipient: > [EMAIL REMOVED] [SMTP: Invalid response code received from server > (code: 550, re...

RE: FN-FORUM: Error message while sending email

date posted 8th October 2007 14:31

YIKES! And you are on a forum for web proffessionals. Well, urm, jeez, um, ah, well........... Perhaps it means that the email address you sent your mail to, doesn't exist. >Hi all, >Can anyone t...

FN-FORUM: Error message while sending email

date posted 8th October 2007 14:23

Hi all, Can anyone tell me what this message means? There was an error sending your message: Failed to add recipient: [EMAIL REMOVED] [SMTP: Invalid response code received from server (code: 550, re...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 14:16

On 8 Oct 2007, at 2:24 pm, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > > A question from a bit of a techodunce: > > "and secondly it doesn't have separate graphics memory - it > shares the main installed RAM." > > D...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 14:14

On 8 Oct 2007, at 14:38, Fiaz Khan wrote: > >> plus you get to use TextMate (http://macromates.com/) - just watch >> the screencasts to see what you're missing. > I keep hearing a lot about textma...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 13:55

> plus you get to use TextMate (http://macromates.com/) - just watch the > screencasts to see what you're missing. I keep hearing a lot about textmate and so is an editor i will try. > web server Ap...

RE: FN-FORUM: little Javascript issue

date posted 8th October 2007 13:47

Hi again, Thank you guys for your replies, the php file builds some JSON which the JS script uses to build the gallery: http://missoma.com/inc/pyxy3.js I understand how it works and where I need to...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 13:41

A question from a bit of a techodunce: "and secondly it doesn't have separate graphics memory - it shares the main installed RAM." Does this explain why my MacMini (Intel Core Duo, 2GHz, 1Gb RAM)...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 13:15

On 8 Oct 2007, at 12:59 pm, Fiaz Khan wrote: > > For various projects i seem to have more of a need for a mac, > testing and simply knowing how macs work. > > I was looking at the mac mini, 2ghz wi...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML WYSIWYG Editor that produces valid code

date posted 8th October 2007 13:11

> I mean a plug-in for a form (textarea). I'm finding that using Textile (http://textile.thresholdstate.com/, as used in TextPattern) as a simple markup language works well with a plain old texta...

Re: FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 13:07

Quoting Paul Cooper [EMAIL REMOVED] > > On 8 Oct 2007 12:05:17 -0000, Tam Denholm [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: >> >> What language are you using? If its PHP (which i doubt as you'd >> probably already know...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML WYSIWYG Editor that produces valid code

date posted 8th October 2007 12:57

Richard Fletcher wrote: > I use tinyMCE which is pretty configurable, and very configurable. Monday's are hard work. -- Artumi Systems, 58 Salmon Street, Sheffield, S11 8DD. Tel 0114 250 7654, Web...

Re: FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 12:43

Quoting Tam Denholm [EMAIL REMOVED] > What language are you using? If its PHP (which i doubt as you'd > probably already know this) you can use strip_tags(). If its some > other technology, i reckon...

Re: FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 12:41

On 8 Oct 2007 12:05:17 -0000, Tam Denholm [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > > What language are you using? If its PHP (which i doubt as you'd > probably already know this) you can use strip_tags(). If its some...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML WYSIWYG Editor that produces valid code

date posted 8th October 2007 12:40

Paul Cooper wrote: > Hi > > I've used the same HTML editor for years and know the code it produces > is not very well written. Has anyone looked into this recently? I'd > appreciate a link to an ed...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML WYSIWYG Editor that produces valid code

date posted 8th October 2007 12:38

Quoting Paul Cooper [EMAIL REMOVED] > > Hi > > I've used the same HTML editor for years and know the code it produces > is not very well written. Has anyone looked into this recently? I'd > appreci...

Re: FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 12:34

On 8 Oct 2007, at 12:59, Fiaz Khan wrote: > > For various projects i seem to have more of a need for a mac, > testing and simply knowing how macs work. > > I was looking at the mac mini, 2ghz with...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML WYSIWYG Editor that produces valid code

date posted 8th October 2007 12:31

On 8 Oct 2007 11:57:02 -0000, Tony Crockford [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > you mean a plug-in to a form? > > or an application for which OS? > I mean a plug-in for a form (textarea)....

RE: FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 12:31

Paul Cooper wrote: > I'm displaying a description of each course below the title, but > stripping it down to a certain amount of characters. I'd ideally > like to be able to add HTML into these cours...

Re: FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 12:26

On 8 Oct 2007, at 12:57, Paul Cooper wrote: > I'm > currently thinking it would it be simpler to just add a 'short > description' field? This at least would solve the problem of > determining wheth...

FN-FORUM: Call for help!! (Co-location hosting)

date posted 8th October 2007 12:22

Hi, I had some success with finding a Linux admin on the second try so I thought I'd send this one again as well. I did have one response but when I responded to the response I didn't get a resp...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML WYSIWYG Editor that produces valid code

date posted 8th October 2007 12:22

On 8 Oct 2007, at 12:51, Paul Cooper wrote: > > Hi > > I've used the same HTML editor for years and know the code it produces > is not very well written. Has anyone looked into this recently? I'd...

Re: FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 12:21

What language are you using? If its PHP (which i doubt as you'd probably already know this) you can use strip_tags(). If its some other technology, i reckon regex is yer best bet. Tam...

FN-FORUM: Mac mini - Ok for web dev?

date posted 8th October 2007 12:15

For various projects i seem to have more of a need for a mac, testing and simply knowing how macs work. I was looking at the mac mini, 2ghz with 2gb of memory. I thought this would suffice for gene...

FN-FORUM: Function to strip out HTML from data

date posted 8th October 2007 12:14

On this page =85 http://www.perpetual-solutions.com/training-courses/138,2/Introduction-to-W= ireless-Training-Courses.htm I'm displaying a description of each course below the title, but stripping...

Re: FN-FORUM: HTML WYSIWYG Editor that produces valid code

date posted 8th October 2007 12:13

On 8 Oct 2007, at 12:51, Paul Cooper wrote: > > Hi > > I've used the same HTML editor for years and know the code it produces > is not very well written. Has anyone looked into this recently? I'd...

FN-FORUM: HTML WYSIWYG Editor that produces valid code

date posted 8th October 2007 12:08

Hi I've used the same HTML editor for years and know the code it produces is not very well written. Has anyone looked into this recently? I'd appreciate a link to an editor that produces valid code...

FN-FORUM: Am I approaching this requirement right?

date posted 8th October 2007 12:05

I've added a CMS driven links page to a site. For largely SEO purposes my client wants to be able to add these links into pretty much all pages that serve dynamic content so they are relevant to the...

Re: FN-FORUM: Os x - external dvd drive problems

date posted 8th October 2007 12:02

John Deaville wrote: > Arggghhh sympathy > So IF the discs are fine - what else can I do to try and check if my > equipment is working correctly - I have always used these discs - no > problems > >...

Re: FN-FORUM: Strange Google Maps problem - divs

date posted 8th October 2007 11:44

On 8 Oct 2007 09:00:58 -0000, Anthony Cartmell [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > > You might want to call map.checkResize() when you switch tabs. Sounds like > the map has somehow got the wrong idea of how big...

RE: FN-FORUM: Os x - external dvd drive problems

date posted 8th October 2007 11:41

Lacie are a pile of @*&%&^$%$ We have had 3 break and the support is honestly the worst I have ever = come across in 30 years! We use Formac and Seagate Free Agent Drives now - very reliable. jeff...

Re: FN-FORUM: Os x - external dvd drive problems

date posted 8th October 2007 11:33

John, On 8 Oct 2007, at 11:29, John Deaville wrote: > > Any ideas anyone - I don=B9t want to pay out for new discs or dvd =20 > burners to > find it is still a problem - my mac is pretty old (4 years)...

Re: FN-FORUM: Os x - external dvd drive problems

date posted 8th October 2007 11:06

Thanks for the reply - the sector that fails verification differs every tim= e - but I have not tried to open any files after the burn The files are all layered photoshop files from past projects -...

FN-FORUM: SEO SEP

date posted 8th October 2007 10:59

Is there anyone around interested in doing some site submission and 'extended' SEP / SEO work? This could be more of a long term role for the right person. Can work remotely (as a freelancer!). PH...

Re: FN-FORUM: Os x - external dvd drive problems

date posted 8th October 2007 10:54

On 8 Oct 2007, at 11:29, John Deaville wrote: > > Arggghhh > > I am running osx 10.2 on a dual 1.42 G4 Mac - the internal dvd > drive started > to malfunction a long time ago, so I bought an exter...

FN-FORUM: Os x - external dvd drive problems

date posted 8th October 2007 10:46

Arggghhh I am running osx 10.2 on a dual 1.42 G4 Mac - the internal dvd drive starte= d to malfunction a long time ago, so I bought an external Lacie firewire mode= l I have 2 spindle packs of TDK d...

Re: FN-FORUM: Strange Google Maps problem - divs

date posted 8th October 2007 09:17

You might want to call map.checkResize() when you switch tabs. Sounds like the map has somehow got the wrong idea of how big the hidden is. I presume the size of the map is set before you create...

RE: FN-FORUM: Strange Google Maps problem - divs

date posted 8th October 2007 08:44

Hi Jay I would suspect it has something to do with the tabbed navigation, try adding the Google Maps onload function to the display of the tab rather than the load of the page to see whether this wor...