Freelancers Forum Messages on Thursday November 29th 2007
RE: FN-FORUM: Installing PayPal Pro advice
date posted 29th November 2007 22:31
Thanks guys
I'll try it after The Mighty Boosh lol!
Best regards
Nigel Harrison
Acumen Design Consultants
078 1139 1174
01763 232 624
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Re: FN-FORUM: Installing PayPal Pro advice
date posted 29th November 2007 22:17
On Thursday 29 November 2007 23:41:08 ACUMEN DESIGNS wrote:
> I am not sure where I would look for the shell command but I can run
> phpMyAdmin on the database
Select the "import" tab in phpmyadmin,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Installing PayPal Pro advice
date posted 29th November 2007 21:59
On 29 Nov 2007, at 22:41, ACUMEN DESIGNS wrote:
>
> Hi Tony
>
> Host is www.e-noise.com
>
> I presume it is shared as I have not bought a dedicated server.
>
> Platform is Linux (Apache/2.0.55 (Red...
RE: FN-FORUM: Installing PayPal Pro advice
date posted 29th November 2007 21:44
Hi Tony
Host is www.e-noise.com
I presume it is shared as I have not bought a dedicated server.
Platform is Linux (Apache/2.0.55 (Red Hat))
PHP Version 4.4.7
I am not sure where I would look for t...
Re: FN-FORUM: Chicken Out!
date posted 29th November 2007 21:35
> I saw the other day in a restaurant that there chicken breast meals was
> made
> from the finest corn-fed, hand reared chickens....
>
> TBH, I couldn't care less about its life story - I just wann...
Re: FN-FORUM: WTF is SEO
date posted 29th November 2007 20:41
Well, recognised div classes are mainly a way for you to find your way
through the CSS maze you've created. Not sure it help with your PR
though. SEO vs. message, couldn't agree more. Getting traffi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Installing PayPal Pro advice
date posted 29th November 2007 20:08
On 29 Nov 2007, at 20:55, ACUMEN DESIGNS wrote:
>
> Hi guys
>
> I'm trying to install PayPal Pro (including Purchase Without Account
> module)
> into oSCommerce.
>
> I have updated the files requi...
FN-FORUM: Installing PayPal Pro advice
date posted 29th November 2007 19:58
Hi guys
I'm trying to install PayPal Pro (including Purchase Without Account =
module)
into oSCommerce.
I have updated the files required.
It then says:
Once you have copied the files, you need to...
RE: FN-FORUM: Chicken Out!
date posted 29th November 2007 19:49
I saw the other day in a restaurant that there chicken breast meals was made
from the finest corn-fed, hand reared chickens....
TBH, I couldn't care less about its life story - I just wanna eat it...
Re: FN-FORUM: >Net tables
date posted 29th November 2007 18:57
Phillip Healey, on Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:37 PM wrote:
> Quick link (one of many) discussing how .Net produces unwanted tables in
> certain circumstances:
>
> http://connect.microsoft.com/Visu...
Re: FN-FORUM: Chicken Out!
date posted 29th November 2007 17:27
> Be really wary of the word 'organic' when applied to chickens.
Or anything else for that matter :)
I meant it in the loose, but meaning Good, way.
Anthony
--
www.fonant.com - Quality web sites...
Re: SPAM-LOW: RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 16:57
On 29 Nov 2007, at 15:56, Phillip Healey wrote:
>
> I didn't jump to any conclusions, and I did read his message. My
> annoyance
> was at his tone and use of language with regard to effectively
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Chicken Out!
date posted 29th November 2007 16:11
Anthony Cartmell wrote:
> http://www.chickenout.tv/
>
> [We used to buy cheap chicken breasts, now we spend less on organic
> whole chickens that provide several meals each. And the flavour is how...
RE: FN-FORUM: Chicken Out!
date posted 29th November 2007 16:11
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of
> Anthony Cartmell
> Sent: 29 November 2007 16:24
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: FN-FORUM: Chicken Out!
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 15:55
On 29 Nov 2007, at 15:52, Phillip Healey wrote:
> I find it quite unbeleivable that ASP.NET would render out a file
> called
> spacer.gif, and place the images in the images directory (however,
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 15:35
>Use the cssadapters [1] - total control, veeerry easy to use and comes
>with a formview replacement.
>Ben
>[1] http://www.asp.net/CSSAdapters/WhitePaper.aspx
Looks interesting. Thanks!
I can't be...
FN-FORUM: Chicken Out!
date posted 29th November 2007 15:27
Two reasons for posting this link:
1) It's a campaign I'm very interested in (forget fox hunting, this
affects hundreds of millions of animals each year).
2) I just love the counter at the top: it...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 15:14
On 29/11/2007 15:19, Martin Wheatley wrote:
>
>
> .net does generate tables, however I do remember reading there are css
> controls available that will create css based code, although I never got...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 15:08
On 29 Nov 2007 15:52:42 -0000, Phillip Healey
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> >You can 'turn off' ASP.NET's features so that it renders the same code
> >for (for example) in firefox, as it does IE, I think...
RE: SPAM-LOW: RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:59
>Right. But do you see that most of this argument would have been
>avoided had you actually read what Tony had written in the first place
>and looked at the HTML that you were generating rather t...
Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:55
On 29 Nov 2007 15:32:28 -0000, Phillip Healey
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> If this is the case how come the following pre-compiled source code is this:
>
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:55
>ASP.NET renders different code for different browsers, maybe Philip is
>viewing code in one browser, and Tony in another?
True, but .Net, whilst greatly improved in version 2.0 to produce more
ap...
Re: FN-FORUM: constructive critisism needed
date posted 29th November 2007 14:48
On 29 Nov 2007, at 15:24, Tony Crockford wrote:
> On 29 Nov 2007, at 15:14, Carrie wrote:
>
>> Nicolas Borda wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe you've seen this article before, but thought I'd share the
>>> link...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:46
Hi Phillip,
At 13:51 +0000 29/11/07, Phillip Healey wrote:
> >it's not the classes, but the fact you're not using the cascade, you
>>*do* have a table in there and all those spacer.gifs?
>
>Space...
FN-FORUM: >Net tables
date posted 29th November 2007 14:40
Quick link (one of many) discussing how .Net produces unwanted tables in
certain circumstances:
http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?Feedbac
kID=102364...
RE: SPAM-LOW: RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:38
Quoting Phillip Healey [EMAIL REMOVED]
> I actually sent an acceptance and apology for my error more than 30 minutes
> ago!
Right. But do you see that most of this argument would have been
avoided...
RE: SPAM-LOW: Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:35
>.net does generate tables, however I do remember reading there are css
>controls available that will create css based code, although I never got
>around to checking them out.
If this is the case...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:30
ASP.NET renders different code for different browsers, maybe Philip is
viewing code in one browser, and Tony in another?
I think there exists something called up-level browsers, Microsoft,
rather...
Re: FN-FORUM: constructive critisism needed
date posted 29th November 2007 14:27
On 29 Nov 2007, at 15:14, Carrie wrote:
>
> Nicolas Borda wrote:
>
>> Maybe you've seen this article before, but thought I'd share the
>> link anyways: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/prettyacc...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:24
On 29/11/2007 14:54, Phillip Healey wrote:
>
>> To me, it looks like the sometimes-bizarre
>> attempts MS Word makes at saving HTML. Looks like .NET does the same
>
> MY APPOLOGIES!!!!!! I see w...
RE: SPAM-LOW: RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:23
>Nope, it's the "tons of html, particularly for the "bottomblock"
>div which could've been done in one or two lines of html, and no
>flipping 1px high spacer gifs. Oh sorry, it can't have spacer...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:22
On 29/11/2007 15:04, Graham Stark wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 13:53 +0000, Phillip Healey wrote:
>>> it's not the classes, but the fact you're not using the cascade, you
>>> *do* have a table in...
Re: FN-FORUM: constructive critisism needed
date posted 29th November 2007 14:17
Nicolas Borda wrote:
>
> Maybe you've seen this article before, but thought I'd share the link
> anyways: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/prettyaccessibleforms
>
that is a good one, and thanks...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:07
Quoting Phillip Healey [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> Spacers? All images form a part of the design. A spacer image is one used
> purely to hold something else in place.
Thanks for being patronising. I know...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:06
On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 13:53 +0000, Phillip Healey wrote:
>
> >it's not the classes, but the fact you're not using the cascade, you
> >*do* have a table in there and all those spacer.gifs?
>
> Spac...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 14:02
>> I must be going mad, or looking at a different page then.
> Or could these actually be images used in the design? YES!
To be fair to Tony, the page _does_ contain a whole load of 1x1 empty =
"sp...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 13:59
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of
> Phillip Healey
> Sent: 29 November 2007 14:47
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CS...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 13:57
On 29 Nov 2007, at 14:40, Phillip Healey wrote:
>
>>> I must be going mad, or looking at a different page then.
>> Or could these actually be images used in the design? YES!
>
>> apology accepted.
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 13:56
>To me, it looks like the sometimes-bizarre
>attempts MS Word makes at saving HTML. Looks like .NET does the same
MY APPOLOGIES!!!!!! I see what you are referring too. I didn't notice them
bugge...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 13:53
Quoting Phillip Healey [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
>>> I must be going mad, or looking at a different page then.
>> Or could these actually be images used in the design? YES!
>
>> apology accepted.
>
> It wasn...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 13:50
>Even more impressively, they all seem to be jammed in together with
>no other images between them - so I'm not *quite sure what they're
>spacing. And no ALT tag (sorry, attribute) either.
Spac...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 13:44
>> I must be going mad, or looking at a different page then.
> Or could these actually be images used in the design? YES!
>apology accepted.
It wasn't an apology! The images are images in the design...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 13:36
>
>> I must be going mad, or looking at a different page then.
> Or could these actually be images used in the design? YES!
>
I'm sure the main images are being used in the design. No-one's
disp...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 13:32
On 29 Nov 2007, at 14:24, Phillip Healey wrote:
>
>
>> I must be going mad, or looking at a different page then.
> Or could these actually be images used in the design? YES!
apology accepted.
;)...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 13:27
>I must be going mad, or looking at a different page then.
Or could these actually be images used in the design? YES!...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 13:16
On 29 Nov 2007, at 13:05, Tony Crockford wrote:
>
>
> Abuse of CSS seems to be a recurring theme here.
>
> I can only strongly recommend that if you are going to truly grasp
> the finesse of design...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 13:03
On 29 Nov 2007, at 13:52, Phillip Healey wrote:
>
>
>> it's not the classes, but the fact you're not using the cascade, you
>> *do* have a table in there and all those spacer.gifs?
>
> Spacer gifs?...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 12:56
>it's not the classes, but the fact you're not using the cascade, you
>*do* have a table in there and all those spacer.gifs?
Spacer gifs? Again there aren't any.
As for abusing you...You are the...
Re: FN-FORUM: WTF is SEO
date posted 29th November 2007 12:48
On Thursday 29 November 2007 13:47:05 Alex Townsend wrote:
> >> Search engines do not understand JavaScript-driven
> >> links (e.g., non-hyperlink elements with onClick events),
> >
> > Nor do I. Why...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 12:43
On 29 Nov 2007, at 13:21, Phillip Healey wrote:
>
>
>> I can only strongly recommend that if you are going to truly grasp
>> the
>> finesse of designing with CSS, then you really need to be hand c...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 12:40
>I appreciate your suggestion, but if I'm seeing tables in the source,
>that's what's being rendered and hence the problems you're having
It's ok I've fixed the problem now, and it wasn't anything...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 12:28
On 29 Nov 2007, at 13:15, Phillip Healey wrote:
>
>
>> TBH that whole page is a buggers muddle of tabled layouts, non-
>> semantic id names, div and class-itis and would be impossible to
>> maintain...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 12:25
>I can only strongly recommend that if you are going to truly grasp the
>finesse of designing with CSS, then you really need to be hand coding
>and using Semantic HTML as a base on which to apply...
Re: FN-FORUM: constructive critisism needed
date posted 29th November 2007 12:21
On 29 Nov 2007, at 12:38, Carrie wrote:
> Actually at the moment a good tutorial about css for layout in
> forms would be useful.
Maybe you've seen this article before, but thought I'd share the...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 12:19
>TBH that whole page is a buggers muddle of tabled layouts, non-
>semantic id names, div and class-itis and would be impossible to
>maintain with anything other than the software that originally c...
Re: FN-FORUM: constructive critisism needed
date posted 29th November 2007 12:15
On 29 Nov 2007, at 12:38, Carrie wrote:
>
>
> Actually at the moment a good tutorial about css for layout in forms
> would be useful.
;o)
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/fancy-form-design-css
h...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 12:09
On 29 Nov 2007, at 12:24, Alex Townsend wrote:
>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>
> In the CSS I added in :
>
> #ctl00_FormView1_Label1 {
> position: absolute;
> right: 0px;
> text-ali...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 12:06
>#ctl00_FormView1_Label1
This is the server generated name for the label which is generated
server-side as part of the data binding process with the quote from the DB.
Therefore using this as name...
Re: FN-FORUM: WTF is SEO
date posted 29th November 2007 11:50
>> Search engines do not understand JavaScript-driven
>> links (e.g., non-hyperlink elements with onClick events),
>
> Nor do I. Why *do* people use them?
Primarily? AJAX stuff....
Re: FN-FORUM: constructive critisism needed
date posted 29th November 2007 11:44
Quoting Mark Pawelek [EMAIL REMOVED]
> http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-CSS-Cascading-Sheets-Design/dp/0470096977/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1196331017&sr=11-1
I really wish Amazon encouraged people to...
Re: FN-FORUM: constructive critisism needed
date posted 29th November 2007 11:41
Mark Pawelek wrote:
>> On 28 Nov 2007, at 14:35, Ben Johnson (Neogic) F wrote:
>>
I
> mention no names but I think it's unfair to ask forum members here to debug
> css written by a machine. I'm no...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 11:27
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
In the CSS I added in :
#ctl00_FormView1_Label1 {
position: absolute;
right: 0px;
text-align: right;
}
and it worked fine.
Tried with float:right , a...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 11:26
On 29 Nov 2007, at 11:48, Phillip Healey wrote:
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> On the following link I have a text quote that is meant to align
> right of
> the page. It does this as expected in IE7 but...
FN-FORUM: *Repost* - Marak Mail Server/Exchange Work (Newbury, Berkshire)
date posted 29th November 2007 11:26
Hi all,
Sorry for the repost but the company I work for is still looking for someone
to check the configuration of our existing merak mail server and to help
deploy Exchange Server 2007. We are curre...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 11:21
Quoting Phillip Healey [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> On the following link I have a text quote that is meant to align right of
> the page. It does this as expected in IE7 but displays alig...
Re: FN-FORUM: WTF is SEO
date posted 29th November 2007 11:12
On Thursday 29 November 2007 10:15:18 Ben Johnson F wrote:
> Search engines do not understand JavaScript-driven
> links (e.g., non-hyperlink elements with onClick events),
Nor do I. Why *do* peo...
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date posted 29th November 2007 11:09
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 29th November 2007 11:03
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
Re: FN-FORUM: WTF is SEO
date posted 29th November 2007 11:02
> elements, H1/2 etc headings, etc. This is called "semantic" HTML:
> content is
> marked up from the perspective of its 'meaning' rather than its
> presentation. This also has major Accessibility b...
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date posted 29th November 2007 10:57
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
Re: FN-FORUM: constructive critisism needed
date posted 29th November 2007 10:57
> On Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:12 AM, Mark Pawelek wrote:
> I'm going to take this opportunity to recommend a good css book.
>
> "Beginning CSS", 2nd ed. by Richard York, published by Wrox, only...
FN-FORUM: Help with CSS
date posted 29th November 2007 10:51
Can anyone help?
On the following link I have a text quote that is meant to align right of
the page. It does this as expected in IE7 but displays aligned right in FF.
http://www.munklefish.co.uk/cs...
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date posted 29th November 2007 10:51
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 29th November 2007 10:48
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 29th November 2007 10:44
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 29th November 2007 10:41
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 29th November 2007 10:37
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 29th November 2007 10:33
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
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date posted 29th November 2007 10:29
I am currently out of office and will be back on the 3rd December.
If you have any questions, please contact Alec Burrett or Neil Wurmel on 0131 477 0772.
Kind regards,
Laura Stadler...
Re: FN-FORUM: constructive critisism needed
date posted 29th November 2007 10:15
> On 28 Nov 2007, at 14:35, Ben Johnson (Neogic) F wrote:
>
>>
>> Adam Reynolds wrote:
>>> I mean ask yourself if you would consider using her on one of your
>>> projects. If the answer is No, then yo...
Re: FN-FORUM: constructive critisism needed
date posted 29th November 2007 09:31
On 28 Nov 2007, at 11:43, Adam Reynolds wrote:
> If I were you I would start looking at things like
> www.csszengarden.com for inspiration
You do give some good advice.
> Your portfolio is reall...
FN-FORUM: Flash script / games help?
date posted 29th November 2007 09:09
Hi list... . I need to hook up with a Flash developer who can work
with me to create some cute games, animations etc. that I have
developed as far as conceptual FLAT designs in Illustrator / Flash...
RE: FN-FORUM: WTF is SEO
date posted 29th November 2007 08:26
Bingo! Just found this excellent page on the most important SEO factors, by
consensus of 37 leading SEO experts:
SEOmoz - Ranking Factors Version 2 Released (Mar 07)
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/ra...
RE: FN-FORUM: WTF is SEO
date posted 29th November 2007 08:17
Robert Hempsall wrote:
> question as a total novice then, does this mean that it's best=20
> to avoid too many self named div classes if search engines focus=20
> on recognised ones?
Absolutely, Goo...
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