Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday March 4th 2008
Re: FN-FORUM: dot mailer?
date posted 4th March 2008 22:08
purely that i've not had to use it out of hours or deal with any
problems, so wanted to give you the full picture.
On 4 Mar 2008 23:25:05 -0000, Punters Power [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> can i ask why...
Re: FN-FORUM: dot mailer?
date posted 4th March 2008 22:04
can i ask why you reference only used during work hours?
andrew
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FN-FORUM: Sad to say, but ive got to go :(
date posted 4th March 2008 20:55
Hiya,
Ive not posted in ages, as i have gotten a mainstream job. Im now a
sys admin for a telecoms company, have been for a while now, but i
always said that id stay a member just incase someone had...
Re: FN-FORUM: dot mailer?
date posted 4th March 2008 20:44
i can recommend them, used them for work to send out share price
alerts. Had no problems and the customer service is good (only used
during work hours).
HTML editor isnt too bad for a web based one....
Re: FN-FORUM: Vista
date posted 4th March 2008 20:41
On 4 Mar 2008, at 21:32, David Clough wrote:
> Windows in Vista, don't use their OS as a billboard for trial software
> that's companies like Dell and Sony that sell the computers, buy vista
> yours...
FN-FORUM: dot mailer?
date posted 4th March 2008 20:38
anyone recommend this?
http://www.dotmailer.co.uk/...
FN-FORUM: xampp
date posted 4th March 2008 20:25
I'm just experimenting with Xampp actually - so far so good seems ok. Just
gotta have a play and I think I might up and running here....
Re: FN-FORUM: vista
date posted 4th March 2008 20:14
vista really is rubbish i would choose a setup of windows xp and ubuntu
7.10 (latest version) love it i think everyone should have this setup
instead of vista lol unless you wanna go fully linux which...
RE: FN-FORUM: vista
date posted 4th March 2008 20:13
If you're trying to setup ampp on vista, try xampp, i did it worked
perfectly straight away.
Notepad++ is a really good simple html, php, css, anything you want editor
which takes seconds to download...
RE: FN-FORUM: Vista
date posted 4th March 2008 20:11
" I don't like how Windows in Vista specially, use their OS as billboards
for trial software."
Windows in Vista, don't use their OS as a billboard for trial software
that's companies like Dell and S...
FN-FORUM: vista
date posted 4th March 2008 20:03
Well should be able to sort something out with all that help - thanks again.
Into my 4th hour with Vista, it sucks so far. Well done Mr Gates!...
Re: FN-FORUM: vista
date posted 4th March 2008 19:12
> On 4 Mar 2008 18:15:23 -0000, a [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>> Anyone had problems setting up amp in vista - so far can't even get
>> apache
>> to work. Any recommended sites you know of.
>> THANKS...
FN-FORUM: Vista
date posted 4th March 2008 18:45
thanks everyone - well at least I have some argument to throw back, thanks
for the links for amp, try those out....
Re: FN-FORUM: Smarty Problems help please!
date posted 4th March 2008 18:43
Darren Moore wrote:
> Turn error reporting on: error_reporting(E_ALL);
>
> Check your web logs. It might not even be calling the files.
>
> Also check if it's caching and delete any cached files.
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Vista
date posted 4th March 2008 18:41
On 4 Mar 2008, at 18:46, a wrote:
> May I ask you guys why exactly techies don't like Microsoft, I
> don't like
> them myself, but got asked the other day why - and I don't know
> why, I just
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Smarty Problems help please!
date posted 4th March 2008 18:38
Turn error reporting on: error_reporting(E_ALL);
Check your web logs. It might not even be calling the files.
Also check if it's caching and delete any cached files.
Off the top of my head I can't...
Re: FN-FORUM: Smarty Problems help please!
date posted 4th March 2008 18:21
Chris Hanson wrote:
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> Hey guys just having some trouble and wondered if any one had any
> ideas! Basically had to reinstall apache 2.2, php5 and that and put
> all my virtual host stuff in works f...
Re: FN-FORUM: vista
date posted 4th March 2008 18:18
On 4 Mar 2008 18:15:23 -0000, a [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Anyone had problems setting up amp in vista - so far can't even get apache
> to work. Any recommended sites you know of.
> THANKS
>
Not sur...
Re: FN-FORUM: Vista
date posted 4th March 2008 18:00
> May I ask you guys why exactly techies don't like Microsoft, I don't like
> them myself, but got asked the other day why - and I don't know why, I
> just hear techies slagging em off!
Or, for mor...
Re: FN-FORUM: Vista
date posted 4th March 2008 17:58
> May I ask you guys why exactly techies don't like Microsoft, I don't like
> them myself, but got asked the other day why - and I don't know why, I
> just hear techies slagging em off!
Basically:...
Re: FN-FORUM: Vista
date posted 4th March 2008 17:52
a wrote:
> Funny! I just got it on my new pc today so tearing my hair out so far.
> How lovely!
>
> May I ask you guys why exactly techies don't like Microsoft, I don't like
> them myself, but got...
Re: FN-FORUM: vista
date posted 4th March 2008 17:50
On 4 Mar 2008, at 18:16, a wrote:
> Anyone had problems setting up amp in vista - so far can't even get
> apache
> to work. Any recommended sites you know of.
> THANKS
I use OSX, but I found thi...
FN-FORUM: vista
date posted 4th March 2008 17:41
Hi just sorted the ftp out, didn't want to overwrite the file for some
reason. I usually just use a window to ftp, tried smart but it kept
expiring. Anyway it seems OK now.
Sorry!...
Re: FN-FORUM: Vista
date posted 4th March 2008 17:29
When you say you can't FTP, what precisely do you mean?
On 4 Mar 2008 18:45:07 -0000, a [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Funny! I just got it on my new pc today so tearing my hair out so far.
> How lov...
FN-FORUM: Vista
date posted 4th March 2008 17:25
Funny! I just got it on my new pc today so tearing my hair out so far.
How lovely!
May I ask you guys why exactly techies don't like Microsoft, I don't like
them myself, but got asked the other d...
Re: FN-FORUM: SSL, Apache2 IE6 and connection dropping
date posted 4th March 2008 17:20
If you haven't looked already, have a look at apache ssl error log
files (if you have access).
You should be able to get some information from there...
-ramnish.
On 4 Mar 2008 17:45:46 -0000, Richa...
Re: FN-FORUM: vista
date posted 4th March 2008 17:15
a wrote:
> In fact can anyone get anything to work on vista - can't even ftp - for gods
> sake
>
>
>
Don't you just love being a Microsoft-approved Beta Tester? Sorry, I
mean Vista User. :-)
M...
FN-FORUM: Smarty Problems help please!
date posted 4th March 2008 17:14
Hey guys just having some trouble and wondered if any one had any ideas!
Basically had to reinstall apache 2.2, php5 and that and put all my
virtual host stuff in works fine but none of my smarty pa...
FN-FORUM: vista
date posted 4th March 2008 17:09
In fact can anyone get anything to work on vista - can't even ftp - for gods
sake...
FN-FORUM: vista
date posted 4th March 2008 16:55
Anyone had problems setting up amp in vista - so far can't even get apache
to work. Any recommended sites you know of.
THANKS...
FN-FORUM: SSL, Apache2 IE6 and connection dropping
date posted 4th March 2008 16:25
Hi All
Has anyone had problems using IE6 with apache2's mod_ssl and a comodo
SSL cert where IE6 randomly fails to load a page and instead shows that
there is a connection problem with the server?...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help/guidance with a bit of tricky php/MySQL
date posted 4th March 2008 14:32
Many thanks to everyone for helping me...especially Joe and Graham.
Today had all the hallmarks of a rip your hair out day, and this has
been narrowly avoided - am a happy man!
Duncan
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Re: FN-FORUM: Help/guidance with a bit of tricky php/MySQL
date posted 4th March 2008 14:25
Depends on volumes of data.
With a sub-select, you are effectively running that query first and
using the results as the "IN" clause. Obviously, on a large table, that
"IN" could be pretty big. Y...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help/guidance with a bit of tricky php/MySQL
date posted 4th March 2008 13:33
On Tuesday 04 March 2008 15:37:13 Duncan Glendinning wrote:
> Question is, which is most efficient?
[subselect vs. join]
Everything I've read suggests that joining is much more efficient.
You can...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help/guidance with a bit of tricky php/MySQL
date posted 4th March 2008 13:23
> Many thanks to both of you, Graham and Joe.
>
> Question is, which is most efficient?
>
Joe's, almost certainly. I find subselects easier to think about,
though
Graham
> Option 1 (thanks Gr...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help/guidance with a bit of tricky php/MySQL
date posted 4th March 2008 13:16
Many thanks to both of you, Graham and Joe.
Question is, which is most efficient?
Option 1 (thanks Graham):
SELECT productid, variant, sum(quantity) AS quantity_alias from Order_items
WHERE orders...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help/guidance with a bit of tricky php/MySQL
date posted 4th March 2008 13:08
Sorry, that should have read:
SELECT productid, variant, sum(quantity) AS quantity_alias from Order_items
WHERE orders_id IN ( select Orders_id from orders where status = 'Paid' )
group by prod...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help/guidance with a bit of tricky php/MySQL
date posted 4th March 2008 12:56
On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 14:04 +0000, Duncan Glendinning wrote:
> Morning Joe,
>
> Thanks for that, worked a treat, except I had to change it to
>
> select productid, variant, sum(quantity) AS quantity...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help/guidance with a bit of tricky php/MySQL
date posted 4th March 2008 12:50
Hi Duncan,=20
Hows this:
SELECT oi=2Eproductid, oi=2Evariant, sum(oi=2Equantity) AS quantity=5Falia=
s=20
from Order=5Fitems OI
join Orders o on oi=2Eorder =3D o=2Eorderid
WHERE o=2Eorderstatus =3D...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help/guidance with a bit of tricky php/MySQL
date posted 4th March 2008 12:46
> Morning all!
>
> Hoping someone can help out with this - a little tricky!
>
> The background:
> I have an online shop, which has products (eg car) and product
> variants (eg red car, blue car, et...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help/guidance with a bit of tricky php/MySQL
date posted 4th March 2008 12:43
Morning Joe,
Thanks for that, worked a treat, except I had to change it to
select productid, variant, sum(quantity) AS quantity_alias from Order_items
group by productid, variant
order by quantity_a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help converting DVD VOB file to DV
date posted 4th March 2008 12:20
Rob wrote:
> A client needs to extract a clip from one of their corporate DVDs to =
play=20
> in a powerpoint pres. Does anyone know of a utility that will convert =
the=20
> VOB file to a digital vid...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP Pro Bid
date posted 4th March 2008 12:14
It might be just the sales support that is too busy or least bothered.
Tech Support is great .. David .. the main guy is very fast.
I have used this script on dedicated and VPS as well as shared h...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help/guidance with a bit of tricky php/MySQL
date posted 4th March 2008 12:04
Hi Duncan,=20
I would probably do the query something like this:
select productid, variant, sum(quantity) from Order=5Fitems
group by productid, variant
order by sum(quantity) desc;
then you could...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help converting DVD VOB file to DV
date posted 4th March 2008 11:52
As already said, I'd head for MPEGStreamclip, FFMpeg, or something
commercial, like DVAtlantis. Alternatively, MactheRipper... :-)
Hal
On 4 Mar 2008, at 12:53, Rob Colton wrote:
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> Ahhaaaa
>
>...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help converting DVD VOB file to DV
date posted 4th March 2008 11:45
Thanks for all the replies - will let you know how we get on.
Rob
On 4/3/08 12:21, "Rob Colton" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Hi
>
> A client needs to extract a clip from one of their corporate DV...
FN-FORUM: Disguising the path of a page
date posted 4th March 2008 11:42
Dear everyone who took the time to reply to this, and so promptly
There is a lot of great advice here and several options which we are
looking out. Yes, it would have been a good idea to host the...
FN-FORUM: Help/guidance with a bit of tricky php/MySQL
date posted 4th March 2008 11:36
Morning all!
Hoping someone can help out with this - a little tricky!
The background:
I have an online shop, which has products (eg car) and product
variants (eg red car, blue car, etc...). Some pro...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help converting DVD VOB file to DV
date posted 4th March 2008 11:33
Ahhaaaa
I remembered I had a copy of FMMPEG on the Mac and that is now churning away
doing the conversion.
But please do send in all utilities as it seems they have stacks of video
and DVD they will...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help converting DVD VOB file to DV
date posted 4th March 2008 11:30
On 4 Mar 2008, at 12:40, Rob Colton wrote:
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> I work on bth platforms but would prefer a MAC solution as the PC is
> rather
> tempermental when doing anything more than running Windows.
>
> The D...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help converting DVD VOB file to DV
date posted 4th March 2008 11:25
On 4 Mar 2008, at 12:20, Rob Colton wrote:
>
> A client needs to extract a clip from one of their corporate DVDs to
> play in
> a powerpoint pres. Does anyone know of a utility that will convert...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help converting DVD VOB file to DV
date posted 4th March 2008 11:19
I work on bth platforms but would prefer a MAC solution as the PC is rather
tempermental when doing anything more than running Windows.
The DVD does have macrovision but that's been removed with Mac...
RE: FN-FORUM: Help converting DVD VOB file to DV
date posted 4th March 2008 11:18
Lots of DVD ripping software available for this sort of thing. Do a =
google, and youll find loads of software, most of which offer 30 day =
trials (long enough to do the job). They all seem to be pre...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help converting DVD VOB file to DV
date posted 4th March 2008 11:14
Hi.
There are quite a few out there. Try
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEncoder for the Mplayer encoder. That
should do it no problem. VOB format is digital, by the way.
>
> Hi
>
> A client needs...
Re: FN-FORUM: Help converting DVD VOB file to DV
date posted 4th March 2008 11:12
Hi Rob - are you working on a Mac or a PC?
there are a number of tools available on both platforms- does the DVD
have CSS or macrovision applied?
Hal
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On 4 Mar 2008, at 12:20, Rob Colton wrote:...
FN-FORUM: Help converting DVD VOB file to DV
date posted 4th March 2008 11:00
Hi
A client needs to extract a clip from one of their corporate DVDs to play in
a powerpoint pres. Does anyone know of a utility that will convert the VOB
file to a digital video format, ideally DV...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP Work
date posted 4th March 2008 10:59
I can do it - it would be bespoke though, php front with mysql backend
database for the jobs themselves.
THANKS
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FN-FORUM: PHP Work
date posted 4th March 2008 10:53
Morning All,
Today's request...
I'm currently redesigning a client's recruitment website and was hoping
to bolt-on an open-source or cheap(ish) existing job-board script for
their job postings. How...
RE: FN-FORUM: reseller hosting
date posted 4th March 2008 10:45
We have a UK based hosting facility based in the docklands.
We have Widows 2003 servers providing internet and video streaming services.
If that would be of any interest to you?
Kind Regards
M...
Re: FN-FORUM: reseller hosting
date posted 4th March 2008 09:48
Nope, but I can recommend a US based one (half price dollars anyone?).
Lee Rickler
Director Point and Stare - pointandstare.com
Web Design and Development for over 11 years
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Re: FN-FORUM: Should we report people using the mailing list under a false identity?
date posted 4th March 2008 09:31
On 4 Mar 2008, at 10:43, Peter Scoins wrote:
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> Ok, My two cents on this, I use a personal email address for the
> list and a
> company email address in off-list communications however I will try...
RE: FN-FORUM: Should we report people using the mailing list under a false identity?
date posted 4th March 2008 09:23
Ok, My two cents on this, I use a personal email address for the list =
and a
company email address in off-list communications however I will try and
leave my company details in my sig.
Is this ok?...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP Pro Bid
date posted 4th March 2008 09:16
I have mailed them almost 4 days ago now and awaiting a response to my
response=2E
it took 2 days for an inital response to my question and I think I only go=
t
data for a dedicated server=2E Respond...
FN-FORUM: Reseller
date posted 4th March 2008 09:13
I've got a reseller account with http://www.jabwebsolutions.co.uk
no complaints with them at all. They are only unix based though.
THANKS...
FN-FORUM: Newbie
date posted 4th March 2008 09:12
Thanks John I'm aiming at small businesses full cycle. I'd like to be very
specialist in one of my skills so I can take on sub-contract work. I'm
mainly a good allrounder.
Just figuring out if ther...
Re: FN-FORUM: reseller hosting
date posted 4th March 2008 08:56
I'm looking for UK based servers
>
> When you say UK based is that because you want UK based servers or just
> want
> a UK based business with Uk support and where you can pay in GBP?...
RE: FN-FORUM: reseller hosting
date posted 4th March 2008 08:46
When you say UK based is that because you want UK based servers or just want
a UK based business with Uk support and where you can pay in GBP?
Our servers are US based so if the latter by all means c...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP Pro Bid
date posted 4th March 2008 08:34
try emailing them with your questions
David i recall is the main guy there, very helpful
andrew
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Re: FN-FORUM: PHP Pro Bid
date posted 4th March 2008 08:32
works fine and support is good
www.qextra.com
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FN-FORUM: reseller hosting
date posted 4th March 2008 08:31
Hi, can anyone recommend a decent UK based reseller windows hosting
provider.
Regards
Bee...
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