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Frank" I hope you leave here and walk out and say, What did he say? "<BR>                   - George W. Bush, Beaverton, Oregon, Aug. 13, 200

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  1. Hi all, Can anybody recommend any decent on-line computer store websites like we have Simply Computers or PCWorld or Computer Shopper? We have a small computer shop in Trie. Their prices are reasonable enough but they stock little and you have to wait days for everything. Saving fie euros here and there on a peripheral is not the most critical point, but speed of delivery, choice, availability, service and support and the ability to take Mastercard ARE. Please send me your links - many thanks! -- Frank
  2. Dear Admin, Is there any way to view messages we have sent to people using Private Messaging? It is really annoying not being able to work out what I said to whom and when... Looking forward to your answer. -- Frank
  3. >Hi > >May I offer a word of >advice to those thinking about >building a website? > >Constructing a website is like constructing >a house. Get cowboys in >and your asking for trouble. I agree with you wholeheartedly - Wild Wild West is a good way to describe the world of Internet Design >I have many years experience designing >sites. I'm more than happy >to give free unbiased advice >on the do's, don'ts, in's >and out's of effective web >design. In that case, may I offer some constructive criticism of your own website? Please bear in mind that these are merely my own opinions and I have no axe to grind. 1. "Interactive Design Technology" - you'd be amazed by the number of people who a) are put off by meaningless marketing buzzwords and b) will go elsewhere because they don't know what they mean. Why not just say "We Design Websites"? 2. You have a splash page that serves little purpose. What it does do is ask users to search the page for a way to actually access your website and then carry out an extra meanlingless mouseclick. Many users will find this annoying. 3. You mention "Site Requirements". This suggests you are willing to exclude users who don't meet your requirements and, worse, that you would recommend to your clients to do the same. 4. At 800x600 your website opening page has both horizontal and vertical scrollbars - not a very good advertisement, even though there is a mass of unused space on the page. 5. Your splash page says "Best viewed with A fast PC, Broadband connection". I'm getting the message that you are looking for large corporates only who have plenty of money and there's nothing wrong with this, but you do make it so very obvious! 6. When the users clicks on the "ENTER" link, it opens a new unreszeable browser window which is less than 800x600 in size (so why the "You need 1024x7687" message?) yet it has both H & V scrollbars! >I do this in the spirit >of the reciprocal sharing of >information and help. Me too. I hope your move this month goes smoothly and that the fonctionnaires don't hassle you too much - I am dreading them myself, but that's because I have a pathalogical fear of grey suits! -- Frank The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without the effort." - Emile Zola (1840 - 1902)
  4. It really bugs me when I do a search on the forum and the results are just a mish-mash of useless links. For example: I wanted to read all posts that had the word "Gers" in it. I entered "gers" into the search field (no quotation marks) and I got a load of results to do with "fingers", "angers", "teenagers" etc etc. So I tried 'Gers' and "Gers" (single and double quotes), I tried adding a space before or after, and it found none. Pointless . Most modern discussion boards allow to search for words, phrases, exact macthes etc. I HATE the way this forum threads discussions. Modern forums (fora?) give the user options about the way things are displayed and, most important, will indicate which posts are new, not just which threads contain a new post. It is most annoying running down a list that is not alphanumeric to find the latest posts on a subject. Whoever is in charge of this website, please - the world has moved on from the clunky dcforum perl script you are using. There are some fabulous FREE PHP/mySQL forums out there and they are a doddle to install. There are even tools that will help you migrate users and content. This forum has so much valuable information in it yet it is a right royal pain in the whatever to find it and then read it . Finally (and this is really just a personal whinge - DO SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE CRAPPY 1990s SMILEYS!!!! They are just so awful! You need updated ones like these: http://www.arcania.info/forum/posting.php?mode=smilies But seriously, check out this phpBB forum: http://arcania.info/forum/. Forget about the way it looks (which is great, but it's been highly customised). It is just simply a joy to use and in its standard uncustomised form looks just as great - people love it, and will in turn love the people who install and maintain it. I mentioned all of this to Trevor Yorke at the last Living France seminar (or was it the one before that) but I guess he doesn't carry as much weight as I thought -- Frank The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without the effort." - Emile Zola (1840 - 1902)
  5. It may already have been mentioned before, but if you're back in Blighty and you want to buy the equivalent of an O/S Landranger map of your chosen area in France (1:25,000 or 1cm=250m), you could either go to the IGN website (french maps) or Maps Worldwide (English, will post anywhere). I've used the latter and am very happy with the service. Prices vary between 5 and 10. http://www.ign.fr http://www.mapsworldwide.com -- Frank The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without the effort." - Emile Zola (1840 - 1902)
  6. It may already have been mentioned before, but if you're back in Blighty and you want to buy the equivalent of an O/S Landranger map of your chosen area in France (1:25,000 or 1cm=250m), you could either go to the IGN website (french maps) or Maps Worldwide (English, will post anywhere). I've used the latter and am very happy with the service. Prices vary between 5 and 10. http://www.ign.fr http://www.mapsworldwide.com -- Frank The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without the effort." - Emile Zola (1840 - 1902)
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