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If your serious about going freelance then you'll want to consider registering yourself with an agency. I used to be with Orchard, with rates around £16 - 18 an hour payed weekly, but this is dependent on your skill set(s) / level. You'll need a good portoflio of work / examples to get registered though.

Have you tried something like... define('SELF', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '#guestbook_id'); This should work for the View link... the other one will be tricky cos' of the querystring on the end!

In php if you want you need to escape the ' character with a backslash '\'... So if I wanted to print out the string "Son's Birthday Welcome" I'd do... <?php echo 'Son\'s Birthday Welcome'; ?> Other wise, the ' before the s on "Son's" would be treated as the end of the string. Hope this helps you? A

I know I know, I've been quiet for a while - Don't hurt me... Will definately be implementing this code into my sites - simply yet effective I bet! A

Great tip! Will have to try this later!

Hi JohnR ASP.NET is the latest version of ASP. It's just Microsoft trying to make it sound more exciting For example, PHP just had versions like PHP 4.0, PHP 4.1, etc

Yoink! Thanks for the link

Well, I've been using ASP for about 4 years now. I've recently started using PHP, but this was only because of updates to existing client sites. I've never had to say 'No, you can't have that' to a client because of lack of support in ASP. I suppose its down to what you prefer to code in. The only thing I will say against ASP is the fact that because it's not open-source like PHP, there are times when you might need to buy a 3rd party add-on like 'ASPJpeg', etc.

I've heard/read that Google doesn't use Meta tags anymore... anyone know if this is true?

Heh, only pulling your leg. Don't know what I'd do without my iPod... travelling wouldn't be the same (ie. boring!)

Is there a stand alone version of IE7? I've got Beta installed as a stand alone so it doens't screw with IE6...

Hope not! In theory it should still be firefox, that is, if your visitor 'type' doens't change. I'm Firefox, but like most others use IE5.5, IE6, IE7, Opera, Safari, etc when testing

You on commission?

Damn it! Ordered about 4 CD's off Amazon yesterday! Oh well, might have to buy some more!

Di der di der der der der, di der di der der der der... di der di der derr derr did deerrr Am I close??!! Haha, Look what I found!! http://www.xmixdrix.com/manicminer/

Wouldn't say I gave up... I still dabble now and then, but I suppose I turned more towards HTML/CSS and programming because its more profitable... flash was always a love hate thing with me... it took about 5 months (off and on) before I got Mishkin working, in which time I lost alot of hair!

What lazyness? I don't see anything sloppy about Eskymo's post.

Hola, and well met!

Hah, brilliant - haven't come across that article before. Theres another one i've read along the same lines, but just as funny - I'll have a dig round, see if I can find it.

PC all the way! I used to have a BBC, brilliant platform games on the original floppy disks! Bring back Manic Miner!!! *Insert theme tune here!*

I very rarely use anything other than istockphoto really. Lots of good content at a very reasonable price! Perfect for projects when clients can't afford to pay getty prices, etc.

Here, here! I can't see why Fireworks won't last for 5 - 10 years, unless the web moves forward in some ridiculous manner. What's going to change when creating graphics?

I'm with Eskymo - it changes with the times. Also, it depends on the client audience, subject, content, etc.