YamaDan

Hi wd93, Looking for recommended developers from other people on here really and considering offering some small freelance work (paid). Sorry not used wdf for a while and now see there's a new job section that's paid. Maybe I should try the paid ad, but prefer a referal from someone who has used them before. Apologies if this post breaks the rules? Dan.

Hi, Did you manage to find a good php developer to work with? As we are looking to work with a developer on a few small projects. Can you recommend who helped you ? Cheers Dan.

Magento works well for some of our clients, 2 hours training and a few pdfs specific to them for adding products and categories, for the other extras available in the admin... then yes we get some questions and spend a bit of free time helping out. I even managed to teach my missus to add products, she can add a new product with images, options etc.. in 2 mins. Developing in Magento looks to be the downside, but a bit of research and you can find a reliable extension, although not often needed as Magento has majority built in. Hosting we have a few with DX3 shared basic hosting and some on VPS hosting and although I have not scrutinised the speeds DX3 seems faster.

Hi, Did you manage to find a developer to partner with? Reason I ask is we are in a similar situation and if you can recommend who you are using? Thanks Dan.

I have read about a certain VRM API from the DVLA, but can't find further details on how to set up. Think I will try asking DVLA about the API...

Hi, I have seen a few posts on this forum about building a car parts website with the option to search by a cars number plate reg, but none have a successful how to ending.. Has anyone built a site like the ones with such a search form. An example site is: 247spares co uk Appreciate any help or rough quotes to do the task...

Hi, Did you have any luck with this? I am also trying to research this... Thanks

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What if I add varient options to products, 1 VAT exempt, 1 Non-vat exempt. The customer then chooses, but has to fill out a form declaring they are really exempt BUT how do I get that form page into the checkout process on zencart, cubecart, magento etc... Anyone know how to add extra checkout page.

I suppose a very basic way might be using a coupon code for Vat 20% off. But a specific page is needed for customer to give exempt details and a declaration agreement, before they can access the code. I have tested a zen cart VAT exempt mod, but it looks like before a customer can use it, it needs manually applying. zen also has group options, I will check that out. Dx3webs can you give out a brief how to do this in Magento please, I have not used Magento yet but heard good reports. Thanks Dan.

Hi, I am asking for Help choosing the right e-commerce for a new site that must have a few specific options available. 1, VAT free option for medical excempt customers - so they will need to agree to a page that has a declaration before they receive VAT free. 2, If they are not VAT exempt then - they will choose that option and pay full price inc VAT. 3, All product prices to display without VAT, but VAT will show in checkout if customer is not VAT exempt. 4, Also need to have products that are not VAT exempt at all. 5, Payment is to use HSBC payment gateway. No of products won't be over 50, so might consider Wordpress or Joomla. I've used Zencart & Cubecart, but think there will be alot of extra coding/mods that still might not get my desired results. If anyone has designed a site with above, I would appreciate feedback. Thanks

Thanks guys, I looked at Corbis for photos, but could not work out the license fees, put one in the checkout & had a whole range of options that were very expensive and time limited. Think I will be getting my camera out & then spruce up in photoshop. Although I have emailed a few manufacturers if I can use their images.

Hi, istock etc... only have a few UK car images, where can I get a good choice of car images to use on a website. Is there a UK specific photo site? Thanks

I have used simplepie for getting rss feeds onto another website. Or Joomla & wordpress have plug in's to help. Another tool I have played with is Yahoo pipes, too strip out only the rss content you need. I'm no expert coder but still managed to get it all working ok.

Is it feasable to set mail client to delete from server, But if I wanted a copy on hotmail account or similar to just set uo a forwarder?

Thanks all. I have been using Thunderbird recently and can't seem to get it to delete mail from the sever?. Is Outlook still the best. Should I set it up as POP3 not IMAP. And I will look into cheaper storage options for online mail. Cheers.

Has Anyone got any email tips pls....

Hi, How do you guys handle email storage space. For example my own website has 100mb of server space but quickly fills up when being sent images, I like to keep some emails on the server but I don't want to keep the attachments after I have downloaded them. I tried setting horde to delete attachments after 1 month - but it doesn't seem to work. Also tried using hordes email forwarding - but that still sends an email to my domains email. If I set up an empty forwarding email account (cpanel) so that it does not put a copy on server - I can Not send emails from that address. I use thunderbird - so should I set that to delete from only the server? if thats possible? the only setting I can see is to delete after a set no of days -this looks like it will delete from thunderbird as well?. If you set up a website & emails for a client, do you configure their email programs? Or do you get problems with the server getting full. How do you guys set up emails / for you & your clients? Sorry about multiple questions here, but I didn't realise emails were such a pain. Thanks to anyone who can give me some email tips.

I am thinking of getting this Dell xps 15, the one for £649. http://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Dell-Laptops/xps-15/pd.aspx?refid=xps-15&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&~ck=mn Been looking for a while... getting bored of comparing laptops, reading reviews etc.. & I can't afford a macbook pro.

Thanks for reply, I have used p instead of div now but... I think it is the position:relative or absolute etc.. that is causing the problem.... If I take out positioning it fades ok? But how do I position my text - as I want it positioned over an image.? I can't add the picture with css as again IE will not fade it. So I was using absolute position of the text over the top of an img... Any ideas?

I have inherited the below script on a website & am trying to use a div containing text - inside an li. IE will not use a fade, it just snaps straight to the other div. If I use just an image (no div or text) it works fine? BUT i want it as text for SEO etc... Here is a simple test code (I need to keep it as ul & li) Please if anyone could test this out in IE, i will be grateful. <!DOCTYPE html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML DIR="LTR" LANG="en"> <head> <title>testing</title> <style type="text/css"> #wrapper{ background: url("../BLANK-CENTRE.JPG") 100% 0 no-repeat; text-align:left; } #welcomebanner {margin: 0; padding: 0;} #welcomebanner ul, #welcomebanner li {margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none;} #welcomebanner li {display: none;} #banner1 { width:603px; height:258px; position:relative; background:green; } #banner2 { width:603px; height:258px; position:relative; background:yellow; } #banner2 p{ background:yellow; } </style> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var $j = jQuery; var welcomeBannerTimer; function nextSlide(){ var el = $j('#welcomebanner'); var slides = el.data('slides'); var c = el.data('slideIndex'); var n = ((c+1) >= slides.length)? 0 : c+1; el.data('slideIndex', n); $j(slides[c]).fadeOut(null, function(){ $j(slides[n]).fadeIn(); }); } function over(){ clearInterval(welcomeBannerTimer); } function out(){ welcomeBannerTimer = setInterval(nextSlide, 3000); } $j(window).load(function() { var el = $j('#welcomebanner'); var slides = $j('#welcomebanner>li'); if (slides.length < 2){ $j(slides[0]).show(); return; } el.data('slides', slides); el.data('slideIndex', 0); welcomeBannerTimer = setInterval(nextSlide, 3000); el.bind('mouseenter', over).bind('mouseleave', out); $j(slides[0]).show(); }); </script> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <ul id="welcomebanner"> <li> <div id="banner2"> <p>kjhfkjshdfkjshdfkjsdhfk</p> <p>kjhfkjshdfkjshdfkjsdhfk</p> <p>kjhfkjshdfkjshdfkjsdhfk</p> <p>kjhfkjshdfkjshdfkjsdhfk</p> <p>kjhfkjshdfkjshdfkjsdhfk</p> <p>kjhfkjshdfkjshdfkjsdhfk</p> </div> </li> <li> <div id="banner1"> <p>abcabdcbabcbabc b abcabdcbabcbabc b,</p> <p>abcabdcbabcbabc b abcabdcbabcbabc b,</p> <p>abcabdcbabcbabc b abcabdcbabcbabc b,</p> <p>abcabdcbabcbabc b abcabdcbabcbabc b,</p> <p>abcabdcbabcbabc b abcabdcbabcbabc b,</p> <p>abcabdcbabcbabc b abcabdcbabcbabc b,</p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>

Does anyone know how this site has made the images have a watermark appear when pic not hovered over? http://www.shaunedwards.com/proofs/weddings/pocock/ But again no log in area for customers.

I am just learning php, But was hoping to use a cms. I have been trying to see if wordpress will do multiple log ins for customers that my client can set up? But I think it will need something more bigger. Would Joomla do the job?

Thanks, Not sure about the design but I like the issuu album. No client log though.