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Unfortunately no. Because you can't find the contract, or if it even exists any more, the domain is still registered to the original company, it's their legal property. If they want to charge you £100 to transfer it then that is there prerogative and they're well within their rights to do that. It maybe a rip off, but nothing you can do!

Just bought one of those quirky Scottish Lairdships, I know they're largely meaningless and abit of a scam but I don't mind! It's all in the fun Hehe besides, I quite like having a piece of paper saying that i'm a Lord haha

Here's a simple PHP Script, You must have the users Birthday, Birthmonth and Birthyear assigned to these variables; "$bd" and "$bm" and "$by" So you can assign them from a database or from form info or whatever. Alter the code as advised then run it and it'll return the users age to the script and it'll decide what action to take. <?php function age_calculate($date_from, $date_to) { global $age; define("A_DAY", 86400); define("A_WEEK", 604800); $age['years'] = $date_to['year'] - $date_from['year']; $age['monthsTotal'] = ( $date_to['mon'] + (12*$date_to['year']) ) - ( $date_from['mon'] + (12*$date_from['year']) ); if ( ($date_to['mon'] <= $date_from['mon']) && ($date_to['mday'] <= $date_from['mday']) ) { $age['years'] -= 1; $age['monthsTotal'] -= 1; } $age['months'] = $age['monthsTotal'] - ( $age['years'] * 12 ); $age['daysExcact'] = ($date_to[0] - $date_from[0]) / A_DAY; $age['days'] = floor( ($date_to[0] - $date_from[0]) / A_DAY ); $age['weeksExcact'] = ($date_to[0] - $date_from[0]) / A_WEEK; $age['weeks'] = floor( ($date_to[0] - $date_from[0]) / A_WEEK ); if ( $date_to['mday'] < $date_from['mday'] ) { $age['modMonthDays'] = days_in_month($date_to['mon']-1,$date_to['year']) - ($date_from['mday'] - $date_to['mday']); } else { $age['modMonthDays'] = $date_to['mday'] - $date_from['mday']; } return $age; } function age_check($bd,$bm,$by) { global $age; $date_birth = mktime(0,0,0,$bm,$bd,$by); $date_today = mktime(); $today = getdate($date_today); $birth = getdate($date_birth); $age = age_calculate($birth,$today); $age = $age['years']; if ($age<18) { echo "A little too young to be round here!"; } else { echo "Welcome!"; } } // ASSIGN THE VARIABLES $bd,$bm,$by HERE! POST THEM, SELECT THEM FROM A DATABASE, ETC! age_check($bd,$bm,$by); ?>

Received this one this morning and thought it was worth a laugh. They're getting clever now, instead of using addresses like "imdefinitelyabanker@yahoo.com" this one was from "manager@atmcard.com" so they've learnt how to spoof which is always good! The Subject line was "YOUR ATM CARD WORTH $2.5M DOLLARS" - I quite like the idea of trying to get that out of a cash point.

Everytime I speak to a client who want's an e-commerce system I plead the case for PayPal, MoneyBookers, Nochex, GoogleCheckout etc. etc. The thing is when you say "normal" card payments, I assume you want to accept all the usual cards but you want to do it directly through the website not using a third party system (e.g. PayPal) and instead use a merchant account/gateway set up. The trouble is, it opens up a whole can of worms. IF you use PayPal or any of the well known services listed above, you don't need to worry about security (much - apart from the setup of the website it's self) and you don't need to have the responsibility of ensuring credit card details are safe and secure. By using for instance PayPal, it's a well recognised name, so people will associate security and safety with it - more likely to purchase from you, you don't need to get PCI DSS Compliance (a very long, complicated, expensive and drawn out affair where you have to ensure you are handling confidential data responsibly and safely) and it is much easier, quicker and smoother to set up. Clients often have this thing about "processing their own" so it makes them look more professional. I find this creates the exact opposite effect. What happens if a site you build with this kind of setup get's hacked and X number of customers credit card details are stolen? The client will be quick to blame you in court and you'll find yourself with numerous fines and prosecutions against you. If you want my advice go for a PayPal like system, it's less of a burden in the long run! So in answer to your question, stick with PayPal! It doesn't really matter and the end user doesn't really care!

No Ghost Busters, that's just stupid

It could be any number of things. Additionally, the IP Address could be fudged or it could be a proxy showing a location which isn't true.

All 307,006,550 of them

Sorry! Richy is right, you do have to register as self employed if you're a sole trader, for NI and IT, however, you should be paying that anyway! Yeah, corporation tax is abit of a pisser, but LLP's don't have to pay it, so swings and roundabouts. But, they both come with limited liability, which basically means in some situations you can't be touched.

You can be a sole trade freely without having to register anything, which is obviously what you're doing now. However, if you want to become an incorporated company/business or "register it" as you said, you'll need to send various documents off to Companies House; http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/ All the forms you need are here; http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/forms/formsOnline.shtml You'll have to choose what type of company you want to incorporate as; LLP - Limited Liability Partnership; Needs 2 Members - Forms under "Limited Liability Partnership (LLP's) Forms" LTD - Limited Company; Usual type of corporate entity - Forms under "Company Forms" Of course there's PLC's aswell but they're total irrelevant in this scenario. You'll also have to inform your local HMRC office that you've set up a company and that you're a director/member of it so each year you can file your individual tax return and the companies tax return. Each year you'll also have to send off company accounts to Companies House and an annual return (which will include a £15 fee) that confirms the business details and it's activities. http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1073865436 Business link will give you a comprehensive outline of what you need to do. Ben.

I sent a final demand by post to a difficult client and after all the emails I'd sent it was that, that made them pay up.

Wooops! God I feel stupid now, I had the preconception it was a UK site. Thought it was meant to be one lmao.

My only criticism is that the £ sign on the banner looks like the € sign, apart from that very good

It's daunting at first glance but actually it's really easy. Tell him to sign up (or sign up for him) for a PayPal "Website Payments Standard" Account - https://www.paypal-b...aypal/index.htm No PCI/DSS Requirements, No Set Up Fee's, No Monthly Fee's, just low transaction fee's taken off the money you receive - essentially an idiot proof/technophobic account - makes it's real easy. Once you've done that and added his credit card, bank account and set up the direct debit agreement (all done through the simple step-by-step procedure on the paypal website) You can install simple "Buy Now" Buttons on his website (just copy and paste the code in and alter it as needs be) <form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="email@somewhere.com"> // Alter to email address that you signed up for the account with <input type="hidden" name="lc" value="GB"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Product Name"> // Add Item Name <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="Product ID"> // Add Item Number (Optional) <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="Product Price"> // Add Value <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="GBP"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="0"> // Change to 1 if you want customers to be able to add "messages" with their order (i.e. delivery instructions etc.) <input type="hidden" name="shipping" value="Shipping/Postage & Packing Price"> // Add Value <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/GB/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online."> <img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"> </form> Pretty simple button that when clicked will take the customer to PayPal, ask them to make payment, your friend will receive the money and an email asking him to despatch the said item. Just copy the code into the website and alter the button for each item he's selling (if you're not using dynamics). Simples

Why GoDaddy? Why not 123Reg? If you're an individual you are entitled to domain privacy, 123Reg offer it, and the domain is probably cheaper than GoDaddy.

I was in New York in April and me and some friends spent a good hour sat in a café on Fifth trying to work out what it was. We had a majority on lemonade with the rest of my group insisting it was urine.

Nothing at all in practice, there's nothing to stop anyone doing that. Kind of difficult to stop, just like using someone elses details to signup for something else. So yeah, that's certainly a problem alright!

Hi Guys, Ok well, i've got it functioning right, perhaps you'd like to take a look? I've kept everything (design etc.) on the low down and basic as it's only a preliminary but if it generates enough interest I might consider moving it further! http://debap.britzin.co.uk/

You might find this: http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?r.s=m&r.l1=1073861197&r.lc=en&r.l3=1076141950&r.l2=1075425686&topicId=1076141950&r.i=1076142085&r.t=RESOURCES useful

Oh no, I'm much too useless at arty farty stuffs! Anyway, i've taken your advice and that of others on board and i've decided to release an alpha/beta level functioning system for use, and I'll take it to a full version if it gathers enough interest. It's going to be free with the ability to make an optional donation if so one desires. I'll let you know in the next couple of days when it's up for a mooch around. At this stage i'm not bothering with a design, basic white background and plain text should cover it. lmao!

Interesting Spread of thoughts there! Not sure about it being an entirely "viable" business model myself though. On one hand, I suppose those who feel strongly enough about their views might be happy to pay 99p for the privilege of saying "Yeah! so there!" then again as you said the religious nut jobs might not be entirely happy with it. As said, it could easily be seen as a very controversial product. To tell you the truth, I constructed a simple system over the weekend that would work, not sure If I should publish it though!

I've had abit of a funny idea! A friend and I were discussing religion etc. and she'd made a comment about how frustrating it was that she'd been baptised at such a young age and there was in practice nothing she could do, to have it "renounced" or "revoked". As an Athiest myself I was inclined to agree, which made me recall that case of the doctor who made his revocation a matter of public record by having it printed in the paper and (eventually) after a long struggle managed to have it placed alongside the record of his baptism at his local church. However, apart from that, which is clearly a long, difficult and drawn out affair, there seems to be no method of renouncing your baptism/religion. Nonetheless, being the insightful guy as I am, I had abit of a revelation. What's to stop someone setting up a private/commercial website whereby an individual can fill out a form with their full name, county of birth, county of baptism, date of birth, date of baptism etc. etc. press a button, and have it recorded as a matter of public record that they renounce it? It seems quite an original idea, and as far as I can see, nothing of similar nature exists? Albeit Controversial, it seems like quite a novel proposal, what does everyone else think?

Regardless of who's name the domain is registered in, if the guy has sold your client the domain including the rights to the site then technically it's her property. However, it's slippery ground without any sort of proof. For instance, if your client has some kind of written communication or a contract with this guy that states something to the effect of "you are buying my domain name, hosting package and a web template from me" and then she has done, and money has changed hands, she's purchased the rights to that domain, and he must honour that. Don't get me wrong, i'm not a lawyer, but I would personally say he's got no claim to that URL if she's purchased it from him. Though saying that, did she specify when the domain was to be transferred? If no mention of this was made then I would say at the end of it's period but again, can't be sure. My advice would be to send the guy an email on behalf of your client as the sites webmaster, and just say that as the transaction has happened and your client has purchased the domain name, then he must transfer it to your clients ownership within X number of days. To be honest there's nothing stopping the transfer, he's probably just being awkward.

Take it i'm the only one heading off to Glasto next week?

Yeah that is abit out of left field OP. For a site like that (with all the functionality you mentioned) I wouldn't charge less than £3-£4k