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• Website for checking valid email addresses

I remember using a website a year or so ago that could check the validity of an email address. If I remember correctly it had either a frog as its...

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• Have you upgraded to Firefox 3 yet

Have you upgraded to Firefox 3 yet?

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• How to integrate pay by mobile phone service

Hi All, I'm interested in adding the ability to pay for services with mobile phone text message but I don't know where to start. What I'd like is to...

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• Wheres Google gone

Anyone else notice Google going down this morning or is it just me?

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• woopra - an alternative to g.analytics.

Woopra (http://www.woopra.com/) Anyone tried it?

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• Amazon Offline (and on again)

Looks like amazon have been having issues on and off for the last couple of hours

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• Flash MP3 player recommendations

Hey guys, I've spent the last hour checking out and downloading some awful flash mp3 players and so I am looking for recommendations.. I basically need to add a little mp3 player (less than 300px width) to the sidebar of a website. It is going to play a library of approx 4 mp3s all of which are contained with the same directory. The ability to skin the player would be nice but not essential. I was hoping to use Jerone's player (http://www.jeroenwijering.com/) but it doesn't look like he is doing much with mp3s these days, more video. Any clues?

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• Enterprise Ireland Funding Template Monster Solution

What do web designers think of Enterprise Ireland funding a template monster style solution? According to the front page of Website design for small business, starter websites, webdesign, web design, web design company, cheap web design, cheap webdesign, affordable web design, low cost web design, accessible web design, small business web design, basic web design, afforda (http://www.omniserve.ie/) they're an EI funded "initiative"

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• Google Map with Multiple Markers

Hi, Have been trying to find out how to create a googlemap with multiple markers to embed on a website. Now - My Maps seems to have most of the functions - when I embed the map: 1) are people still able to make comments? (dicey on a company website) 2) can I add more information when one clicks a marker - eg prices, dates etc 3) can I customise the markers? There were a couple of sites offering software to download but when I checked on their example sites they did look a bit ropey. I wouldn't mind paying if there was decent software out there; I don't think I am at the level of the google enterprise prices..... Many thanks, tameSaffy :)

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• Finding out Site Structure

Is there anyway to find out the directory structure and the folders and file names by just have the URL?

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• Conversion of video to swf

Hey all, I'm using SoThink video to SWF for a lot of my work, but there doesn't seem to be the facility whereby the video ONLY STARTS streaming when the visitor presses play - much like youtube format. What do you guys use? - the SoThink software exports a SWF in a nice self-contained player, so I'd like to retain the nice eye-candy aspect but not have a page with videos take an age to load! Thanks in advance

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• what are the designing techniques to make website search engine friendly

Hi this is all about web designing.... If i want to start a new website, what are the things to consider so that it will make a search engine friendly? hope somebody here could share ideas... many thanks...

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• Dojo Javascript Opinions

Hi, Does anyone have any experience using the dojo javascript toolkit, and would you recommend its use? I'm in the early stages of development of a web application and have been using Jquery, but for a number of reasons am now considering a move to dojo. Some of the issues I've come across seem to be around its size - has anyone found this to impact app performance? Any other opinions on general usability, etc would also welcome. Cheers.

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• Web design software

Hi folks, I have a good idea for a website, have gotten some quotes but I cannot go with a designer until after the summer and I wont have the cash until then, however I want to get a few pages of it up and running. Can anyone reccommend any software I could use to build a few pages of information, just to get the domain out there. Have used yahoo site builder, and some other programs. I am not an IT head but I could grasp a program on a level of Adobe CS2. any good recommendations? someone said Dreamweaver but how easy is it to use?

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• It can happen to all of us

www.redcardinal.ie (http://www.redcardinal.ie) ---Quote--- *This Account Has Been Suspended* Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible. ---End Quote---

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• CSS designer required for a project

Hi all, I need some assistance. I am a developer who specialises in server side development. I have also done some minimal work on the presentation layer of websites, css etc. Currently I am snowed under with work and require some assistance in designing a website. What I require is the homepage and one interior page that I can resuse. The designs need to be css based and standards compliance. I wonder would anyone be interested in putting a few designs together for me? Of course I will pay for the designs. This wont be a once off and hope to have some more projects down the road. I will be hooking up these deisgns to my custom made CMS. Anyone interested, could ye send me a message please. Or if anyone has any questions, please post.

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• Classified Ads script

Does anyone have any recommendation for a classified ads script? I would need something that can handle paypal payments, and something that runs on *PHP/MySQL*. Danke Schön ! p

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• Ireland based website speed tester

Hey, Just wondering if anyone knows of a good website speed tester based in Ireland that offers modem comparisons and a comprehensive breakdown such as that seen on: Web Page Analyzer - free website optimization tool website speed test check website performance report from web site optimization (http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/) Thanks, Davthalas

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• OpenX -Ad server anyone using it

Has anyone here any experience using OpenX: Take control of your advertising | OpenX (http://www.openx.org/) ad server software? Wondering if it is worth my while downloading and playing with it or is there a better system out there?

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• File Uploader for Client

Hi guys, I'm looking for a simple file uploader which is suitable for clients to upload files to a FTP directory. I'm going to be receiving a lot of files from many people and I'm looking for a quick solution. (PHP / MYSQL) The system should not require user A/Cs to be created but having them input their name/email would be an extra bonus. I have found some scripts on SourceForge but any recommendations are welcome.

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