Forum: Business Online/Member Interests

Hi all, I have noticed that Microsoft have made some of their Web design packages free downloads. The main item is: Microsoft Expression Web 4 (Free Version) The download URL for the UK seems to be here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-GB/download/details.aspx?id=36179 ...there are...

I have a very quick questionnaire about a possible new website idea I have in mind and was wondering if you might be able to help me out? The questions are here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SFMDP9Z If you know of anyone else who might be able to answer could you please pass it on, the more...

Hi All, I have an idea for a website but unfortunately getting it built in reality is way beyond my skills on web design etc (mainly joomla!) So my questions are: Do any of you know people who work in a web design company? What sort of money are we looking at? Do you still do it here Steve? And...

I completed The Challenge last year. It is free training and the people who put it up use the (very good) free information as a hook to get people interested in their subscription sites. I have learned that it takes quite a while to get a site to top spot on Google, even in a not particularly...

I have been working on my new website project for sometime now and finally it has been released for everyone to use. I have spent quite a bit of time filling it with useful information but I need some pictures! Thats were you guys come in to help me out and I have had a word with Steve and he has...

I was just wondering if anyone here on the forum has any experience in getting a book published, in particular a quiz type book, a little like Sudoku books. I have an idea for a quiz book and was wondering if anyone knew the process of getting it published... Just in case. Cheers

Having just splashed out on a new Sony A350 I am shortly going to be putting my trusted Konica Minolta 5D 6MP D-SLR up for sale on Ebay. Before selling it I am sending it off to have the infamous first black frame fault rectified but once done it will be good as new. I will be selling it with 2...

Hi all With ukexperts infinite wisdom and knowledge I was wondering if anyone has had any experience of printing car stickers? The vinyl ones that come on a white background, get peeled off and are very flimsy and plasticy. They aren't the permanent ones either. What would be best would be if...

Hi all, A recent film release on DVD featured a Rubik's Cube as a small part of its story. The film was called In the Pursuit of Happiness...and its not a bad film. I went to a large local toy store and bought a Rubik's Cube to show my daughters, as they had not seen one for real. ...

Hi all, I just noticed that Vodka.com sold for a good sum just before Christmas... the story I saw explained that: "The billionaire Russian entrepreneur behind Russia's biggest vodka maker has paid $3 million to acquire the vodka.com domain" ...as .com domains cost perhaps a tenner to...

Hi all, Just a line to say we are looking for the following: Printers of photos onto Canvass. Printers of photos onto other items. Printers of calendars with supplied photos.

Hi Everyone. My wife bought me Nikon D50, which means I no longer have use of my Olympus E-300. As I MUST use the D50 all the time now, and there are extras I need for the D50. I thought I'd put it here before putting it on ebay, just in case anyone here wants it. The E-300 is an 8 MP camera...

Hi all, We added some offers to the site yesterday.. it seems a good idea to do that at this time of year... and if anyone buys any of them the site gets a small contribution. I'm writing mainly because the John Lewis one on the front page of the site, in among the featured photos, is meant...

Just wondering if anyone here has any ideas for tapping into the shop window display market?! I have sold some driftwood to someone in the past who used it to display Jewellery on in their shop. Does anyone know of magazines/websites that deal with shop window displays and that I could possibly...

Hi, I want to import some images onto a website I'm building in dreamweaver. If I want the displayed image to be about 1" by 2", what sort of d.p.i and file size should I use for fast download and display? Gary

Me again! I'm sure I will fill this place up sooner or later :) Anyway I was thinking of another idea for abit of cash today - Aberystwyth (the town where I am at University) could really do with a website for students and others to sell things to each other on. We have one or two notice boards...

I have decided to set up a bit of a shop online to sell various pieces of driftwood that are very abundant on the beaches here. I have had some good success on Ebay with over £30 sold already. They have loads of uses from ornaments to fish tank pieces to things that jewellery or other items can be...

Hi all I was wondering if I could have your advice on something - I have a couple of websites in the pipeline that will be selling various different things from various different websites each with its own domain name reflecting the product. I have decided upon paypal as the best method to...

Hello there, I'm a new member so bare with me if this is not clear :) Does anyone know of a job club in the east midlands involving professionals, managers etc looking for a career change, new roles and helping in general career advice. I'm a experienced MBA looking for a career change...

I'm sorry I'm on this subject again! I have a picture from Google of the globe - if I take this photo into Photoshop and apply say a Watercolour render to it from the Filter -> Artistic menu is this new picture mine to use as mine own? I.e can I get into trouble for using for my logo of my money...

Just wondering if anyone out there can help me on a law question as its a minefield for me! If you take a picture or a cartoon off the internet and trace the outline or do something similar to what Simon does to the picture (heavily contrast the image to get just black and white eg...

I was wondering what all your views are on having a similar domain to someone else. Basically we want to buy a domain that ends in "clubs" however someone else has an identical domain but theirs end in "club". Do you think this will just cause confusion? Thanks Dave