JamesyBHOY

Hi, I was just wondering does anyone have a contract or 'wording' that I can use for an upcoming project that I'm gonna get done by a freelancer. Bascially I want them to create for me, only be for me. Stopping them from using it in future for anyone else. The simple reason for this was originally, they sent me a few links to previous samples of work that they had done for others. They first offered to create a clone of it with a little rebranding thrown in for good measure. However I already had a unique design outlined in a project file. It'll take around a month or 2 to complete & I'm paying a lot for it. As well as part of the fee upfront. The thing that I want to prevent is them in future for another client simply copying or cloning all or part of the unique work/concept what they did for me. As well as the small part of it that was already completed by me. I know if I don't get this prevented that they will end up at some cloning it for someone else. My project is totally far more advanced that what they have previously done. I spent a lot of time checking stuff out, researching etc. As well as getting a designer to help me come up with a suitable user interface. I'd hate to have gone through all those troubles that took 4 months to complete, only for them to make a direct or part copy of my program for the first person that asks. Offering to do a direct clone of previous work for another client, combined with them wanting a large percentage of the fee upfront etc, makes me believe it'd be in my best interests to get something signed before any fees have been paid or work started. The trouble is that I have no idea what to put down. Just something that states that any work done for me is solely for me & may not be cloned, copied or reproduced for another other client in future etc. As well as being specific to the project file that they have already been provided with etc. I either email (they would then print it out) or fax them a copy. They sign & date it, then fax or email (scan the print out back in via a scanner) it back to me. Then we get started on it. So I was hoping that somebody here will have had something lying about from previous work or can offer some advice on wording for it that I can use. Many Thanks James..

Thanks for the reply, the cart already has a built in editor & I've already purchased it. However when you try to edit it from within the admin panel itself, it's all the source code. So I can only change basic things like the logo, colours etc. I'm currently getting a couple of additions made to it by a programmer that I'm going to hire. However I've checked the net & although there are WYSIWYG Html editors etc, I haven't found any for Smarty Templates (CDD + TPL). So thought that I'd ask here to see if anybody who's a lot more experienced in PHP knows if it could possibly be done or not. Simply because I don't want to be paying out money to him to mess around only to find that it couldn't be done in the first place. Simply a standalone PHP script, that I upload to my server, log in. Then click on the upload button, upload the folder that contains all the template files. Now I can see the template on the screen, then I'm able to make changes directly to it. Such as re-place text, move the search button to another location. Change ads to other parts of the page etc. Then once I'm happy at how it looks on screen. I click the save button. The prog then saves the modified code. Then I simply move the folder into my template directory of the cart. Log into the cart & change the skin etc. I feel doing this will save me in the long run, hiring a smarty template editor a few times a year would be much more expensive than getting my own program to do this whenever I want. It's just the fact that would you be able to create a GUI WYSIWG editor to edit all aspects of my store template without knowing any code. Not sure if I've made by requirements clear or not, it is to me but if anyone needs, then I can try & put it another way to try & make it more clearer. Thanks..

I have a PHP shopping cart (X-Cart) that uses 'Smarty Templates' for it's layout, which are are CSS sheet & a bunch of TPL files. [url=http://www.x-cart.com/articles/x-cart_templates.html]http://www.x-cart.com/articles/x-cart_templates.html[/url] [url=http://smarty.php.net/whyuse.php]http://smarty.php.net/whyuse.php[/url] Unfortunately I'm not really that familiar with it & so can only make the very basic of changes to the template. What I really would like to do is use a GIU, WYSIWYG type of interface to make my changes. Basically have a folder with the template, then load it in. The skin comes up & I can edit it directly, like what you can do in Coffeecup HTML Editor, SiteSpinner etc. Once I'm happy with the changes, I click save & the prog automatically updates the CSS & TPL files for me making all changes. Then I upload the files to my server & integrate them to my cart. Because I'll always be making changes to where everything goes, such as adding banners, a new main logo to advertise special offers etc etc, then I'd rather have my own little prog to do this for me rather than hiring someone to design & make the changes for me in the long run. I'm about to get some add-on mods done to my store, so I was wondering about getting him to make me something similar to what I described above. So basically my question is, could this prog be done in PHP at all, or would it be too complicated? Thanks..

I'm creating a website in which the main page has a flash navigation menu + animations & javascript etc. However I'm worried that some visitors may not have the new flash player installed or may have it blocked using a popup blocker etc. If this were to happen then they wouldn't be able to navigate the site properly. So being that it is only a few pages long, I've decided to create it the current way using flash. Then what I want to do is create a 2nd one that allows me to use Java menu. Then lastly a 3rd basic one that has only html + regular images. What I am looking for is a script to detect brower capabilities before the page loads. Something like you get at scifi.com. If you go there without flash player installed it will redirect you to scifi.com/noflash etc. This way if a customer comes without flash capabilities, the script can check the settings & redirect them to the appropriate alternate site. If they don't have flash but allow javascript, then they would go to mydomain.com/noflash. If they have flash & javascript blocked then they get sent to the basic no-frills site, something like mydomain.com/html etc. I've briefly checked the net but don't know exactly what to search for, so haven't had much luck. So I was wondering does anybody know the names of any commercial or free scripts that can accomplish this for me. Many Thanks James..

Hi, I purchased a php shopping cart software a few months ago. However I was always planning to use it with my new hosting provider, so was waiting until my old hosting account expired before using it. So last week, I just signed up with a new provider. Created a DB & tried to import the SQL file that contained all the tables etc. Unfortunately I actually don't know any coding, only enough to do what I need. So I was hoping someone here could help me with the error. Here is the SQL file that I'm importing using phpmyadmin. [a href=\"http://www.cheekstorage.net/store.sql\" target=\"_blank\"]SQL file[/a] I opened up the config file, added in the dbhost, name, user & password. Then uploaded all the files to the server using FTP Voyager. Then I went into phpmyadmin & imported the SQL file in. This error message keeps coming up: [!--quoteo--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE[/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]Error SQL query: INSERT INTO items VALUES ( 95084681, 5, '1', 0, '0000-00-00', 'Matrox G400', '', '', 'Dramatically Different High Performance Graphics. Introducing the Millennium G400 Series - a dramatically different, high performance graphics experience.', '', '', '<b>Dramatically Different High Performance Graphics</b>\r\n\r\nIntroducing the Millennium G400 Series - a dramatically different, high performance graphics experience. Armed with the industry\'s fastest graphics chip, the Millennium G400 Series takes explosive acceleration two steps further by adding unprecedented image quality, along with the most versatile display options for all your 3D, 2D and DVD applications. As the most powerful and innovative tools in your PC\'s arsenal, the Millennium G400 Series will not only change the way you see graphics, but will revolutionize the way you use your computer.\r\n\r\n<!-- Section: Features -->\r\n<b>Key features:</b>\r\n\r\n- New Matrox G400 256-bit DualBus graphics chip\r\n- Explosive 3D, 2D and DVD performance\r\n- DualHead Display\r\n- Superior DVD and TV output\r\n- 3D Environment-Mapped Bump Mapping\r\n- Vibrant Color Quality rendering \r\n- UltraSharp DAC of up to 360 MHz\r\n- 3D Rendering Array Processor\r\n- Support for 16 or 32 MB of memory\r\n', '', '', 1, '0.000', '', '0.00', '0.00', '0.00', 'matrox_G400.gif', 'matrox_G400.gif', 'matrox g400 dramatically different high performance graphics. introducing the millennium g400 series - a dramatically different, high performance graphics experience. dramatically different high performance graphics introducing the millennium g400 series - a dramatically different, high performance graphics experience. armed with the industry\'s fastest graphics chip, the millennium g400 series takes explosive acceleration two steps further by adding unprecedented image quality, along with the most versatile display options for all your 3d, 2d and dvd applications. as the most powerful and innovative tools in your pc\'s arsenal, the millennium g400 series will not only change the way you see graphics, but will revolutionize the way you use your computer. key features: - new matrox g400 256-bit dualbus graphics chip - explosive 3d, 2d and dvd performance - dualhead display - superior dvd and tv output - 3d environment-mapped bump mapping - vibrant color quality rendering - ultrasharp dac of up to 360 mhz - 3d rendering array processor - support for 16 or 32 mb of memory matrox g400 neu! matrox g400 "all inclusive" und vieles mehr... die neue millennium g400-serie - hochleistungsgrafik mit dem sensationellen unterschied. neu! matrox g400 "all inclusive" und vieles mehr... die neue millennium g400-serie - hochleistungsgrafik mit dem sensationellen unterschied. ausgestattet mit dem neu eingeführten matrox g400 grafikchip, bietet die millennium g400-serie eine überragende beschleunigung inklusive bisher nie dagewesener bildqualitat und enorm flexibler darstellungsoptionen bei allen ihren 3d-, 2d- und dvd-anwendungen. dualhead display und tv-ausgang environment mapped bump mapping matrox g400 256-bit dualbus 3d rendering array prozessor vibrant color quality² (vcq²) ultrasharp dac "bleibt abschließend festzustellen, daß die matrox millennium g400 max als allroundkarte für den highend-pc derzeit unerreicht ist. das ergibt den testsieg u INSERT INTO items VALUES (41728395, 14, '1 ', 0, '0000 -00 -00 ', 'ASUS V8460Ultra GeForce4Ti4600 ', '', '', ' & nbsp; MySQL said: #1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '1', 0, '0000-00-00', 'ASUS V8460Ultra GeForce 4 Ti 4600', '', '', ' ' at line 1 [/quote] Anybody have any ideas at what this means & how do I fix it? Thanks James..