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  1. steveadl

    Suggestions on forum software

    Hi all, Wanting to add a forum feature such as this Somersoft forum to my website, however not expecting it to be a huge sucess/popular thing so really just looking for some free version software first to experiment and test waters. It needs to be able to be integrated seamlessly into the...
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    Problem uploading photos to net

    Can anyone help with the following problem I'm having? For some reason as of about two weeks ago, I can't upload photos to the net anymore. I assume it's a firewall problem with my AVG software. So basically on a website like SS, FlickR, photobucket etc I select the folder and images I...
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    Google & Facebook Ads

    Does anyone here have any experience they can share with me regarding ads on Google and Facebook? I've started a few campaigns on both over the last few weeks. I've also been reading some books to get more knowledge and get the ads performing well. Quite comfortable with Facebook ads, but only...
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    Time Outs

    Not sure if this is the correct term for it, but Sim can you shed some light on the problem I'm having below? I browse with Firefox, both before and after my recent ISP change. Was with 3 mobile broadband, now with Optus mobile broadband. Occasionally, perhaps once or twice a day, a link I...
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    Facebook - little help??

    Hi all, So I've put up a Facebook page for my business. I've never used FB before, can anyone tell me how it works in regards to the following... Lots of businesses have FB pages which I've seen. They post on their wall and you can see what they write, specials they offer etc. All good - I...
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    US Shipping Address

    I've been thwarted a few times recently trying to place orders with US sites that only ship to US addresses. For those experiencing the same problem - I've just signed up to the PayPal service called HopShopGo. They give you an account with a permanent US address you can have products shipped...
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    US Stocks

    Carried on from this thread Intrinsic Value: Edmond Dantes: Intrigued: Absolutely none so far, so please post here whatever you find out! For the first year at least the dividends I'm receiving will be insignificant due to the $'s I'm investing and also the fact that half the co's...
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    Excel - really quick and stupid question

    I'll kick myself when someone gives me the answer, I've done it plenty of times before but I have a mental blank this morning... How do you fix a row/column so it stays there even whilst you're scrolling up/down or left/right within the sheet? ie. You have 2011, 2012 etc in row 2 and want that...
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    New mail client - can't take it anymore!

    First Outlook Express years ago and now Outlook - both giving me the absolute $h!t$!! Keeps crashing intermittently over the months/years, but now for some reason every time Outlook tries to download an email (on any email account) it freezes my whole computer. Well not freeze but pretty much...
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    Mobile Ringtones

    Hi all, there may be a really obvious answer to this - but I don't know it! We're looking for a website to download ringtones to my wife's phone (I think she has a Motorola). With my iPhone it's easy, I make my own or in theory could get them from the iTunes store. With hers we can't seem to...
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    Lotus users, little help

    Hi all, My wife has Lotus Notes (think that's the name of the program?) as her mail client at work. Can anyone who uses or is familiar with this product give me instructions that I can pass on to her so that she can change the format of her emails. She has it stuck on 'Plain Text' which...
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    Shared walls in construction

    Alright guys, can any builders or others experienced in building houses from scratch help me out here... Noticed an increasing number of developments in my area of late are going down the path of having a shared walls in the middle. ie. the two houses on the block are Torrens Title, completely...
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    Cap Gains Tax

    Hi all, having a bit of a vague moment so just wanted to double check my thinking. Have a friend who's dad is thinking of building a house. He currently has a PPOR which he intends on keeping. He wants to build this new house, then sell. I've told them I'm fairly certain they'll be up for CGT...
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    Slippery slope of protectionism

    Is the US introducing a 30% tariff on Chinese tyres going to escalate into bigger shows of protectionism? China has already answered with their own proposed tariffs. If the US/China start down this road, where does it end? Or is this more a one off occurrence and unlikely to be repeated in a...
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    Off topic?

    {Note - these posts were split from this thread: http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55165 - Sim'} Excuse me Sim, but how is illustrating that a poster is blatantly lying off topic? He stated he bought a house which was a flat out lie, yet this is now wiped from SS so as far as...
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    Mozilla Firefox spell checker

    Hi all, I've just started using Mozilla Firefox as my web browser instead of IE. It says it comes with an inbuilt spell checker when typing in boxes such as this posting box that have more than one line, and will automatically correct as I type. So far it's not working. So I just...
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    Dividend Yield

    Hi all, quick question about dividends on shares. I understand how franking credits work, but from time to time I see mention of terms like gross dividend or after tax etc such as in this article: I understand since the TLS dividend is 100% franked, you have a tax credit on each dollar of...
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    RIP Frank

    Frank was a good man, hard working, loyal, and an all round great guy. After 45yrs in the bank was the third longest serving member nationwide. Retired July last year at the age of 65. Didn't have much planned, but he always talked about seeing Italy again though his wife was reluctant as it...
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    Dreams/Sleep - controlling it

    Hi all, in the last week or so someone mentioned in passing a method/book on harnessing dreams or the time you're asleep - something along those lines? Basically about putting to good use the time your body is asleep but mind is still working. Hoping whoever posted could expand a bit further...
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    Laptop won't charge

    Hi all. We've had a Dell Inspirion laptop at home for about a year or so now and are having issues with the charging. It works fine otherwise, when we have it plugged in it runs off the power chord no probs, but doesn’t charge the battery – even says something on the bottom right task tray on...
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