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Gold plating imitation/costume jewelry
A discussion started in 2005 & continuing through 2017
XRF = X-Ray Fluorescence
Q. Normally 1/8 microns is plated on imitation jewelry, i.e., acid gold & alkali. We are using proprietary baths from a reputed company. However the gold seems to wear off pretty soon for some reason. Thickness is checked on an XRF machine and there is no problem with the thickness. Any suggestions?Gunor Basu
- Calcutta, India
A. Hi, Gunor. Although you may say that "there is no problem with the thickness", all you really mean is that you are putting on the thickness that you specified -- not that the amount that you specified is adequate. The reason it wears off so quickly is simply that the thickness you have specified is only 1/8 micron -- very thin.
- "Micron plating" is 8X as thick as yours.
- "Vermeil" is 2-1/2 microns, i.e., 20X as thick as your plating.
- Old pocket watches have a thickness of 20 microns and up, i.e., at least 160X as thick as your plating.
I'm not sure that you should bother with gold at all at that thickness, knowing that it's just barely visible such that if it wears even a millionth of an inch or two it becomes invisible -- but you could add a clearcoat on top of the jewelry. You should probably just do titanium nitride deposition instead. Good luck!
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
Titanium nitride as an alternative to gold plating(2005)
Q. What is titanium nitride treatment? Appreciate a response Mr. Mooney. Thanks.Gunor Basu [returning]
- India
PVD = Physical Vapor Deposition
A. Titanium nitride is a high capital cost PVD process which may or may not be practical depending on production volume, but it puts an extremely hard gold-toned finish on the parts, which will offer great wear properties, without the material cost of a precious metal. It is the same process that you see on gold colored high speed drill bits.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
A. Mr Basu,
While titanium Nitride is one ideally suited method which will work well over jewelry, you can consider what is done in Delhi and Mumbai by similar units as yours.
1) The Gold Bath is a Proprietary Hard (250 vickers) acid Flash bath that's pore-free. I presume Nickel is the undercoat.
This is followed by Clear Electrophoretic lacquer for protection and guarantee.
2) The second route is Dye gold. The Gold Plating step is followed by Gold dye based Electrophoretic lacquer.
Low Gold thickness simply provides a thin gold coat which is then protected and enhanced with Gold dyed Electrophoretic lacquer to protect the gold and increase life.
3) the third route is NO GOLD. Just Dye gold over jewelry for a true gold look and economy as well.
- New Delhi, India
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A. No flash gold coating will last any significant wear, unless it is protected. In the imitation jewelry industry 5 millionths of an inch are typical for earrings or pins, but not for rings. And you cannot expect this product to last for long. If not protected, the gold will wear off in a matter of weeks, and in the case of rings the coating will wear in a few days.
E-coat = Electrocoating (essentially the same thing as the previously mentioned electrophoretic lacquer).
For a ring, you will need to apply no less than 1 micron (40 millionths of an inch) and then 8 microns of E-coat and even then it will last no longer than a few months of frequent use. If the ring is a white metal casting, it is likely to be worse. Joal E. Paiva
- Lima, Peru
Q. Sir,
On what base metal is this titanium nitriding done? Is it done on Pb-Sn alloy or it is done on Titanium metal? If so, what will be the Cathodic Temperature and alloy withstanding temperature should be, and what is the anode? Kindly brief?
Panjala Mukesh
fashion jewelry mfgr.
Hyderabad, India
A. Titanium nitride is deposited by vacuum technology and does not use an electrolyte. Process details are widely available on the Internet. Capital outlay is expensive, but the finish is excellent; it has a gold colour and is used by the jewellery industry to put down a hard coating that has micro "valleys" in it that can be filled with a small amount of gold. The TiN "peaks" protect the gold in the valleys from erosion. It is a good way of making cheap jewellery look expensive. TiN can be deposited onto a multitude of surfaces, so you would need to talk to a supplier about specific requirements.
I would not recommend using nickel as a barrier layer in jewellery because you will not be allowed to sell it in Europe. Try using white bronze; this is acceptable in Europe.
R&D practical scientist
Chesham, Bucks, UK
Q. What is the base metal for cheap Jewellery, over which this Titanium Nitriding is done. Will that base metal withstand Titanium Nitriding Temperature of 450 °C - 750 °C?
Panjala Mukesh
fashion jewelry mfgr.
Hyderabad, India
November 2013
Hi Panjela. Although I don't know much about Titanium Nitriding, it can be applied to steel, titanium, and aluminum. Titanium and aluminum sound like reasonable substrates for costume jewelry.
But if we want to go cheap, there is almost no bottom. Even plastic can be vacuum metallized with aluminum and then be given a gold tinted lacquer.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
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E-lacquer is blistering(2005)
Q. White metal jewelry especially finger rings tends to blister a lot after E lacquering. It is baked at 130 °C. Why is this problem acute in rings and not in others namely earrings, necklaces, etc?Gunor Basu [returning]
- Calcutta, India
November 2013
Hi again Gunor. No responses have been offered to your inquiry, so my tentative conclusion is that there is nothing generically special about rings that explains the problem, and that you would therefore need to supply some data about your situation in order to get an answer.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
Q. Hi
I am doing three types of Electroplating for my jewellery shop.
It includes Copper, Nickel & Silver. Now I am having plan to introduce gold plating in my business.
I have used AuCN salts as Electrolyte, the thinking is I am getting gold plating but the life of that coat is one week only. I want to increase the lifetime of coating. So what can I do?
One chemist suggested the AuCN electrolyte. It is right or wrong?
leg chains - Salem, Tamilnadu, India
November 2013
A. Hi Ramalingam. Yes, potassium gold cyanide can the basis for jewelry plating, and has been for 150 years. So it's not "wrong". But there are alternatives like gold sulphite plating solutions. Unless you want to spend decades in study though, it's probably best to profit from the experience of people who have done so, and buy packaged gold plating solutions.
What thickness of gold plating are you applying that is only lasting one week? (Please see the opening question and response in this thread).
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
July 17, 2008
= gold potassium cyanide
= potassium gold cyanide
SS = stainless steel
Q. I am planning to gold plate cheap items to supply for a small imitation jewellery shop. Is GPC solution with Stainless steel anode, the only option? I want to reduce the cost further by not opting for any real gold. Can gold dye be used with SS anode and have original bright gold type finish?
Can anyone suggest me that for Gold Electroplating on imitation jewellery, 100 amp rectifier is needed, or any lower ampere will do? Where can I find the same ?Indranil Roy
hobbyist - Kolkata,West Bengal, India
November 2013
A. Hi Indranil. Gold dye is not something you put into a cyanide gold plating tank as you are discussing. To my knowledge, the gold dye is put into a lacquer, most typically an electrophoretic lacquer, or is applied as a post-dye after the electrolytic lacquer and before curing.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
September 7, 2008
It is submitted that we want to do durable gold plating on imitation jewelry as watch case. Durability is prime consideration; please suggest.Arun Agarwal
buyer - DELHI, India
September 9, 2008
A. Hi, Arun. The most durable while economical process might be to apply titanium nitride by PVD and follow it up with a thin electroplating or PVD coating of gold.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
September 14, 2008
Q. Thank you Mr. Ted Mooney for your reply and suggestion. Please disclose the full form of PVD and oblige.Arun Agarwal [returning]
September 18, 2008
A. You need to locate someone who has a vacuum chamber capable of titanium nitride physical vapor deposition to learn more about it, Arun. The process requires expensive machinery, but the result is an inexpensive, very hard, almost gold colored deposit. You've probably seen it on high speed drills. Myself and other readers can answer limited and specific questions here, but you won't realistically get "full form" plant layouts and start-to-finish work instructions in a public forum -- you need to retain a consultant for that level of assistance. Good luck.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
April 19, 2011
Q. I have looked all over the internet and cannot find anything on how long the gold color will last on a ring made of stainless steel with Titanium Nitride coating. Let's say it will be worn daily.
Can anyone help me?
employee - Detroit, Michigan, USA
April 20, 2011
A. Hi, Asa. Rings are extremely high wear items which wear away to "gone" over the years. But I would expect a quality plating, including a TiN PVD coating to last a year or two based on experience with TiN on watchbands, and other coatings on rings. If the coating is not subject to severe wear conditions (for example if it was a stainless ring with the coating in engraved or embossed areas), the life should be pretty much indefinite.
Please tell us your situation. Are you a manufacturer looking into offering this process on a line of rings? Are you a consumer looking to buy a ring that claims it includes a TiN coating? A purchaser whose ring has failed and inquiring about what life you should have received? Thanks.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
March 12, 2013
Q. Sir,
How can we apply a heavy gold wet plating after TiN coating in PVD machine? After TiN coating which anode is used in PVD machine for getting best adhesive power for plating gold.
- Ernakulam, Kerala, India
March 20, 2013
Q. How can we obtain a gold color on brass items without using genuine gold, which is too expensive?
What is the method of coating brass items in artificial gold (to look like gold plated )
electroplating, metal amadeya42 - Wattala, Srilanka
November 2013
A. Hi Siri. There is more than one way to skin a cat (love those barnyard metaphors), but one way being discussed here is to do PVD coating of TiN on the jewerry in lieu of gold plating. Another way is to electrophoretic lacquer the jewelry with a gold colored dye in the lacquer tank or in a post-dip tank. Good luck.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
Looking for pen / brush plating kitJune 24, 2013
Q. Hello ... I'm based in Mumbai India. I have a retail store offering imitation jewelry. Most of the jewelry is on base metals brass, copper. These pieces of jewelry are studded with CZ stones and other colored stones as well as resin. The pieces are yellow gold plated and others are nickel plated or rhodium plated.
Looking at the growing demand of the customers, if I have a piece in yellow gold plating they want it in white and vice versa. Because of this I am losing a lot of sales.
Can this community please guide me where can I get a plating kit that will fulfill my need.
Also need your expertise, if pen plating or brush plating is the right kind of kit I'm looking for. As the imitation jewelry is already studded with stones I would not want to damage the stones while working on plating. Also I would not want to contaminate the solution and would want to use the solutions in small quantities.
As it is imitation jewelry I'll be working on, please suggest me an inexpensive way to work this out.
Thanks a lot.
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA.
June 2013
A. Hi Munesh. To locate a vendor of brush plating equipment you can view our Equipment Directory, which lists several international suppliers, or you can contact any plating process distributor in Mumbai, or you can google "hobby plating india". We don't suggest vendors in this forum because it's unfair to supporting advertisers and has repeatedly led to a race to the bottom, with sales managers trying to outclaim each other, sometimes even posing as satisfied customers.
Jewelry usually can be tank plated, and you'll probably prefer that to brush plating. Normally the plating process will not harm stones or vice versa (pearls and artificially tinted stones might be an exception), but "resin" is a very broad term so I wouldn't be too confident about that being safe in a plating tank. Good luck.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
June 25, 2013
Q. Thanks a lot Ted for the reply. Also have some jewelry that has stones glued on. Like for example earrings, some stones are glued on. Will the tank plating harm the glue and stones will fall off ?
I'm new to this so want to be sure before I put my money on any kit.
Thanks a lot.
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
June 30, 2013
A. Hi. My guess is that most glues can withstand the plating process, but some can't. Without any trial-and-error experience in this myself, I wouldn't have any way of knowing the signs of likely success versus impending trouble. I hope someone with experience will let us know, but it's always very difficult to enter a business where you have no experience, and receive no training, and not run up against a steep learning curve :-)
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
July 2, 2013
Q. Hello Ted, Thanks for your reply.
I've been watching videos of pen plating, looks quite simple. If anyone who is experienced in the field of jewelry here can shed some light and guide with his experience, will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks once again.
- Mumbai, India
Is there such thing as a really long-lasting gold plating?July 17, 2013 -- this entry appended to this thread by editor in lieu of spawning a duplicative thread
Q. Hello,
I am a jewelry artisan, and I make pieces cut out of sterling silver sheet which I then have gold plated in 18K. I am really frustrated with the whole process of plating and I'm in desperate need for a better solution.
I have opted for a nickel free process, and the thickness of the plate is approximately 0.4 micron (I have had the thickness analysed by a company that had the required machine).
The plating thickness is the maximum which I can find here in small plating shops, since the larger ones require volumes which I don't have.
My problem is that the current plating isn't durable enough, it begins to tarnish after about 6 or 7 months. Customers are really disappointed when this happens because they kind of expect gold plated silver items to last as long as solid gold...
My questions are:
1 - Would using a nickel under plate really increase the durability of the plating?
2 - Is there a coating that can be applied on top of the plating that would significantly increase the durability?
3 - Would increasing the thickness to 2 microns really increase the durability? (to several years I mean)? For some reason the plating shop says that the current thickness (0.4 micron) is the maximum they can do. Why is increasing the thickness so complicated?
3 - I have heard about PVD nitride or titanium coating, can that be applied to jewelry? Would such a coating on brass be more durable than my current gold plated silver? And would the costs be prohibitive?
Thank you in advance for your expert advice.
Jewelry designer - South Korea
July 2013
A. Hi Sebastien.
We appended your inquiry to a thread where most of your questions are answered. But I'll summarize for a sense of continuity . . .
Gold plated pocket watches have lasted a century and more, but the plating was very very thick -- outrageous by today's standards. So, if there were no economic restriction, the answer would simply be thick gold plating. 0.4 microns is 16 millionths of an inch; the plating on those old pocket watches was 50X as thick. There is no technical reason your local platers should restrict you to 0.4 microns, although there may be logistic reasons.
So, you can thicken the gold plating and/or protect the gold plating with something else, and/or simulate gold plating -- or mix any or those ideas in any combination, as discussed above:
- One approach is simply to clearcoat the gold plated jewelry, and there are many ways to do that. Asif mentions electrocoating; others have used UV hardenable clearcoat such as you may see used in a manicure salon; another approach is 2-part automotive clearcoat. Which approach is best depends on volume as well as technical issues. Building an e-coat facility for a handful of items will be impractical, and even contracting the work out for electrocoating may be prohibitive, but buying UV clearcoat and a UV lamp may work for you and other low-volume artisans.
- The titanium nitride PVD idea is great for high volumes but involves a multi-million dollar vacuum chamber and you may not find a shop that will do it for an artisan.
My feeling is that your best approach may be to insist upon 1 micron of gold plating, and then apply a UV curable lacquer yourself. That should give you reasonably durable and long lasting jewelry. A "barrier layer" plating between the silver and the gold is not a bad idea, but it probably shouldn't be nickel because that is already restricted in some countries and may become restricted in additional ones. I'd say try just the additional thickness and UV clearcoat.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
How long will 20 micron gold plating last?September 22, 2013
Q. Thank You Mr. Mooney in advance for your wonderful responses to all of the questions being sent your way. I am not in the Jewelry business, just a consumer looking to get an honest answer. Now here is my question:
I am considering the purchase of a luxury watch from a well known and respectable 100 year Swiss manufacturer. It has a 2-tone bracelet that is stainless and 18 kt gold. I have been told it is 20 microns gold plated and on their website the cite the plating as 2N. I gather the 2N is a reference to the color? Since I cannot afford a solid gold link bracelet timepiece, I am curious as to how long I can expect this plating to reasonably last? I am hoping to pass this down to my grandchildren so my concern is with durability.
Thanks again.
- Flint, Michigan, USA
September 23, 2013
A. Hi Kim. Thanks for the kind thoughts. I am no expert in this but, yes, I do understand "1N", "2N" and "3N" to be European color standards for gold. 20 microns is a very very very substantial thickness, as people in the costume jewelry business often find 1 micron unaffordable, and are perennially seeking an alternative as you see on this page. 20 microns will last 20x as long as 1 micron.
Although you can eventually wear through anything if worn every day. . .
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky -- Kansas, "Dust in the Wind"
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
November 13, 2013
I want to start golden dye color plating plant on imitation jewelry.
Which company can I trust and get training also?
- khandwa mp india
Golden yellow costume jewelry brooch -- what is it plated with?November 10, 2013 -- this entry appended to this thread by editor in lieu of spawning a duplicative thread
Q. I am a science buff, and have a number of varied interest including any sciences associated with metals. I recently found a bright, gold-colored costume jewelry brooch buried in the sand at an ocean beach. It had been set with a number of glass "rubies", some of which were missing from the piece. It was obviously a very cheap piece of costume jewelry, but despite the salt, sand and abrasive wear it still shined with a fairly impressive gold finish. There were no signs of corrosion on the plating at all. The piece was certainly not worth restoring, but being a frugal metals "scrapper", I decided that if the piece were actually gold electroplated, it might be worth saving the gold plate and adding it to a small container of gold flakes that I've ben accumulating from various sources for a while. So I snipped the brooch up into smaller pieces and submerged them in a small container of muriatic acid. As the pieces dissolved over the next 24 hours, it was apparent that the base metal for the piece was some sort of "pot metal" (maybe high in zinc) due to its high reactivity and quickness to dissolve. The pot metal core had a copper coating that took longer to dissolve and ultimately turned the acid that characteristic emerald green color. What I didn't expect was to see that ALL TRACES of the gold-colored plating dissolved along with the copper! The acid was plain muriatic (definitely not gold-dissolving Aqua Regia). This was a fun exercise, but I am very curious as to what the gold-colored plating on this piece of costume jewelry might have been. Hours of internet searching have not produced a satisfactory answer. Does anyone know what this yellow-gold-colored plating might have been? Thanks!Ed Hathaway
- Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
November 13, 2013
A. Hi Ed. We appended your question to a thread about gold plating and imitation gold plating of costume jewelry. The coating might have been a gold-toned lacquer over nickel plating, but was more likely a titanium nitride PVD coating..
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
March 13, 2014
Q. Dear Sir, we want to know whether it is possible to do PVD plating on copper items with soldering which will look like gold. And it has some parts micro dull and some parts ball soldered and some parts diamond cut. Right now we are doing forming plating and it looks like gold. So is it possible that in PVD plating we can maintain same color? We also want to know PVD plating life. As we are getting 2nd hand plant available in india.Mehta Dipesh
Imitation jewelry - Mumbai. Maharashtra, INDIA
March 14, 2014
A. I would not recommend PVD directly on copper. The copper will tarnish even with the PVD coating, greatly limiting the life of the PVD finish. Suggest you consider first nickel electro-plating the copper, then plating with a thin layer of chromium. Same process for a brass substrate.
- Vista, California
Common and responsible thickness of PVD plating on stainless steel jewelleryMarch 29, 2014
Q. Hello!
Currently I am concerned with the offer of a new potential supplier for stainless steel jewellery from China. They are offering a PVD plating with a thickness of 0.015 µm and I have the feeling that it is definitely too thin, especially for rings, because of the daily contact with water and soap.
As far as i know, and I am not an expert, but usually my other suppliers are offering a thickness between 0.02 and 0.07µm. So is it worth a try or absolutely dubious?
Many thanks for your feedback in advance,
- Berlin, Germany
April 1, 2014
A. All of those thicknesses seem way to small. Have you moved a decimal point? Typical thicknesses for decorative PVD are ten times that value, and functional coating with high wear resistance are ten times the decorative PVD.
- Vista, California
April 7, 2014
Q. Dear Jim,
Thanks for your helpful reply. My business is retail and therefore I am sadly only a greenhorn referring to the production process.
Nevertheless, I did my research in this matter and I am absolutely sure that i did not moved the decimal point. However, in the meantime I had some further change of information with that specific supplier and got some further information, of course.
At this point I would be very happy about another useful feedback here.
Back to their statement:
They mentioned that it is maybe a misunderstanding regarding the thickness. The thickness of 0,03-0,04 µm is only the thickness of the real gold plating and not the total thickness. They said that the total thickness, including the real gold plating and gold color plating should be 0,2 µm.
Is it reasonable and plausible?
Does PVD plating really contains two separate layers respectively two working stages?
Many thanks guys!
- Berlin, Germany
April 7, 2014
A. That makes sense. They deposit a base layer of a hard gold nitride, probably titanium nitride (TiN), and follow up with a thin sputter deposit of gold. The gold wears off fairly quickly, but if the wear is uniform no one will notice the change in color. Most decorative coating companies in the US have gotten away from the gold top layer, and in fact use ZrN with a little carbon rather than TiN so they can get the color closer to 24 kt gold.
- Vista, California
April 9, 2014
Thank you, Jim!
It sounds also reasonable for me in the first moment, but I don't have the background knowledge. So I'll give it a try, because everything else is entrepreneurial risk from now on.
Thanks again and greetings to California!
- Berlin, Germany
June 14, 2014
Q. Hi
I have a small electroplating shop. I usually use gpc for gold plating show pieces, but unfortunately they are not lasting long. Can anyone please help me in this matter?
- kolkata, west bengal, india
June 2014
A. Hi Jayanta. I'm sure the readers can help you, but not without any information. Do you know how thick you are plating?
Although some gold deposits are a bit harder and longer wearing than others, the most important factor is the thickness ... if you are putting on only a thin plating, it will unfortunately not last long. If you can't afford thicker plating, consider clearcoating. Good luck.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
June 19, 2014
Q. Hello sir
Thanks for responding to my letter; my next query is: What is the process of clearcoat? Is it long lasting? Is it available in kolkata? Is it cost effective?
Thank you.
- kolkata west bengal india
June 2014
A. Hi again Jayanta. "Clear coating" simply means applying a coating that is clear, and there are many different technologies to do it: Asif Nurie mentions electrophoretic lacquer (electropainting) as one approach. Automobile paint uses a two-component clearcoat as the top layer. Women who have their fingernails polished often use a UV-cured clearcoat to prolong the life. There are nano-ceramic clear coatings as mentioned in letter 59642. There are lacquers and single component clearcoats ...
Although I'm not a jeweller and have no real experience, my first thoughts are that because you run a "small electroplating shop" ...
a). The capital cost and space required for an electrophoretic lacquer line is probably not practical.
b). Automotive clearcoat is cheap and available everywhere -- you can certainly try it, although it's not optimized for jewelry use.
c). UV curable clearcoat is worth considering -- it can be a very hard surface, and can be cured with a UV lamp that costs well under $100.
d.) If you buy your gold solutions from Technic or Degussa or another known vendor, they can probably also offer a nano-ceramic coating.
e). Lacquers and air-dry single component clear coats are probably not hard enough and thick enough to substantially improve the life of gold plated jewelry.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
July 14, 2014
Q. Sir
Can I use Dupont 2-component lacquer as protective coating on jewellery? Is it long lasting?
How can I do gold plating on an egg? Can you please give me the necessary steps.
Thanks.jayanta das
- kolkata west bengal india
July 2014
A. Hi again. We don't compare brands here, but I've just finished telling you what little I know about the use of 2-component automotive clear coat as a protective coating on jewelry. Please try it and let us know what you find.
Please see letter 001 for gold plating of eggs. If threads about gold-saving measures for costume jewelry veer off into how to plate eggs, then people & search engines can't find what they're looking for. I'm very of guilty doing that over the years and it's been a real struggle trying to sort the threads back out :-)
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
May 7, 2016
Q. Good day
I'm starting to sell jewelry individually. I did not study jewelry; therefore there are various questions I have. My provider sells 18k gold coating jewelry with crystals from Swarovski. I've received complaints from 2 clients after 4 months of purchasing a necklace that it turns dark. I've read lots of the posts on this website and would appreciate your professional help to evaluate if the jewelry is of good quality. The properties of the jewelry are the following:
- 18k gold plated (either white gold, yellow gold or rose gold)
- 0.03 micron of gold plating over brass.
Could you please assist me evaluating if it is a good quality fashion jewelry.
Thank you
Jewelry seller - Guatemala
May 2016
A. Hi Monica. I doubt that the plating is 0.03 micron (1.2 millionths of an inch), as I don't think you could even get any gold color from such a thickness. I'd suspect that inexpensive jewelry might have 0.3 microns (12 millionths of an inch) of gold followed by a clearcoat.
But you already know the answer to your question: the jewelry is turning black in 4 months, and you have multiple complaints, and neither you nor your customers are satisfied with it. What more can be said about its quality?
Ted Mooney, P.E. RET
Pine Beach, New Jersey
Striving to live "Aloha"
May 9, 2016
A. Hello, just an addition to Ted's comment. I agree this is not quality decorative jewelry. Because the gold plating is directly on brass tells you a lot. The brass is migrating to the gold layer because there is no barrier plate between the brass and gold to prevent the migration. As Ted mentioned the .03 micron thickness of gold is hard to imagine. Most jewelry makers will use a white bronze or nickel barrier plate.Mark Baker
Process Engineering - Phoenix, Arizona USA
January 14, 2017
Q. This may be a silly question because I'm totally new to the whole concept of electroplating. Is it not possible to use Gold Pyrite to electroplate surfaces?
Thank you for your reply.
Electronics - Durban, South Africa
January 2017
A. Hi Russell. Sorry, no it's not. Electroplating does not move small particles (atoms) intact. It dissolves metal into positively charged ions which migrate through the solution, and negatively charged electrons which are propelled through the external wiring. If you were able to maintain electrical contact to the pyrite such that iron dissolved into the solution, and if you were able to move those positively charged iron ions through the solution, when they regained their electrons at the cathode they would form iron not iron pyrite (FeS2) anyway.
That is not to say that it is impossible for any process to deposit FeS2 onto an article; it might be. But metal amadeya42 is about depositing practical coatings, and even if you could form FeS2 on a surface, I don't know how useful it would be in terms of corrosion resistance, adhesion, wear resistance, etc.
Pine Beach, New Jersey
Striving to live "Aloha"
June 19, 2017
Q. Hello everyone.
I have started a jewelry business wherein I manufacture customized,personalized jewelry with base metal being brass or sterling silver. I have orders of about 20 per day. I have a detailed question about tarnishing.
I cannot go for bulk PVD coating as every piece is unique.
But for chains used in the necklaces, I decided to go with PVD coat.
Q1. After the PVD coat, can I electroplate it with actual gold as to match the colour of the pendant/locket. As I manufacture different lockets daily, I need to match them with chain colour which is PVD coated
Q2. For the locket to have substantial life I am having a white bronze undercoat then gold coat and then electrophoretic lacquer. Tried gold die lacquer but it gives a non metallic finish. Is there a substitute for the electrophoretic lacquer and UV cured lacquer as a few customers don't like the feel of it. And I too want to avoid as I am not able to get them done easily with the low quantity I have and very few people provide this facility in my city. And I don't want the locket to lose colour while the chain remains the same.
Q3. Do we have to use the same process of undercoat i.e white bronze for rose gold plating as well. Or are there some other barriers for rose gold plating over brass and silver.
Q4. Is white bronze layer over brass of about 2 microns thick enough to withstand on its own. I want to skip rhodium plating as it costs a lot more as brass jewelry is quite inexpensive. Does white bronze layer give a rhodium like finish
Thanks to amadeya42.com, I was able to get a clarity on a variety of issues regarding tarnishing.
House of moksh - Hyderabad, India
August 23, 2017
A. Hi Ashish,
Q#1- If you are going to plate the pendents anyways I would suggest just holding off on the PVD coating and have them done together. No sense in PVD coating then sending them all through a plating line after. plating the sputter deposit will depend on the material that was evaporated and deposited on your chains. What is it?
Q#2- E-coat is about the best protection you can expect from a lacquer. That being said many people do not like lacquer on there decorative jewelry. I'm not fond of E-coat on high polished and hand engraved typed finishes either. If you use corrosion resistant materials when you plate you can avoid E-coat. Gold, Zinc, metals of the Platinoid family. That all comes with a higher price tag then the E-coat though.
Q#3- Whatever you use as a diffusion barrier in your gold process will be sufficient for a rose gold process. Ni, white bronze, Pt, Pd.......
Q#4- No. There are many "white bronze" type baths. The majority of which are comprised of Zn,Cu,Sn. It will have a white finish and be more corrosion resistant then standard 70/30 bronze due to the amounts of Zinc and Tin but can't compete with Rhodium. Rh is a Platinum family metal. Brilliantly bright and very resistant to elemental effects such as corrosion and discoloration. You can try Pt, or Pd, as the market is not as volatile for those metals and much more is mined as far as annual tonnage but they are also much more pricey.
For jewelry that is intended to be inexpensive, the "white brass" might preform fine. I could only suggest you plate a hand full of parts that will be typical of the parts you intend to sell and try them out in the real world. Apply them to conditions you believe your products will face and then check them for defects to find if the finish is acceptable. Hope this helps.
Chance Dunstan
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Placerville, California USA
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Q. Good evening!
I work with imitation jewelry (electroplating) and am looking for chemical baths that imitate 18k gold. There are some baths in the market for zinc, copper and tin, but the strength and hardness are not very good. Would you have an intermediate bath to indicate?
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It's the end of one year and the beginning of another, and we have some things to decide:
1. Do we want to keep watching Chuzzlewit?
2. If yes, when should we meet again? Does January 10 sound good?
3. Also if yes, do we wait to start another book until we're done?
4. Regardless of "when", is the next book going to be "The Historian", since that was on our list from last time?
5. And then do we want to read some more Dickens?
6. Last, do we want to resume our every Saturday meeting time? Maybe we should just meet on the 10th to discuss "business" 🙂
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I'm excited about the future of our province and our neighbourhood.
We live in a dynamic and growing community, and despite the ups and downs of the global economy, our government continues to support projects that families in our neighbourhood tell me are most important to them.
From the flyover at the Chief Peguis Trail extension to the new gym at École George V School, from the Hip and Knee Institute at Concordia Hospital to the newly- announced housing at Concordia Village Phase IV, our community is on the move. I am proud to lend my support to all the people who continue to give their time and effort to making these projects a reality. One project that I'm particularly excited about is the redevelopment of the East Elmwood Community Club.
The opportunity to build this new club grew out of the devastating fire which destroyed the old club and left a significant hole in our community.
The club was a vibrant place where families would gather and children could get the support and recreational opportunities they need to live healthy, productive lives.In January, I was pleased to announce that we have committed over $2 million in provincial support to build a brand new, state-of the-art East Elmwood Community Club.
Through public consultations, several key design elements were identified as priorities for the club, and with provincial government support, we were able to deliver on those priorities. The new club will feature a full gym, outdoor rinks, a pleasure skating area, a multipurpose room, community meeting space, community kitchen and space for daycare. The club will be relocated close to the high-density housing along Prevette Street and Panet Road in the more visible and accessible Keenleyside Park.
The club's former location on Beach Avenue will be turned into sports fields for use by the club. This new East Elmwood Community Club will serve the families of our community for generations and will be a place that we can all be proud of.
I believe that through the partnership between residents and elected officials, we can work together to build this great community meeting place.
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) inhibit mRNA expression in general by base pairing to the 3'UTR of target mRNAs and consequently inhibiting translation and/or initiating poly(A) tail deadenylation and mRNA destabilization. Here we examine the mechanism and kinetics of miRNA-mediated deadenylation in mouse Krebs-2 ascites extract. We demonstrate that miRNA-mediated mRNA deadenylation occurs subsequent to initial translational inhibition, indicating a two-step mechanism of miRNA action, which serves to consolidate repression. We show that a let-7 miRNA-loaded RNA-induced silencing complex (miRISC) interacts with the poly(A)-binding protein (PABP) and the CAF1 and CCR4 deadenylases. In addition, we demonstrate that miRNA-mediated deadenylation is dependent upon CAF1 activity and PABP, which serves as a bona fide miRNA coactivator. Importantly, we present evidence that GW182, a core component of the miRISC, directly interacts with PABP via its C-terminal region and that this interaction is required for miRNA-mediated deadenylation.
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Been thinking more and more about the relationship between these concepts:
- IT portfolios (application, project)
- Service catalogs
- Enterprise architecture
I've discussed portfolio management here, and have been doing more research into it; spent some time today on the phone with Chris Bell from Prosight who helped educate me on the worldview, and confirmed again that there is a fundamental difference between project portfolio management and application portfolio management.
Portfolio management as a term of course comes from investing; the literature I've reviewed from both Niku and Prosight is full of terminology like "balancing" and "investment." Applications would be seen as existing investments, with a lifecycle (e.g., buy/hold/sell or build/maintain/retire).
The portfolio management discipline involves quasi-financial modeling; one can play out various investment scenarios and optimize them. I am still trying to understand just where the data comes from, and the relationship between quantitative/qualitative analysis; application management, with issues like change turbulence, incident & problem management, and other non-financial metrics would seem to call for a balanced scorecard approach, not simply financial.
The decision to re-balance or refresh an application portfolio results in project portfolio investments; I think the word 'portfolio' is a little questionable with respect to transient things like projects but the precedent seems to be set. Is project portfolio 'management' the equivalent of day-trading? Seems once you've made a decision regarding your application portfolio, the projects are simply the "buy" and "sell" orders, not really a portfolio in and of themselves. But I'm getting philosophical.
A service catalog is an IT Service Management term. Rather than an investment portfolio, the paradigm here is merchandising: we have these offerings (applications, services, processes) for sale (or rent). If you purchase them, we commit to delivering them at this level of service. If we fail, you can hold us contractually liable.
The service catalog seems to be more operational in flavor than the application portfolio. A savvy investor would of course be very concerned with how the offerings of their companies were being received, but the service catalog per se wouldn't necessarily have all the information needed to assess itself; the service catalog is just that, a catalog -- not all the operational information associated with every item in it, which is what is needed for the portfolio management process. However, having established a formal service catalog, it would seem to be a good thing to have the tools and processes supporting detailed record-keeping with respect to those services.
Service level management if so operationally supported would of course provide invaluable information to the portfolio management process, such as how effectively a given service met its obligations.
Finally, enterprise architecture is perhaps the keystone of them all. It means many things to many people; the major concerns seem to be applications, functions/processes, and data. Modern enterprise architecture tools allow the user to model and relate all three, usually from a top-down orientation. The Zachman framework is probably the best known conceptual model in this area. Some enterprise architecture vendors, like Popkin, are starting to shade into the Business Process Management space. Enterprise architecture has not historically done much with financial or service management information, which is a notable weakness.
So, what's the relationship? Enterprise architecture, as probably the oldest concept, would seem to have things to learn from portfolio & service management. However, I would argue at the end of the day it should be one team owning all three things: the IT portfolio, the service catalog, and the enterprise architecture, with as integrated a toolset as possible. In fact, enterprise architecture teams are among the leaders purchasing modern portfolio management tools (and probably having headaches with building interfaces between these new tools and the EA tools, but that's another story).
One final note on comparing/contrasting portfolio management with enterprise architecture: from a portfolio management perspective, process and data don't seem to figure as prominently as applications, although they both have their partisans. Capturing financial and nonfinancial metrics is hard enough for applications; for process and data management it's even harder, if possible at all. (From a service perspective, you don't want to decompose process/data/app at all; what matters is the service, not what makes it up.)
Just one more example of how the world of IT tools and concepts is converging.


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Well, we can all laugh at Frontpage....yeah it is funny the things it does- and I would not recommend anyone to buy it to be honest, but that is my opinion :)
I wanted to make a head-up thread about some of FP's pitfalls...since we can all sometimes be pretty keen to put it down. If you think FP is bad for web design - please do not hesitate to give it full frontal.
Some things that I change that FP can give you no choice over.....and some things you wouldn't expect in any other situation.
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
This is trash. It is the default for making a new page (quickest way to do this in Frontpage is CTRL+N) I notice that even when you make a saved template of a page, it will insist on inserting them when you open the page again.
2) Broken T ag<a/s
I don't know exactly when FP does this, but at times, it does a great job of it. (Especially) Broken P tags = no validation and who knows what the result looks like in certain non-MS browsers. All of the problems with broken tags is by using the WYSIWYG view, which is what FP is meant to be all about. To fix this, you need to know how to hand code yeah? Since this is the case, FP is nice for a "slap up" design, but not for writing the sort of code that would give your site the sort of direction it needs.
3) Handling of PHP
No doubt a factor in other scripting languages, but when I was dawdling along in learning PHP, when saving a page, all the escaped characters that are in character strings are replaced with something....else.
4) Nodoctype for your pages
Why should I have to bother....it seems to do everything else that I otherwise wouldn't consider as an "enterprise" web designer.
5) CSS Creation
Frontpage can make CSS quickly, but it doesn't add values like px or %'s to some CSS attributes that require it. Again, why should I have to know any better...what exactly do you pay for. It also won't check over itself for non-validating CSS that it implements by using the >>Format > Style option on your .css page. IMO if the option intends to make CSS for you, it should make CSS that will actually work.
6) Webbots and Extensions
Are going to add to the cost of your webhosting, and if your host doesn't take that into account, the non-FP extension users will have something to say about that and their hosts business model ;) I have also seen a thread here in WebmasterWorld that references a program that looks for the Frontpage extensions on a windows server and simply wants to mess the extensions up...meaning every Frontpage you rely on (including Frontpage forms for feedback or anything you consider important) - useless. I don't know how much of a problem that is.
7) Handling of Temporary Files
Under the >>Tools > Options menu, you have the choice of configuring different editors for each file extension. You might say (after finding out some of the above) that's a plus. Maybe not. Click on a database in your FP web and do your stuff. Find out hours later that it wasn't the db you clicked on to edit, but an obscure temporary file that sits in a temporary folder with many other copies of your same database....every time you have done the same thing in the past. (Before I knew this I had about 10 copies of the same DB in a temp folder!) If you ever need a backup of a database, FP is doing it, just it never mentioned it nor would you expect it. So make sure you don't click on a DB file when inside FP.
If you click on any other file inside Frontpage that opens in another prog (usually notepad) and want to see updates and actually make-your-work-happen - you have to click on the FP program again so that FP can do whatever-it-must to update the file you intended to edit. (IMO - just edit the **... file you click on FP thank you).
Basically, FP imports any edits you've made outside the program once you click on it again. If it asks "a more recent file has been saved- would you like to overwrite it - click NO...this is FP wanting to revert to what it assumes was the last edits you made to the file (which, as far as it is concerned- is the edits you do in FP). The same goes for if you close the program and it asks to import newer files...tell the program where to go by clicking no...
8) Shared Borders
Shared Borders are the best worst invention in ages. They are splayed a bit like frames but can get all screwed up in light of all the mess that is involved in editing pages. Basically, FP controls shared borders....and their is nothing else like them on the web as far as I know. Basically they are like an awkward "include" that you would otherwise use to include content of your choice. The advantage of shared borders is if you don't have knowledge of CSS to position things, HTML to
9) Edit / Replace
Although any edit replace tool is nice...especially if you want to place bad code (who/what writes bad code) .... then FP will help you clean up the mess that whatever or whoever made. The only problem is that it scripts all those things that FP will automatically include for you, such as a line like this

Now, the idea of this FP "component" is to save you time editing and replacing any old code that you want to supercede.....but in the case of this "comment code"...it skips it. Great...maybe I wanted to change the includes I use - nevermind, best stick to -normal- includes....either that or spend a couple of hours on a few hundred pages that would take 2 minutes editing/replacing using another program.
10) The Frontpage Includes
The FP include function is under >>Insert > Webcomponent > Included Content. It is like any other type of include i.e. usually the code . If you use the FP include...make sure to delete everything you didn't make "on-the-page" apart from the  and  opening tags...or the include won't be included. Otherwise the FP junk mentioned in (1) will be there. It doesn't get displayed on the page...but its something that adds to fat code and increasing disk usage. Also, when a FP include is displayed...you get checksum lines like this.
The stuff you really wanted and not everything else
That's an extra 120 odd characters weight on your page courtesy of FP code. See here [webmasterworld.com] as to why Frontpage should not have this 'facility' as it stands in future :). Even if file sizes don't matter in Google, the lines of code are not needed- and are wasted bandwidth. Most of my pages are about 6/8k in source code using 3 includes - so using FP includes would increase my file sizes by 10% with no benefit to nothing.
That is 10 things that annoy me most about Frontpage that come to mind. I make this thread thinking that some experienced FP users may have ways round the above, while those who use FP because of its WYSIWYG capabilities and assume that it does everything correctly- be aware!
I guess some people almost hate the prog with a vengeance. I would assume some people do so because of the way it stifles something that you want to do...build a web page! :)
Regardless of expertise, knowledge external to FP, or anything- the program has faults that can make a site substandard. I don't claim to be an expert designer, and I still use FP for many things (like link validation amongst others).....but try to place lesser reliance on the prog
I've used it for over a year and a half, same time I have been making websites. I know some of you designers have stuck with FP over the years and may have something to add. Non-FP users...why not get a spade and help dig the grave here?? :) At one point in time, you said "I will not design sites with FP because...." - so what were the reasons?
Otherwise I don't think there is a place on the web that rants FP in detail. Perhaps we could start it here (and for the sake of equality-have another thread about its plusses).
After all it is one of the most commonly used programs to make a website today. Perhaps not the mainstream choice of an expert..nonetheless...still a player.
I've tried a number of editors. Best I liked was html-kit by chami.com. But I threw that one out because I found out that I could do the same things and just as easily with notepad.exe. No need to have previews, just have your browsers open to the file on the hard disk, make a change, go to the browser and refresh. I seem to have a better knack at coding pages now, and there is a lot less time wasted on validation.
So the editors may give you a jump start at coding pages, but in the long run (at least in my case) you're better off hand-coding.
1) <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
2) Broken T ag Page Options > HTML Source
The HTML Source tab is where you can make or break your web. Years ago I got away from the typical tabbed or indented html layout. I now use a left justified layout and will use comments when necessary to separate content.
I have my Page Options set up like this...
Tags names are lowercase (Checked)
Attribute names are lowercase (Checked)
Allow line breaks within tags (Unchecked)
Indent: 0 spaces
Right margin: 2000 characters (prevents wrapping)
You want to make sure that the allow line breaks within tags is unchecked. If checked, you will typically run into the hanging
 or 	 tags which cause spacing problems within your copy.
Once you press okay, all pages developed in that web will maintain those properties until you go back in and modify them. When you do, then there is a somewhat time consuming process of reopening each page that has already been built with the previous preferences, and resave them going through this routine...
While in Normal View go to Tools > Page Options > HTML Source > Reformat using the rules below (hopefully your new preferences).
Now switch to HTML View go to Tools > Page Options > HTML > Preserve existing HTML.
Before you Save, you may want to strip out the two proprietary FrontPage Tags if they are there. Once you do this, they will not reappear unless you right click on a page in normal view and go through the page properties tabs. Its the Custom Tab that will bite you. If you view that tab and then press okay, you've just reinserted the two tags.
Why should I have to bother....it seems to do everything else that I otherwise wouldn't consider as an "enterprise" web designer.
If you are building a site from inception, the only way to use FP is with templates. You build four or five different templates based on the requirements of the site structure. This is also when you build your includes, I'll provide more information on those later.
Your templates will include all the elements necessary to manage most smaller to medium sized websites, doctypes included.
> 5) CSS Creation
I never used the CSS creation in FP. I just build my files using Note Pad and write the css as needed during the initial structuring of a site. I stick to the basics, nothing fancy.
> 8) Shared Borders
Never, ever use the Shared Border feature of FP, it should not even be an option. If the user tries to insert a shared border, they should get shocked or something!
The code that FP generates for the msnavigation elements are extremely bloated. I've seen pages that had a text to html ratio of less than 10%. View the source code and get a message saying that the file is too big for Note Pad, wonderful!
The FP Includes function just like any other include as long as the FP Server Extensions are installed. I've been using them for over 6 years without fail and they perform very well. You just have to know how to use them in conjunction with all the other preferences.
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Nah, I was not referencing physical line breaks on the HTML source- though I guess that is another mark for the scorecard. I was meaning that the program in "normal" mode sometimes does not add the ending tag as it should without manual editing of the HTML.
Again, this would seem normal to anyone who handcodes or works with HTML, but maybe not someone totally new to the idea of webpages I guess :)
Just thought I'd slip that in...and you included (1) in there....can that be solved under those options?
You know, I haven't had that problem since I started using css a couple of years ago. I also work quite a bit with these options chosen...
Ctrl + /
This will reveal the html tags in normal view and give you far greater control over your formatting. You can select entire tags and edit them on the fly from normal view. I can't remember the last time I've seen a missing tag with all the preferences I have set.
Yes, #1 can be solved with the above solution. Check your sticky mail, I'm sending you a link to view various screen shots and instructions that I've developed over the years. Its only a few pages but those few will make your life much easier working with FP! ;)
You should also work with your Show All � selected (Ctrl + Shift + *) as this works in conjunction with the Reveal Tags option (Ctrl + /) and will show you where your Soft and Hard Returns are located.
You'll want to make sure that all ending tags are properly positioned, especially those 	 and
 tags. If those two tags are hanging by themselves, you will see unusual spacing issues between cells  and paragraph
 text.
 Incorrect Example:
Content here...
 Correct Example:
Content here...

 Incorrect Example:

Content here...

 Correct Example:

Content here...

There is an art and science to using FrontPage correctly and these are just some of the tips I've learned since I first started using the program back in 1996! Here's another one you'll catch when revealing tags...
Properly nested  tags
Anytime you specify a color for a font you need the  tag (unless you are using CSS). When using colors for headline text we tend to  that copy.
There is a specific sequence in FrontPage to properly nest the font tags. You can see the differences by revealing html tags Ctrl + /.
Here is the correct way...
First select your copy to be bolded. Then you can either use the bold command from your toolbar or Ctrl + B.
Select your font color and that's it. Notice how your tag looks like this...
Content here.
Here is the incorrect way...
First select your font color. Then bold your copy and that's it. Wrong! You end up with a tag that now looks like this...
Content here.
The above tag is not nested correctly. The  needs to be after the  and the  needs to be before the .
Sorry, that last part about  tags is a little dated, although I still see a lot of sites using them.
FP2000 and prior did not have this feature that I can remember.
FP has a powerful Edit and Replace feature. FP includes are not meant to be changed through the F/P command.
If you need to change anything in an include relative to the webbot, 99.5% its the file name. All you do in this instance is change the file name at the directory level and FP automatically updates across the entire site. Anytime you are making changes to file names, you should have all pages closed in your editor.
Also, if there was that chance of .5% where I had to do a Find and Replace routine for code within the webbot tags, I'm able to search and replace, not sure what is going on with your version, I'll assume its FP2002?.
Bro, I'm not sure what you mean about "deleting everything you didn't make on-the-page", meant. Your FP includes are built just like any other page. There is no need to delete anything before the  tag as it is not rendered at the browser level. The only content that is displayed in an include is what falls between the .
I use the includes to insert WebTrends Live tracking script. I also use them on asp pages. Again, I've had no issues with FrontPage Includes in over 6 years.
The extra 120 characters of code can be made up by setting your preferences up as I've described. The amount of code bloat you save in reformatting your html allows you more room to breathe. The screen shots I sent you should give you a clearer picture of the interface, I'm sure you've been in there! ;)
If you'll notice in the html source dialog, you can literally set preferences for all the primary tags. I can't see any reason why someone would want to do this other than creating a nightmare when someone else needs to work on the site. If you keep the code clean and without all the typical indent type formatting, you'll notice an overall improvement in how the site performs. That has been my experience.
At one point in time, you said "I will not design sites with FP because...." - so what were the reasons?
I remember not being able to figure out how to use some of the key features, such as publishing a web (this was back in early 1997). Like you mentioned, FP adds back codes you removed and don't want each time you save files. There wasn't any outstanding new feature I though I would need beyond FP97 so I never upgraded. All the new developments in HTML, CSS and browsers are freely available on the web so why pay MS $$$ each upgrade? IMHO, learning how to code by hand develops your understanding of HTML that can help you in troubleshooting problems. Can anyone learn or develop a deep understanding of HTML by clicking away at menus and buttons using FP? You don't need to know how to code by hand, but for me it's more satisfying, simplifying and fun.
My personal approach is to use Dreamweaver for some stuff and FP for other stuff and notepad for even other stuff.
One more note is that if you are writing script by hand, the html view on fp works fairly well.
My personal tip on fp is to never use the publish command, just open & save directly to the server.
Then there's all the webbot this-and-that... enough to make you rip your hair out if you are quickly comping out a form. FrontPage and XSSI? Just shoot me. It's a regular meltdown.
If I follow the indentations in the HTML created with FP's default settings... I become dizzy and pass out. It's like following a drunk driver's taillights down 50 miles of bad road.
I use Front Page for quick layouts - never to manage a site or really write any code for it. I spend a great deal of time reformatting what it creates (doing mock-ups) and deleting proprietary markup. For that reason alone, it hasn't proven to be any kind of an authoring tool or timesaver.
I, personally, choose not to update or collaborate on sites that use this as their publishing tool because... well... I don't need another ulcer and I can't stand the sloppy %$!#@ mess it leaves behind. It's like having a really, really arrogant tornado hit your directories and leave bits and pieces of houses (folders and files) strewn from here to there.
No thanks - no way - no how.
I say we have a contest of some sort. You show me a page that you built in your WYSIWYG program and I'll take it and improve upon it! Then I'll show you my page.
FP caters to all users depending on their level of expertise. Its not the program, its the users. You can do it one way, or you can do it the right way. FP has its faults, but they are no more or no less than any other program designed to do the same thing. I used DW for about a year as a side learning project. Went back to FP after I realized I was too far entrenched in the FP way.
Once you learn html, it won't matter what program you use. How you set up your preferences will determine how the coding stands up to scrutiny. Heck, I have over a 1,000 pages out there built in FP, 99% of them validate W3C HTML4.01 Transitional, and they perform extremely well for their given topics.
> No doubt a factor in other scripting languages, but when I was dawdling along in learning PHP, when saving a page, all the escaped characters that are in character strings are replaced with something....else.
This happens when you don't have your preferences set to preserve existing html. If you have the reformat using the rules below checked, that is where the problems begin.
I can't emphasize enough that before you build any web in FP, you need to make sure your Page Options and HTML Source are configured as I've pointed out above. If not, then expect to experience most of what BOL outlined.
These below tips will solve 90% of the above issues and will make your use of FP much easier to understand why certain things happen.
Setting Up Your Page Options [pageoneresults.com]
Reveal Tags [pageoneresults.com]
Soft Returns - Hard Returns [pageoneresults.com]
[edited by: pageoneresults at 12:45 am (utc) on Dec. 21, 2004]
I may have came across a bit negative in the first post, but it is almost obvious now that an experienced user who has used the generations of FP program can take full advantage of what's on offer and remove the default-fluff.
One thing to note with the "preserve existing HTML". I deleted a few hard line breaks in HTML view just to fiddle around with it, and noticed that when I saved it, the line breaks I deleted were replaced with the original copy? I assume this is the sort of problems you mean with the "preserve existing HTML" unchecked. Worth noting that I never changed it from the default value....which is just that.
Also, if there was that chance of .5% where I had to do a Find and Replace routine for code within the webbot tags, I'm able to search and replace, not sure what is going on with your version, I'll assume its FP2002?.
Yes it's the XP version. The thing is, say I have a 1000 pages using a FP include.....I would "expect" to be able to copy and paste the "include" code into the box#1 and put my code in #2 and not think twice about the edit/replace function. It's just a nuance with FP. Yeah, the FP include is designed to save you time- but it increases a reliance on them that would otherwise not be used in any other prog....that's where I'm coming from :) Since the edit/replace function doesn't work....that particular "nuance" works out at 2 hours doing the same job 1000 times over (unless you use another prog of course!) that would otherwise take a program a matter of seconds.
I will have to check out all your other suggestions - lots to absorb ;) All in all, I think FP is misinterpreted to an extent - but in some cases the program simply does things that any other program would not, and can cause confusion.
My own horrer story... Spent an hour getting a page perfect, matching up css tags and all (hugmungous great big table). Closed FP to work on something else and then decided the page needed tweaking. Opened it in FP. AAARARRRGGHHH! Everything is bag to normal... I stopped using FP then and there.
almost all the defaults are designed to stop a beginner completely failing to make a site work at all...I like a site to be lean and mean and achieve stability and accessibility that way...FP works by stuffing the site with fail safes...a typical example being its insistence that any image should be in the same directory as the page that calls it or a subdirectory of it...useful for a beginner...leads to loads of copies of the same image being downloaded instead of called from the cache...I never did find a way of altering that as default behaviour...there are loads of examples of this sort of over cautious default behaviour
it felt like I was fighting the software the entire time...even after a year I was still finding new obscure defaults that needed changing...if a "labour saving device" is more effort than doing the work directly then it is useless
I like software that does what it is told...I don't need it to second guess what I want...FP is not for me
Frontpage is just like a computer in so far as nine times out of ten any faults with it are caused by the user.
IMO (and my clients i hasten to add) Great yes i mean great sites can be made using FP but it all comes down to the person at the keyboard ;)
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For what it's worth, I've been using FrontPage since version 1.1 (when I reviewed the program for BOARDWATCH), and I fell in love with it from day one. I'm an editor and writer, and I make my living from my Web site. FrontPage has made it easy for me to update, manage, and maintain a content site of nearly 3,000 pages without outside help and without having to waste time on (or get eyestrain from) hand-coding.
If you're a person who's paid by the hour to create Web pages, a text editor or HTML editor is the perfect tool.
If you're a graphic designer with a Mac mindset, Dreamweaver is likely to be your cup of tea.
But for an editor/writer/publisher who's primarily interested in creating and maintaining "evergreen" content (as I am), it's hard to imagine a more efficient tool than FrontPage. It does the job, it doesn't get in the way, and it helps me earn a living without hiring guys like you. :-)
I've found that if you do a Save in the Normal mode, this is not a problem. It's when you don't save in Normal mode and go to HTML mode, that you see FP trying to reference images on your hard drive.
FrontPage has made it easy for me to update, manage, and maintain a content site of nearly 3,000 pages without outside help and without having to waste time on (or get eyestrain from) hand-coding.
An single individual can build a 3,000+ page (static) site and manage it just as easily without FrontPage... by buiding it with CSS, SSI and templates... no time wasted, no eyestrain either. All they need is a text editor with copy, paste, replace functions and a browser.
never learned to use the program
Does your text editor give you Normal, HTML View, Preview Mode? Can you do link verification on the fly? Can you move an include that is linked to 1,000 pages and have it update all references in the site within a few minutes?
Does your text editor give you a dropdown menu of all your css styles? Can you Ctrl + / and view your html tags while you are in normal mode? Can you set up your page preferences for how the html is to be formatted? XML?
Mind you, this is just a small sampling of what FP2002 has to offer. I've been working the same way with all versions and nothing has really changed. They added some cool features to help streamline the process along the way.
I've seen the mess that FP can produce and agree with all of you that it has its problems. But, if you are not the savvy one in coding html, but know the basics along with css, FrontPage can be a powerhouse. I can prove that! ;)
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I've seen the mess that FP can produce and agree with all of you that it has its problems.
The good news is that most of the reported problems are gone in FP 2002. FrontPage has improved steadily with each version, and FP2002 is a reliable, mature product that works perfectly 99% of the time.
But, if you are not the savvy one in coding html, but know the basics along with css, FrontPage can be a powerhouse. I can prove that!
Even if you know how to code HTML (as I do), why bother? When Tim Berners-Lee invented the Web, he envisioned WYSIWYG editors that would code behind the scenes like word processors. That's good enough for me. :-) I'm always amused by the idea that real Web professionals should code by hand. That's like saying that real graphic designers should hand-code PostScript files instead of using Quark XPress or Pagemaker.
As for dynamically generated sites (mentioned elsewhere in this thread), they may be worthwhile if you're building a site from scratch, but if--like me--you have legacy content that goes back to 1996, it's far more efficient to maintain, manage, and expand it in FronPage than to reinvent the wheel.


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by Jim Kouri
March 22, 2008
© 2008 NewsWithViews.com
There is a far-reaching scandal brewing for presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, thanks to a radio talk show host based in Oregon. Syndicated talk show host Laurie Roth's revelations make the news story about Obama's relationship with a racist, anti-American pastor look like child's play.
A top official at the Pentagon during former-President George H. W. Bush's Administration and a former CIA intelligence officer maintain that Barack Obama and former Weather Underground honcho William Ayers funneled money to Professor Rashid Khalidi, a known terrorist sympathizer.
Khalidi serves on the faculty of Columbia University in New York and is best known as the professor who invited Iranian President Ahmedinejad to visit Columbia University after he finished his speech at the United Nations. According to confidential sources, Khalidi has direct ties to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), a group on the US State Department's list of known terrorist groups.
"One source for this information was once a top military figure in the 1990s. He doesn't take making allegations lightly. If he says something happened, believe me, it happened," said syndicated radio talk show host Laurie Roth.
"Another source is a former agent for the Central Intelligence Agency, who is an expert in counterterrorism," said Roth, who broke the story on her show Friday night.
"I certainly don't want to demonize someone because they are a woman, black or liberal running for President. I love the idea that in our culture, a black and woman can now run. However, it does matter to me with any candidate, their consistency with good judgment, their voting record, their association with people with questionable backgrounds and commitment to our country," she said during her show. To listen to Laurie Roth's 3-21-08 show click here.
Here are the connections as described by very reliable sources, who possess impressive military, national security and intelligence backgrounds:
Allison Davis, who hired the young Obama into his small, Chicago law firm Davis, Miner, and Barnhill in 1993, left the firm in late 1999-2000 and became a housing developer. Davis went into business with Tony Rezko, the indicted businessman who's scheduled to go on trial for corruption in Illinois, and who was a major fundraiser for Obama.
Davis met Rezko when he was a client of Davis, Miner, and Barnhill. Rezko is currently under indictment in Illinois for demanding kickbacks from companies seeking state government business contracts under Governor Blagojevich. Obama was identified as one of the politicians cited in the indictment as having received political contributions from Rezko out of his kickback funds.
Tony Rezko hosted fundraising events for Obama in his home and was on Obama's US Senate campaign finance committee which collected $14 million for his campaign against conservative Alan Keyes, an African-American who served as an Ambassador during the Reagan Administration. In order to avoid a scandal during his presidential campaign, Obama returned $85,000 that Rezko and his family had donated to him.
In early 2000, while Obama served as a state senator in Illinois, he also sat on the board of the nonprofit Woods Fund. The Woods Fund is a Chicago-based foundation that claims its primary mission is to make financial grants in order to increase and/or create opportunities for disadvantaged people and low-income communities.
The chairman of the Woods fund board in 2000 was Howard Stanback, who like Obama also had connections to Davis, according to the reliable sources.
Davis submitted a grant request to the Woods Foundation for a $1 million investment in his development partnership, Neighborhood Rejuvenation LP, that would be used to finance low-income senior-citizen housing. Under normal circumstances, a board member is supposed to recuse himself or herself from decisions where they have a business or personal relationship.
Obama, who did not recuse himself, voted to approve Davis' grant request. Stanback, on the other hand, abstained from voting. The housing project, which also received a $5.7 million loan from the city of Chicago, in turn donated almost $70,000 in political contributions to Obama's presidential campaign.
In the past, Rezko gave Obama — who served as an Illinois State Senator — his first two political contributions in 1995, $1,000 each from two of his companies. In 1998, State Senator Obama wrote letters to city and state officials urging them to fund a Davis-Rezko housing project. It was an obvious quid pro quo arrangement.
Another major fundraiser for Obama is William Ayers, who also sat on the board of the Woods Fund with Obama and is a professor at the University of Chicago.
Bill Ayers, along with his wife Bernadine Dohrn, was an active member of the Weather Underground, a radical left-wing group that advocated violence against the United State. Both Ayers and Dohrn went "underground" in 1970 after others in the group accidentally detonated a bomb in a Greenwich Village (New York City) townhouse. The blast killed three of the group's members including Ayers' girlfriend at the time.
While Ayers and Dohrn were hiding from law enforcement, the Weather Underground participated in the bombings of the US Capital, the Pentagon and a State Department building. In 1981 Ayers and Dohrn turned themselves in to federal authorities, but all charges were dropped as a result of alleged "government legal misconduct." In his 2001 memoir, Ayers wrote, "I don't regret setting the bombs. I feel we didn't do enough."
Ayers and Dohrn are known to have held at least one fundraiser for Barack Obama in their Chicago home.
During Obama's last year on the board of The Woods Fund (2002), he participated in awarding grants, including a $70,000 grant to the Arab American Action Network, a Chicago-based group founded by Rashid and Mona Khalidi.
In another suspected quid pro quo arrangement similar to those with Ayers and Rezko, Rashid Khalidi also held a fundraising event in his home for Barack Obama.
In the Middle East, Rashid Khalidi was known as a man to be reckoned with. From 1972 through 1983, Khalidi was the director in Beirut of the official Palestinian press agency, FAFA. His wife worked there as well.
According to sources, when the Khalidi's left Chicago for Columbia University in New York, Rashid was honored with the Edward Said Chair in Arab Studies at that Ivy League university. Their goodbye party in Chicago included testimonials from Bill Ayers and Barack Obama.
"What other fund raising connections does Obama have? How many times can you look the other way in church and with fund raising situations with more than questionable people?" asked Ms. Roth.
"We all make mistakes in judgment with people and their backgrounds sometimes, but usually we learn and pick better friends and associates. How come Obama seems to have continued hanging around more than questionable characters with anti American backgrounds and some with criminal behaviors? Now one is being indicted, Tony Rezco, who raised a ton of money for Obama," she said.
"As President, how much would he look the other way when dealing with national security and dangers to our country? How much would he listen passively to terrorist leaders then lecture us on our ugly American status? This kind of change is not what our country needs!" added the popular talk show host, whose show is syndicated by USA Radio Network.
In a related story, during an interview on Thursday morning (March 20) with Black Panther leader Malik Zulu Shabazz, Fox News Channel viewers learned that Shabazz' group endorsed and supported Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States. Even on Fox — an organization wrongly accused of being "conservative" — the interviewers were careful in their questioning of Shabazz, a recognized racist and anti-American radical.
The New Black Panther Party leader proudly announced on Fox News that his organization endorsed Obama for President.
"While some people may say that Barack Obama has no control over who endorses him, he should have control over what endorsements are posted on his websites," said Laurie Roth, who, besides hosting a popular talk show, is a regular columnist for NewsWithViews.com
"The endorsement of the New Black Panther Party was posted on Barack Obama's website. Why was this tolerated unless Barack Obama wanted their endorsement? If he does not want their endorsement, how much control over his staff is he going to have once he's elected President?" asks Mike Baker.
The New Black Panther Party is openly anti-White, anti-Jewish, and anti-America. After Obama's Tuesday damage-control speech, his campaign pulled the Black Panthers' endorsement story off their website.
It's also been reported that Obama's campaign staff was allowed to fly a Che Guevara flag inside his office, according to NewsMax.
"Do these revelations demonstrate a pattern of Barack Obama's judgment? If so, then I do not want him dealing with world leaders. I do not want these groups having access to the White House. Do you?" asks the New Jersey-based political strategist.
"It appears the Barack Obama water carriers within the mainstream news media are on the job as usual — ignoring another story that has the alternative media on the Internet buzzing: Obama's embracement of an endorsement by the radical, racist organization," Baker added.
To contact Laurie Roth 509-701-1884
Website: http://www.therothshow.com
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There are some shitty newsletters out there. I recommend you punch the big ol' unsubscribe button on those.
And there are some great ones. Here are a few that make me think:
- Dave Pell's NextDraft: stop wasting your time checking news sites all day. Dave will give you a summary of the big stuff with some wit thrown in.
- Chris Martin's The Curiosity Lab: thoughts on creative energy, creative productivity, and developing successful ventures while making things.
- Bob Dunn's Weekly BobWP roundup: sign up at the bottom of his site. A variety of WordPress and online business topics.
- Shane Parrish's Brain Food: a weekly look at a variety of topics that make me think about how I think.
Shouldn't your inbox be filled with things you like?
Whose thoughts are making your inbox happy lately?


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Never seen a strip club or brothel in Corralejo, but then again we've never been looking for one either. Perhaps Photo Bob would be the best person to reply
Not really naturist however it's the closest topic to my question. I'm hearing that if you ask for directions to a night club in corralejo you're likely to be directed to a brothel type establishment? Is this true? do they have nightclubs, brothels, strip clubs an stuff? I'm excited about visiting, especially the naturist experience around the rui hotels.
I think it's a lap dancing club ( I was accosted by a girl giving out cards a coup,e of weeks ago) I discreetly declined 😇
What's the place further up the road from citrus bar and la mamma restaurant - on the other side of the road? Double Black doors and has a neon sign lit at night saying something along the lines of party and has silhouette of a girl/lady.
Also I am well aware of what a brothel is and that virtually every place in the world has one or two however my question was asking subtly of the whereabouts and other similar establishments.
Dazxle89 fon't Let them upset you, the lap dancing club is there and fospite what spitfire says I made my excuses and left early 😇


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Buying the "VIX" means that you're buying market volatility and expecting either a pullback, or more specifically, that the markets are about to get edgy and make some big moves.
The VIX generally trends upward when the markets trend downward and vice versa. Remember that chart I showed you last week when I bought a bunch of VIX call options, betting that the market's volatility was indeed about to pick up?
Here's that chart:
Here's that chart updated include the last five trading days:
That's a 70-point decline in the Nasdaq there, which is only a couple percentage points. The markets' recent pullback here has been stealthy rather than dramatic as stocks haven't crashed but have certainly been trending lower. And that means that the VIX has indeed been trending higher conversely to the market's downward trend.
Now stick with me here as we pull it all together. We're already up huge on the VIX call options that we bought last week. But we haven't even seen a serious panic in the markets -- just this downward trend. Which means that if the next panic arrives here in the markets while they are already in a downtrend, the VIX is likely to spike higher from these already higher levels.
So, as usual, I suggest that we try to have a cake and it too.
I'm putting out some offers to sell some of my VIX calls -- about 1/6 of my position or so. And I'm holding onto the bulk of my VIX calls for the next several weeks as I continue to think that complacency and confidence in the markets are at rather elevated levels themselves.
Here's some Q&A about the VIX that I answered from last week. Don't forget to join us for this week'sLive Q&A Chat today at 2 p.m. EST .
Q. In lieu of trading options you have recommended using common shares. There is no common VIX so what do I do?
A. Hmm, good question. You could try the iPath S&P 500 Dynamic VIX exchange-traded note for short-term VIX trades. Or just trim some of your longs and raise cash when you see me buy VIX. Mainly right now the VIX calls are hedges to help lock in our portfolio's gains.
Q. My brokerage does not show any options for VIX. Should I be looking for an ETF like VIX or change brokers?
A. Check for options on Barclays Bank PLC iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN options instead of VIX options. I wouldn't concern myself too much with trying to emulate my VIX trades as they're not exactly huge anyway and they're not worth changing brokers over. In fact, hearing all this feedback from you guys, I'll try to tailor my commentary around alternative ideas to any VIX trades I do in the future.
Cody Willard writes Revolution Investing for MarketWatch and posts the trades from his personal account at TradingWithCody.com, which is not affiliated with MarketWatch. At time of publication, Cody was net long VIX, SLV, gold and silver. Follow Cody on Twitter at twitter.com/codywillard.


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Dear All,
I have noticed a few posts on other social media platforms. Please note that there are some people post about what you see in others is what they reflect about themselves.
I ignore people's who's opinions are none of my business. They are bandwagon members and keyboard warriors.
You know what to focus on don't you?.... That;s all that matters.
How great was Anthony collecting 9/10 stars.... & it's great to see him FEV & Warne bonding..
Hey his name has been in the Britsh press alongside Warne.. Winning Winning


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When I first started cooking on my own (you know, something slightly more involved than throwing ramen in the microwave) I turned to Smitten Kitchen. The recipes looked divine and Deb writes in a way that invites you to give even the more challenging concoctions a try. I've been cooking recpies from her kitchen ever since the beginning–I think the first thing I ever tried was a bean and tomato salad that was such a hit that its become a staple in my kitchen, along with many other recipes that originated on her blog. Her book is coming out soon and I CANNOT wait until it gets here. But until then I'll be making the deliciousness that I find every time I click over to her site.
I had a day off from work in the middle of the week and I devoted it to my kitchen and my job search. I pulled the ingredients for her bacon, corn, hash out of my refrigerator to make a kick-ass breakfast for myself. A few MINOR modifications later and I was indulging in one of the best breakfasts I've made in a long time.
Corn, Bacon, and Mushroom Hashadapted VERY slightly from Smitten Kitchen
-3/4 lb. bacon
-1 lb. red potatoes, cubed (I used three medium sized potatoes)
-3 cups corn (I used four ears of corn)
-1 1/2 cups sliced baby bella mushrooms
-1 bunch of scallions, sliced
-salt & pepper to taste
-1 fried egg
make some magic:
1) This recipe is somewhat time consuming for a weekday morning meal. My suggestion is to prep all of your ingredients the night before (cube your potatoes, cut your corn off the cob, and slice your mushrooms and scallions). It'll save you a lot of time in the morning and your stomach will appreciate the extra effort.
2) Start by frying your bacon. My knives are NEVER as sharp as they should be so I don't even try to chop my bacon before I cook it. You want it to be crispy all around–it took mine about 15 minutes. When your bacon is nice and crispy, remove it from the pan and set it on a paper towel to cool.
3) Using the delicious bacon grease left over in your pan set the heat to medium or medium-high and begin to cook your potatoes. Dump them into your pan in an even layer and move them every five minutes or so for the next 20 minutes. They'll get this gorgeous golden crispness to them and you'll love yourself for utilizing the bacon grease.
4) Add your corn and mushrooms to the skillet along with some fresh pepper and a pinch of salt. Stir it so it cooks evenly and let the corn and mushrooms brown up a bit. It took mine a little more than 5 minutes to achieve this level of perfection.
5) Remove the skillet from the heat, stir in your scallions, and top with a fried egg if you so desire (I hope you do, the egg takes this dish from great to REALLY GREAT). Taste a bite to test your seasoning and adjust as necessary.


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