I don't think anyone had an issue with your first question, but asking an me for presets is like asking a songwriter for a chord progression to back some lyrics he hasn't even heard, and I think that's why there were some tongue-in-cheek remarks.
In response to your first question I'd generally eq first when the balance of the mix is quite off (normally bass heavy) and you don't want the compressor responding to bass that you are subsequently going to cut off - it sounds unnatural. If you are doing song-based stuff and are basically happy with the balance of the mix I'd suggest eqing after compression to get it to sound great, and then limiting like crazy to get it to sound modern
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Cheers
Matthew