Member of Cyprus-forum gives his view.

brother · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:24 pm Post subject:

Hi andytandreou and welcome to the forum
welcome

Stick around for a while before you make that hasty exit and you may find that you fit in here perfectly.

Also i spoke to brian aka devil from CF and he said the same things, almost identical, is this some sort of set up to disrupt this forum, i hope not. Wink

cannedmoose · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:23 pm Post subject:

No, it's just Devil being his usual miserable, grumpy self...

andytandreou · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:23 pm Post subject:

I have decided to stay...

I like the fact that you guys have RSS and I love the quick-reply feature also. You have also won me over on moral grounds by the fact that this site is user owned and operated.

I stand by my arguments that too many sections actually lead to less participation. I can guarantee you that only 2 or 3 sections will be used heavily. The "international news" section is a mockery of what a forum should be. If today was September 11th 2001 and the twin towers had just been hit, do you think I would go to the tiny "international news" section and talk about it there? I think not! Argue this point as much as you want but the figures will be there for all to see!

Also please get rid of that stupid pigeon carrying an olive branch. Please do this if nothing else!! We are not dedicated to peace in Cyprus because peace has been reached, as you can tell from the warming of relations between the two communities. PLEASE! This site will be viewed by people everywhere and I really don't like my country portrayed as a war-zone or a refugee camp. PEACE HAS BEEN REACHED ALREADY!!! AS CYPRIOT WE STRIVE FOR A POLITICAL SOLUTION NOT PEACE!!

I respect erolz professionalism and I fully retract my comment relating to that fact.

Looking forward to chatting with all of you.

brother · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:27 pm Post subject:

cannedmoose · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:29 pm Post subject:

Look forward to your future participation too Andy... I appreciate your retraction re: Erol, he didn't set this up to 'compete' at all, but to give those of us unnecessarily banned from the other forum a place to continue and develop our debates. I for one greatly appreciate what he's done with this forum, which is technically far superior to CF.

As for the dove motif, yes, there is technically peace in Cyprus given that no-one dies on a daily basis a la Iraq, however, I would refrain from saying that peace reigns in a place where 70-odd thousand heavily-armed troops face each other across a border maintained by United Nations peace-keeping forces... for me the dove symbolises not peace, but hope for future peace and reconciliation and is therefore most appropriate for this forum, where Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriots engage in dialogue every day and even (shock horror) reach agreement on some issues... a lesson to their politicians if ever I saw one.

However, if you don't like it, I suggest that you put forward an alternative... this forum is the product of its members and if the majority of members agree, I'm sure Erol would have no problem in changing the logo.

erolz · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:42 pm Post subject:

city · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:53 pm Post subject:

erolz · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject:

willirobs · Villager Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 11

And since Cyprus-forum is bigger and better than talk-cyprus why should i stay at this cheap knock-off abomination that you've created...???[/quote]

Because you want to be here for reasons yet unbeknown to us.

Hi there,
Me new too but .... phew ... talking about getting to the point. Bit like saying, having just arrived at the party ... effing hell, what `orrible curtains, gotta change `em. And to boot ... c´mon the whole design is like summit out of ex-Yugoslavia!
Consrtuctive criticism my friend, surely welcomed, but with such a wallop??
Man, you`ve got tempo and gusto, I`ll give you that.
For me, colour is good, subdued and not at all obtrusive or "glossy". A faint touch of green is ok. Someone working hard there behind the scenes makin this happen.
Grab and carry in cyberspace? ... sure ... with your army of webmasters, inputers, marketers etc. Is this really what "dialogue" needs?
Just a few thoughts. Thanks nevertheless for dropping in. Stick around but don`t get stuck ;)

willi

andytandreou · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:32 pm Post subject:

Xenos 2Fan · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:48 pm Post subject:

Have to admit I kinda like it.

city · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject:

Andy, definitely not with that writing in the bottom right corner! Sad

willirobs · Villager Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 11

BEHOLD.... THE .... Andy proposal thing .... Worth credit maybe?

has movement about it without being too EU starified, although not without political direction. Are number of stars really important?

CYPR - us - SPACE

cannedmoose · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:03 pm Post subject:

I don't like it... may as well just choose any of the many satellite photos of Cyprus from the web... it lacks originality

erolz · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:17 pm Post subject:

Just one note Andy the logo really needs to have the site name text on it and preferably the 'tag line'' as well. A logo that looks ok without text may not do so with text. Also I am afraid the proportions of the logo and actual pixel size has to exactly match the existing one if it is to be inserted in place of the existing one and not require a redesign of the whole top section of the forum. The current dimensions of the logo are 200*90 pixels.