Cyprus44 Forum Categories - Feedback needed

Izzet



Joined: 01/12/2006
Posts: 920

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 16:51

Let's have a quick discussion on which categories there should be on Cyprus44.



I don't want to have too many categories like on some boards, where discussions are very isolated and nobody posts on some specific categories for a few days.



On NCF, I had this 4 categories but I don't think they are the best 4 categories to divide this forum.



1. General Chat

2. Property Related

3. Tourism

4. Politics



Izzet

Milou


Joined: 15/10/2007
Posts: 425

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 17:35

Izzet



What about:



- things to bring out when on permanent retirement

- things connected to internet (lots of dicussion on this)

- different restaurants

- where to buy different things in NC (lots of discussion on this)

- shippimng companies and recommendations

- Routes to different places (lots of discussion on this)



Just some suggestions and thans for your hard workd - appreciated by us all. Thank you again.



Regards

Moira

li n lee


Joined: 09/10/2007
Posts: 144

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 17:39

Hiya Izzet - great idea.

Just a couple of things to add on so they can be added to and built upon perhaps:



Whats on where:

Services :ie; plumber, electrician, water, computer,electical, furnishings etc company contact details:



Thx Lisa

lisa201168



Joined: 21/12/2007
Posts: 66

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 17:50

Hi Izzet, also include in SERVICES section per above - restaurants, take away, garden centres. This would then group a really useful lot of info in one category - re: what moira was suggesting also - shipping companies and add hire car and taxi contact details



great work - thx

lisa

Milou


Joined: 15/10/2007
Posts: 425

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 18:18

Izzet



Sorry again, can we have a separate catefory for planting trees - this is important to make people aware.



Regards

Moira

lovingcyprus


Joined: 02/03/2007
Posts: 1272

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 18:37

Hi Izzet,



How about a category for properties on different ie SeaTerra people can then ask who else is buying/bought there etc

rtddci


Joined: 29/12/2007
Posts: 842

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 18:39

How about 'Breaking News' or similar heading.

Graham


Joined: 20/10/2007
Posts: 397

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 18:59

Izzet's Yellow Page for local services

Telephone numbers

Addresses

Web Addresses and emails

lisa201168



Joined: 21/12/2007
Posts: 66

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 19:02

Graham, hopefully, you, myself and li n lee are on the same wave.......so Izzet can group ours together...thats the detail I would recommend as required and really helpful. Looking forward to having all this info simply to hand.

kyreniachap



Joined: 16/12/2006
Posts: 56

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 19:44

OK, here's my suggestions!

Like Izzet, I don't like too many choices, and some forums have far too many categories so posts get 'lost'. My suggestion is to have just four categories, and make it clear what type of post goes in each.

1) General Chat: talk to forum members, advertise your forthcoming event, etc

2) Living in North Cyprus: everything for the permanent resident, incl. utilities, good stores, import/export, pool cleaners, you name it!

3) Visiting North Cyprus: everything for the visitor, incl. restaurant recommendations, hotel reviews, flights, driving directions..

4) North Cyprus Property: incl. new developments, issues with vendors, best places to buy, discussion on title deeds



Now comes the groovy bit - not sure if this is technically possible, but hey! When you start a thread, you can click a tick box showing what that post is about, a bit like sticking tags on a blog post. You only get the choices that are appropriate for that category, of course. So, within Living in North Cyprus, if you are talking about finding a good solicitor, for example, you could click a box that adds the tag 'solicitor' to your post. (Yes, I know it would probably be in the title, but bear with me.) All replies to that post also have the 'solicitor' tag added automatically.



A special forum search box is placed at the top of the forum page, which *only* searches these forum tags. Then, when members wants to search the forum, they only find forum posts with the tag 'solicitor', not everything on the Cyprus44 site that mentions solicitors.



As I say, not sure it's possible, and I know Izzet is ridiculously busy at present, but it's an idea!

Turtle


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 20:00

Some good sugestions Kyreniachap.

Lets not complicate things too much.........if its not broken don't fix it ?

Tim10


Joined: 01/01/2008
Posts: 114

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 20:02

Izzet,



We badly need an employement board -- positions available and positions wanted. This is a real need.

lisa201168



Joined: 21/12/2007
Posts: 66

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 20:07

Agree wholly with tim10 - great idea. Seems there are many posts asking for employment / whats involved in being employed ... even myself has questioned this.

Tim10


Joined: 01/01/2008
Posts: 114

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 20:13

Another idea would be one that would deal with financial affairs: Q&A with an expert on taxes, importing goods, all property purchasing tax issues, how to save on taxes, wills for UK residents in the TRNC, etc... This, however, would require an expert monitor for Q&A purposes. (Q&A=Questions and Answers). A local accountant or attorney with excellent English and knowledge of UK Law is needed. Perhaps a leading atty. or acct. would volunteer for the publicity...It would not hurt that person's business and the entire public would gain.

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 20:21

I support message 12 really would help .

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 21:05

izzet , poor you , but you did ask .

good luck in your quest

regards pat

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 22:31

hi guys

instead of making this a long winded affair all these posts are good ideas, but if all these suggestions were implemted this would take ages to complete and too much work for izzet to do so i say just keep it simple, in these categories you have sub sections listed below



1) general - this would cover just chit chat - unrelated questions etc

2) cyprus knowledge - politics-religion-history-facts-propaganda

3) cyprus living - shopping-bill paying-getting connected to utillities-resturants bars - job section - list of reconmened buisness by posters

4) legal matters - housing buying and selling - stories concerning agents and lawers good & bad - banking - resi and work visas- removels- tax

5) holidays hotels-car hire-travel agents-flights etc

6) a photos section



also you can have a chat room for posters who just want to chat rubbish to each other lol so this way it does not clog up any of the pages, if this is too much trouble then just simply have a notice board

and also if this is not too much, some sort of indication if a member is online/logged in and also a private message option



regards

ukturk

dodger



Joined: 29/07/2007
Posts: 1895

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 23:19

Erkan,you are spending to much time on here again er indoors will be monitoring.

Izzet



Joined: 01/12/2006
Posts: 920

Message Posted:
17/01/2008 23:45

Thank you all for your suggestions.



I will away for a week for holiday



I will implement this as soon as I come back.



Izzet

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
18/01/2008 05:30

have a good holiday izzet , are you going anywhere nice ?

have a great holiday ,safe journey pat

Milou


Joined: 15/10/2007
Posts: 425

Message Posted:
18/01/2008 10:07

Izzet



Is there a way we culd also put Sweetwater Bay and other complexes on the first page as most of our gang don't seem to be able to find us now!

Thanks

Have a good holiday

JamesB


Joined: 07/02/2007
Posts: 450

Message Posted:
18/01/2008 17:42

I'd just keep it simple, Izzet, like it is nowif your not interested don't click on the topic, maybe a specific word search to do what Milou want's but not one for each developent.



Could you have an instant message type of thing?

Notsoboredhw


Joined: 15/03/2007
Posts: 1254

Message Posted:
18/01/2008 17:51

UKturk - I love the words under your name!!!! Its very true! Made me laugh though!

Izzet



Joined: 01/12/2006
Posts: 920

Message Posted:
18/01/2008 20:05

I have an exciting idea that I believe will make you glad



Wait and see!

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
19/01/2008 00:44

hi boredhousewife

im glad you like the words under my name if it made you laugh it cracked me up!!!! lol

and if you think thats impressive you want to see my new found super powers, i will soon show you my new found ablities!!! lol

regards

ukturk

dodger



Joined: 29/07/2007
Posts: 1895

Message Posted:
19/01/2008 01:11

I think you need to remember your roots mate who do you think you are kevin keegan lol

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
19/01/2008 10:54

ill never ever forget my roots because thats what makes me the person i am today, theres no way i think im kevin kegan i dont run away from problems lol

im more like the special one!!!! lol

take care matey

ukturk

millzer


Joined: 12/04/2007
Posts: 978

Message Posted:
20/01/2008 16:42

I think you can have as many catagories as you like, as long as you also have a facility to 'view all messages'.



The downside with having catagories is that it all becomes fragmented with too many seperate discussion topics in different sections and becomes a pain to read. If you could do this alongside a 'view all messages' facility you have the best of both worlds as people looking for specific info can you via the catagory setting whereas others who simply want to keep up with the latest postings all under one heading can do so too....If that all makes sense!

jon26


Joined: 18/01/2008
Posts: 24

Message Posted:
20/01/2008 17:29

Being a new member, I like the way it is at the moment. My experience of other forums, is that everything ends up in General anyway.