wow everything has changed here , I know they say a change is as good as a rest ,but it would have been appreciated if a little announcement had been  made, just my thought

Complete new layout, what a change! It looks great!

will take a little getting used to , but it does look very nice! Well done! (love those bridges at night!)

..except the red 

very nice new look...  I liked it and specialy the red... very attractive

 ..yes..maybe the blue was better..but it is like turkish flag..so is ok..good work

New layout looks more professional.

But I don´t like change!! 

+1 

 +1

I miss the rotating photographs. When they rotated it was a constant discovery. Now only one posted on the top. Please give us back our photos!

Looks wonderful!  At first I thought I logged on to the wrong site...love the red, white & blue.

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hhahhaa i agree with you

at least the change made you come and comment!

I thought I logged to a different site.
It is deffintly a new look. one must get used to it.
I am not sure I will do so soon.
I agree with the remarks on the rotating photos.
and i think th previouse design was more practicle, but may be i´ll just get used to this one.
the colors are nice.
alterationation are needed once in a while, but i think this was radical with no previous notice.
may be if you have just changed the colors first keeping the same layout would be a first step change
i feel i´m kind of lost now

WOW!   Changes afoot! 

I like the change to the login, just pressing ´enter´ on the keyboard is so much better than having to click on ´go´.

I think red´s a good choice, as it´s the colour of the Turkish flag, but perhaps the forum blue could be changed as it seems (to me) to clash with the red ... just a thought.

The new layout for browsing the photos is great too.

Everything does seem to be much easier on the eye once one begins to browse.

A lot of hard work seems to have been done so a big well done and thank you to Admin.

 + 1

If someone wanted to get rid of me now it get it. This red colour makes my eyes tired and i cant stand it.

But once you begin browsing and scrolling down, the red disappears

Why is the  username / password bit black and seems to write in black also . I could not see what I was typing and meant I failed a few times before I finally logged on, because I was trying to use turkish letters but always forget which ones they are on my standard computer. Is it just mine ? or

Could the writting not be a bright colour so it could be seen  please?.

get some yellow lense glasses and everything will be orange

or perhaps some blue lenses and you can see purple

very nice format

Is anybody else having this problem? It seems ok for me..

Ouch, the new layout hurts my eyes. I like red and surely understand its symbolism here, but isn´t there a tad too much of it? I think it would suffice to keep the top of the page red but change colours in the window on the right (the one with latest posts). And it´s too bad you changed the way photos displayed, it made the forum look cosy and attractive to look at.

I like the idea of placing active users etc on the bottom of the page

And I absolutely love the SEARCH option

 I love the colour red, but have to agree that after a while the colour does irritate my eyes and i believe that red is a difficult colour for some people who are colour blind.

 + 1...

...Except the red - I love red color and it is never too much red for me nor it can irritate me, so...  and  for your effort to make the layout more modern and practical.

 + 1

I´m addicted to hovering over the tabs at the top.  I like watching the drop down menu appear in such a slick manner ... Oh , there, I did it again, and again, and again . . . well they do say "simple things please simple minds"

wowwwwwwwwww amazing new look

congratulations TC

and i happen to hate those drop down menu bars the most (this here isn´t the only site where they think it´s modern like copy-paste from site to site, no new ideas)...sooo wastes my time to try to go AROUND them and - god forbid - not to touch any of them or you´ll get another annoying dropper opened again. yeah red is a bit...overrated, but since this is T...c....then red is ok, i think...could be a bit lighter tone though...but since i don´t visit this site very often anymore, then - who cares what i think anyway and Rey - don´t leave the site just coz they thought they IMPROVED it as they say - missed the bus? wait a little and there will be new one...and wait a bit longer and the old one will come back, too so - just wait...a bit...longer...

btw - Rey, you were right, i have been here only for about 5 minutes and my eyes start to hurt, too...

 Why you are said that?

the new look is a good and the thing which is new make an good or bad surprisein the frist but after days you are like the new look and forget the old

I liked the old and simple layout. This new one looks good too but I don´t know. Maybe because i got used to using old one. We will see.

 Hi Guys

Just wanted to say a big thankyou for all the work that has taken place in redesigning this website.  It is a great resource anf looks absolutely fabulous with the new makeover.  I know we all hate change but we´ll navigate our way round soon.  Thanks again and keep up the good work - we really appreciate this site!!!

Tracey

ok I´ve got used to it now! And I congratulate Admin for their hard work. Thank you 

I did not get used with it 

Not on here much but I like the new layout. My only small quibble is the contrast at the top of the page but on the whole well done.

The changes receive the coveted GG stamp of approval

Thanks everyone for the feedback. We are trying to improve things with the limited means we have. The new design is not perfect for sure but hopefully it is a step forward. 

There are 14 rotating pictures on the home page. They don´t count?? 

Often a photo on the top corners would catch my eye and I´d be off discovering new parts.  It´s not the same now. I would have to go look for them and not knowing what to look for things are harder to discover. Does that make sense?

Which is to say, please bring the photos to the top of this page again.....please please?

And it´s FREE! Thank you again.

A quick visit to the Home Page and you can roam as much as you like

I agree with Alameda, I also miss the changing pictures.. maybe we can squeeze them somewhere else..?

 + 1

Can we, please?

And possibility to bookmark photos, you´ve promissed

It´s pwetty Çok güzel

 it is ok! the user name/ login is in red not in black for me!

Once we get used to it, every body will like the change... don´t worry about it.

me too I am missing the rotating photos.

TC´s new look is awesome!! It reminds me of CNN´s website.  Good Job!

`Turkish Class Logo Contest`

Why is this on the list when `The deadline for submitting designs is Sunday February 22nd, 2009`  

Source http://www.turkishclass.com/tc/events/logo_contest.php

Is not that easy to see when you get a private message... it is written small and in a part you dont often look. Whats this ? Are you protecting spammers ?

Are you going to moan about EVERYTHING???  

I Googled researched the reviews about the CNN´s new design and some people are complaining that there is too much red  

 Ok Ok...no more ..moans to administrators of this site.

That is in fact true, but then I would not be able to do other things like was possible with the old configuration.  I could just go to the home page and watch them rotate, but then I wouldn´t be able to reply to comments, take lessons or do other things and see rotating photographs,

Aaah, sorry I misunderstood you .  When you said "I´d be off discovering new parts" I thought you meant you would click on one that caught your eye, which would then lead to another click on other photos that are shown with the one selected.  This is what I do, but of course it does take me away from the lessons. 

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Thank you..

If the new looks won´t help me find a new girlfriend at TC, then what is point in the new looks? Why bothered?

I like the new design - definitely makes the site more attractive! Nice one & well done

I haven´t used the website for that long but think the new layout is great  It looks more professional and I find a lot easier to find my way around. It´s just fantastic that this site is free and really is helping me to learn Turkish.

Thank you very much to all those that put so much effort into keeping the site running 

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  What?? Where??? No-one told me!!!    

I´m officially used to the red now. I hate change, so keep the red, or I´ll get all grumpy again I´m able to fnd everything again, jeeej

Turkish Class Rules and Regulations No. ( where are they??   - I can´t find them ) - well, anyway - Turkish Class Rules and Regulations No. ´whatever´:

DON´T upset Barba mama with any changes - you won´t like her when she´s grumpy! 

http://www.turkishclass.com/tc/TurkishClassRulesAndTerms.php 

But where on the page ARE THEY???

Can´t you read that? Rule 15 obviously: To avoid grumpiness don´t upset BM.

 + 1

Thank you!

Just added to the top navigation, under "TC Website"

Hi Petra, thank you for your constructive criticism and suggestions. Which version of IE do you see this on? I test it on IE8 and looks fine.

Added to the right column. It is not at a prime location as before but it is on the page

I use Internet Explorer 8, Chroma and Opera at home, and it looks ok at every browser. But I have Internet Explorer 6 at work, and there it looks as Petra presented.

 Thanks, thanks, thanks 

Interesting, I don´t see this issue. Which browser was this on?

I know others have asked this too, isn´t it possible to enlarge the ´private message´ part and/or to add something bigger / colourful that shows there are messages? I have the idea many members don´t see it now. 

I find it difficult to read the red on black but that´s maybe ´cos I´m old!

oops!  how did I miss that??   - thanks.

Do the names of the members currently logged in stıll appear someplace.?   Or has that gone away?  Sometimes its nice to know.

At the bottom of the page, right hand side.

The wrong link was there, it is replaced now.

This requires some work, so it is one of the items "in the queue"

I guess my intentions have been exposed. How can I proceed from here

You must resign immediately!!!    - and come back as ´TheAdmin´ of course

Thanks Slavica. I don´t think we will be able to support Internet Explorer 6 because of time limitations. It is a problematic browser and it is slowly disappearing so we will not be putting the time to make the site work perfectly using it.

That´s a no brainer, I should´ve thought of it myself!!

Great, thanks.  I realize you have so much to do trying to please all these people...and we don´t even pay. Thank you!

 Thanks a million.

We got our ´PM-envelopes´ back! You´re great, admin!

 Somebody pm me so I can see it I be waiting all year otherwise

Edit- No need anymore Trudy did it

Guys! I think I couldn´t make myself clear! I asked, what is the use in the new look if this new look doesn´t help me find a girlfriend at TC, and you are talking about missing part of the site, that part of the site, this feature, that feature, Arial font, pink color, drop-down menü, old school layout.... Guys, my question is so clear: will this new look help me find a girl or not? Simply answer this question!

no (hope it´s simple enough)

I think the red colour is too much! Of course it´s the Turkey´s colour but bow the website looks like the news website that has all those blood death road accident news website.

SCARLET RED is too agressive in my opinion for a classroom.

You´ll get used to it! Of course, I love it!  

Would you have changed your nick if the new colour had been blue or green?

....that would never happen 

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It seems we share enough in common! I, too, use Mozilla. So, marry me?

 I like mozarella, particularly on a pizza, does that help?

Mozeralla or not, on or under a pizza - that doesn´t need to help necessarily! The point with your candidacy is that you are in advance more than welcome to marry me since -I remember- you helped with my english in the past, which I have valued.

For your information - I like mozarella only in salad - such a harmony. If you are for such a harmony, then marry me!

 I also have this problem today with the piling up of colums on top of each other at the bottom of the page, but it is same IE version I always use and it never done it before, I am also on the same laptop. I´m not that up on my IT and dont know what version it is but is a year old laptop that already had internet explorer set as the default.  Not sure why its doing it today but never before

Help!  I´m sure there used to be a TC search engine, somewhere on the site, to enable a search for subject matter within threads. 

Was I dreaming? If not, please can someone tell me where it is located nowadays?

Many thanks.

(In case someone is feeling kind . . . I was looking for the thread that discussed the different shopping malls in Istanbul. )

On top, you should see the tezt that raeds "search" next to an input box. Enter something and click on it. Works for me.

Oh yes , I had seen that, but thought thought it was for external searches. Silly me.

Thanks, I´ll go and try it .