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Post by Woody (Admin) on Mar 4, 2019 9:00:32 GMT
It is with heavy heart that I have decided to end the Skiathos Boomerang Website, due to personal reasons. I originally built the website after my first couple of visits to the island in 2008, however, due to time pressures and costs, I can no longer keep the website running.
This however, does not mean that this forum will disappear as it is a separate entity to the website. I may not look in so often these days, but I know Dennis is doing a great job moderating the forum.
Regards
Woody
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Post by cariad23 on Mar 4, 2019 10:20:57 GMT
oh no, i hope we can keep forum going.
Thank you for all you have done
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Post by Woody (Admin) on Mar 4, 2019 10:49:58 GMT
There are no plans to close this forum Cariad.
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Post by balddave on Mar 4, 2019 13:32:30 GMT
I echo Cariad in thanking woody for all time spent on both website and forum
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Post by bvrc on Mar 4, 2019 13:55:06 GMT
Thank you Woody for all your time and efforts setting up the website and this forum. I lurked on the forum for ages reading all the holiday updates which I enjoy so much, and then last year picked up the ‘courage’ to write my own holiday report, which I really enjoyed doing. Long may this forum continue! Thanks also to all the moderators and contributors who make it all happen 💕
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Mar 4, 2019 15:52:27 GMT
Woody, many many thanks for the site and this forum.
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Post by kelso on Mar 4, 2019 18:13:40 GMT
I'm sorry to hear this news, Richard, but I'm sure we all appreciate all the time and work you have put in to the website. I hope that whatever pressures you are under at the moment ease and make things better for yourself.
Bob
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Post by dennisn on Mar 4, 2019 21:40:21 GMT
Ouch! I’ve only just arrived here to such devastating news. In my opinion thanks are not good enough appreciation of what you’ve given us Richard.
In regard to the continuation of this forum, you mentioned costs in relation to the website, so for want of any other information, can we contribute to whatever the costs of the forum are?
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Post by Woody (Admin) on Mar 4, 2019 22:28:23 GMT
Thanks for all for your lovely comments.
Dennis, the cost is not extortionate, but paying for a partly built website with little information on it (since I had to completely remove the content after a virus infiltrated the site) and have to rebuild all the information. I unfortunately, cannot give my time to rebuilding the site at this moment.
Maybe in the future.
P.S. This forum does not cost anything to keep going 😁
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Mar 5, 2019 7:38:51 GMT
A quick word of warning here - I may have mentioned this before.
I’ve been on two forums like this (hosted by a dedicated forum company) which the host has suddenly closed without any warning whatsoever I suspect this was due to low volume of traffic; I think they need so many visits/posts to keep up the advertising revenue.
In both cases this caused a pretty large loss if information, in one case resulting in an online manhunt for me, which lasted a year!
In short, back up as much as possible, including a list of members’ emails.
If this one is closed, re-open under another name/email address and email members if the last one.
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Post by dennisn on Mar 5, 2019 16:47:24 GMT
an online manhunt for me, which lasted a year! Did they catch you or did they give up and let you off? How did you know they were hunting for you? I mean, did somebody tell you 'they' were hunting for you? Remember, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. |
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Mar 5, 2019 16:51:21 GMT
an online manhunt for me, which lasted a year! Did they catch you or did they give up and let you off? How did you know they were hunting for you? I mean, did somebody tell you 'they' were hunting for you? Remember, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you. They found me. I will fill you in later - before the end of the year. I could tell you before then, but I’d have to kill you. All joking aside, it’s quite a story. |
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Post by katet on Mar 6, 2019 23:46:28 GMT
I'd also like to thank you, Woody, for all you've done on both the website and forum. I came across the website first, when I was desperately looking for anything I could find about Skiathos and then was led to this excellent forum.
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Post by philipt22 on Mar 9, 2019 11:49:18 GMT
I've only two words to add to this thread: 'Thanks Woody'
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