The College of Optometrists

We're finally getting round to setting up a website. but I need inspiration. Any ideas/suggestions of good indie Optician websites which might inspire? Would appreciate any advice

xavier

i can put you in touch with steve who is setting up my site. it will be a fully automated system which will send your orders to the manufacturers once you have authorised it. the trial runs have been good and most gremlins have been identified and removed.

send me an e-mail with your details and steve will contact you.

regards

Look at Adam Simmonds' site. He's done an excellent job.

depends what you want - I am going for a full flash site - This looks the best - I take it you are not doing any ecommerce? IF not flash is what you want. I am working to a low budget and have bought a full flash template for only $55 - it looks great. I will pay someone to edit it and put in a couple of extra things eg appointment request etc then upload it. You can have an amazing flash site for less than a couple of hundred if you find the right people to do it and no -one will ever know that it has been knocked up from a template. Some of the american boys do great stuff check out templates247.com or templatemonster.com - have a look at the flash section. Then find some poor student who is a whizz at flash to personalise it. IF you get a prof to do it from scratch youre lookin at easily a grand and you may be dissapointed with end result. Remember you are only an optician and you are not selling cheap flights - people will be impressed with a nice flash intro and some slick graphics - maybe some funky beats as well - hope this helps

try our web-site www.ChaseEyecare.co.uk strictly non-commercial & loads of links to RNIB, Macular Society etc, set up by new practice owner, who specialises in LVA. Cost about £2 per year but strictly no on-line purchases. Inquirers must e-mail the site or phone in

we are quite proud of

http://www.turners-optometrists.co.uk/

take a look.

Very informative if a little bland and self congratulatory??

I quite liked it efarrant, though it has been commented on before that bland information appeals to me.

More constructively, you may wish to consider a larger font size, a less cluttered layout (always difficult)and the inclusion of more pictures, eg of testing happy shiny children, ophthalmic instruments eg slitlamp and topographers with print outs, and those with low vision.

I think its important to target your customers. A "funky beat" and whizzing graphics are unlikely to be hits with the reserved folk of Bridgwater.

Have a lok at our www.keithholland.co.uk This was put together for 300 GBP including photography, and we can modify it ourselves.We used to have a really nice flash intro, but when I check the statistics for usage - we get around 1000 hits a month, almost everybody opts to skip the intro, so although flash looks nice, I think it is not worth it.

Keith

Thanks Keith, really quite impressive, not sure how many Px will plough through it though.