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#1 2006-11-27 17:44:31

simmerdesign
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From: Eden Prairie, MN
Registered: 2006-01-03
Posts: 19
Website

Mellin Chiropractic Care launch

Mellin Chiropractic Care was just launched this morning. Textpattern 4.0.4, a healthy dose of plugins, sIFR, etc.

As a health care clinic site, I tried to make it more than just brochureware – the combined RSS/Atom feed for posted blog articles and for clinic news items should help in that regard.

I appreciate any feedback you may have – technical or stylistic opinions are welcome, of course, but also:

a) What would you want out of a clinic website?
b) If you were considering visiting this clinic, would the site answer your questions about what they offer?
c) If you’ve never seen a chiropractor before, does the verbiage make sense?

Thanks.

David Simmer, aka Dr. David Simmer of the abovementioned clinic, Bloomington, MN

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#2 2006-11-27 17:56:19

hcgtv
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From: Key Largo, Florida
Registered: 2005-11-29
Posts: 2,722
Website

Re: Mellin Chiropractic Care launch

David, it looks good, I also cycle to keep the bones well oiled.

The only thing I see, using Firefox 2.0, is that the site flickers when I go from section to section, the background doesn’t transition smoothly.

Also check the site using IE7, there’s some issues to address.

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#3 2006-11-27 18:53:33

wet
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From: Schoerfling, Austria
Registered: 2005-06-06
Posts: 3,323
Website Mastodon

Re: Mellin Chiropractic Care launch

How is the font size of the body copy accepted by older patients (I assume your clientele is among the upper end of the population pyramid)?

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#4 2006-11-27 21:22:06

simmerdesign
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From: Eden Prairie, MN
Registered: 2006-01-03
Posts: 19
Website

Re: Mellin Chiropractic Care launch

@hcgtv: yes, the background-image positioning of icons on the pdf-classed links and the (in IE) non-transparent corners on those PNGs are issues I’m aware of and fixing.

@wet: haven’t gotten any feedback yet, though that’s been on my mind … I have a wide age range of patients, some of whom are topping the pyramid as you mention. However, those also tend to be the non-internet users … I’ll likely kick it up a size.

btw, SlimStat and wet_slimpattern have given me cause for much rejoicing. Thanks.

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#5 2006-11-28 17:34:37

DigitalRealm
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From: Greenville, SC
Registered: 2006-07-22
Posts: 139
Website

Re: Mellin Chiropractic Care launch

Wow, very clean site. I think you have done a good job here with both the layout and the amount of content.

I would only say that the font size in the body copy is just a bit small maybe but overall it looks and functions pretty good!

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#6 2006-11-28 22:20:28

claquy
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Registered: 2006-01-13
Posts: 40
Website

Re: Mellin Chiropractic Care launch

hello. what a fine website! unfortunaly i have no experience with chiropratic.
i use safari 1.3.2 panther of MAC os X, and all is good!

how long is again my road to do that…

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#7 2006-12-05 16:12:15

cellseven
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From: St. Louis
Registered: 2006-12-05
Posts: 20
Website

Re: Mellin Chiropractic Care launch

Very good use of space, the SIFR is a nice touch too, I was planning on doing that but I use a prototype slider on my headlines and SIFR doesn’t play nicely with that, yet.. I must hack it a bit or change the way I present it possibly.

Again, very nice site, and well put together!


jack [at] cell7*orgCRAP

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#8 2006-12-06 16:36:27

simmerdesign
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From: Eden Prairie, MN
Registered: 2006-01-03
Posts: 19
Website

Re: Mellin Chiropractic Care launch

I’ve upsized the body content font size in response to feedback – thanks, everyone.

We also now roll a stripped-down mobile version (thanks to Mike Industries’ brilliant method ): http://mobile.mellinchirocare.com

If you’re also running this trick, I suggest making your links to the mobile version sensitive to where the user is, i.e. link to the mobile version like so:

<a href=“http://mobile.yourdomain.com<txp:page_url />”>link text</a>.

You can see that in action in the footer on our site. Easy switching, doesn’t make the user re-navigate if they didn’t arrive at the home page.

Our feeds now also run via Feedburner for feed stats tracking. SonSpring has a helpful intro.

Last edited by simmerdesign (2006-12-06 16:37:52)

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#9 2006-12-08 21:52:22

Robert L.
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From: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Registered: 2006-07-04
Posts: 20

Re: Mellin Chiropractic Care launch

You are quite the Renaissance Man; a doctor who can – flawlessly – build his own website.
It looks great, congrats!

When I sit in front of my PC for fourteen hours straight, I get this nagging ache in my lower back. What could that be?

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#10 2006-12-09 00:13:26

Alex McKee
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From: Gloucester, UK
Registered: 2005-12-17
Posts: 59
Website

Re: Mellin Chiropractic Care launch

Good work, very nice indeed.
I appreciate the attention to detail.

Alex

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#11 2006-12-12 13:27:09

simmerdesign
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From: Eden Prairie, MN
Registered: 2006-01-03
Posts: 19
Website

Re: Mellin Chiropractic Care launch

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