Re-model at The Irish Flute Store

[Doc Jones]

Hi Gang,

The old website for the Irish flute Store is in its death throes. A new website will be up at irishflutestore.com in a day or so.

In the mean time, don't order anything from the old site. It won't work and you'll just feel cranky.

Instead, go to shop.irishflutestore.com to place your orders. Then you'll feel happy inside.

There are a ton of really exceptional tooters on my bench just waiting their turn to be uploaded so check back often for new goodies.

Thanks to all of you who have patiently endured the foibles of the old site for all these years. I'm sure you'll love the new one.

Best
Doc
shop.irishflutestore.com

[nohoval_turrets]

This is good news!

[mutepointe]

That web address didn't work for me and you need to change your signature too.

[Denny]

the bb software does not recognize it as a address, and putting the url tags around it does not help.

this works for me
http://shop.irishflutestore.com
as does
http://www.shop.irishflutestore.com

[Doc Jones]

The new site is up now and the old domain is pointing at it.

Have fun.

Doc

[Berti66]

sounds good! now you've still got to change the link in your signature...

[Steve Bliven]

sounds good! now you've still got to change the link in your signature...

Seems like it's already fixed - takes me to the new site...

Best wishes.

Steve

[Denny]

'cause o'

the old domain is pointing at it.

[MTGuru]

Doc, forgive me if I'm wrong, or if my mind is just going south (very possible). It seems to me that the old site made it easy to distinguish between new instruments and used/pre-owned instruments on offer. But I don't see any way to tell the difference on the new site, and clearly there's a mix of both new and used. Maybe some sort of tag in the descriptions might be helpful?

[Doc Jones]

Doc, forgive me if I'm wrong, or if my mind is just going south (very possible). It seems to me that the old site made it easy to distinguish between new instruments and used/pre-owned instruments on offer. But I don't see any way to tell the difference on the new site, and clearly there's a mix of both new and used. Maybe some sort of tag in the descriptions might be helpful?

When you click on the flute, the condition is listed under the picture in the more detailed description. I'll see if I can figure out how to make the type more prominent. It is a bit small.

Doc

[MTGuru]

Ah OK, I see. You have to click down a level to see that.

Still, it might be helpful to see at a glance which instruments are new and which are used when scanning the descriptions and prices at the top level. That's going to be a "first criterion" for some customers. And for new visitors, from your main page it's not clear that you're offering a mix of new and used instruments (only new instruments are mentioned explicitly).

Of course, those of us who know you and love you can figure this out.

[Sigurthr]

The Sweetheart Flute in Padauk has no key information associated with it, I assume it is in D, right? If there is any additional information on this one I would love to hear it. It's not far out of my budget and I know Sweet's are high quality!

[MikeS]

The Sweetheart Flute in Padauk has no key information associated with it, I assume it is in D, right? If there is any additional information on this one I would love to hear it. It's not far out of my budget and I know Sweet's are high quality!

This was formerly my flute and I'll vouch for it as a solid player. It got replaced in my arsenal with a McGee GLP and I didn't see the need to hang on to a second D flute. I can't conceive of how you could do any better for that money. You are welcome to PM me with any questions.

[Sigurthr]

I took the plunge and purchased the Padauk Sweetheart today! I can't wait, after speaking with MikeS and browsing the Sweetheart site, I know I'll get a quality instrument in a beautiful wood. I'm glad your shop's site is up and I'm especially glad you offered such a great deal!