Web Design & Development, Kilkenny, Ireland
RainRain Web Design Kilkenny is a web design and development business set up in 2007 by freelance designer Bob Murphy.
Based in Kilkenny, Ireland, Bob has been active in this field since 1999 and has experience across a broad range of web technologies and languages as well as graphic design, marketing advice and copy-writing.
- Systems :
- WordPress CMS Magento Ecommerce Twitter Bootstrap Twitter Moodle
- Languages :
- HTML5 CSS3 jQuery PHP mySQL
- Misc :
- Graphic Design Responsive Design Social Integration Business Bloging
- Support :
- Internet Consultancy Training DIY Support
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Fogarty Drilling Ltd.
Fogarty Drilling Ltd. is a drilling company based in Gowran, Co.Kilkenny.
The website features a responsive design which adapts to various devices such as smartphones, tablets and other devices. This technology also allows it to display at a sligtly wider format than most websites on widescreen laptops ( 1200px vs 960px ).
The site features a two template design, with the front page having a banner and 4 quick link sections, and the interior of the site having these removed for better vertical real estate.
The owners have a custom area in the admin section to add individual projects, which are loaded on the projects page in a blog style format.
Fogarty Drilling Ltd.
Fogarty Drilling Ltd. is a drilling company based in Gowran, Co.Kilkenny.
The website features a responsive design which adapts to various devices such as smartphones, tablets and other devices. This technology also allows it to display at a sligtly wider format than most websites on widescreen laptops ( 1200px vs 960px ).
The site features a two template design, with the front page having a banner and 4 quick link sections, and the interior of the site having these removed for better horizontal real estate.
The owners have a custom area in the admin section to add individual projects, which are loaded on the projects page in a blog style format.
The website features a responsive design which adapts to various devices such as smartphones, tablets and other devices. This technology also allows it to display at a sligtly wider format than most websites on widescreen laptops ( 1200px vs 960px ).
The site features a two template design, with the front page having a banner and 4 quick link sections, and the interior of the site having these removed for better horizontal real estate.
The owners have a custom area in the admin section to add individual projects, which are loaded on the projects page in a blog style format.
http://fogartywelldrilling.ie
Bliss
Bliss is a online skincare shop specialising in high end products such as Elemis, Neostrata, Elizabeth Arden and Guerlain. The site owners were primarily focused on attention to detail given the high end nature of the products on the site. Standard ecommerce technology was given a tweaking often omitted in many shopping systems and a major drive was that the customer would always understand where they were and exactly what was happening and/or required of them to proceed to the next step.
One page checkout. A one page checkout system made for a very friendly user interface and customers have the option to either checkout as a guest or to store their details ( address etc ) for easy future orders. The account page allows users to check up on their previous/current orders.
Eircom Spiders Nomination Bliss was nominated in the 2012 Eircom Spiders Awards
One page checkout. A one page checkout system made for a very friendly user interface and customers have the option to either checkout as a guest or to store their details ( address etc ) for easy future orders. The account page allows users to check up on their previous/current orders.
Eircom Spiders Nomination Bliss was nominated in the 2012 Eircom Spiders Awards
http://bliss.ie
Goods, Kilkenny
W.H. Goods is the top ladies shopping destination in Kilkenny City. It caters for ladies fashions of all ages, and includes stores from Awear, Clinique and Oasis to name just a few.
Goods latest website is based on WordPress and also makes use of technologies such as CSS3, jQuery and FBML. It contains a blog and photo gallery as well as individual brand pages and several other features:
Goods are active in using media to connect with audiences particularly in the area of video, which they regularly produce. The site allows embedding of videos from their YouTube channel into blog posts.
Several WordPress plugins were developed for the website allowing the owners to do such things as switch the front page layout from a 2 by 4 grid display to a large single image display for particular promotions. The website has a brands system allowing new brands to be added or removed easily as required. New brands automatically display in all relevant sections of the site including the brands slider at the bottom of every page. The bottom banner area can also be used by the owners in a variety of ways.
Goods latest website is based on WordPress and also makes use of technologies such as CSS3, jQuery and FBML. It contains a blog and photo gallery as well as individual brand pages and several other features:
Goods are active in using media to connect with audiences particularly in the area of video, which they regularly produce. The site allows embedding of videos from their YouTube channel into blog posts.
Several WordPress plugins were developed for the website allowing the owners to do such things as switch the front page layout from a 2 by 4 grid display to a large single image display for particular promotions. The website has a brands system allowing new brands to be added or removed easily as required. New brands automatically display in all relevant sections of the site including the brands slider at the bottom of every page. The bottom banner area can also be used by the owners in a variety of ways.
http://goods.ie
Walton Transport
Walton Transport are an international haulage company and have recently celebrated 20 years in business. The new website reflects the company's standards of quality and efficiency.
Photography plays a large part in the overall image and to that extent a photo shoot was arramged. These were incorporated into an image gallery and a section where trucking fans can send in their own photos is provided.
The site features a billboard jQuery powered image fade with 4 of the photos and on the front page.
The site also includes a merchandise shop and A PDF brochure version of the site was also produced.
Photography plays a large part in the overall image and to that extent a photo shoot was arramged. These were incorporated into an image gallery and a section where trucking fans can send in their own photos is provided.
The site features a billboard jQuery powered image fade with 4 of the photos and on the front page.
The site also includes a merchandise shop and A PDF brochure version of the site was also produced.
http://waltontransport.com
Equiendo
Equiendo required a bright and youthful yet corporate styled site for their business area of mobile phone network management.
The site features a slideshow rotating header banner developed using 'Flash'. The key to making this work was in choosing the right photos to reflect this requirement. Key messages were then overlaid on these photos to target specific aspects of the company.
The page layout varies from page to page as is necessary with the front page providing an excerpt from both the products and services pages as well as a news and events section.
Behind the scenes there is also a support ticketing system which enables the owners to track any issues their clients may have and deal with them.
The site features a slideshow rotating header banner developed using 'Flash'. The key to making this work was in choosing the right photos to reflect this requirement. Key messages were then overlaid on these photos to target specific aspects of the company.
The page layout varies from page to page as is necessary with the front page providing an excerpt from both the products and services pages as well as a news and events section.
Behind the scenes there is also a support ticketing system which enables the owners to track any issues their clients may have and deal with them.
http://equiendo.com
Liquid Rubber Ireland
Liquid Rubber Ireland are based in Kilkenny and provide liquid rubber services to the industrial and domestic markets.
The website design is straightforward in keeping with the clients' market and contains information important to the trade in the form of pdf files as well as a video embed on the home page.
Sidebar text widgets were utilised to give two bulleted lists which display across all pages in the site reminding customers of the key advantages of the product.
The design is based on the twenty eleven theme which means that it benefits from it's advantages such as responsive design.
The website design is straightforward in keeping with the clients' market and contains information important to the trade in the form of pdf files as well as a video embed on the home page.
Sidebar text widgets were utilised to give two bulleted lists which display across all pages in the site reminding customers of the key advantages of the product.
The design is based on the twenty eleven theme which means that it benefits from it's advantages such as responsive design.
http://liquidrubber.ie
Doimnic
Doimnic is a talented Traditional Irish Musician from Donegal. He needed an online presence to support his music career, and the site was to perform a number of different tasks.
He wanted a blog to enable him to communicate with fans and a section where he could sell his CD's and books taking online credit card payments; and also somewhere for visitors to preview his music. A further challenge to the development was that the site content was written in the Irish language.
WordPress was chosen as the system to base the site on as it was reliable, simple to use and already included a blog. Then the WordPress plugin eShop was used to create a simple shop.
Styling is keep cool clear and simple allowing the photography to shine through.
He wanted a blog to enable him to communicate with fans and a section where he could sell his CD's and books taking online credit card payments; and also somewhere for visitors to preview his music. A further challenge to the development was that the site content was written in the Irish language.
WordPress was chosen as the system to base the site on as it was reliable, simple to use and already included a blog. Then the WordPress plugin eShop was used to create a simple shop.
Styling is keep cool clear and simple allowing the photography to shine through.
http://doimnic.com/
Coolgrange
Coolgrange House Stud is a stud farm in Coolgrange Co. Kilkenny. The Stud Farm is owned and run by longtime successful horse breeder Tommy Brennan. Legendary Irish stallion 'Furisto' stood here from 1991 to 1997 and the farm also has an impressive progeny. In 2009 Coolgrange House Stud was responsible for no less than four horses competing in that year's badminton horse trials.
The site's large header was based on a jQuery image rotation enabling new photos to be added to the rotation without redeveloping the entire rotation as would be the case if using 'Flash'. The rotation is kept full height throughout the site so as to avoid having to crop a photo of one of the animals.
Coolgrange's primary functionality need was for a special system within the website which would display horse information for the sections of: stallions, progeny and horses for sale. This information centered mainly on the animal's pedigree which, in the case of stallions, needed to go back 3 generations.
The site's large header was based on a jQuery image rotation enabling new photos to be added to the rotation without redeveloping the entire rotation as would be the case if using 'Flash'. The rotation is kept full height throughout the site so as to avoid having to crop a photo of one of the animals.
Coolgrange's primary functionality need was for a special system within the website which would display horse information for the sections of: stallions, progeny and horses for sale. This information centered mainly on the animal's pedigree which, in the case of stallions, needed to go back 3 generations.
http://coolgrangehousestud.com
Advocate Financial Services
Advocate Financial is a financial services firm based in Kilkenny city.
The design is simple and to the point, and the site is easliy navigable even though it contains a lot of information.
The site design also focuses on readability of the text by breaking up the information using well positioned headers, bullet points and through the use of text colouration.
The design is simple and to the point, and the site is easliy navigable even though it contains a lot of information.
The site design also focuses on readability of the text by breaking up the information using well positioned headers, bullet points and through the use of text colouration.
http://advocatefinancial.ie
Minnie Mee
MinnieMee is a children's fashion boutique in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary which carries clothing for children from newborns up to 15 years old; also including communion and confirmation clothing.
The brief was to create a simple and attractive site to give the owners a presence on the internet and a way to communicate with their clients. WordPress was chosen as the system to base the website on, and the built in WordPress blog was enabled using the title 'The Buzz'.
Images are very important to a site like this; so all the sites images use a tool called shadowbox. This simply means they expand upon being clicked to give a better view, and that they have forward and back buttons to allow flicking through a set of photos.
The styling is based on colours already in use by MinnieMee and so the theme was continued on to the site giving it a 'light on dark' style with light text on a dark background.
Finally putting the brands list in the footer also dramatically helped local search engine optimisation.
The brief was to create a simple and attractive site to give the owners a presence on the internet and a way to communicate with their clients. WordPress was chosen as the system to base the website on, and the built in WordPress blog was enabled using the title 'The Buzz'.
Images are very important to a site like this; so all the sites images use a tool called shadowbox. This simply means they expand upon being clicked to give a better view, and that they have forward and back buttons to allow flicking through a set of photos.
The styling is based on colours already in use by MinnieMee and so the theme was continued on to the site giving it a 'light on dark' style with light text on a dark background.
Finally putting the brands list in the footer also dramatically helped local search engine optimisation.
http://minniemee.com
Pat J. Meany, Civil Funeral Celebrant
Pat J. Meany is an undertaker based in Kilkenny who caters for civil funeral services.
The website is minimal and soft in design yet provides the user with all the necessary information.
The design is based on the twenty eleven theme which means that it benefits from it's advantages such as responsive design.
The website is minimal and soft in design yet provides the user with all the necessary information.
The design is based on the twenty eleven theme which means that it benefits from it's advantages such as responsive design.
http://civilfuneralservice.com/
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