GraceTec Web Design - Limerick Web Design & Ecommerce Development

Body Zone Training

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:03:40 +0000

We were asked to design a new website for a company called Body Zone TrainingThey specialise in personal training and dance fitness. The site is vibrant and contains the latest up to date information on fitness techniques.

Limerick.com Website

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:54:52 +0000

We were asked to re-design the hugely popular Limerick portal website Limerick.comThe requirements we for an easy to navigate website which would allow the site to grow and expand as news and business listing were added.

Waterways Ireland Webshop

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:50:22 +0000

Waterways Ireland launched an online web shop to allow customers view and order their online publications

Rafael @ Cosmo, Sydney

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:46:44 +0000

Our friends in Sydney’s leading hair salon Rafael @ Cosmo asked us to design a new website to launch their new business.They wanted a minimalistic design to showcase their new salon and promote their expanding range of professional beauty services.

Garrydoolis National School

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:40:41 +0000

Garrydoolis National School is over 130 years in existence and wanted an online presence to showcase the improvements made to the school.We designed a website to allow the pupils and staff upload latest news and photographs along with a brief history of the school.

Tipperary Town Website

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:35:26 +0000

TipperaryTown.ie is a portal for tourists and locals to find up to date information of the events and facilities offered in the region.The website offers a clean, easy to navigate website portal for the town to promote and showcase the wonderful amenities in the area.

Know Your Tax

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:30:11 +0000

The client Know your Tax.ie provides a values service to clients helping them process their tax refundsWe designed a clean well structured website to promote their services and allow customers easily find all relevant information.

Annemarie Bourke Artist

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:24:55 +0000

Renowned Irish Artist Annemarie Bourke wanted a website to show case her original fine art paintings and promote her gallery and prints serviceWe worked closely with annemarie to create a visually appealing website and added an ecommerce facility to allow her market her fabulous paintings to a global audience

Webmaster Online Tutorials – Step 3 Plan and Setup Website

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:54:55 +0000

You have now registered a domain name(s) and decided on your hosting company and hosting package.

Your next step is to plan out your website. You must ask yourself the following questions:

What is the main purpose of my website?
It seems a simple question, do you want to:
- To sell something, or
- To generate sales leads, or
- To make friends (then join Facebook!)
What Type of website do I need ?
- Brochure type website (5-10 pages with text, images & contact form)
- Gallery type website (5-10 pages with text, images, product/portfolio listing & contact form)
- eCommerce type website (Full ecommerce website with facilities for categories, products & credit card payment facilities)
- Community website (you manage community business listings, forums, advertising)
- Bespoke website (Doesn’t fit neatly into any of the other categories listed previously – Requires custom design, layout & functionality – needs to be built to be flexible for future growth, if any!)
What Web software should I use ?
- Open Source (no license fee) / PHP.
- Project with strong and active community support & development.
- One that’s easy to install, customise & understand!
- Friendly SEO urls – always a help!
- Flexible, templates ready.
- automatic paths to upgrade code, security patches etc.
- One with lots of “free” plugins, modules.

Webmaster Online Tutorials – Step 2 Choosing Hosting

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:51:32 +0000

Great! So you have registered a domain name – your next step is to decide on which hosting provider will match your needs and which of their hosting packages meets your website requirements.

When choosing Hosting, here is a quick checklist to follow:

Support
In our opinion, support is the top quality of any hosting provider you choose. Speak with friends who have a good experience with their hosting company. Many hosting companies rave about their customer support, but you can only really test this once you have an urgent request. Be wise to the fact that, choosing a cheaper hosting provider in the US may involve trying to contact them outside of their hours of business based on timezone differences. Look for 24/7 support where available.There are a number of highly professional companies based in Ireland which offer great support – www.hosting365.com | www.blacknight.ie | www.letshost.ie to name our current favourites!
Price
Price is a deciding factor for many decisions in life. Today, the price gap has closed, especially across the shared hosting environment. Make sure you choose a hosting package which meets your needs and that you are not paying over the odds for a whole load of extra space you will never use.
Location of Server
Some “gurus” in the web business continue to tell us that server location is important for online marketing to global specific markets – do we believe them? No.
Why do we question their knowledge – basically it’s because of this research from Interleado.
Control Panel
One of our greatest efficiencies comes from knowing our way around CPanel. It’s our top choice because it is user friendly. Try using bespoke hosting control panels and it will wreck your head, endlessly…
There are other good control panels out there but cpanel with fantastico for easy installation of programs wins our approval every time.