Web Design Companys

warrenaldo · 06-03-2008 10:23am #1

Im looking for some web design companys based in Ireland to do some work for me. Can anyone reccomend some - for a relatively small website - already developed. DESIGN is all i need.

forbairt · 06-03-2008 10:38am

google ?

http://www.edenweb.ie/
http://www.davidbehan.com/
http://www.weeno.ie/media/
http://www.kenstanley.com/
http://www.2bscene.ie/
http://www.redflystudios.com/
http://www.thedesigntribe.com/

warrenaldo · 06-03-2008 10:55am

google is perfect but im looking for some recommendationns based on experience.

noker · 06-03-2008 11:02am

The Hosting Pool/The Design Pool are a good company with great customer service.

DJB · 06-03-2008 11:15am

forbairt wrote: »

http://www.edenweb.ie/
http://www.weeno.ie/media/
http://www.kenstanley.com/
http://www.2bscene.ie/
http://www.redflystudios.com/
http://www.thedesigntribe.com/

I know these guys and the work they do and I'd definitely recommend all of them. I've worked with a few of them on different projects as well.

Lets throw forbairt back into the mix (also recommended):

www.forbairtmedia.com

mneylon · 06-03-2008 12:40pm

Companies I have personal experience of:

http://www.davidbehan.com - currently working on a couple of sites for us

http://www.2bscene.ie - has done several sites for us and our clients

http://www.forbairtmedia.ie - has done some work for me personally (see http://www.films.ie for example)

http://www.spoiltchild.com - all our print and online design / identity for the last few years.

http://www.edenweb.ie - logo for IWF

forbairt · 06-03-2008 1:04pm

warrenaldo wrote: »

google is perfect but im looking for some recommendationns based on experience.

sorry hadn't seen the recommendations based on experience ... I'll stand by the list I gave though.

Sully · 06-03-2008 4:47pm

Ah you guys are funny. Nice to know you plug each others businesses when ye get the chance. Didnt think id see people recommending other companies but themselves

mneylon · 06-03-2008 4:50pm

Sully wrote: »

Ah you guys are funny. Nice to know you plug each others businesses when ye get the chance. Didnt think id see people recommending other companies but themselves

What are you saying exactly?

Adam · 06-03-2008 5:00pm

*cough*

heggie · 06-03-2008 5:08pm

blacknight wrote: »

What are you saying exactly?

someone wants in hehe

mneylon · 06-03-2008 6:18pm

heggie wrote: »

someone wants in hehe

Ah. Well I only recommend people who I've used in the past...

Laslo · 06-03-2008 8:04pm

I'd be inclined to have a look at Intrigue as well. Top notch creative.

DJB · 07-03-2008 12:03am

Laslo wrote: »

I'd be inclined to have a look at Intrigue as well. Top notch creative.

Yeah, Ray's done some work for me! Some great stuff

Laslo · 07-03-2008 12:37am

Also, there's a lot to be said for using talented, experienced freelancers. In many cases, companies have larger overheads and a large chunk of your budget goes to pay the MD, sales people, etc. salaries while only a small percentage goes towards production - in many cases handed over to some youngster fresh out of college. Buyer beware!

Sully · 08-03-2008 5:30pm

blacknight wrote: »

What are you saying exactly?

Its just amusing that you advertise his business and he advertises yours when someone requests work. And no heggie, im not "looking for in". I just found it very amusing. Neither recommended themselves, but other companies instead.

Not saying there is anything wrong with it, just an amusing arrangement.

forbairt · 08-03-2008 6:05pm

well personally I'm up to my neck with work at the moment. I mentioned people who I know (ish) mostly from online and I like their work from what I've seen of it. I've not had any work done by them personally as I tend to do everything myself.

I also know various bigger agencies but to be honest I think the OP was looking for freelancers so I mentioned them.

Sully · 08-03-2008 6:10pm

Ah right.. nah I just thought it was amusing. Iv noticed it a few times now. Always brings a smile to my face

Webmonkey · 08-03-2008 6:22pm

I doubt they arranged it - something you'd naturally do I guess

Sully · 08-03-2008 6:29pm

Webmonkey wrote: »

I doubt they arranged it - something you'd naturally do I guess

Tis funny... cause, iv seen it a few times now.. not just by blacknight tho. Once or twice ya, but a good few times IIRC.

IRL9000SX · 13-10-2008 8:52pm

They do it all the time , spamming boards and recommending each other. Hoping that you will pick one of them . You never see them recommending some other company that is not in their click !!! Funny at least you can see it

forbairt · 13-10-2008 9:29pm

IRL9000SX wrote: »

They do it all the time , spamming boards and recommending each other. Hoping that you will pick one of them . You never see them recommending some other company that is not in their click !!! Funny at least you can see it

Great 3rd post ...

I love the way I spam the board .. and david .. and blacknight and so on

Never giving anything back

Goodshape · 13-10-2008 9:33pm

forbairt wrote: »

Great 3rd post ...

I love the way I spam the board .. and david .. and blacknight and so on

Never giving anything back

Gods, you again! You're such a nuisance!

DJB · 13-10-2008 9:35pm

I'm hardly going to recommend someone I think is crap, now am I?

IRL9000SX · 13-10-2008 9:42pm

Oh yea , one other thing

The reason why the "companies" above spam Irish boards is because they struggle to get their own sites ranking high in Google - So they pick up scraps of business in the forums.

When it comes to web design companies in Ireland these guys rank near the bottom of the barrell - Ask them to acheive a high ranking in Google for your site and see what they say. One of them even has a home page for his website.

They will charge you big time for a basic site with a simple CMS system.

A good design company does not have to spam boards & forums looking for business,
If you want a good website designed go to google and do a search. I would not leave my company brand / design with anyone from a forum

Especially a group who constantly recommendeach other,

Regards

IRL9000SX · 13-10-2008 10:19pm

"Ah. Well I only recommend people who I've used in the past... "

Correct !! exactly what I am saying - And they will recommend you
and vice versa. You feed off each other and depend on each other for projects. Can you secure projects on your own ? Don't think so

There is about five or six of you - its a click and have seen all you guys on other forums including the IWF where you slate other web design companies.:mad:

Notice you do not have any high quality design companes in your click

DJB · 13-10-2008 10:29pm

IRL9000SX wrote: »

"Ah. Well I only recommend people who I've used in the past... "

Correct !! exactly what I am saying - And they will recommend you
and vice versa. You feed off each other and depend on each other for projects. Can you secure projects on your own ? Don't think so

There is about five or six of you - its a click and have seen all you guys on other forums including the IWF where you slate other web design companies.:mad:

Notice you do not have any high quality design companes in your click

Now you are talking crap! Who says none of us can secure projects on our own? I haven't got a job come through the likes of boards.ie in a long time. My clients come from my current clients recommending me to other companies. None of us are pimping for business on these forums, we're trying to help them out by pointing them in the right direction. Personally, my schedule is booked until the new year so I hardly am chasing work on forums.

When we see someone looking for a recommendation on here, we recommend companies/individuals in the industry that we know of and we think can do a good job. That list wouldn't change very much unless we found more people to add to it. As I said... why would I recommend a company I don't think is quite good or I haven't heard of? FFS!!!!

We may slate other design companies but with good reason I'm sure - lack of standards, using templates, etc.

Are you a designer yourself? Feeling left out that nobody will recommend you? Or are you here just to stir up crap?

You never noticed me recommend the likes of www.edenweb.ie, www.spoiltchild.ie, www.intrigue.ie, and the list goes on - because these are some of the best in the industry!

The Mighty Ken · 13-10-2008 10:49pm

IRL9000SX wrote: »

The reason why the "companies" above spam Irish boards is because they struggle to get their own sites ranking high in Google - So they pick up scraps of business in the forums.

So who do you consider to be competent in the Irish market? Rather than talking nonsense and making wild and sweeping statements, why not pin your flag to the mast. Who do you think is the dogs balls in industry?

Just for the record, my URL was mentioned on the first page of the thread (I didn't ask for this and I don't know the guy who posted that well)... and no, I've never spammed a forum for work. I don't need to. So your assertion is just wrong.

IRL9000SX wrote: »

When it comes to web design companies in Ireland these guys rank near the bottom of the barrell - Ask them to acheive a high ranking in Google for your site and see what they say.

So you are saying that Web design and development is all about SEO, eh? Is that it? Don't worry about responsible Web design, competent development. Forget about the user experience, forget about accessibility and on-site business goals beyond the Search Engine? All you need to worry about is creating a spammy, crap site, SEO it to the max and you're all of a sudden a good 'designer'? Come on now.

IRL9000SX wrote: »

One of them even has a home page for his website.

Imagine that.

IRL9000SX wrote: »

They will charge you big time for a basic site with a simple CMS system.

Real professionals charge real rates, cowboys rip people off. I very much doubt that you know the difference between the two.

IRL9000SX wrote: »

A good design company does not have to spam boards & forums looking for business

At least we agree on something.

IRL9000SX wrote: »

If you want a good website designed go to google and do a search. I would not leave my company brand / design with anyone from a forum

Who would you leave your company brand/design to then? A few examples would be nice to back up your hot air. Would you allow an SEO specialist to deign your brand? Because that sounds like what you're alluding to.

IRL9000SX wrote: »

Especially a group who constantly recommendeach other

Paranoid much? Got any proof of this imaginary clique? If you're angry about not getting any decent projects/contracts then it's not because everyone is spamming forums or because we're all a closed off, elitist group. It's probably because you're useless.

IRL9000SX · 13-10-2008 11:03pm

1- Yes I am a designer
2- I get lots of recommendations - not from forums hence no link.
3 -My recommendations come from clients and a " wide range of companies" and 80% of my work comes from the major search engines.

I have been in web design & development business for the past 15 years and started when you were playing on your plastic Vtec.

I know this business very well and know who the big players are and the small fry .

And no I am not trying to stirup crap , people have noticed you guys feed off each other, simple as that.

Sorry if you do not agree, but have a look at your history in other forums
and you will see what I mean.

DJB · 13-10-2008 11:06pm

Let's see how good you are then and stop hiding in the shadows. Who are you? What's your site?

Or stay anonymous and we won't take your comments on board!

The Mighty Ken · 13-10-2008 11:27pm

DJB wrote: »

Let's see how good you are then and stop hiding in the shadows. Who are you? What's your site?

Or stay anonymous and we won't take your comments on board!

+1

It's not what you can say, it's what you can proove.

The Mighty Ken · 13-10-2008 11:31pm

IRL9000SX wrote: »

Sorry if you do not agree, but have a look at your history in other forums and you will see what I mean.

Example? I've noticed a small amount of referrals from here and CI. That's about it really. Most of my traffic comes from Google (you'll probably be delighted to hear :rolleyes:)

Trojan · 14-10-2008 1:01am

DJB, Ken, I respect you guys but seriously, do you need to waste your time replying to rubbish like this?

I think you need a form reply like /. have for anti-spam ideas: http://craphound.com/spamsolutions.txt

DJB · 14-10-2008 1:07am

Trojan wrote: »

DJB, Ken, I respect you guys but seriously, do you need to waste your time replying to rubbish like this?

I think you need a form reply like /. have for anti-spam ideas: http://craphound.com/spamsolutions.txt

Myself and Ken know exactly who this guy is now and we want to see if he'll publicly tell himself. You can't be 100% annoymous on the web!

But I take your point but now it's funny!

forbairt · 14-10-2008 6:19am

IRL9000SX wrote: »

There is about five or six of you - its a click and have seen all you guys on other forums including the IWF where you slate other web design companies.:mad:

Care to back that up with an example ?

Normally I critique websites on there can't think of slating webdesign companies except in one case where what the company are offering is pure crap.

IRL9000SX wrote: »

Notice you do not have any high quality design companes in your click

Erm I think david has mentioned a few there who's work is very impressive. As the majority of us as well are freelancers and not design "companies" I'm not surprised to see us not mentioning some of the bigger design companies. Though I'm sure I would if I saw one that I liked that was reasonably priced.

biko · 14-10-2008 9:01am

I'd like to throw my name into the mix. I once created a whole 5 page website in Netscape Navigator Composer.

I'm not free but I'm cheap, veeery cheap

tricky D · 14-10-2008 12:34pm

15 years experience in irish web dev

hmmm

forbairt · 14-10-2008 12:38pm

tricky D wrote: »

15 years experience in irish web dev

hmmm

Personally I've only been designing sites since 96

so that'd only make it 12 years for me

Trojan · 14-10-2008 1:02pm

tricky D wrote: »

15 years experience in irish web dev

And been developing in Java since 1994.

yeraulone · 14-10-2008 1:08pm

I had a speak and spell back in 84

DJB · 14-10-2008 1:10pm

I feel a bit inexperienced, I've only got 7 professional years under my belt!

AARRRGH · 14-10-2008 1:13pm

tricky D wrote: »

15 years experience in irish web dev

hmmm

Ah it could be true. I've been making websites since 1994 so that'd be 14 years...

Funny posts though.

tricky D · 14-10-2008 2:09pm

AARRRGH wrote: »

Ah it could be true. I've been making websites since 1994 so that'd be 14 years...

Funny posts though.

Not bad considering you graduated in 2000:rolleyes:

forbairt · 14-10-2008 2:17pm

tricky D wrote: »

Not bad considering you graduated in 2000:rolleyes:

When I said 96 I also didn't mean professionally

But as the thread has generally become a bit of a laugh I thought ....

AARRRGH · 14-10-2008 2:31pm

tricky D wrote: »

Not bad considering you graduated in 2000:rolleyes:

Since when can you only make websites after you graduate from college...? I don't understand your point.

DJB · 14-10-2008 4:12pm

AARRRGH wrote: »

Since when can you only make websites after you graduate from college...? I don't understand your point.

You just can't, ok!!!!

I wonder is our friend, IRL9000SX, coming back to join in the discussion!!!

thedesigntribe · 14-10-2008 8:36pm

The Mighty Ken wrote: »

Just for the record, my URL was mentioned on the first page of the thread (I didn't ask for this and I don't know the guy who posted that well)... and no, I've never spammed a forum for work. I don't need to. So your assertion is just wrong.

My site was also mentioned in the second post on this thread. I have never met or interacted with the poster in question.... so again... the assertions that are being made later in the thread - are incorrect. Believe it or not, designers even while in competition with each other, can still remain objective about each others work!

forbairt · 14-10-2008 8:49pm

thedesigntribe wrote: »

My site was also mentioned in the second post on this thread. I have never met or interacted with the poster in question.... so again... the assertions that are being made later in the thread - are incorrect. Believe it or not, designers even while in competition with each other, can still remain objective about each others work!

Sorry guys ... I shouldn't have mentioned ye :P

thedesigntribe · 14-10-2008 10:04pm

forbairt wrote: »

Sorry guys ... I shouldn't have mentioned ye :P

Sometimes you just can't win

The Mighty Ken · 15-10-2008 4:53pm

forbairt wrote: »

Sorry guys ... I shouldn't have mentioned ye :P

You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't.

It seems that IRL9000SX may have lost the bottle. Probably too busy sending abusive emails to his competitors via their online forms, eh IRL9000SX? Really professional that. But then again, after 15 years of designing embarrassingly bad websites you're probably bored so I don't really blame you.

That's right. IP tracking is relatively easy. Busted. What's hilarious is that the abuse happened before this thread was even started. *zing* Where's the ROFL smiley?

IRL9000SX · 16-10-2008 10:30am

" IP tracking is relatively easy"

Go to my website if you know it - have a look at my email and then send a mail to me stating you know who I am - can you do this ???

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