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January 27th, 2010

After using Twitter over the past year or so and realising how effective social media can be for businesses we’ve finally gotten around to setting up a company page on Facebook. Use the links below to join us on Facebook and Twitter.

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New Website Launched – Finneran Entry Systems

December 3rd, 2009

Finneran Entry Systems

Finneran Entry Systems


Finneran Entry Systems are a gate automation company situated in Straffan, Co Kildare. They specialise in automatic gates and access control systems for businesses and homes.

Technologies and programming used in the development of this website include html, xhtml, css, php, flash, jquery and javascript.

Website features include flash animation, jquery menu, jquery tabs, image gallery with lightbox effect and contact form.

New Website Launched – Sizebreed Construction

November 12th, 2009

Sizebreed Construction

Sizebreed Construction

Sizebreed construction are specialist builders and construction managers that focus on new build and refurbishment work in London and the South of England.

Technologies and programming used in the development of this website include html, xhtml, css, php, flash, jquery and javascript.

Website features include animated banner, jquery tabs, Google map and contact form.

Website Re-Launch for Irish band Eclipse / Abba Vous

October 12th, 2009

Eclipse featuring Abba Vous

Eclipse featuring Abba Vous


Last week we finished the re-design and development of the new Eclipse / Abba Vous website. If you’re looking for a great band for your Christmas party, wedding or pretty much any occasion then check them out. They’re a great music act whose show includes a fantastic tribute to Abba.

Technologies and programming used in the development of this website include html, xhtml, css, php, flash, jquery and javascript.

Website design features include animated background, mp3 player, jquery image gallery and customised contact form.

New Website Launched – Prism Engineering

July 22nd, 2009
Prism Engineering website design

Engineering company website design

We recently launched a new website for Irish engineering company Prism Engineering. Based in Ballymount, Co. Dublin they design and manufacture metal parts and products for a wide range of industries including the architectural and security industry.

Technologies and programming used in the development of this website include html, xhtml, css, php,  jquery and javascript.

Website design features include alpha blended backgrounds, drop down menu, image lightbox and cross-slide image technique.

MGS CMS v0.7.0

July 16th, 2009

Hot on the heels of our last release MGS CMS v0.7.0 features new search functionality making it quicker and easier for customers to find the products they’re looking for in your shopping cart catalog.

MGS CMS Updated to v0.6.0

July 14th, 2009

Main new features in this release include:

  • New product option to enable/disable file upload when ordering a product
  • Support for user groups – access to categories and products can now be restricted
  • Support for additional/replacement text on product prices

The file upload option gives customers the option to upload a file when ordering a particular product in the shopping cart. Useful if for example you want a customer to upload an image that can be then printed or inscribed etc. on a product.

With user groups you can for example create a reseller user group and then restrict reseller products and categories to be shown only to registered customers in the reseller user group.

More flexibility with the product prices now means if you don’t want to show a price on a product you can now enter text which will be shown instead if the price is zero or if greater than zero the text will be shown after the price.

A multitude of other minor improvements have also been made in this release.

MGS CMS Updated 0.5.0

April 29th, 2009

We’ve made more changes to our content management system formally known as our shopping cart system. We’ve decided for this version release (0.5.0) to rename it as a CMS as it’s functionality is expanding beyond that of a shopping cart system. So what’s new this time around? Check out the new features in this release below.

CMS

  • System renamed from shopping cart system to content management system
  • Added new product enquiry form option that allows customers to email enquiries about individual products

E-commerce

  • Added new product option to enable/disable add to cart buttons
  • Added new product note option allowing customers to include notes when ordering a product
  • Shopping cart menu now displays how many items are in cart
  • New improved button images for add to cart, checkout, login etc.
  • Added Qty field beside add to cart buttons

New features in more detail

Now when you add or modify a product you’ll see some extra options.

The first of which allows you to enable or disable the add to cart button for that product. When it’s disabled the product will still be shown to customers on your website but it will not be possible to buy it.

The product note option if enabled will display a text area on that products page so special instructions can be given by the customer when ordering that product.

The product enquiry form if enabled will display an enquiry form on that products page so customers can enquire about that product by email. This can be useful if you’ve disabled the add to cart button but would like to to receive queries on the product.

Other new features are the dispaying of how many items are in your cart on the shopping cart menu, so now customers can see how many items are in their cart at anytime without having to click into the shopping cart page. Quantity fields are now displayed beside add to cart buttons now so customers can easily add more than one product at a time to the their shopping cart.

MGS Cart Updated

April 8th, 2009

A new version of our e-commerce shopping cart system has just been released. Most notable new features and improvements in this release are listed below.

  • Improved sorting options for orders, customers, categories and products in admin
  • Added new mailer tool to admin allowing text based emails to be sent to registered customers
  • Added newsletter subscription option to customer myaccount preferences
  • Added multiple image support for products – each product can now have multiple images or no image

We’ll be updating client websites with the new version over the coming weeks.

MGS Web Design Blog Launched

April 2nd, 2009

Welcome to our new website design and development blog where we hope to keep you informed with the latest news and developments here at MGS Web Design. We’ve been busy updating the website and integrating the new blog over the last few days. There are still some cross browser issues in our blog template that we are tidying up so please bear with us while these changes are made.

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