3D miniatures online shop web site

Drunken Guard Logo and Web Site Design

Supporting young local start up business’ is at the heart of COG media’s ethos. So when someone very close to us needed a brand and online shop web site for their 3D Printing company we were delighted to get involved. 

3D miniatures online

Having known Fionnbharr from The Drunken Guard since he was a young lad we didn’t much in the way of a “getting to know you” meeting. This meant the logo and branding were in the bag very quickly. On the the eCommerce website. Wanting to keep the site clean but still appealing to the target audience a cartoon look was the route we went down. With pretty much all the imagery on the site coming from the various licences The Drunken Guard a few elements and styles were created ready for hand over.

Running a online shop

With server space and load times more and more important now, when the Woocommerce website was ready Fionnbharr came in for one on one training on good practise on how to add products and images. As all his 3D printed models are available in a number of sizes and delivery styles each variable product needed to be created with a few rules in mind, Very soon Fionnbharr was populating the site like a pro. 

Continuing Website Support

With some of our own projects in mind we continue to help and support The Drunken Guard to add new suppliers tweaks to the site… Still cant get him to blog, but you cant win everything. 

Need brand and website update?

COG media can help you get your company web site designed and start selling to the world. Contact our web design team today and get our offer on website hosting! 


    Mobility Brand and Website update

    Mobility Brand and Website update

    After the even if we say so ourselves “sterling job” we did for sister company BATHlifts.net the guys at Relax Mobility tasked us with their brand and website update. Drawing on the look and theme from the Bathlifts website the user expectance was a simple process. So it was on to the logo and colour scheme to set the brand rules for the website update.

    Keeping the same font across the both brands with a colour change for the Relax Mobility logo we added an avatar this time which was incorporated into the text of the logo. With recline a major part of all the products a reclined chair element became the X of relax. The client was unsure at first but was the logo was dropped in on the website header and marking materials the penny dropped and the logo was put to bed.

    Relax Mobility Logo

    When’s a shop not a shop

    Because of the nature of the products sold by Relax Mobility customers would require a home visit from one of their sales team to run thru the options, designs and fabrics available for both beds and chairs. With demo units and fabric books even Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen would be proud of customers can pick some funky colour schemes and bespoke finishes so their mobility furniture doesn’t have to have that care home look, perfect for the younger customer. To all the website to still function as a eCommerce site we had all the forward facing products listed as portfolios instead of products. This would allow the customers to read up and view all the benefits of the rise and recline products and then using the call to actions book and in home free visit. 

    Once a bed or chair had been selected the sales team can log into the site to gain access to the eCommerce part of the site. With all the variations and various discount structures all at the click of a dropdown and selection from a plethora of options and upgrades and accessories. A payment gateway allows for deposits and payments in full to be and with order forms and VAT handovers all being printed out onsite. Siting down with Mark to get an understand for the sales journey for both the client and sales person allowed us to work out the best and simplest route to market.

    Need brand and website update?

    COG media can help you get your company web site designed and start selling to the world. Contact our web design team today and get our offer on website hosting! 


      Website Design The devils in the detail

      online shop website design

      Website design old school

      In the world of website design one thing that will aid the development process is content and information… the two important things in website development is content, information and imagery… the three most important, you get the idea.

      Steamed Studio’s online store will be selling steam bent wooden mirrors, lightshades and lamps initially with a number of new products already in development. Running along side the online shop an informative blog with information not only about products and wealth of articles on the wood they use, the environmental impact of deforestation and the history of wood in the world of design.

      It was a pleasure when our latest client came to us arm to the hilt with pds’s, logos, word documents, a drobox full of images and months worth of blog post content. After an initial phone call and getting Gary from Steamed Studio confident with our design process and agreeing in on a time scale and budget. Our first meeting Gary was enlightening. In true craftsman style Gary had page after page of A0 paper with layouts, photo of image placement and menu styles. Before Gary had left the websites holding page was up and style for the ecommerce side of the sites had been confirmed. I wish more sites could be like this.

      Steamed Studio used a professional photographer to get product images in both a clean and lifestyle format. This is perfect for creating image galleries for customers to get a great idea of what the product looks like.

      So you want a ecommerce site designed

      COG media can help you get your company web site designed and start selling to the world. Contact our web design team today and get our offer on website hosting! 


        Web site update for Vanta Staffing

        Vanta Staffing Website Design

        Recruitment company Vanta Staffing after four years of trading were in the market for a web site update. With content being changed and amended internally and via external agencies the site had become disjointed. 

        With a second office being opened, new recruitment sectors being added and staffing updates the web site needed new fresh look. With a website development area in place we set about creating a new fresh look based on Vanta’s existing marketing materials. A new colour scheme had been introduced which gave us a great scope for jazzing up every pages look. Bold colourful imagery showcasing Vanta’s values, Commitment, Balance, Honesty, Development, Different and Fun  are all extremely important to the brand and we upheld those values in our approach to the look and feel of the webiste. 


        Need a website update?

        COG media can help you get your company web site designed and start selling to the world. Contact our web design team today and get our offer on website hosting! 


          Web site update we can solve it

          wecansolvit web site update

          When one of our clients came to us with an urgent need to rebrand and get a new web site update designed we jumped on the task. Requiring just a name change Savi Recruitments old logo element could be recycled for the new brand. Our good friends as Savi Recruitment were required to go thru a name change earlier this year… wanting to keep it “the same but different” we could re use the colour scheme and logo element that had already served the company well. Becoming SolvIt Recruitment a funky domain name was chosen…  www.wecansolvit.com is now the new home for Scott and his team. A short and quirky name will allow the new web site be rememberable. Keeping the new web site clean and simple its an easy task to find the job you’re looking for then get hold of the Solvit team.

          Need rebrand and website update?

          COG media can help you get your company web site designed and start selling to the world. Contact our web design team today and get our offer on website hosting! 


            WordPress 4.4 update

            Wordpress Update 4.4

            Hello Clifford… WordPress 4.4 update

            WordPress’ last update of the year 4.4, named “Clifford” in honor of jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, is available for download or update in the WordPress dashboard.

            Busy morning in the studio having gone over the new update. Continue reading