Our 2013 Agricultural Show calendar tells us it is Otley Show tomorrow – Saturday 18th May 2013. Otley Show will take place at The Show Ground, Bridge End, West Yorkshire. Tickets will be available at the gate. You can find out more information at the Otley Show website. We hope you have a great day [...]
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Silicon Dales Website Now Working Correctly on Android Smart Phones
on May 15, 2013in Blogtags: Android, Apps, business design, Design, sharing bar, Smart Phone, smartphone, social sharing, web applications, Web Developmentwith No Comments
With every web development project, we now have to test new sites (and alterations) on a huge range of handheld devices and browsers. It was great to see, last week, when we launched our new look for the summer last week, the Silicon Dales website looking really good in a variety of devices. However, an [...]
Read More →Allow HTTPS on Amazon EC2
on May 13, 2013in Code Examples, Tutorialstags: Amazon, Amazon Cloud, Apache, CentOS, Cloud, EC2, LAMP, Linux, Serverwith 1 Comment
If you have recently setup an Amazon EC2 instance and would like to configure access to Port 443 (HTTPS:// traffic) on your new instance, there are a few things you should do. First Step – Allow Port 443 in your Security Group Firstly, you need to tell your EC2 instance that it is allowed to [...]
Read More →H Jones Associates – ISO Certification Consultancy
on May 10, 2013in Portfoliotags: H Jones, Hilary Jones, ICO Certification Consultancy, ISO 9001, ISO Certification, ISO Consultancy, Yorkshirewith No Comments
Hilary Jones, the ISO Certification Consultant operating as H Jones Associates, asked Silicon Dales to complete a redesign of her website in the early part of 2013. Like a number of clients, Hilary Jones had found an off-the-shelf web creation service (in this case 1&1′s sitebuilder product) to be too cumbersome and unresponsive to deliver [...]
Read More →Scyways – Raised Cycleways & Modular Bridges
on May 10, 2013in Portfoliotags: Bridges, Cycling, FRP, Modular, Modular bridges, Raised Cycleways, Scywayswith No Comments
We like innovative ideas, at Silicon Dales, so when Scyways Ltd, the company with ambitious plans to create raised cycleways and modular bridges out of fibre reinforced plastics (FRPs), came to us looking to create a new web presence, we were delighted to be able to assist. Following an initial meeting, Silicon Dales were able [...]
Read More →New Website, New Logo
on May 10, 2013in Blogtags: Digital Agency, Silicon Dales, Web Design, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Daleswith No Comments
We passed the one year since launch anniversary at the end of March 2013, and, as we were so busy with our clients’ projects, we didn’t mark the occasion. However, to celebrate Silicon Dales’ 1st birthday, we have now created a new website (right here, at SiliconDales.com) and logo to take us into year 2 [...]
Read More →Marrick Priory Strawberry Tea, Sunday 7th July 2013
on May 10, 2013in Blogtags: Marrick, Marrick Priory, Reeth Brass Band, Strawberry Teawith 1 Comment
Marrick Priory will be holding a Strawberry Tea on Sunday 7th July 2013 to raise funds for the children’s residential outdoor program. There will be activities for all the family from 3pm and Reeth Brass Band will be playing.
Read More →Carperby Open Gardens, Sunday 7th July 2013
on May 10, 2013in Blogtags: Carperby, Muker Silver Band, Open Gardenswith No Comments
Carperby is holding its annual Open Gardens Day on Sunday 7th July 2013. The open day raises funds for local village projects & charities. Muker Silver Band will be playing. The day runs from 11am until 5pm. Cakes, pastries & scones are served all day in the village hall. There is organised off-road parking and [...]
Read More →Swaledale Festival 25 May – 8th June 2013
on May 10, 2013in Blogtags: Arkengarthdale, Aske, Askrigg, Aysgarth, Band, Cambrai Lines Barracks, Catterick Garrison, CB Inn, Easby, Gayle Mill, Grinton, Gunnerside, Hawes, Keld, Leyburn, Leyburn Band, Low Row, Marske, Middleham, Muker, Muker Silver Band, Music, Reeth Brass Band, Reeth School, Richmond, Spennithorne, Swaledale, The Swale Singers, Wensley, Wensleydale Railwaywith No Comments
The Swaledale Festival kicks off on Saturday 11th May 2013 for another action packed programme full of music, history, theatre and nature. Browse the listings below to see if there’s an event to suit you & your family: E0 NORTHERN SINFONIA STRINGS 19.30 | Darlington Central Hall (Dolphin Centre) Saturday 25 May [...]
Read More →2013 Agricultural Show Dates (UK)
on May 9, 2013in Blogtags: Agricultural Shows, Dates, UK, Wensleydalewith No Comments
At Silicon Dales, we love agricultural shows (none more so than our local show, the Wensleydale Show, for which we are delighted to have produced the show website) so, because a lot of our traffic is from rural people, and people who like the countryside, we’ve decided to help you out with a big list [...]
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