Tag Archives for Design

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 [...]

At Silicon Dales, we have great experience in developing and designing e-commerce websites, using a variety of languages and Content Management Systems (CMS). Whether you want to develop a Magento website, or you’d like to drop some e-commerce features into a WordPress website – or you’d like to hand code or hard-wire some payment solutions [...]

When dealing with clients new and old, in web design, our client, and the people who visit their websites, can usually fall into one of two categories: 1) those who have a favourite font (or fonts) they like in websites; and 2) those who don’t notice fonts… or don’t think they do. When we ask [...]

This is a question we are asked by people on a regular basis: “Why is my website slow?” It is something that is becoming increasingly important in this “I want it now” world we live in, too, as people are prepared to wait only fractions of a second to be delivered the content they were [...]

A lot of businesses are now using video as a means of communicating with clients and customers. We, at Silicon Dales, fully advocate this. It is a great way to reach out to clients in a way they enjoy. Not everyone has the time – or the will – to read through your company messages, [...]

We recently added a business listing to Thompson Local – which is a free directory. I would not recommend this service, for a number of reasons, not least the number of “sales” telephone calls we have received after having posted the listing, and the fact that the address, and telephone number are incorrect and all-but-impossible [...]

We’ve been designing and building websites for private and corporate clients now since 2004. Over those eight or so years (where do they go!?), we’ve learned a thing or two about what the client wants from their website, and what they want from the webmaster, or firm who builds it. One of the main things [...]