Linda Scott

Linda is the Director responsible for content & compliance at Silicon Dales. With 14 years experience working on content strategy for clients, Linda understands the needs and goals of high quality brands and publications.

Linda also oversees the policies, procedures and compliance work at Silicon Dales. For a consult on GDPR or web regulations, or for content related to your B2B compliance responsibilities, get in touch.
A brief history
Linda has a BA in Politics from Newcastle University. This included studying European Union law, the structures of UK legislation and statistical analysis.

Linda joined the business that became Silicon Dales in 2007. Linda became a company director when Silicon Dales incorporated in 2010. Read more about the company history here.
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The Silicon Dales Guide to GDPR: What does it mean for WordPress & Open Source?

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This guide looks at the impact of the GDPR with special regard to website admins, owners and developers – primarily those using the WordPress and WooCommerce platforms, as well as those using Google’s Google Workspace.

Silicon Dales are accredited WooCommerce developers, as well as Google Partners reselling Google Workspace to business clients inside and outside of the European Union. While this content is primarily expected to be of interest to those in a similar position, it is likely that this explanation may well be of interest to webmasters, developers, web and PR agencies, business owners, as well as senior executives looking to come up to speed with GDPR, in the context of what this might mean for their web operations.

There is also some discussion of the wider WordPress and Open Source community and how the challenges of GDPR might be addressed within that context.

Linda Scott Writing for Automattic

Silicon Dales Director, Linda Scott, has just published an article for Automattic, the $1Bn company behind WordPress.com. Linda has written a series of articles about features in Jetpack – the all-in-one plugin made by Automattic. She has also written about use cases for beginners on WordPress.com. See the first article on the Jetpack blog here. …

How to Add a Category in WordPress

We often post tutorials for clients, this is one of them – showing simply how to add a category in WordPress and then how to populate it with posts (otherwise known as articles). First, you’ll need to login to the dashboard or backend of WordPress. Then, go to Posts > Categories usually at: YOUR-SITE.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category Enter …

Case Study: One-off Big Traffic Optimization for Fairyloot

Fairy Loot booked Silicon Dales to optimize their WooCommerce site for their monthly subscription sign-up, which sees a huge traffic spike over the the course of a few hours. The Client Here at FairyLoot, Young Adult fiction is our forte, and we want each and every one of our boxes to be a special experience …

Case Study: WordPress Optimization for LogoVisual

LogoVisual booked Silicon Dales for a WordPress speed optimization, resulting in a 3.5 second time saving. The Client LogoVisual are a team of designers, manufacturers and installers making bespoke whiteboard walls, collaboration zones, ThinkingWalls, training aids and more from Skipton in North Yorkshire. The Task Silicon Dales performed a speed optimization on the LogoVisual website, including …

Case Study: Moodle and Mailchimp Integration for WooCommerce

The Institute of Photography booked Silicon Dales to update integrations between WooCommerce, Moodle and Mailchimp, including a Moodle re-theme and some custom code. What’s the Institute of Photography? The Institute of Photography (or IOP®) was founded by photography and online photography course experts to help people increase their skills from the comfort of their own …

Silicon Dales New Website December 2017

Silicon Dales has a new website. The focus during this re-build was on clarity and speed. We want potential clients and search engines to know what we do, as quickly as possible.

Formulating a social media strategy to drive website traffic

Social media is an essential part of your website promotion strategy. Whether you’re looking to gain more fans, build brand awareness or drive sales, it’s key to reach users on social networks and keep them coming back to your website for more.

How to make virtual reality videos using Google Workspace

Google Workspace offers the ability to upload and using virtual reality and augmented reality videos through associated Youtube accounts. Youtube has a full tutorial for the requirements and a special way to save the VR video file here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6316263?hl=en-GB The videos will then show within your normal Youtube channel associated with your Google Workspace account. …

Case Study: Custom WooCommerce Barcode Scanning Plugin for Vant Marketing

Vant Marketing booked Silicon Dales to create a custom WooCommerce barcode scanning plugin for a client, after previously working with Silicon Dales on another project. Who are Vant Marketing? From the middle of historic downtown New Braunfels, TX, our “flight crew” is ready to serve clients with experience, technology, and insight hard to find elsewhere, …