Case Study: WooCommerce and Gravity Forms Customization for “Design Office” – the Cheshire-Based Marketing Agency

With over 20 years experience Design Office have a proven track record in the market as a leading Marketing Agency with a difference. Our full service multi media business includes: design, print, internet marketing, photography and marketing solutions.

Silicon Dales have assisted the team at Design Office with a range of customizations and upgrades to a WooCommerce and Gravity Forms setup for a client.

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Case Study: Social Mums – Reviews and Events Website

SocialMums.com.au is a reviews and events website which invites mums around Australia to join in trying out and reviewing new products. Silicon Dales assisted the team from Social Mums to present user reviews in a visually appealing way and to make those reviews both searchable & filterable. The site also underwent some cosmetic upgrades from …

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Introducing Codeable

Codeable is the No. 1 WordPress outsourcing platform, endorsed and invested-in by Automattic – the company behind WordPress.com, which is owned by WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg. Founded by Tomaž Zaman and Per Esbensen, Codeable is a Danish company which brings together WordPress experts with clients from around the world looking for WordPress customizations and business …

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WooCommerce Update: Version 2.6 AKA “Zipping Zebra”

The latest update from WooCommerce came through on 14th June 2016.  Named “Zipping Zebra“, the update heralds a handful of very useful features for online store owners. Here’s a summary: Shipping Zones – create your own shipping zones and add multiple flat rates Account Pages – now with attractive tabs Cart Page – a switch to in-page functions …

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Silicon Dales at Google Dublin Partner Meetup

The Silicon Dales Team took a trip to Dublin on 19th and 20th May 2016 for the Google Dublin Partner Meetup. The meetup was hosted at Google’s offices in The Foundry on Barrow Street. The offices themselves have won design awards for the colourful and spacious working environment which includes a free kitchen, phone tree …

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How to Italicise Text in Skype / Make Skype Text Display in Italics

This tutorial describes how to make your text display in italics using Skype. For example of italics at work, this paragraph is in italics. It is also in bold. Formatting text in Skype can be somewhat counter-intuitive. Luckily here at Silicon Dales we’ve gone through all the pain on your behalf. Text in italics leans …

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How to Bold Text in Skype

This tutorial describes how to make text written into Skype display in bold font. This opening paragraph is bold (it is also in italics). Formatting text in Skype can be somewhat counter-intuitive. Luckily here at Silicon Dales we’ve gone through all the pain on your behalf. How to format bold text in skype Here’s how …

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Colour Trends for 2014

Shutterstock has released data on the most popular colours. The results are based on 400 million downloads from the popular image service, making this a reliable guide to the biggest trends in web palettes. It’s clear just from the cover page that photo overlays in Instagram and Twitter have heavily influenced many people, giving that end-of-summer …

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Upgrade Your Google Workspace Account to Include Google Hangouts

Silicon Dales has setup the majority of clients with Gmail for Domains, now known as Google Workspace. Basically, this means our clients have world class email systems, but they also have access to a suite of other Google services. Get Google’s Google Workspace for your Business Here – fully managed or 20% off. What services …

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