This guide looks at the impact of the GDPR with special regard to website admins, owners and developers – primarily those using the WordPress and…
The Silicon Dales Guide to GDPR: What does it mean for WordPress & Open Source?
WooCommerce 3.7 Update 12th August 2019
WooCommerce 3.7 was released on 12th August 2019. You can see the changelog here. Check out the Silicon Dales Guide to Updating WooCommerce before hitting…
Case Study: WooCommerce Order Processing Customization for BestFirewoodAndMulch.com
Chicago-based firewood providers, Best Firewood & Mulch, booked Silicon Dales for development work on a custom order process in WooCommerce. The client Best Firewood and…
Introducing the “Pinterest for WooCommerce” WooCommerce extension
In this post, we describe the main features of the Sensei WooCommerce extension. Extension Name: Pinterest for WooCommerce Support: Handled by Premmerce Price: from USD…
Twitter Header Photo Size
This is a new addition, as our old post on Twitter header image dimensions has since gone out of date! The new (current, correct as…
Escrow Clarification – IES Reviews Terms?
If you’re buying or selling a website or domain (primarily, this advice is offered for domain / website sellers, as these are the people who…
How do I get a UPC?
If you are in the UK and would like to trade on Amazon, you can get a UPC by registering with GS1 UK. GS1 UK…
Why Should I Get a .uk Domain?
As we are domain name resellers, and we often register domain names on behalf of clients, we’ve recently been receiving lots of emails about the…
Ensuring Business Security Despite Laptop Ban and Border Password Requests
Many of the electronics restrictions imposed during 2017 have now been lifted. Read more about the 2017 laptop ban here. How to ensure your business…
How to add pictures to Flickr and put them into an album
On a project many moons ago, we used Flickr to display a variety of subject specific image galleries which fed into WordPress based on the…
Relaunch: Constable Burton Hall Caravan Park
Last week, saw the relaunch of a long-standing client site, as Constable Burton Estate had us rebuild their Constable Burton Hall Caravan Park website in…
Introducing the “WooCommerce Aramex” WooCommerce extension
Introducing the “UPS Shipping Method” WooCommerce extension
Introducing the “MyGate Payment Gateway” WooCommerce extension
Introducing the “WooCommerce Waitlist” WooCommerce extension
Cyber Monday Deal – Free WordPress Security Consultation @ Codeable
There’s a great Cyber Monday deal for all you WordPress webmasters out there! Our friends at Codeable are offering a Free WordPress Security Consultation to…
New Year’s Deal – $4 WordPress Consultations including Security and Speed Reports
There’s a great New Year’s deal for all you WordPress webmasters out there! Our friends at Codeable are celebrating their 4th birthday and are offering…
Silicon Dales Parent Becomes Silicon Dales Ltd
Silicon Dales, which had previously been called “24 Hour Trading Ltd trading as Silicon Dales” is now consolidated into the easier to remember “Silicon Dales…
Heavy Products Stores – Customized Delivery and Payment Options
Online stores selling heavy goods such as firewood, construction supplies or liquids need custom delivery and payment options for local and long-distance delivery needs. Silicon…
October – a busy month for domains
Namecheap have released their big data insights for 2018 based on 10 million domains under management. One of the more interesting insights is the impact…
Black Friday Promotion: up to 98% off domain registration at Namecheap
Here at Silicon Dales we usually recommend Namecheap purely for domain registration, though the company offers much more in the way of hosting, security and…
Introducing the “WooCommerce Slack” WooCommerce extension
Introducing the “Name your price” WooCommerce extension
Introducing the “WooCommerce Store Credit” WooCommerce extension
How to setup WordPress & WooCommerce on AWS using Cloudways
This guide is intended to show how to setup a WordPress and WooCommerce installation on Cloudways (a managed cloud hosting panel, which does most of…
Introducing the “PDF Product Vouchers” WooCommerce extension
Save £75 on Jetpack Pro with our Holidays Voucher Code!
Silicon Dales have partnered with Automattic in relation to WordPress.com, Jetpack and WooCommerce. This means we are affiliates for the products and services provided -…
Link Building For E-Commerce | WooCommerce, Shopify, BigCommerce, Volusion
Once you’ve got your e-commerce store up and running, and possibly ticking along nicely with traffic and sales, you’re probably going to want to start…
Magento 1 Support End Date – June 2020 – Migrate to WooCommerce with Silicon Dales
Stores using Magento on Commerce 1 (Enterprise Edition) or Open Source 1 (formerly known as Community Edition) will have their software supported by Magento until…
The Silicon Dales Guide to Updating WooCommerce
WooCommerce is the most popular eCommerce plugin for WordPress. Silicon Dales are verified WooExperts and have a wealth of experience assisting a variety online stores…