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…
WooCommerce 3.7 Update 12th August 2019
News from Silicon Dales
Find company news here from conferences and accreditations to new team members and offices. You’ll also discover special offers, or other content which had no more obvious home than this, admittedly quite general, category (for that’s what this is, a WordPress category archive page).
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…
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…
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…
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…
WooCommerce 11th Birthday Sale – 50% off
WooCommerce is celebrating its 11th birthday with 50% off automatic update and support licences. Get 50% off WooCommerce.com* until midnight on July 17th. Coupon: 11yearsofwoo…
25% off at WP Rocket – 6th Anniversary Special
WP Rocket are now part of the furniture. They’ve been around the website optimization block. They really know their stuff, and, their 6th anniversary has…
Cloudways Summer Voucher Code – 30% off
Our favourite WooCommerce hosts, Cloudways, are now offering a summer sizzler – 30% off for 2 months: Code: SCALEINSUMMER Valid until: 8th July 2019 Use…
Cloudways Voucher Code – a 20% off Coupon from Silicon Dales
Remember when we told you about our favourite WooCommerce hosts, and we mentioned a service called Cloudways, which gives low cost all-but-instant access to managed…
AMP for WordPress 1.2.0 Update 19th June 2019
AMP for WordPress 1.2.0 was released on 19th June 2019. You can see the notice here or the changelog here. Check out the Silicon Dales…
What do I need to do about Strong Customer Authentication?
If you have a WooCommerce store which uses the Stripe integration, you might have received a message like this one recently: “New tools in the…
Silicon Dales at WordCamp Europe: Berlin, 20th-22nd June 2019
Robin Scott from Silicon Dales will be attending WordCamp Europe from 20th – 22nd June 2019. If you’d like to meet up with Robin to…
WooCommerce 3.6.4 Update 27th May 2019
WooCommerce 3.6.4 was released on 27th May 2019. You can see the changelog here. Check out the Silicon Dales Guide to Updating WooCommerce before hitting…
WooCommerce Blocks Update – 2.1.0
There’s a new version of WooCommerce Blocks available. Version 2.1.0 adds the following features: “Feature: Add focal point picker to the Featured Product block, so…
WooCommerce Extensions Sale 2nd – 3rd May 2019
There’s up to 40% off on selected WooCommerce extensions from 2nd – 3rd May 2019. Here’s the full list with links to find out more…
WooCommerce 3.6.2 Update 24th April 2019
WooCommerce 3.6.2 was released on 24th April 2019. You can see the changelog here. Check out the Silicon Dales Guide to Updating WooCommerce before hitting…
AMP Version 1.1.1
AMP has released a new version of its awesome WordPress plugin – harnessing all the benefits of superfast Google infrastructure for your website, with the…
WooCommerce 3.6 Released
WooCommerce 3.6 was released on 17th April 2019. You can see the changelog here. There’s also an additional release, put out one day later to…
Halloween Offer from Silicon Dales: 20% off Security Certificate Installation (HTTPS)
Keep your WordPress website visitors happy and help your search rankings too, by making sure your site security certificate is installed and working. Installation can…
A bid for freedom: moving online sales to Open Source
Migrating an online store to Open Source can be a great way to bust out of vendor lock-in and take back control of your business…
Instagram Has a New Logo
Originally posted on 13 May 2013. Among other things discovered this week, it turns out Instagram has a new logo. This came up while discussing…
Silicon Dales on GitHub
Back in 2015, we finally got Silicon Dales onto GitHub. It’s the versioning tool of choice for most of our partners and counterparts, so we…
WooCommerce Ends Gold, Silver, Bronze – Just WooExperts
This is a slightly retrospective posting, but we are delighted to announce we’ve re-signed our official WooCommerce accreditation for the future, only this time its…
WordPress 5.1 Update – “Betty”
There’s a new WordPress update just been released on 21st February 2019. Called “Betty”, the WordPress 5.1 release builds upon the new editor experience with…
WooCommerce Extension Sale – 22nd February 2019
WooCommerce are running a sale on their range of extensions for 22nd February 2019 only. The deal is as follows: All WooCommerce.com customers receive 22%…
Holidays Promotion: 20% off WordPress family brands
Working on your website this Christmas? Whether you’re sprucing up a homepage or preparing for January sales, there’s a festive treat from the company behind…
WooCommerce 3.5.5 Update – 20th February 2019
If you have a WooCommerce store, this week you will have seen a prompt to update to WooCommerce 3.5.5. This security & fix release went…
FacetWP and the WordPress 5.0 Update
Here at Silicon Dales we’re keeping a close eye on the big WordPress 5.0 update, otherwise known as “Gutenberg”. One of the popular WordPress plugins…