Getting ready for mobile-first indexing

Google announced on March 5th 2020 that it will be “switching to mobile-first indexing for all websites starting September 2020”. So what do you need to do with your site? Responsive Design Responsive design is pretty much baked-in for many WordPress and WooCommerce websites these days, but if you got your site made a few …

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WooCommerce 4.0 Major Update – Get Assistance

Get assistance with your update to WooCommerce 4.0. Silicon Dales are verified WooExperts and ready to assist with your testing and backup prior to update. Book a WooCommerce Update What’s that message? You may have already seen the new lightbox (“nag screen”) before this update asking whether you’re sure before hitting the update button. It’s …

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WooCommerce 3.9 Update 22nd January 2020

WooCommerce 3.9 was released on 22nd January 2020. You can see the changelog here. Check out the Silicon Dales Guide to Updating WooCommerce before hitting update. This update raises the minimum WordPress and PHP version requirements. If you’d like help to update your version of WordPress or PHP, get in touch. If you’d like a …

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Christmas Opening Hours 2019

Thanks to all our great clients for a wonderful year and Merry Christmas to all our clients, partners and suppliers. Christmas Opening Hours 2019 – for existing clients If you’re on a maintenance contract with Silicon Dales, you will always be able to get a response in line with your Service Level Agreement, even during Christmas – neat, …

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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 Dashboard to prepare for SCA” Hello, Last month, we wrote to tell you about Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), a new European regulatory requirement that will require two-factor authentication on many …

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Avada Theme only $39 for “Cyber Week” 2019

***This offer is now expired.*** The Avada theme is one of the most popular premium themes and here at Silicon Dales we often work with clients who have this theme installed. For those who want a leg up getting their site started, Avada is a handy place to start and is incredibly popular with over …

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Gravity View Seasonal Offer

Silicon Dales recommends Gravity View as one of the many extensions you can use for Gravity Forms. Gravity View gives Gravity Forms users the ability to display Gravity Forms entries on the front-end and even create a Directory with Gravity Forms Data. The makers also ship an extension which allows website admins to import to …

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ShortPixel Seasonal Offer

Silicon Dales recommends ShortPixel as one of the many tools you can use to speed up your own WordPress website or WooCommerce store by compressing images. The Offer 250% more credits for your money on monthly or one-time packages. Example Buys 10,000 credits on a one-time plan for $9.99 – get: 25,000 credits instead! Offer …

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