Case Study: WooCommerce Optimization for HydrateM8

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Hydration tracker company, HyrdateM8, booked Silicon Dales for a WooCommerce optimization to speed up their online store. The Client HydrateM8 make hydration tracker water bottles – available in a range of styles and colours. Durable, BPA free reusable bottle with a unique tracker on the back which encourages you to drink more water. Improve your …

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How to fill your WordPress website with compelling content

Fresh and relevant writing on your website is an essential way to reach customers, business partners and search engines. But where do you start? The guide below will help you to put together a content strategy and fill your WordPress website with the words you need. Devise a strategy A good plan will help you …

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The must-have SEO tools we use in our business every day

If you’ve been involved with SEO for your own sites or clients sites for any length of time, you’ll understand that the success you achieve is directly related to the tools you have at your disposal. We’ve been providing SEO services for clients and on our own sites for over 10 years now (I’m now …

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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 functions and costs. Benefits Open Source is a great way to future-proof your eCommerce requirements. Here’s how it can offer improvements to the bottom line: Customization Take Open Source code …

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The Silicon Dales Guide to GDPR: What does it mean for WordPress & Open Source?

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 …

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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. …

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A Web Based Electronic Safety Management System (WBESMS)

What does the abbreviation WBESMS mean? Well, sometimes it can be taken to mean a Web Based Electronic Safety Management System (WBESMS). Such systems control the placement, access and updating of Health & Safety related materials. Silicon Dales can help you to move such documents into the Cloud, meaning it is easy to access, store …

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New WordPress “Race Maps” Plugin Built in Silicon Dales

This plugin has been closed and is no longer available for download. This morning, we committed the 1.0 version of a new WordPress plugin, called “Race Maps” to the WordPress plugins repository, on behalf of international running website, Race-Calendar.com. The plugin very simply allows bloggers with an interest in running, or health, to very quickly …

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