Clients often ask for our recommendation when buying web hosting for WordPress and particularly WooCommerce websites. Here, WooExpert Robin Scott gives guidance on choosing the…
WooCommerce Hosting – Best Hosts for your Store
Staging Environment
A staging environment is a very helpful way to test updates and changes to your live site. An essential part of any update regime, there are a number of ways to maintain a useful staging environment. Find tutorials and case studies below or get in touch to book assistance from Silicon Dales.
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…
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…
Give your WordPress website some TLC this Valentine’s
Every Wordpress website needs tender loving care, to keep up with the latest versions of software, new browsers & devices and the latest security patches.…
Troubleshoot & Fix WooCommerce Subscriptions 2.1 Upgrade Issues
If you recently updated WooCommerce Subscriptions to the much awaited and hotly anticipated version 2.1, you may find that there are a few nifty new features.…
Minimum Requirements for WooCommerce
Below are the minimum requirements for WooCommerce and (by extension) WordPress. Some are taken from WooCommerce, some from WordPress, and also, some, we are adding…
The WooCommerce 3.0 Release – “Bionic Butterfly”
WooCommerce released a major update this week and, by the time of writing, have already released the first patch: 3.0.1. The release, named “Bionic Butterfly”…
Case Study: Update WooCommerce for Reflex Nutrition
Reflex Nutrition engaged Robin Scott from Silicon Dales to update a complex WooCommerce store using the full staging & testing process outlined here, to ensure a…
Case Study: Re-Theme, Migration & Optimization for Client of Xperformm – the Sports Consultancy Agency
Founded in 2013 Xperformm is company rooted in the sports, fitness and physical training arena. XPerformm Inc provide web, social, email and software -as-a-service. We’re…
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…
How to Migrate to WP Engine
Silicon Dales have been very impressed with the Wordpress Web Hosting offering over at WP Engine. From properly formatted caching through to one-click staging environments…