Website design, development and hosting
Chris Jerrey 
Let’s have a think about how a website looks: the layout, colours, font and styling generally. If a website is static i.e. made up of separate HTML pages, the styling is part of the page. But if your website uses a theme or template, it is much easier to change the appearance. Our preferred Content … Read more
Happy New Year, I hope you have a great 2015! Pause. Now let’s think about what that actually means. I genuinely offer my good wishes for 2015, I would be very pleased if all my readers had a truly successful 2015. But whilst good wishes are one thing, making it happen is quite another. If … Read more
Christmas is coming (yes, really) and we are thinking about the celebrations and the end of another year. But the end of one year means the beginning of a new one. A new year and new opportunities. If you run a business or an organisation, if you are an artist or performer, you will probably … Read more
If you are at all interested in technology, you will have seen plenty of references to “The Cloud”. You may also have seen the recent stories about celebs having their photos stolen from The Cloud and are wondering if The Cloud is actually a good place to store sensitive material. So let’s answer the question … Read more
Are you making changes, or wanting to make changes to your website? Are you dithering over which font or colour would look best? I have some news for you: It doesn’t matter. “But, but … ” you say. Let me explain. Search engine results are not based on whether you are using Arial or Verdana … Read more
Pictures speak in a different language to words. Sometimes a picture is the only way to convey the true impact of a thing or situation. Having both words and pictures available to you is a powerful combination. If your website is based on a Content Management System (CMS) like WordPress, you have that combination at … Read more
You run a business. It might be a small business running for awhile, or a start up. Your “to do” list says “Get website”. You think: lots of money, fast talking salesman, technobabble, anguish. You go and do something else instead. I’ve spoke to a lot of people who have been there. They are very … Read more
Vapour Trail specialises in websites for small business. If you are a small business, start up, one man band or partnership, we can offer you a reasonably priced and effective website. We understand that you need to use your resources efficiently and may want to work to a tight budget. No problem, we are used … Read more
In the beginning, all web pages were written in HTML. Only webmasters understood HTML, so whenever a website needed updating, the webmaster or web designer had to do the work. But life moves quickly, information changes and news needs to be reported. A better way of working was needed. A Content Management System (CMS) allows … Read more
If you are in business, you need a website created by a professional business website builder. Here at Vapour Trail we have more than ten years experience of creating websites. We know what works and what doesn’t. We also have more than ten years experience of dealing with business clients and we know what they … Read more