Blog Posts Page 2

Updates to the website menus and navigation

We have seen a steady increase in mobile users visiting the Virtual Swanage website and decline in desktop users over the past few years. In the past we designed the website for a desktop first layout and mobile navigation was a secondary consideration, today the situation has reversed with mobile users being the majority visiting the website. With this change to the user demographic we took the

12 October 2025

November and December updates

Welcome to the following businesses who have added their information to the Purbeck Directory at Virtual Swanage. Swanage RBL - a friendly social club that welcomes its club members and the public si

05 December 2023

Website stats update for the past 12 months

Below is a table showing the visitor stats for the Virtual Swanage website for the past 12 months. Since updating the design of the website a few months ago we have seen a noticeable increase in both

31 October 2023

August 2023 Website Update and News

In the past few months, we have been working on many changes to the website behind the scenes, which improve the speed and compatibility of the website with both mobile and desktop computer users. Th

09 August 2023

25 Years of Virtual Swanage

25 Years ago, we started the Virtual Swanage website with 5 pages, now we have over 2250 pages of local information, events, photos and business listings. For our 25th anniversary we have launched a

29 September 2021

Cycle route videos on youtube

Mountain biker Mike JP from Mike's MTB Adventures has visited Swanage and the Isle of Purbeck on his holidays and created videos of his bike rides in the area. Mike used our cycle routes for some of

14 October 2018

New Events Added

We have added over 60 new events to the local diary

26 July 2018

New electric car charging location

We have added the new charging location to the Electric car charging page.

20 June 2018