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DESCRIPTION
Sandvox is fast becoming the website creation tool for people who want to spend time developing their lives, not their websites. Creating a website can be easy and elegant. Drag and drop content, watch your site take shape as you create it, and make it available to others with Sandvox's publishing assistant. Sandvox is that simple - and that powerful.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.2.7:
  • Removed WebKit version warning on Mac OS X 10.4.11. Sandvox now requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or higher.
  • Graphical Title Text replacement now works again under Leopard!
  • Movie page/pagelets now support WMV files correctly in Internet Explorer 7.
  • Movie page/pagelets now allow .swf media to be chosen through inspector.
  • Comments on the home page can now be turned off using the Page inspector.
  • Updates to Digg pagelet. (Note that Digg has changed its API: links to things you've Dugg now go to your page on Digg, rather than directly to the item. This is Digg's own internal change.)
  • Grey Leaf design now includes improved background image.
  • Added A2 Hosting to list of suggested ISPs in Host Setup assistant.
  • Minor bugfixes.
  • Minor design fixes.
  • Improvements to iMedia Browser, including new movie thumbnailing code (Build 539).
  • Updates to Help.
Version 1.2.6:
  • Removed custom WebKit version. This version now requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or higher.
  • Updated Google Analytics to match latest code from Google. (References to urchin.js have been removed.) If you are using Google Analytics you'll want to republish your entire site to make sure that the latest Analytics code is uploaded for every page.
  • Google Sitemaps are now generated using the latest XML standard from sitemaps.org. If you are using Google Sitemaps, please republish your site to pick up these changes.
  • Improvements to keychain handling under Leopard.
  • Solved an obscure, intermediate crash in IM Status pagelet and Page Counter pagelet.
  • Solved a case where editing raw HTML of a rich text page was reverting back to green + after editing.
  • Fixed intermittent crash for rich text blocks starting with tags.
  • Improved compatibility with talktalk.net servers.
  • Minor updates to a few designs. (Several designs now use non-breaking spaces in site menus by default for a better overall appearance.)
Version 1.2.5:
  • Fix for News window not showing contents under Leopard.
  • Fix for External Link pages under Leopard.
  • Fix for Download pages immediately forgetting media under Leopard.
  • Pages containing an Embedded Page pagelet are now generated as XHTML Transitional.
  • Space characters in site menus are now non-breaking.
  • Changed JPEG compression sample image in application preferences to better reflect changes in quality scale.
  • The JPEG compression sample image can now be temporarily changed by dropping in a new picture.
  • Fix for intermittent crash during publishing.
  • Fixes to some designs, including new placeholder images.
  • Better console logging on Leopard.
Version 1.2.4:
  • 1.2.4 is officially supported by Karelia as "Leopard" (Mac OS X 10.5 ) compatible.
  • Known Issue: Apple's initial Leopard release, on Intel-based Macs only, contains a bug in Quartz that causes graphical titling in Sandvox to fail under certain circumstances. We are working with Apple to resolve this issue in a future update to Leopard.
  • Graphical title text size should now be consistent across all pages within a site.
  • Fixes to many designs, including better title placement.
  • Fixed issue where dragging a page down within a nested collection would move it one row too far.
  • Media aliases now attempt to correct and save pointers to their new underlying locations. (This should improve compatibility with iPhoto '08, among other apps.)
  • Fixed a bug with duplicate media references and media garbage collection, introduced in 1.2.3, that incorrectly removed images under some circumstances.
  • Added Spotlight optimization to enhance performance.
  • Minor bugfixes and cosmetic fixes for Leopard.
  • Worked around image drag and drop problem in Leopard WebKit by parsing file:// URLs directly and treating as drops of images.
  • Minor cosmetic/compatibility improvements on several designs.
  • Width of site outline in the window is now restored when re-opening a document.
  • Updates to Help pages.
Version 1.2.3:
  • Optimization that speeds up performance with large sites.
  • Preliminary Leopard compatibility. (Developers who have access to Leopard are encouraged to test Sandvox under Leopard.)
  • Photo albums and Photo weblogs generate an RSS feed that is compatible with PicLens, for full-screen slideshows. To force "original" (full-size) images in the display, see the new hidden preference "RSSFeedEnclosuresAreOriginalImages" in the Help pages.
  • Added support for .Mac Personal Domains.
  • Fix to problem where text blocks that contained only an img, object, or embed tag would be replaced with an editing marker in the Web View, essentially hiding those text blocks.
  • Improved handling of embedded images, including better performance for text blocks with large numbers of embedded images.
  • External Link pages should now honor the "open in new window" setting correctly in all cases.
  • Fix to problem where code injection at a particular "level" with an empty value was hiding the "inherited" value from the containing collection.
  • Images imported from .doc and .rtfd documents should now scale properly to in-line (medium) size.
  • Fix to problem where removing a custom article summary would sometimes copy the custom text into the underlying page.
  • Fixes to several designs, mostly for improved IE 7 compatibility.
  • Minor updates to toolbar icons and design thumbnails.
  • Updated media browser to latest version. Now includes new preference settings on the "back" of the window (use the "i" button in the title bar).
  • Updates to Help pages.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later. Quartz-Extreme-capable Mac required for some features.
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SCREENSHOT

Developer:Karelia Software
Downloads:17,855
  - Version d/l:3,511
Development:HTML
License:Demo
Date:26 Mar 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$49.00
RATING
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Sandvox User Reviews (36 posts)Write A Review
Mar 26 2008
*****

MILTON MATHERS  I highly recommend the Sandvox 1.2.6 version software. I have tried the .mac program, and it didn't work for the simple mind that I have. But, then came along Sandvox. I was able to get a website up in no time. If I can get a site up using this software, anyone can, honestly.

View my site: http://homepage.mac.com/miltonmathers/.mac/

Thanks again Sandvox.

Milton Mathers  (Version 1.2.6)

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Jan 28 2008
*****

J_FYSH  I have tried several web site creation tools over the years on both Mac & PC. I have never been happy with any of them (Frontpage, iWeb, Rapidweaver, Freeway) either due to a lack of decent, stylish templates or because they do not allow me to edit certain HTML code, or because they require a higher level knowledge of HTML than I posess.

Finally I have found a happy medium between style, power & ease of use. I have opted for the 'pro' version of Sandvox which allows me to inject or edit HTML code throughout the site (not that I have had to very often). The code produced is not like iWeb - bloated and slow & it doesn't embed text as images 0 they remain as text. Pages load / render at a reasonable rate, compatability between browsers seems excellent (I have tested with IE6, IE7, Safari, Firefox, Opera), and (at last!) an easy to create contact form that actually sends mails out without PHP / scripting skills on my part.

I also like the google tools integration supplied with the pro version. I had no idea that google analytics / webmaster tools existed, much less have known how to send data to them...

The first site I have created which has gone live is:-

http://www.grinningfish.co.uk/

Ok, it's not amazon.com, but it is perfect for it's intended purpose.

Well done Karelia! Oh, and thanks for the rapid response to any questions I have sent.  (Version 1.2.6)

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Jan 7 2008
****.

TUISHIMI  Good product, chock full of excellent features and generates very customizable and professional looking websites. My only complaint has been (and yes, I have sent mail to the developers) the performance as my photo albums, blog-like pages and other media-rich pages grow.

In the past hangs and crashes have been an issue, but in recent versions they seem to be eliminated.

This product really can get a website up literally overnight.

Examples of a couple sites I have thrown together:

http://homepage.mac.com/candiazoo/anthemzoo

http://www.starlightcommunitytheater.org  (Version 1.2.6)

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Nov 13 2007
*****

STUDIOS_DRAKKAR  I have just completed the following site using Sandvox:

http://www.studiosdrakkar.com/

As you can see, I managed to create a trully professionnal web site for my photography business, thanks to your outstanding program !  (Version 1.2.4)

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