Sandvox 1.1.1 review
DownloadSandvox is a powerful, playful new website creation tool, for Mac OS X from Karelia Software – the developer of Watson.
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Sandvox is a powerful, playful new website creation tool, for Mac OS X from Karelia Software – the developer of Watson.
Instant Gratification. Sandvox makes Web site creation elegant, intuitive and fun. It's the Macintosh way — the way it should be: drag and drop content, watch your site take shape as you create it, and publish. Sandvox makes it easy to keep in touch via the Web with friends, family and customers
Express Yourself. Sandvox will help you be more creative on the Web. Parents, share your experiences in bringing up baby. Small business owners, show your customers your latest products and services. Authors, publish your stories. Photographers, share your libraries with the world. Families, keep your friends up to date with more than just a holiday letter.
Here are some key features of "Sandvox":
Live, Rich Text Editing: No “Preview” Necessary
Drag and Drop Website Assembly
Stylish Designs (Two dozen so far!)
Build and Publish Your Own Weblog
Innovative Pagelets™ Provide Micro-content on Your Pages
Share Your Photos Online
Make Yourself Heard: Publish Your Audio as a Podcast
Publish Your Site on Any Provider — or On Your Own Mac
Raw HTML and Advanced Features (Pro Version).
Limitations:
THIS IS A PUBLIC BETA VERSION AND WILL EXPIRE.
What's New:
New German localization, courtesy of Jens Hembach.
Document windows now restore their full positions, including origin, upon opening.
Selected images within a block of text are now highlighted more like Apple Mail; the yellow "halo" that Sandvox drew around selected images was often being inadvertently published. (The selection region with the new highlighting is a little odd in some cases; we are waiting for a fix from Apple for this to be made right.)
Fixes to problems with the green "+" editing markers: Adding a block of text now selects the placeholder text; removing a block of text now replaces the empty area with the editing marker.
Fixed issue with RSS feeds containing incorrect image paths for scaled images. Additionally, RSS feeds are now always sorted reverse chronological, regardless of the sorting of the collection it indexes.
Site outline contextual menus have been greatly improved: selection is altered, if necessary, to reflect exactly which page(s) will be affected by menu actions; the full range of actions are now available for all pages via the contextual menu, including the home page.
Added menus to toolbar items so the toolbar is useable in "Text Only" mode.
Improvements to image scaling quality. We now use the Epeg thumb-nailing library (introduced in 1.0.2 for speed improvements) for thumbnails only, not scaling of full-size images.
The Web View now loads images in the background, making the program more responsive.
Major improvements to marking pages that need to be uploaded for incremental publishing.
Photo pages now display a mini-thumbnail in the site outline.
iMedia browser: "Music" folder now appears in list.
Improvements to SFTP connections that improve public key validation and prevent crashing in edge cases.
We now restrict names of files and folders in a URL to be ASCII characters (Roman alphabet without diacritical marks) only since many ISPs forbid use of other characters.
Fixes and updates to many designs. You may want to publish your entire site to make sure these fixes appear on your website.
Several errors and crashers fixed.
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