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terrence

Administrator

Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

As requested by a forum member, I think it would be great to see what sites people have been creating with Sandvox 2. I'll start: Karelia Software

Yes, it's an "upgrade" originally built with Sandvox 1 but starting to take advantage of new features. And lately we've been rev'ing it almost every day.

Who else wants to share? Reply to this or start a new topic in this area with the name of your site or its URL.

StefanG

Hero

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

My first site built in Sandox 1.68 and then imported to Sandvox 2.03:

Feedbackakademin.se/

..then I am translating it to english (some work to do):

feedbackacademy.eu/

I am using the BlueBall Design Gravity (love it and are hoping I will see more features if the decide to upgrade that themes).

Before I hade the site in iWeb (it looked messy and was a total failure in a SEO-perspective). I have to say iWeb is more or less useless if you want to be found with google/bing and such.
In sweden the site was always 100+ when searching for the word Feedback in Google.

After I changed to SEO-friendly Sandvox and some tweeking/help, I am on first page (#6) when you search for Feedback in sweden.

So thank you guys at Karelia, you have done a great job!

Last edited by StefanG (May 20, 2011 12:33 am)

voxdf

Hero

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

I am a high school teacher teaching English second language and I’ve always had an internet site for my students. I used Golive which gave me great freedom and was very powerful but was also very labour intensive especially when updating frequently. I then switched to iWeb because of its ease of use and the fact that it was easy to build nice sites rapidly. The fact that google could not find it was not really a problem for me since my students all know where to find it. What really did in using iWeb was the fact that the School Commission changed its servers and iWeb could no longer upload to my server space. (The irony of it is that they changed for Apple servers.) Thus I had to find a solution, I finally used my Me.com account but that is not really what I wanted. I tried RapidWeaver with the same results, would upload once then bomb when trying to upload again. Finally I tried Sandvox and it worked, I could upload with no problem and everything worked.  In my case I find that iWeb is more flexible when it comes to laying out the site (ex: each page can use its own template but Sandvox has a work around that isn’t too onerous). Sandvox, on the other hand, has some more powerful features such as the contact page or object, the scroll down hierarchical menus, putting other web pages inside of one of your site pages etc. and of course the fact that I can finally upload to the school server.
The site is new since I had just started it using 1.6.8 and experimenting with the program when SV 2 came out. I transferred to v2 and all went pretty well except for the photo section which wouldn’t upload correctly so I just separated it from the main site and all went well.
Here is the site:
http://pages.csdgs.net/~u119713267/

mastermixaudiomedia

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

I'll bite.

http://mastermixaudiomedia.com/

terrence

Administrator

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

Very cool! I love to see this: keep 'em coming!

terrence

Administrator

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

That's strange. It should be there, unless the automated process the site for some reason. Would you mind dropping a line to Karelia Support with the URL you submitted so we can track down what's happening. sandvoxsites.com isn't something I wrote the back-end code for, so I'm not sure what's going on. Karelia Support will direct it to the right person.

Bob Swims

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

http://johnslanding.org - Portland's guide to the John's Landing Neighborhood (not completed, about 60% done)

PS. My sites are designed in Sandvox 1.x

It looks like Susanne's (11 MystiCS) design ported over to SV2. Did you have any problems with it?

demircik

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

My business site was done on Sandvox 1, now updated to 2. Love it!

http://www.dsstudio.co.uk

Same with my partners site- this really improved with 2:

http://www.55factory.net

Michelle

Hero

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

My site contains podcast interviews with public officials in the state of Maine, including the governor, treasurer, and "movers & shakers".

It also contains close to 1,000 photographs of northern Maine.

NorthOfBangor.com

I had put it up in the old version, but it was so much spaghettios in redone and imported code that I redid it all yesterday.

MUCH easier than the old version of Sandvox!

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Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—   
I took the one less traveled by,   
And that has made all the difference.
(No. Really!)

SeaLight

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

My business site was done on Sandvox 1, now updated to 2. Love it!

http://www.dsstudio.co.uk

Whats the initial design you used with this?

Jason

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

My business site was done on Sandvox 1, now updated to 2. Love it!

http://www.dsstudio.co.uk

Whats the initial design you used with this?

I think it is earth & sky blue.

cdresel

Hero

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

Hi all,
My three class sites are now ported over to SV2 and I really like the flexibility.

Here they are:
http://web.me.com/cdresel/socialstudies7/
http://web.me.com/cdresel/socialstudies8/
http://web.me.com/cdresel/geography/

One great new feature of SV2 is the 3rd party plug in potential. Check out this page made with the Accordian plug in. It allowed me to match the theme colors in the design, pretty slick:
http://web.me.com/cdresel/socialstudies … index.html

voxdf

Hero

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

Very nice educational site... I am also a teacher and slowly redoing my English Second Language site for my students. I especially liked the preview using the accordion plugin. I’ll have to look into it. :o)

Next day: I finally got the accordion plug in and used it to make a chapter by chapter synopsis for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde that my students study in ESL. Great plug-in I’ll have to find other uses for it. I also used JavaHotpotatoes (it’s free from the U of Victoria) to make interactive vocabulary tests and questionnaires which I integrated into my pages using an external page object. It works like a charm.

http://pages.csdgs.net/~u119713267/jh/synopsis/

Last edited by voxdf (June 8, 2011 6:52 pm)

StefanG

Hero

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

very nice sites, and the use of Accordian is great.
Now I need to find use for Accordian in any of my sites!!! Great stuff!

(a few hours later..I did!     http://feedbackacademy.eu/reactions-to-feedback/  , I love the Plug-ins from SandvoxPlugins.com!)

Last edited by StefanG (June 6, 2011 7:32 am)

cmillar

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

Just finished this up with Sandvox 2.0.5. I haven't done anything 'too fancy', but have links to audio files, video (YouTube clips), PDF's, etc.

I use the available Media 5 plugin for the audio, and used the built-in Media Player for the videos.

www.cammillar.com

Noggin

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

I downloaded Sandvox last night and have worked on this today. First web site I have worked on other than the 1 page site a GO DADDY. There is a lot I want to do with this site for this kid. I like the software.
http://jacobgomesracing.com
I would gladly except any suggestions, critiques or comments.
Cheers!
Noggin

Noggin

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

Thanks Joseph,
I also had problems with the width and the way it looks. My wife picked up on that right away. Any suggestions on where to get the premium themes? I am running Sandvox 2.0, are there any preloaded?
Thanks,
Noggin

alykhan

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

This is one of my sites.   http://www.boeing-747.com/.  I actually have about 22 other aviation sites all built with Sandvox.  I've converted most of them to Sandvox 2.0 but haven't taken advantage of the new features or some of the new plugins that are starting to show up.

jmschwartz

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

I'm in the process of converting our Russian travel portal into 2.0, but for now my academic website is fully 2.0:

http://schwartz1949.com

BTW, the Russian travel portal is http://itravelazbuka.com

Skipper Mary

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

Using Behind the Rabbit

http://www.sailinggreenbay.net

mastermixaudiomedia

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

This is one of my sites.   http://www.boeing-747.com/.  I actually have about 22 other aviation sites all built with Sandvox.  I've converted most of them to Sandvox 2.0 but haven't taken advantage of the new features or some of the new plugins that are starting to show up.

I'm an aviation nut, so I definitely think this is a cool site! Visited the 747-8 and 787 assembly lines on the Boeing plant tour a couple of years ago... going to have to check out the rest of the sites!

sjohnston

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

Thanks for the opportunity to share. Just completed my first Sandvox website for my educational consulting business: www.sjohnstonconsulting.com

ZvonimirP

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

Done on Sandvox 1, updated to Sandvox 2 :

- http://www.vodice-apartmani.com.hr/
- http://www.apartmaninedadrage.com/

New done in Sandvox 2 :   http://www.drvenekuceimasivnipodovi.com/

Web sites are in Croatian language.

Steven

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

Hi ZvonimirP,

Nice websites.
Wat do you used for the picture slideshow on the homepage of http://www.apartmaninedadrage.com?
How do you put the slider in Sandvox?

Thanks, Steven

Done on Sandvox 1, updated to Sandvox 2 :

- http://www.vodice-apartmani.com.hr/
- http://www.apartmaninedadrage.com/

New done in Sandvox 2 :   http://www.drvenekuceimasivnipodovi.com/

Web sites are in Croatian language.

Last edited by Steven (July 28, 2011 11:19 am)

ZvonimirP

Member

Re: Got any cool sites built with Sandvox you'd like to share?

Hi ZvonimirP,

Nice websites.
Wat do you used for the picture slideshow on the homepage of http://www.apartmaninedadrage.com?
How do you put the slider in Sandvox?

Thanks, Steven

Done on Sandvox 1, updated to Sandvox 2 :

- http://www.vodice-apartmani.com.hr/
- http://www.apartmaninedadrage.com/

New done in Sandvox 2 :   http://www.drvenekuceimasivnipodovi.com/

Web sites are in Croatian language.

Hi Steven

The program is WOW Slider (http://www.wowslider.com/) and the program is available 11 templates from 11 transition effects. Intended for the home page and is very easy to integrate into website.

From the same company uses the program VisualLightBox (http://visuallightbox.com/) for Photo Gallery - example: http://www.apartmaninedadrage.com/engli … hotos.html

Thanks, Zvonimir