With a campus-wide license reaching its end, the Digital Programs and Systems group at the George Mason University Libraries found itself in an interesting position; how to help its users migrate to new software tools in a clear and efficient manner? A website seemed like the logical choice, but how could they get one up and running, quickly? The answer: Sandvox. Within an hour, library staff had their migration site up and running and available to provide faculty, staff, and students with the information they needed. As they describe on the department's blog:
Since I wrote this post I've been digging around the help file and various sites on the web. Upgraded my registration to "pro" so I could make use of inline HTML within your templates. Very nice. Also had a brief but very helpful interaction with your support group pointing me to where I could get the code to run the mailme.php program locally rather than relying on your services.karelia.com site. Anyway, I'm now a fan and will be happy to recommend Sandvox.
The Citation Migration site offers members of the campus community the ability to get clear directions through a series of text pages, to make appointments with IT staff for further assistance, and to send questions via a Contact Form pagelet. It also uses the IM Status pagelet to alert readers when staff are available to take their questions and comments via instant messaging. Their site is based on Blueball's Cubicle design for Sandvox, a simple and highly readable design.
It also shows that Sandvox can easily be used to build websites for very technical purposes. If you have a similar need - to design a highly technical website — download Sandvox and put its technical capabilities to the test.