Robert Hirsch
“The simple design was exactly what I needed. The design I chose let me build out only the features I wanted (about page, photos, and a blog method of describing my projects). Frankly, all that and the dark background was exactly what I wanted.” — Robert Hirsch
Geerten Meijsing
“After sniffing around a bit among the possible variants, I finally found this one the best looking for my purpose and also the most adapted in its outlay.” — Geerten Jan Maria Meijsing
Michael's Pen
“Since I switched to Sandvox, several visitors have commented that my site looks better than it ever has before.” — Michael C. Glaviano
Gerry Renert | Author
“I chose the Sandvox design I'm using because it was simple, and I really liked the sidebar display for things like an "Amazon List."” — Gerry Renert
Jeremy Dronfield
“I used code injection for two purposes: to customise the fonts and colours for text and headings; and to introduce a custom horizontal rules (a nice fading-ends hr snippet I found online).” — Jeremy Dronfield
New at the Museum
“Yellow is used for attention getting, so it is a good color for a news announcement. The use of a sidebar adds continuity and coordinates the content. The graphic material selected lends dignity and importance without being heavily institutional and boring. The title of the design is Sunburst,...” — Steven S. Means
Desert Palm Press
“Desert Palm Press publishes books for lesbians. Learn about Desert Palm Press books available now, Desert Palm Press authors, how to contact the publisher and obtain information about Desert Palm Press authors.” — AJ Adaire
Boreoccidentales
“Because we are encouraging email, I decided to add the Datalogica webmail w/ captcha form. This was a challenge, given my limited knowledge of HTML, but I'm patient and I got great support from Datalogica. It was really fun to incorporate a YouTube feature! I am now researching how to create...” — Erica M. Swanson
David Alan Wolf
“I chose the Cirrus Design because I liked the clean and flexible look of the site. It fit in well with my content and the graphics that I have created for the site - www.davidalanwolf.com I did look at the other designs but ultimately went with the Cirrus Design.” — David Wolf
ND Richman
“I wanted a design that was simple with straight lines, no pictures, not childish or too serious or too bright, and a slight artistic flair. I found all of this in "Outside the Lines" with a green border.” — N. David Rvachew
Chris Bradford
“I created my website in less than 4 days as I was under pressure to complete before my wife gave birth to our second child!” — Chris Bradford
Rhea Rhodan
“Choosing the appropriate Sandvox theme took more time than setting up the site! It's very important to me that my web site reflect my personal style and the style of my writing. It also has to be easy to read and navigate.” — Rhea Rhodan
A.J. Aaron Online
“When the people that knew me saw this website over the last one they finally realized that I truly do make my living as a writer now. The old website just didn't leave that impression to them or to strangers.” — A.J. Aaron
Mary Johnson
“Oh - I did make a custom banner. That took me awhile, but, if I can do it, anyone can! I purchased an image from Shutterstock, then pulled it into Photoshop to resize it so it would fit the space the template gave me. That - getting it to fit - was the hardest part! But I've gotten compliments on...” — Mary Johnson
Sleeping Dogs: The Thriller
“I incorporated some materials from a former version of the site on iWeb. I also created a Rogue's Gallery for photos, a News section in place of the typical blog, and a section for posting samples of my writing efforts.” — John Wayne Falbey
Jefferson Fish
“Home: Table of Contents and a brief description of the message of The Myth of Race. About: A brief description of my relevant background, pictures of the covers of my previous books, and a few endorsements by prominent people. Brief Vita: A brief academic biography, references for all of my...” — Jefferson Fish
Anniklafarge.com
“I'm using Blueball Gravitas, and I love it. It's clean, simple, and has given me lots of flexibility to create different kinds of pages. All Sandvox designs do that, of course, but this one works particularly well for me, and I'm currently building another site with it that will launch soon. I had...” — Rafael Cortes
Michael Enfield
“I've compiled a sampling of my work, some of which you may recall having seen somewhere, sometime.” — Michael Enfield
Peter Twohig
“This website has been around. When I first got my book deal with HarperCollins, I went looking for a platform building software. I actually built three websites, using Sandvox, Rapidweaver and Wordpress, and actually published them to see what they were like to work with. In spite of the other two...” — Peter Twohig
Dannie Abse
“The design was chosen because of its simplicity and clarity. The website does not have a huge amount of content, but the content that is there needs to be clear and legible. The audience of the site would expect a serious, focussed site - and this design helps achieve that.” — David Abse
Linda Katmarian, Author
“I'm a novice, but I created my own collage for my banner. For main tabs, I use pages with a side panel. For topics, I use a plain page with no side panel. I used some of the content from my blog to help build content.” — Linda Katmarian
The Official Site of George M. Moser
“My website is for information about my upcoming novels. My first novel is called Nine Lives and will be published early 2012. I am an author of horror and thrillers.” — George M. Moser
George L. Strout
“I used only my own photos in the entire site. I used a favorite HTML snippet for a scrolling banner on the web design pages.” — George Strout
Dean Zatkowsky
“This is a bit embarrassing, but the photos I wanted to use featured people looking to the left. So I grabbed the first design with a sidebar on the left. Fortunately, it's a nice design.” — Dean Zatkowsky
Professor Jonathan Newman
“I periodically change my design template (a snap in Sandvox). I am always looking for a clean design that looks both professional and aesthetically pleasing at the same time. My current template was produced by a third-party design company called Behind The Rabbit.” — Jonathan Newman
NamesPro.ca
“The design I chose was a good match for me because it was simple and allowed me to tailor it to reflect me as a writer.” — Susan Blakeney
J.R. Templer, Author
“I walked into the room blind and just started feeling around, followed the prompts, used the video instructions and help...a lot. I haven't learned about raw HTML. I consider my site a work in progress. I'm not done with it. But still, it does what I need it to do at this time. I hope to be able to...” — James Templer
Jonathan Schkade author site
“I tried to do a lot of crosslinking within the site to make it easier for users to find the information they want right when they want it.” — Jonathan Schkade
What If Island
“My website was designed to let people know about a series of books I wrote that focus on a better tomorrow. In the island series of books I wrote there is both fantasy and reality. Imagine if you will the life you would like to live. What would it entail? The stories I created in What If Island as...” — Marsha Kelter
Common Sense Kundalini
“We created a page on stillness. It was the first instance of using the carousel widget code from Amazon.” — JJ Semple
Life Force Books
“This was our first website; we got some things wrong, but learned a lot in the process — how to name pages and how to leave space for adding content without destroying the URL hierarchies.” — JJ Semple
vintagephotorevival.com
“I chose the Sandvox design, Clockwork because it is relevant to the kind of work I do - bringing old photos back to life. Old photos are times past.” — Deke Castleman & Shirlee Severs
TheAuthorOnline.com
“It has a large banner at the top and lots of white space. It's simple, elegant, and helped me get the look I wanted.” — Rafael Cortes
Dr. Catherine P. Perry, M.Ed., DD Author, Spiritual Healer
“My Web site helped me to have a professional online presence that attracted a producer to invite me as a guest on a popular radio show! He Googled me to check out who I am ~ He was satisfied that my business is legitimate and that I am the expert I purport to be.” — Catherine P. Perry
A Stone on Their Cairn / Clach air An Càrn — A Cape Breton Saga
“My website features a fair amount of video and audio media, but I was not entirely happy with QuickTime, as I kept receiving complaints (especially from Windows users) that they were unable to view videos. So I purchased Mac software to convert movies and audio clips to Flash, and used Sandvox's...” — Stuart Fraser
Golden Flower Meditation
“We used our Life Force Books site for a marketing test to see whether people would discover JJ Semple's second book, "The Backward-Flowing Method: The Secret of Life and Death." When he finished the book, we printed up some "Publisher's Bound Galleys." These look just like a real book, but are...” — JJ Semple
