COSMAC ELF
“One thing I needed was subheadings to break up sections, used mainly on the History page, at present. I used raw HTML to surround a string with <h3> tags for this effect. Raw HTML was also used for the book "A Short Course in Programming," which had been hand-coded HTML from the previous website....” — Dave Ruske
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
William de Lange
“It was love at first site when I saw the Hydrogen design. It is really beautiful. However, I also like some of the new designs Sandvox has released, so I might be considering an overhaul at some stage...” — William de Lange
Absence Management - A Real World Approach
“The website has helped 'Absence Management - A Real World Approach' obtain sales across four continents and rise to the top of the Amazon listings for 'Absence Management'.” — Graham Smith
Artist Colin King illustrator
“I used the simple drag and drop method for my images, which included a couple of simple animations, created in Photoshop.” — Mr. C. King
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
John Pike Art Products
“This website contains a small store where artists can purchase John Pike products, including the "John Pike Regular" and "Big Well Palettes", the books "Watercolor" and "John Pike Paints Watercolors", the videos "Watercolor Demonstrations" and the "Biography of John Pike", and the "Wonderful...” — Laura Jacobs and Shauna Reynolds
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
East Tennessee Farm Stories
“I tried a different design and had the site all finished, but something was not right. I chose another design and it worked just right for me. The colors were just perfect and I liked the way the links worked.” — Mary Beierle
Kristine Suhr
“I chose "distinction grey" because I wanted a very simple and clear website without confusing elements or colors. I want that the focus is only on my work.” — Kristine Suhr
Impression Consultant, Inc.
“I am new to building websites. At this stage, I successfully created a multi lingual site. I will add more functions, such as a blog in the near future.” — Andre Gauthier
ism press books
“It provides a solid and uncluttered color frame for our pages, both offsetting and harmonizing with the colors in our graphics.” — Daniel Jacobs
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
The Marvelous Site
“I chose this design because it is neat and clean but not clinical. It is a design that inspires creativity. It also has a slight Japanese feel to it, and ancient Japanese poetry was the inspiration for the book reviewaka creation.” — Diana L. Armentor
Artist Bonnie Maffei
“You will find the following pages on Bonnie's website: Art Exhibit, oil paintings, Bonnie's TV Interview, Drawings & Prints, Movies, Screenplays, Books, Travel Articles, Eurythmy, Sound Bytes, Blog and 2012 Calendar of Events. The purpose of my website is to show the various art forms I have...” — Bonita Maffei
Tom Seddon
“I chose the particular Sandvox design I am using because it is clean, simple, and easy to navigate by anyone and avoids extraneous "bells & whistles" just for their own sake.” — Thomas Seddon
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
The Bug Barians
“We felt that the design fit in well with a color scheme and outdoorsy feel. We liked it because it wasn't slick. The design is a little rough around the edges and is just the kind of thing The Bug Barians® would feel most at home in.” — Marty Byk
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
Theater 61 Press
“The design felt like it invited the visitor to read, and since we have essays and excerpts, that was a priority.” — Edward Einhorn
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
Mawson Bear
“The design "Outside the Lines- Telegraph Office Fir" looks cheerful and colourful while allowing a lot of other colour options with fonts and pictures. The slightly messy look suggests big but clumsy paws doing their best.” — Mark O'Dwyer
Betty Hafner - Books and Art
“I don't sell my art on my site but I have gotten two sales from people who contacted me and bought two drawings they saw on my site.” — S. Elizabeth Hafner
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
De Walden Press Miniature Handmade Books
“The Outside the Lines Blue design with the page of white hand made paper complements the content of my site. I like the clean white page, and the beautiful deep blue border, and the typeface used for the headings is slightly quirky but still easily readable. The layout is adaptable and presents the...” — Jan Kellett
The Secrets of House Music Production
“This website is used to market a book to help producers learn the secrets of house music production from some of the biggest names in the industry. This book is the essential guide to house music production and the key to producing cutting-edge house music.” — Steve Heap
www.atheatreproject
“my website is designed to promote Richard Pilbrow's new book A THEATRE PROJECT. This is the story of an upstart company, Theatre Projects, in the world of British Theatre that created the stage lighting and sound design professions and revolutionized theatre lighting, sound and technology, then...” — Richard Pilbrow
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
Learn to Meditate in 2 Minutes
“I love using Sandvox - period. It's easy and I can have a site up in minutes without having to think too much about widgets etc. like in Wordpress.” — Sheevaun Moran
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
Quiet-Mom
“I use a few plugins for fun, like the related post plugin that shows thumbnails under each post linking to other posts that might interest the reader.” — Annette Yen
Constructing Walking Jazz Bass Lines
“Within days of the site going online, i was contacted by our first 5 star reviewer wanting to know how to get the books. Thanks for your support. Richard” — Steven Mooney
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
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
Babisoft - Software developed by Stefano Falda
“I started with the default Aqua design because I liked its elegance and simplicity, then I customized it to match my logo colors, so I changed all the colors from cyan to green.” — Stefano Falda
The Elusive Beaches of Eleuthera
“This site was literally put together over a long weekend and has remained mostly untouched for about two years. It is due to be revised when we release the new edition of the book next year.” — Geoff and Vicky Wells
An Apple Pie For Dinner
“I was delighted to find that one of the designs that came with Sandvox used exactly the same color scheme as the cover of my book, An Apple Pie For Dinner. It was the perfect choice!” — Sue VanHecke
Annika Romeyn Illustration
“I choose clean sheets because it was a clean minimal template without a generic or cheap feel to the format, leaving the focus on the content.” — Annika Romeyn
Berry Memorial Library
“I chose this design because it is simple and uncluttered. I looked at many library websites while working on this one, most have multiple columns filled with information. Walls of text in my mind. I believe when people visit the Berry Memorial Library site, the information that they are looking for...” — Brian Emerson
Alistair Forrest - History's treasure brought to life
“My first radio interview about my book was on Radio Europa Mediterraneo (REM FM) and the host of The Book Show had obviously browsed my website. The very first question she asked referred to an obscure book I wrote 25 years ago, which was mentioned somewhere on the site. So I was not only...” — Alistair Forrest
