Sandvox User Profile: P W Hemker

To spread info about the IPIR Institute.

Web, AppStore

To minimize the fuss and money spent to get a nice website since iWeb became legacy, expecting that Sandvox will have a long and stable future.

To start with, the program is a superb choice for the non-initiated. Starting with one of the "Designs" available, without any a-priori knowledge you can immediately build your website and "what you see is what you get". You simply include pictures, movies, a page counter, a site map, etc.. Nothing could be easier.

All essential possibilities are there and I found the program more flexible than iWeb. However, if you are used to iWeb you first will miss the free-format page-layout. But after a while you get used to the possibilities that are available , and I even appreciate the framework provided.

One great feature that I missed in iWeb but found in Sandvox is the possibility to insert parts of html yourself within a Sandvox page and have the result checked by an html verifier. If the html is correct, you can immediately inspect the resulting page. If you like -and if you have sufficient knowledge of html- you even can include whole pages of self-made html. Another nice feature is that you can insert, e.g., pdf-files as web-pages.

Although the program comes with about 70 basic "Themes" or "Designs" -that make much of the 'look and feel' of the website you create- and most people will find a Design fitting their taste, I still found the choice a bit restrictive and I would like a simpler possibility to make or adapt such Designs myself.