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1. #Example sandvox websites update#
2. #Example sandvox websites full#
3. #Example sandvox websites software#

I could copy-and-paste text, but not if it contained embedded images. This appeared to be a problem with OS X, or at least an incompatibility between iWeb, OS X, and Sandvox. But I found that I could not simply copy-and-paste or drag-and-drop a whole page (a formatted collection of text, links and images) out of iWeb and into Sandvox.

#Example sandvox websites update#

On the positive side this allowed me to validate and update its content and layout. I had to move my old website page-by-page across to my new Sandvox site. This sounded like a positive point, but it actually turned out to be a major constraint. One of the selling-points of Sandvox (and RapidWeaver - see below) is that they support ' responsive web design ', or the ability to make webpages render properly across a variety of devices and screen sizes. The idea that the authoring tool would generate HTML 5 code that would be compatible with different browsers on different platforms also sounded useful. However I do want drag-and-drop publishing and the ability to drop text, images and photos directly into my webpages. Nor do I need flexible photo galleries, social media features, blogging tools, or " code that aids organic discovery by search engines like Google and Bing ". It must be said that authoring tools such as Sandvox offer features I don't need, for example "a wide range of designs", when I just use one. I had to start doing the migration by hand, webpage-by-webpage. This might have been possible for a website with an ultra-simple layout, but my website could not be automatically migrated. Īlso Sandvox had offered the option to simply migrate a whole website from iWeb to Sandvox.

#Example sandvox websites full#

None of the standard templates offered a full screen width page, so I went with the add-on web page template Apex by Blueball Design.

Migration actually was more problematic than expected. I just felt that it looked well established and it appeared to offer the easiest migration path out of iWeb. iWeb worked perfectly for me, but there were increasingly reports of its instability as operating systems evolved, so the " writing was on the wall ".įinally I started to hunt around for an alternative, and after looking at a variety of options, I picked Sandvox. However I continued to use it through to 2016. I honestly can't remember why I picked SiteHQ, but I must admit so far they have provided an excellent service.īefore Apple introduced iCloud, it had already stopped developing iWeb in 2011. In early 2011 I decided to move my website to a different host. At the same time Apple also offer a hosting service called MobileMe, which in 2012 was replaced with the iCloud.

#Example sandvox websites software#

įor the website authoring tool I picked iWeb, Apple's WYSIWYG template-based tool which came as part of the early iLife software suite. Firstly a host, and secondly, a simple, easy to use website authoring tool. When I first started to create my website, I needed two things.

Web Authoring with RapidWeaver - what I've learned so far