Karelia Software

ALAMEDA, CA, USA, December 10, 2008: Karelia Software has released version 1.5.3 of Sandvox (R), its award-winning website creation software for Mac OS X, and is offering holiday savings on both the Regular and Pro Editions of Sandvox.

Version 1.5.3 is a maintenance release that includes important updates and fixes, including including better support for animated GIF images and loading of third-party plugins.  This new version is compatible with the recently released version (1.5) of the Sandvox Developers' Kit. To take advantage of new plugins from Karelia and third parties, Karelia is urging all current users to update, and is inviting others to jump in the Sandvox and give it a try.

Sandvox 1.5.3 is available for downloading on a trial basis and for purchase in both Regular and Pro editions from Karelia's website. Single-user licenses are regularly US$49.00 and US$79.00 respectively, but between December 10th and 24th, Karelia Software is offering 20% off purchases. Using the coupon code SANTAVOX, Karelia's online store will generate the discount, which also applies to gift purchases.

ALAMEDA, CA, USA, November 5, 2008: Karelia Software has released version 1.5.2 of Sandvox®, its award-winning software that allows Macintosh users to create compelling websites.

Version 1.5.2 boasts over 50 enhancements, including smoother handling of media and various improvements to pages and pagelets, with updates to page archives, contact forms, collection indexes, Amazon lists, photo grids, sitemaps, raw HTML editing, and QuickLook previews. Under-the-hood improvements speed file handling and offer greater stability. Version 1.5.2 also includes the latest version of the Karelia iMedia Browser, which features improved live updating of media libraries and the ability to quickly and easily browse and drag photos, music, movies, and bookmarks directly into Sandvox sites.

Karelia Announces Sandvox 1.5, A Major Upgrade to Its Award-Winning Website Creation Software

ALAMEDA, CA, USA, September 4, 2008: Karelia Software today announced the release of version 1.5 of Sandvox®, a major update to its award-winning website creation software for Mac OS X.

Version 1.5 includes dozens of new features and over 150 improvements, updates, and performance enhancements. Thanks to helpful feedback from current Sandvox users and to the tremendous support of the Mac OS X community, Karelia is pleased to make it possible for even more Mac users to create websites faster and easier by offering:

- major improvements to media processing, making it easier than ever to create and publish multimedia and media-intensive sites;

ALAMEDA, CA, USA, July 22, 2008: Karelia Software announces the release of version 1.2.8 of Sandvox®, its award-winning website creation software for Mac OS X, now with direct support for MobileMe.

Version 1.2.8 is a free update incorporating performance enhancements and improved compatibility with MobileMe, Apple's successor to .Mac. Sandvox 1.2.8 adds direct support for websites hosted through web.me.com, including MobileMe personal domains, and continues to support existing .Mac websites hosted at either homepage.mac.com or web.mac.com. Additionally, Sandvox's built-in media browser has been updated to include support for iPhoto Events and new Help pages have been added featuring MobileMe-specific information.

ALAMEDA, CA, USA, March 26, 2008: Karelia Software announces the release of version 1.2.7 of Sandvox®, its award-winning website creation software for Mac OS X.

Version 1.2.7 is a free update that offers several bugfixes, performance enhancements, and improved compatibility. This update includes:

- Improvements to graphical text title replacement and enhancements to several designs;

- Support for A2 Hosting in the Sandvox Host Setup Assistant;

- Bugfixes and enhancements to improve support for WMV files in pages and pagelets when Sandvox sites are viewed in Internet Explorer 7; and

- Improvements to the iMedia Browser.

Sandvox features drag-and-drop website assembly, live editing without a preview mode, over forty stylish designs, and seventeen different pagelets. It's the easy, elegant website creation tool for people who want to spend time developing their lives, not their websites.

ALAMEDA, CA, USA, October 16, 2007: Karelia Software announced the release of the Karelia iMedia Browser, a free utility to add the familiar "media browser" experience to just about any Mac application.

Built from the ground up to resemble the media browser found in several Apple applications, the Karelia iMedia Browser is a stand-alone utility that can be used to quickly access a user's library of photos, sounds, movies, or bookmarks.

"We initially built an iMedia Browser into Sandvox, our website-creation tool, because we wanted Sandvox users to be able to access their media as easily as they could from Apple's own programs," said Dan Wood of Karelia Software. "Since it's a general need, we decided to release it as a utility that can be used in conjunction with just about any other application as well."

ALAMEDA, CA, USA, July 17, 2007: Karelia Software announces the release of version 1.2.2 of Sandvox™, the easy, elegant website creation tool for people who want to spend time developing their lives, not their websites.

Version 1.2.2 offers many improvements, including:

- updated designs with viewport settings for optimized display on iPhones;

- fixes to SFTP publishing and for publishing to CommunigatePro FTP servers;

- improvements to several pagelets and pagelet templates, including the Amazon List pagelet;

- modifications to collection index pages allow comments to be supported in both individual entries and on the index page in response to our feedback from our blogging users

Sandvox 1.2.2 is available for downloading and purchase from Karelia's website at <http://www.karelia.com> in both Regular and Pro editions. Single-user licenses are US$49.00 and US$79.00, respectively. Household licenses (allowing multiple users in one household) and site licenses are also available.

ALAMEDA, CA, USA, June 6, 2007: Karelia Software announces the release of version 1.2.1 of Sandvox™, the easy, elegant website creation tool for people who want to spend time developing their lives, not their websites.

"Version 1.2.1 is a significant upgrade to Sandvox's performance," noted Dan Wood, cocreator of Sandvox. "We've been able to increase its responsiveness, speeding up the process of creating and editing pages, of navigating through large sites, and of generating HTML."

Recent versions of Sandvox, particularly 1.2 and 1.2.1 betas, have garnered much praise from existing customers. Improvements in performance, stability, and memory management have proven irresistible for new customers, and Karelia has seen sales of Sandvox increase notably.

ALAMEDA, CA, USA, April 3, 2007: Karelia Software is pleased to announce the release of version 1.1.2 of Sandvox™, the pioneering website building application for Macintosh OS X.

"Since the release of 1.1 in December, and 1.1.1 in Janurary, our focus has been responding to customer feedback, enhancing many features, and speeding up others. Dan and I are committed to making Sandvox the premier website development application for Mac users, and 1.1.2 is another step toward that goal" said Terrence Talbot, cocreator of Sandvox.

Many improvements in Sandvox 1.1.2 make it a must-download for current users and an excellent release for new users. Version 1.1.2 features:

An improved enhanced iMedia browser and improved video management for WMV and QuickTime files;

ALAMEDA, CA, USA, December 14, 2006: Karelia Software is pleased to announce the release of version 1.1 of Sandvox™, the pioneering website building application for Macintosh OS X.

"The updates since the 1.0 release are compelling and address the avalanche of feedback and requests we've received from the community of Sandvox users," said Dan Wood, cocreator of Sandvox. Added Terrence Talbot: "The focus for 1.1 has been stability. Weid've rewritten some of Sandvox's internals from the ground up in order to make the program solid and reliable. We've also made a huge number of bugfixes that the release notes cannot adequately capture."

Among the new features and improvements in Sandvox 1.1:

* Eight gorgeous new site designs: Users now have more than thirty designs from which to choose as the basis of their site.

ALAMEDA, CA, USA, May 16, 2006: Karelia Software today announced the immediate availability of its pioneering website building application, Sandvox (TM).

Sandvox is available for downloading and purchase from Karelia's website at www.karelia.com in both regular and 'Pro' versions. The introductory price for a single-user license for Sandvox is US$39.00; for Sandvox Pro, US$69.00. Household licenses (allowing multiple users in one household) and site licenses are also available.

"Since we previewed Sandvox last year, we've been overwhelmed with the demand that the Mac community has demonstrated for an easy, Mac-like way of building and publishing websites," said Dan Wood, co-creator with Terrence Talbot of Sandvox. "I think Mac users will be pleased with our solution for easily building websites, weblogs, and online photo albums."