Karelia Software today announced the availability of version 1.6.5
of Sandvox(R), the award-winning website building application for Mac
OS X. Version 1.6.5 is a maintenance update, free to all registered
users, that improves uploading to some SFTP and WebDAV servers. The new
version also improves Snow Leopard compatibility for the media browser
component.
Karelia also announced a promotion, through the entire month of
November, in which Mac users can get a free single-user license to
Sandvox Pro by purchasing one year’s worth of web hosting from either
A2 Hosting or Server Logistics as a new customer, via the links on the
Karelia Hosting Comparison Chart web page. Upon receipt of a forwarded
“thank you” message from the participating host partners, Karelia will
send a gift certificate code good for one license to Sandvox, Pro
Edition.
These partnering web hosts are also offering a discount on their
hosting packages for this promotion. A2 Hosting and Server Logistics
are offering a discount of 25% and 15%, respectively, to new customers
who use the coupon code FREESANDVOX upon checkout.
A Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel architectures, Sandvox
1.6.5 requires Mac OS X “Tiger” version 10.4.11, or “Leopard” version
10.5, or “Snow Leopard” version 10.6, and is available in English,
French, Danish, German, Brazilian Portuguese, and both Simplified and
Traditional Chinese. A single-user license to Sandvox costs $57 (USD);
a single-user license for the Pro edition (enabling raw HTML editing
plus additional Google integration) costs $97 (USD). Household licenses
and site licenses are also available.
The free Sandvox promotion and coupon codes for discounted hosting
expire at 11:59 PM (Pacific) November 30, 2009, and are only available
to new hosting signups with A2 Hosting and Server Logistics that are
linked from the Karelia Hosting Comparison Chart page. Further details
of the offer can be found on this same web page.
More information about Sandvox is available at Karelia’s website
(created with Sandvox, of course). Review copies for traditional and
online media are available. Please direct requests to the address below
and include your name along with your publication’s or podcast’s name
and/or URL and any information about particular features or needs of
special interest to your readership or audience.