Karelia Software has released Sandvox 2.5, a new version of its visual Web site creation software for Mac OS X. The new release is a free update for version 2 owners.

Sandvox 2.5 adds a new Slide Show object to help make media presentations, and supports Lion features lie Resume, Autosave, Versions and Fullscreen mode. It also lets you notify users of changes to your site via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and e-mail. The publishing engine has been reworked, new placeholder displays aren included, and .m4v video files compatibility has been added.