As the current users of our sanscode Content Management System (CMS) know, we don't charge any ongoing license fees for the use of the sanscode platform.

Commonly, content management systems require an ongoing, monthly or annually recurring license fee, may include free patches to rectify any unforeseen issues that may arise during the life of the website.

This ongoing license fee may range from tens to hundreds of dollars per month or thousands or tens of thousands of dollars per year.

One would also hope that the software being purchased is relatively bug free, well tested and wouldn't require regular patching to fix issues (a la Microsoft Windows of any flavour).

sanscode, having been in solid development for the past 2 years and now used in over 30 websites ranging from small essentially static sites to full ecommerce stores and even news portals, has been bug free and has not required a single patch to be released.

That is until now.

With the recent release of Adobe Flash Player 10, Adobe has made a change to the way in which it handles security and file system permissions which has unfortunately caused the Uploader function within the sanscode File Manager to cease working.

Luckily this issue only affects a small number of sanscode installations (version 3.2.14 onwards) and only those users who upgrade their Adobe Flash Player to version 10.

We are actually happy this issue cropped up for two reasons.

1. Increased security is always a good thing.
2. The issue wasn't with our coding but was cased by a third party component.

Now, getting back to the original point of this article, as we do not charge an ongoing license fee the release of this patch did come at a cost to the sanscode installs affected.

When the cost of developing the patch was spread amongst all affected installs, it came to just over $100.00 and was categorised as an optional upgrade, thus our clients had the option to receive the patch now or wait until they did actually upgrade their Flash Player to version 10.

So now we come to the "Toss Up".

Do you purchase a CMS which requires you to pay an ongoing license fee which could potentially cost you thousands of dollars per year and thus receive this optional $100 update for free?

OR

Do you choose sanscode to power your website and only pay for maintenance when it is needed?

Hhhhmmmm it's a tough choice.

Cyberdesign Works are happy to announce that we have been appointed to design and develop a new website for the latest EasyWay Tea franchise located in Boston, USA.

EasyWayboston.com will be developed using our sanscode Content Management System and should lauch by the end of the year.

Stay tuned for more info and please feel free to sign up for updates here: http://www.easywayboston.com

With the US Presidential Election looming, The United States Studies Centre (USSC), a division of the University of Sydney, approached us to design & develop the US Election Watch portal (http://www.uselectionwatch.org.au) to assist in the education of the Australian audience in the US Election process.

Developed on the latest version of our content management system, Sanscode, uselectionwatch.org.au features a number of custom and very interactive functions such as:

Dynamic Polling - The USSC has the ability to create interactive polls as and when required with Ajax display of polling results.

Interactive Quizes - Multi question and answer quizes can be created to really test the users knowledge of the US Election process and Candidates.

Ask Uncle Sam - Users have the ability to submit questions to be answered by the USSC team. 

To assist in the promotion of the site we also designed a number of Flash banners which will be featured on smh.com.au.

Are you an experianced Web & Graphic Designer?

Do you have demonstratable experience in designing high quality websites, e-commerce interfaces, flash animations, advertising materials, and more?

Do you have the ability to change hats between design and open-source web development?

Are you looking for a new challenge, working with high profile accounts?

THEN WE WANT YOU!

The past 12 months has been very good to us and we are now in the desparate need of a high quality graphic designer / web designer.

What sort of projects will you be working on?

• Website designs for start-ups to multi-nationals,
• Development of our in-house sanscode content management system,
• Flash Animation and microsites,
• Packaging design,
• Catalogue design for fashion, and technology,
• And much more!

What type of person are we looking for?

We want someone who is not afraid to have a go at something they havent tried before! Someone who can wow us in the morning with a new experiment they tried over night and someone who can take a complex problem and solve it in a creative and innovative way.

What type of skills do you need to posess?

• Of course a high level of design ability,
• Extensive HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL ability,
  
• Experience with Content Management Systems and Email marketing,
• Extensive Flash design and development experience,
• A keen eye and a can do attitude.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

Then visit our contact us page and send us your resume as well as some examples of your work and any special projects you have worked on.

Renumeration is based on experience and skill set but the sky is the limit.
You will need to be able to start asap and be ready to be challenged.

We look forward to hearing from you!