Website Design Contract
1. Authorization.
The above-named client is engaging D L King Design and Promotion, located at 7 Mandaville Court, Unit 2, Halifax, NS,
B3M 3H5, as an independent contractor for the specific project of developing and/or improving a World Wide website to
be installed on the client's web space on a web hosting service's computer. The client hereby authorizes D L King
Design and Promotion to access this account, and authorizes the web hosting service to provide D L King Design and
Promotion with "write permission" for the client's web page directory, cgi-bin directory, and any other directories or
programs which need to be accessed for this project. The client also authorizes D L King Design and Promotion to
publicize their completed website to Web search engines, as well as other Web directories and indexes.
2. Standard Website Package Elements.
D L King Design and Promotion includes the following elements in their Standard Website Packages:
• E-mail/phone consultation - (Up to 2 hours total general Internet orientation education, marketing strategy, Web
design consultation, and helping clients learn to use their own web page editor. Telephone long distance charges are in
addition to package rates quoted. Additional education and consultation is at our hourly rate.)
• Words of text - supplied by the client (200 words per page approximate maximum if not supplied via diskette. Web
pages of more than 1,200 words of text may be subject to additional fees, especially if they require a great deal of
formatting.)
• Links - to external pages, up to an average of 2.5 per page.
• Custom Graphics Package - Masthead graphic on first page (simple custom graphic incorporating company logo).
Top-of-page graphic for all other pages in your website. Colorful lines and bullets, and colored and textured background.
• Photos and other misc. graphic images - supplied by client (up to an average of 1.3 included per page in standard
websites and "regular" online store pages, in addition to masthead and top-of-page graphic. Color originals larger than
5" x 8" are extra).
• Installation - of web pages on the client's web hosting service.
• Minor updates and changes - to existing web pages for six months, subject to the limits outlined below. Additional
changes billed at hourly rate.
• Site publicity - to two major Web search engines, such as Yahoo, AltaVista, InfoSeek, WebCrawler, Lycos, HotBot,
etc.
• E-mail response link - on each web page to any e-mail address the client designates.
• Image Map - for internal navigation (Not included in the package price for sites smaller than 6 pages.)
3. Standard Website Packages only.
The content of the web pages will be supplied by the client and executed as specified by the client in the "Website
Planning Worksheet" dated _______________. This website includes up to 6 (six) web pages. In case the client desires
additional standard web pages beyond the original number of pages specified above, the client agrees to pay D L King
Design and Promotion an additional $ 75.00 for each additional web page. Graphics or photos beyond the allowed
average of 2 (two) per web page shall be billed at an additional $15.00 each. Where custom graphic work (beyond the
scope of the "Custom Graphics Package" detailed above) is requested, it will be billed at the hourly rate specified below
4. Maintenance and Hourly Rate.
• This agreement includes minor web page maintenance to regular web pages over a six-month period, including
updating links and making minor changes to a sentence or paragraph. It does not including removing nearly all the text
from a page and replacing it with new text. If the client or an agent other than D L King Design and Promotion attempts
updating the client's pages, time to repair web pages will be assessed at the hourly rate, and is not included as part of
the updating time. The six-month maintenance period commences upon the date the client signs this contract.
• Changes requested by the client beyond those limits will be billed at the hourly rate of $35.00. This rate shall also
govern additional work authorized beyond the maximums specified above for such services as general Internet
orientation education, marketing consulting, web page design, editing, modifying product pages and databases in an
online store, and art, photo, graphics services, and helping clients learn how to use their own web page editor.
5. Changes to Submitted Text.
Please send us your final text. Time required to make substantive changes to client-submitted text after the web pages
have been constructed will be additional, billed at the hourly rate.
6. Web Hosting.
The client understands that any web hosting services require a separate contract with a web hosting service. The client
agrees to select a web hosting service which allows D L King Design and Promotion full access to the website and a cgi-
bin directory via FTP and telnet. The client further understands that if the web hosting service's operating system is not
a Unix system, standard CGI software may not work, and providing a substitute may incur additional charges.
7. Completion Date.
D L King Design and Promotion and the client must work together to complete the website in a timely manner. We agree
to work expeditiously to complete the website no later than _________________________.
If the client does not supply D L King Design and Promotion complete text and graphics content all web pages
contracted for within six weeks of the date this contract was signed, the entire amount of the contract becomes due and
payable. If the client has not submitted complete text and graphics content within two months after signing of this
contract, an additional continuation fee of 10% of the total contract price will also be assessed each month until the
website is advertised.
8. Payment of Fees.
Fees to D L King Design and Promotion are due and payable on the following schedule: 50% upon signing this contract,
50% when the web pages have been constructed according to the client's original written specifications. If the total
amount of this contract is less than $600, the total amount shall be paid upon signing this contract. In case the client has
not secured Web space on a web hosting service by the time the web pages are completed, the web pages may be
delivered to the client on diskette or attached to an e-mail message. Advertising the pages to Web search engines and
updating occur only after the final payment is made.
9. Legal Stuff.
D L King Design and Promotion does not warrant that the functions contained in these web pages or the Internet
website will meet the client's requirements or that the operation of the web pages will be uninterrupted or error-free. The
entire risk as to the quality and performance of the web pages and website is with client. In no event will D L King Design
and Promotion be liable to the client or any third party for any damages, including any lost profits, lost savings or other
incidental, consequential or special damages arising out of the operation of or inability to operate these web pages or
website, even if D L King Design and Promotion has been advised of the possibility of such damages. If any provision of
this agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable
from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
10. Copyrights and Trademarks.
The client represents to D L King Design and Promotion and unconditionally guarantees that any elements of text,
graphics, photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork furnished to D L King Design and Promotion for inclusion in web
pages are owned by the client, or that the client has permission from the rightful owner to use each of these elements,
and will hold harmless, protect, and defend D L King Design and Promotion and its subcontractors from any claim or suit
arising from the use of such elements furnished by the client.
11. Laws Affecting Electronic Commerce.
From time to time governments enact laws and levy taxes and tariffs affecting Internet electronic commerce. The client
agrees that the client is solely responsible for complying with such laws, taxes, and tariffs, and will hold harmless,
protect, and defend D L King Design and Promotion and its subcontractors from any claim, suit, penalty, tax, or tariff
arising from the client's exercise of Internet electronic commerce.
12. Copyright to Web pages.
Copyright to the finished assembled work of web pages produced by D L King Design and Promotion is owned by D L
King Design and Promotion. Upon final payment of this contract, the client is assigned rights to use as a website the
design, graphics, and text contained in the finished assembled website. Rights to photos, graphics, source code, work-
up files, and computer programs are specifically not transferred to the client, and remain the property of their respective
owners. D L King Design and its subcontractors retain the right to display graphics and other Web design elements as
examples of their work in their respective portfolios.
13. Sole Agreement.
The agreement contained in this "Website Design Contract" constitutes the sole agreement between D L King Design
and Promotion and the client regarding this website. Any additional work not specified in this contract must be
authorized by a written change order. All prices specified in this contract will be honoured for six (6) months after both
parties sign this contract. Continued services after that time will require a new agreement.
Payment and Refund Policy.
The total amount of this contract is $______________.
This agreement begins with an initial payment of $_____________. If the client halts work and applies by registered
letter for a refund within 30 days, to the D L King Design and Promotion, work completed shall be billed at the hourly
rate stated above, and deducted from the initial payment, the balance of which shall be returned to the client. If, at the
time of the request for refund, work has been completed beyond the amount covered by the initial payment, the client
shall be liable to pay for all work completed at the hourly rate stated above. No portion of this initial payment will be
refunded unless written application is made within 30 days of signing this contract.
The undersigned agrees to the terms of this agreement on behalf of his or her organization or business.
On behalf of the client (authorized signature):
_______________________________________ Date ________________
On behalf of D L King Design and Promotion
_______________________________________ Date ________________
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