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Site Design Terms and Conditions
1. Authorization.
By placing an order with eKonstruct, you confirm that you are in agreement with and bound by the terms and conditions below.
Definitions:
The Client : The company or individual requesting the services of eKonstruct.
eKonstruct: Primary designer/site owner & employees or affiliates.
2.Acceptable Use.
An
acceptable use policy is part of these terms and conditions of hosting
any information associated with the domain name. This is necessary because
the proliferation of abusive electronic mail and practices generated by
a minority of the Internet users can interrupt services. The exhibit with
the description of the acceptable use policy is posted on our website and
the exhibit is part of these terms and conditions.
3. Copyright and
Trademarks.
The
client unconditionally guarantees that any elements of text, graphics,
photos, designs, trademarks, or other artwork furnished to eKontruct Web
Developers for inclusion in the web design project 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 eKontruct Web
Developers from any claim or suit arising from the use of such elements
furnished by the client.
4. Web Site Maintenance.
While
eKontruct Web Developers may (and is likely to) at its discretion,
give such services free of charge to the client for a more extended period,
this agreement in fact allows only for minor web site maintenance
to pages over a 1-month period, up to an average of one half hour per regular
web site, including updating lines and making minor changes to a sentence
or paragraph. It does not include updating or replacing nearly all the
text from a page with new text, major page reconstruction, new pages, guest
books, discussion webs, navigation structure changes, attempted updates
by client repairs or web design projects delivered to the client via diskette.
The period of 1 month begins on the date the clients web design site has
been hosted in its updated form. Major page code and/or database structural
changes will be charged separately..
5. Completion
Date.
eKontruct
Web Developers and the client must work together to complete the web design
project in a timely manner.
eKonstruct Web Design understands the importance of completing projects
in a timely manner.
We agree to complete the web design project within 60 days
from the date of contract signing.
If the client does not supply eKonstruct Web Design
with complete text,graphic content and other requested
materials for the contracted client within 30 days of contract signing,
the contract becomes void and all deposits paid by the client are forfeited.
The client may request a Project Extension in writing to eKonstruct Web Design
for an additional fee of 20% of the project total cost for every 30 days of extension.
All extension fees are due upon agreement of the extension between eKonstruct Web Design andthe client.
6. Project Delivery.
The
final payment for the web project shall be due within three days of completion
of the web project at eKonstruct's end, which is to say that when eKontruct
Web Developers have completed the site development but there may
be some material that needs to be delivered by the client and has been
delayed. Typically, such material is easy to add to the site and only its
transfer to eKontruct Web Developers would be holding up completion
in the true sense. web site design project delivery shall be completed
upon receipt of the payment associated with delivery. Delivery may be accomplished
by publishing to the web, or electronic transfer. The client will be solely responsible for all hosting
service charges unless hosting is poart of the agreement. The client assumes
all responsibility for the use and functionality of the web design project.
7. Electronic
Commerce Laws.
The website, graphics and any programming code remain the property of eKonstruct until all outstanding accounts are paid in full.
Any scripts, cgi applications, php scripts, or software (unless specifically agreed) written by eKonstruct remain the copyright of eKonstruct and may only be commercially reproduced or resold with the permission of eKonstruct.
eKonstruct cannot take responsibility for any copyright infringements caused by materials submitted by the client. We reserve the right to refuse any material of a copyrighted nature unless adequate proof is given of permission to use such material.
Any additions to the brief will be carried out at the discretion of eKonstruct and where no charge is made by eKonstruct for such additions, eKonstruct accepts no responsibility to ensure such additions are error free and reserve the right to charge an according amount for any correction to these or further additions.
The client agrees to make available as soon as is reasonably possible to eKonstruct all materials required to complete the site to the agreed standard and within the set deadline.
eKonstruct will not be liable for costs incurred, compensation or loss of earnings due to the failure to meet agreed deadlines.
eKonstruct will not be liable or become involved in any disputes between the site owner and their clients and cannot be held responsible for any wrongdoing on the part of a site owner. eg. Any disputes re content/images that have been provided to us for inclusion on the site.
eKonstruct will not be liable for any costs incurred, compensation or loss of earnings due to the work carried out on behalf of the client or any of the clients appointed agents.
eKonstruct will not be liable for any costs incurred, compensation or loss of earnings due to the unavailability of the site, its servers, software or any material provided by its agents.
8. Web Design
Project Copyright.
Original
web
site content specifically requested by the customer and designed under
work for hire shall be the intellectual property of the customer once final
payment under this agreement and any additional charges incurred have been
paid. Rights to clipart, photos, graphics, source code, work-up files and
computer programs that are not specifically requested and designed under
work for hire are not transferred to the client, and remain the property
of their respective owners. eKontruct Web Developers retains the right
to display graphics and other web design elements as examples of its work
in its portfolios.
9. Legal Notice.
eKontruct
Web Developers does not warrant that the functions contained in the web
design project will be uninterrupted or error-free. The entire risk as
to the quality and performance of the web design project is with the client.
In no event will eKontruct Web Developers be liable to the client or any
third party for any damages, including, but not limited to service interruptions
caused by Acts of God or any other circumstances beyond our control, any
lost profits, lost savings or other incidental, consequential or special
damages arising out of the operation of or inability to operate this web
design project, failure of any service provider, of any telecommunications
carrier, of the Internet backbone, of any Internet servers, your or site
visitor's computer or Internet software, even if eKontruct Web Developers
has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
10. This Agreement.
This
agreement constitutes the sole agreement between eKontruct Web Developers
and the client regarding this web design project. Any additional work not
specified in this contract must be authorized independently. This agreement
supersedes any prior written or oral agreements between the parties.
11. Amendment.
This
agreement may be modified or amended if the amendment is agreed to by both
parties.
12. No Liability
for Consequential Damages
Neither
between eKontruct Web Developers nor anyone else who has been
involved in the creation, production, or delivery of the website shall
be liable to the client or any third party for any direct, indirect, special,
consequential, or incidental damages (including but not limited to damages
for the loss of profits or savings, downtime, business interruption, loss
of business information, damage to or replacement of equipment and property,
recovery or replacement of programs or data, or other pecuniary loss) arising
out of the use, the results of use, or inability to use the website services,
even if between eKontruct Web Developers has been advised of
the possibility of such damages or claim. In any case, between eKontruct
Web Developers' entire liability under any provision of this Agreement
is limited to the pro rated amount actually paid by client for the website.
13. Force Majeure
- "Greater Force"
Neither
party shall be liable for any delay in performing or failure to perform
its obligations hereunder to the extent that and for so long as the delay
or failure results from any cause or circumstance whatsoever beyond its
reasonable control (an "event of force majeure"), provided the same arises
without the fault or negligence of such party and the affected party notifies
the other party within three (3) working days of becoming aware of the
same of such event of force majeure and the manner and extent to which
its obligations are likely to be prevented or delayed, and provided also
that the occurrence of any such event of force majeure shall not have the
effect of discharging or postponing the affected party's payment obligations
hereunder.
14. Disclaimer
of endorsement -
Reference
herein to any specific product, process, or service by trade name, trademark,
manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its
endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by between eKontruct Web Developers
, its employees, sponsors, or contractors. Links from these pages are provided
as a service to users of the World Wide Web. Their existence does not necessarily
constitute an endorsement by between eKontruct Web Developers . between
eKontruct Web Developers is not responsible for the contents
of any off-site pages referenced.
The
data contained on this website is for informational purposes only and is
not represented to be error-free. between eKontruct Web Developers
reserves the right to discontinue or vary offers without notice on this
website. Prices subject to change without notice.
15. Pricing Errors and Payment Terms:
Due
to human error, our site may list an occasional incorrect price. While
we make every effort to ensure these mistakes do not happen, between eKontruct
Web Developers cannot honor incorrect prices. In the event an error
is found, we will inform the customer before the order is placed. At that
time the customer will have the option to place the order with the correct
pricing, or to cancel their order completely.
Payment is in three equal installments; the first installment is required as deposit before a project is initiated, the second installment at around the time when significant progress has been made on the project (and the client agrees) , and the last installment is due at completion.
There are no exceptions to this, i.e If the client decides they no longer want the site, as they have commissioned the work and paid a deposit they are still obliged to pay for the work that has been done.
16. Accepting
Terms
By
placing an order eKontruct Web Developers' design services acknowledges
that you have read this Agreement, understand it, and agree to be bound
by its terms and conditions, and you further agree that this Agreement
is the complete and exclusive statement of agreement between the parties
and that it supercedes all proposals or prior agreements, oral or written,
and any other communications between the parties relating to the subject
matter of this Agreement.
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