Terms of service.

Ownership of Finished Products

You own the rights to your web, print and social media. I only require permission from you to share your finished products as an example of my work.

Pages & Design

Your Website will be built on Squarespace using a standard template. We will work with you to collaborate and approve every page design and customize to make it uniquely yours.

Graphic Design & Images

Where you are not able to provide images, We can help you find high quality stock photos (any purchasing costs will be billed to you directly). We will also add various pre-made icons/graphics on your site where we feel they make sense.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

We will incorporate all the current SEO best practices into your site. This includes setting up meta tags, title tags, and text keywords (based on what you send us), making your site mobile ready, and optimizing loading speed.

Mobile Ready Design

We will design your site so that it looks good and can be used easily on every device (desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones).

Copywriting

You will need to provide us with all the wording content on your website (via a Content Outline we will provide you with). We will guide you on the amount of wording and will help you curate but we are not responsible for editing or spellchecking.

Lead Generation

If requested, we will set up automated systems throughout your website to increase contact requests, grow your email list, and encourage content sharing on social media.

User Experience

The #1 priority when building a website is the user experience. No matter how “beautiful” or “modern” your site looks, if people can not easily use it then the website is a failure. Throughout your construction we will provide guidance to make sure your visitor’s experience is intuitive and stress free.

Social Media

We can incorporate your social media profiles (e.g. Facebook, Instagram) in multiple ways on your website. We can place links to your social profiles, embed live feeds, and set up sharing functionality on any page to help increase your website traffic.

Ecommerce

If you would like to sell a physical or digital product or accept donations we will incorporate that into your website’s design and backend. Your visitors will have the full checkout experience (shopping cart → enter billing/shipping info → enter credit card details → review order → pay with credit card). Note that we can only use the Stripe payment gateway for processing credit cards.

Blogging

If you would like to have a blog on your new website we can set everything up so you will have the ability to create blog posts with text, images, and video. We can also incorporate commenting, search, categories, tags, and filters into your blog.

Technical Setup

When your site is ready to go live we will configure your hosting and domain registrar (e.g. Godaddy) so you can use any custom domain name you want (e.g. www.yourwebsite.com). We can also set up a custom email address (e.g. sally@yourwebsite.com) via Google Apps. You will also have access to website analytics (e.g. unique visitors) via Squarespace.

Squarespace Fees, Domain and Hosting Costs

You are responsible for all Squarespace hosting costs . You will need to create a Squarespace account if you don’t already have one (we will let you know when to do that). We will then transfer ownership of the site to your Squarespace account.

3rd Party Services

If you require 3rd party services, Social Media accounts (e.g. Facebook, Twitter), or payment gateways embedded or integrated into your site you have to create and setup the account plus handle any account configurations (including technical ones) along with any fees or payments. We can help provide guidance along the way to the best of our ability, but you are responsible for the actual work.

Legal.

I will not test old, abandoned, or rarely used browsers and devices (e.g. all versions of Opera, previous versions of Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Chrome).

We both own the code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) we write for your project.

I will not reuse or repurpose any of your proprietary text or image content on any other website I create.

I can not guarantee that any solution recommendation will always be error-free and therefore can not be liable to you or any third party for damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of the operation of or inability to operate any solution I recommend even if you have advised me of the possibilities of such damages.

I will work in good faith to resolve in a timely manner any errors that are brought to my attention.

I will maintain the confidentiality of any information you request.