MSIS Standard Web Contract

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Following are the base terms and conditions for web site work. Each contract is custom fit to your needs and each project. The following is only an example.
If you have any questions please contact MSIS.




Primary Client Contact and Meetings

When working on a project, each Client must designate a single contact person to provide direction to MSIS. All instruction, discussion and collaboration must funnel through this designated contact person for any group or organization. MSIS is happy to meet with any Client at project start but after this initial consult any meetings, brainstorming sessions, site visits or other requests for time outside of the project bid must be invoiced separately.

Standard Media Submission

All information to be included in a web site created by Mindy Schmidt Imaging Services for the Licensee must be submitted digitally. This can be either by CD, Zip, or DVD. ( Windows or Mac ) Text; Microsoft Word for text is acceptable. Image files; submitted as .jpeg file types. E-mailing text and attaching images is also an acceptable way of submitting required media. Digital photography, scanning services, and OCR ( optical character recognition ) are also available for an additional fee.

WHAT THIS MEANS: Unless specifically requested and included in the formal bid, the client is responsible for all of the copy and images for the web site. Mindy Schmidt Imaging Services will provide stock photography or custom graphics as part of the design service where appropriate or necessary and will copy edit to be sure copy submitted is the most effective, but this is a courtesy service only. The client will either have images scanned to CD or attach images and copy to an e-mail for inclusion on the new web site or MSIS will need to invoice for these services if the Client can not provide the media as required.

Permission and Copyright

The Licensee will obtain all the necessary permissions and authorities in respect to the use of all copy, graphic images, registered company logos, names and trademarks or any other supplied material. This contract for web page design and placement shall be regarded as a guarantee by the Licensee to MSIS that all such permissions and authorities have been obtained. Mindy Schmidt and Mindy Schmidt Imaging Services can not be held liable for any information, copy, or images that have not been secured legally and that may result in copyright infringement. This agreement also includes design elements that are copyrighted to Mindy Schmidt and MSIS. This work may not be distributed, modified or re-licensed without the express written consent of Mindy Schmidt and MSIS.

WHAT THIS MEANS: Any images and/or copy that is submitted either as required or to be digitized by MSIS must be legally the property of the client. Mindy Schmidt Imaging can not be held liable for images submitted for inclusion on the web site where permissions have not been obtained. MSIS retains copyright ownership to the web site's design and design elements.

Licensed Code

This agreement includes code elements being custom created for Licensee and are based on techniques and pre-developed code that is property of Mindy Schmidt Imaging Services, or one of it's contractors. This software technology is licensed to the Licensee for a one time fee and is limited to installation and usage by that Licensee only on one "site" of connected documents on one "server". Such code may not be distributed, modified or re-licensed without the express written consent of Mindy Schmidt and Mindy Schmidt Imaging Services.

WHAT THIS MEANS: Mindy Schmidt Imaging retains the copyrights to work done on the web site. These elements, images, animations, and layouts may not be altered or used on another server or web site without a renegotiated fee.

NOTE: Most of MSIS's Clients are those that are not interested in learning how to build or maintain web sites. For those Clients that wish to purchase the web site's copyright please note that this option must be requested prior to bidding a new project. In this case every element will be custom built for the client and then MSIS will release ownership and copyright at project approval and the Client may maintain/change/update the site as they wish.

Site Maintenance / Options to update your site

Once these web page(s) are designed to the Licensee's satisfaction, additional pages are billable. Requests for changes must be submitted in writing or by e-mail. Maintenance of your new web site is included for 30 days. After this time an annual maintenance contract retains MSIS to keep your site updated for you.

Monthly maintenace fees cover up to one half hour of work per month and includes scheduled testing to verify all links and to review search engine ranking. There are no minute "roll overs" from month to month but all requests are addressed within 24 hours.

Each maintenance contract is custom fit to the size and scope of the web site's needs. On average a 4-6 page web site is invoiced a $20-$35 monthly maintenance fee. If after the first year requests are much more or much less than originally estimated the contract will be adjusted. If the Client does not wish to sign a maintenance agreement changes to the site will be quoted and billed a minimum of $50 per request for web site alteration.

Most of MSIS's clients are those people, businessess and organizations that want someone to build a new web site for them ( because it is not what they choose to spend their time learning to do ) and then they choose MSIS to care for their investment and to maintain their new web site ( because it is not what they choose to spend their time learning to do ). See "Licensed Code" above for options available to those wishing to maintain the site after it is completed.

Payment Terms

Checks are to be made payable to Mindy Schmidt or to Mindy Schmidt Imaging Services. Credit Card payments may be made through Paypal and may be made by referencing Invoice Numbers and sending to "mindy@mindyschmidt.com". MSIS requires that 50% of the Creation cost be paid upon placement of new web design and development orders and then the balance is to be paid at time of site approval. 100% of all domain and hosting services costs are due at the time of order. After site upload maintenance fees may be paid monthly or may be paid annually for a discounted rate.

MSIS Design Credit

A link to Mindy Schmidt and MSIS will appear in small print at the bottom of each page as the site creator and copyright holder.

Impossibility of Performance

Licensee acknowledges and agrees that Mindy Schmidt and Mindy Schmidt Imaging Services cannot guarantee the absence of service interruptions caused by Acts of "God" or other circumstances beyond its control, including, but not limited to, telecommunications problems and server down time.