This depends on where you choose to 'host' (store the files I create on their computer which is permanently connected to the Internet) your site. I offer 2 options:
Domain name and commercial web space
I can register your choice of domain name and transfer your site to a commercial host. I will choose the best deal available at the time and e-mail you to confirm before ordering. Expect to pay around £80 p.a.
Arrange your own hosting
With this option you're free to host your site wherever you like, including your I.S.P.'s free webspace. If you want a feedback form on your site your host must support either C.G.I. scripts or have a 'form-mailer' program installed. Three free I.S.P's which do are
Freeserve,
Free4all and
UKLinux.net (Don't be put off by the fact that UKLinux is aimed at users of the Linux operating system; it works just the same with MS Windows). I e-mail the files which make up your site to you; what you do with them after that is up to you! If you need help or advice getting your new website hosted, I offer free e-mail/fax support to clients. I have listed some of the possibilities below:
1. Use your existing Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Most I.S.P.s, even the free ones like
freeserve, include free web space you can use for your business. This is great but they have 2 minor disadvantages:
- Your site/email address has the name of your I.S.P. in it eg www.yourname.freeserve.co.uk
- If you change your I.S.P. you have to change your site/e-mail address, possibly confusing your customers.
To overcome these problems you could also register your domain name with a web forwarder - see below. I personally think that the free I.S.P.s are a good place to start. With the exception of getting your own domain name, they offer much the same service as a commercial host charging £150+ per year.
3. Set up a new account with a free I.S.P.
There's nothing to stop you opening another account with a free I.S.P. purely to host your new site on if your existing I.S.P. isn't appropriate. E-mail from your site could still be sent to your existing e-mail address. Note that free I.S.P.s require you to dial up their service at least once per month. You could use this option along with web forwarding (see below).
4. Use a web forwarding service.
A web forwarding service, such as the one provided by
simplynames, allow you to both have your own domain name
and still use free web space. After registering your domain name (I can do this for you or you can do it yourself), the web forwarder automatically redirects references to your domain name to your free web space and e-mail account, wherever that may be. Using this option together with free web space means you could have your own domain name for as little as £6 p.a.
If you wish me to arrange commercial hosting and domain name registration for you I will take care of everything. If you wish to arrange your own hosting, I will e-mail the necessary files to you so you can transfer them to your web space yourself, following the instructions of your I.S.P. - this is usually a simple procedure using a free F.T.P. program. If you need help, simply e-mail me for advice. I will then check to make sure that everything on your site is working correctly.
If it's just a minor text update like changing a price I will do this for a flat fee of £10 - just e-mail me the details.
For large sections of text or adding a new photo or graphic the price is £10 per item.
Once your site is up and running I will register it with the major Internet search engines (included in the price!). This means that anyone typing your company name or type of business into one of these search engines should be given a brief description of your business and its Internet address.
I also include special code in your web pages to help these search engines categorize your site.
You should do your part too by printing your website address on your stationery/adverts and by referring your customers to your site if they have Internet access.
By the combination of the information you give in the
order form, the promotional material you send me and by my e-mailing/faxing you with any queries.
The promotional material you send is key to the process as it enables me to use your logo and product information in creating your site.
You have probably already spent time and money in creating your brochures; why not increase the return on that investment by using them as the basis of your website? I can develop your site more quickly and thus keep the cost to you low.
top of pageFormation of Design Contract
To request the Design Service you must fill in the order form on JDM Netcode's website and send the appropriate materials ("the Materials") necessary to design your site. The contract for the design of your website ("Design Contract") comes into effect when JDM Netcode receives the signed invoice, along with a cheque for payment for the total amount, which will be sent to the customer upon receipt of the materials.
Materials for the Website
You are responsible for supplying to JDM Netcode the Materials which you would like to be included in your website. JDM Netcode may reproduce, and may digitally adapt the Materials in the course of designing the Website, and you confirm that you are entitled to authorise JDM Netcode to do so.
JDM Netcode reserves the right to reject any part of the Materials if they are deemed unsuitable.
Furthermore, if the volume or type of Materials you supply make it commercially unrealistic in JDM Netcode's view to design your website as part of the Design Service, JDM Netcode may in its discretion decline to perform the service, or agree to carry on but subject to negotiating specific terms for performing the Design Services to reflect the circumstances.
Design Acceptance
JDM Netcode will notify you by e-mail once the design for the website has been completed ("Completion e-mail"), and agrees to carry-out reasonable changes to meet your reasonable requirements, upon request, prior to the website going live. Your acceptance of the website design ("Acceptance") occurs as follows:
If we have not received from you within 10 business days of the Completion e-mail any requests for changes; or
You have confirmed your acceptance in writing by e-mail; or
You publish the website on the Internet, at any time following the Completion e-mail.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify JDM Netcode for any expenses, losses, liabilities or costs incurred and any claims or legal proceedings which are brought or threatened against us arising in relation to the Materials, linked websites or your use of the website following Acceptance.
Customers of JDM Netcode agree that their website information (name, URL, etc.) may be used by JDM Netcode for promotional purposes and that there will be a hyperlink at the bottom of each web page to JDM Netcode's website, acknowledging JDM Netcode as the designer.
Customers of JDM Netcode acknowledge that certain functionality in their website may be provided (for free) by third party providers. Where this is the case, Customers give JDM Netcode the authority to subscribe to such services in the customer's name and accept their terms and conditions on the customer's behalf and acknowledge that JDM Netcode is in no way responsible for the quality, suitability or reliability of the service.
JDM Netcode cannot guarantee that they can transfer files to a customer's chosen Web space. Where a transfer is not possible, the necessary Website files will be e-mailed to the customer who will then be responsible for transferring the files.
The search engines that the customer's site will be registered with are: Altavista, Yahoo, Lycos, UKPlus and Infoseek.
Intellectual Property Rights
The ownership of all copyright and other intellectual property rights under this Design Contract shall vest as follows:
Materials supplied by you: ownership remains with you or your third party licensor/supplier;
Material specifically and exclusively created by JDM Netcode for inclusion in your website: this vests in you.
Website hosting
JDM Netcode is in no way responsible for hosting its customers websites and no fee paid to JDM Netcode includes such hosting. If a customer requires JDM Netcode to open an account with a web space provider then they authorise JDM Netcode to accept any terms and conditions the web space provider specifies on their behalf and accept that JDM Netcode is in no way responsible for the quality or reliability of the service provided.
Termination
JDM Netcode reserves the right to terminate the Design Contract for any reason and provide the customer with a full refund. If JDM Netcode fails in a substantial way to fulfil its obligations under this Design Contract you may terminate it. JDM Netcode will refund you all payments previously made in connection with the Design Service, will delete the website from the development area, and will, upon your e-mailed request, return to you all Materials you have previously supplied.
JDM Netcode customers agree not to alter their website in any way that conflicts with these Terms and Conditions. E. & O.E.
