TERMS & CONDITIONS

Website Design and Document Design Services

The following terms and conditions apply to all website design and document design services offered by Dreamscape Design. By ordering any services from Dreamscape Design you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions:

1. These Terms and conditions shall be until the agreed upon website / development work is completed within the time frame specified. Upon completion of your website, it will remain the copyright and property of Dreamscape Design until your payment is received in full. Once payment is received, the website / development work shall be sent to you on CD.
2. The Client is solely responsible for supplying website content, authoring, organisation, images unless stated in the agreed upon specifications. Dreamscape Design does not accept any responsibility for false / libellous statements, copyright infringements (be it text or image) or any other legal issues that could lead to prosecution by a third party.
3. Dreamscape Design makes every effort to design pages which display acceptably in the most popular current browsers, but cannot accept responsibility for pages which do not display acceptably in new versions of browsers released after pages have been designed.
4. DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
   During each stage of development we will require your confirmation for approval of the work carried out before we proceed to the next stage, e.g. functionality, design, layout, buttons, etc.
   
   4.1. During the development stages we will make minor changes upon request providing there are valid / reasonable reasons - these will be made at no extra cost. If however, you (the client) decide to make changes after already confirming your acceptance of the original design, then, at our discretion, costs will be incurred. Charges would be incurred should you require the functionality and work flow of the design service provided to be changed from what has been outlined and agreed in the order form.
   
   4.1.1. Once the project has been completed, future additions of features will be dependent on the work involved. All costs will be in-line with the original development work. All our sites are designed so that improvements, modifications and additions can be made without having to "start from scratch" or re-create the development work originally created. We aim to make any modifications to existing projects as cost effective as possible.
5. SUPPORT
   Free e-mail and telephone support (as long as you call us) is available to assist you with the operation of the design work carried out. If necessary we will also provide electronic instruction leaflets at no extra cost. The training / support provided will be more than adequate to give you an understanding of how the design work carried out works, runs and can be maintained (such as the databases on a website). The training / support does not cover the modification / creation of design aspects and other technical skills involved in website design / development.
6. MANAGEMENT
   A separate agreement can be arranged to outline our role in the management / updating of information on websites should you require. When the agreement is made we will also decide on the prices involved as this would depend on how "hands on" and how involved you want us to be in the running and administration of your website.
7. TERMINATION
   Your rights to terminate the contract during the development of the site will depend on the reasons involved. If you are unhappy with the work we have provided and fail to make the changes / modifications requested by yourself (the client), then you have the right to terminate the contract. If however, you have confirmed approval of the work during the various stages of the development and then choose to terminate the contract, we will need reimbursing for the work carried out. The amount will depend on what stage of development we have reached. Should you decide to terminate the contract once work on any database or bespoke solutions has commenced, we would need to be fully reimbursed.
8. FEES & PAYMENT The following fees shall apply to all clients: A total fee will be agreed upon after an initial consultation. An order form is sent out to the client specifying the agreed fee and work specifications to be carried out by Dreamscape Design. Dreamscape Design Ltd will invoice 50% of the design and development costs at the start of the project, 35% once the site structure has been created and 15% once the final approval has been given. Final payment will be due upon completion of the project, before the website or other work is uploaded to the live area. The costs incurred for: domain registration, hosting set up and hosting are due immediately on purchase of which a separate invoice will be raised (please read our Hosting and Domain Name Terms and Conditions). Maintenance, if included in this contract, shall be due on a month by month basis, unless otherwise stated. Dreamscape Design agrees to complete this project within the agreed cost for the work required, unless the Client requires additional work or services not agreed upon. Dreamscape Design will not charge any fees in addition to those specified in this contract without first consulting the Client and reaching an agreement regarding this.
9. COSTS If it becomes necessary for Dreamscape Design to bring any action to collect any sums due under this Agreement, it shall be entitled to collect, without prejudice to any other remedy, in addition to all damages, its costs of collection and any outstanding costs. Legal action proceeds immediately after the due date set out in clause 4. In the case of work remaining unpaid, we may at our discretion, disable access to your website, notifying website visitors who attempt to access that work accordingly until payment is received and cleared.
   
   9.1. If changes are to be made after a design project has been completed and approved by the client, extra charges will be made depending on the type of work to be carried out and the time necessary to complete those changes. Any alteration or deviation from the original agreed specifications with Dreamscape Design will only be executed upon agreement with Dreamscape Design. These changes may result in extra charges being accrued.
10. CONFIDENTIALITY Dreamscape Design acknowledges that this Agreement creates a confidential relationship between Dreamscape Design and the Client and that information concerning the Client's business affairs, customers, vendors, finances, properties, methods of operation, computer programs, and documentation, and other such information, whether written, oral, or otherwise, is confidential in nature. All such information concerning the Client is hereinafter collectively referred to as "Confidential Information." As work is being carried out Dreamscape Design will initially place you or your company's website on one of our demonstration servers during development, to allow you or your company the opportunity to view and comment upon the website's progress.
    
    10.1. Dreamscape Design agrees to take reasonable steps to ensure that its staff and subcontractors are bound by the provisions of this clause.
    
    10.2. This Clause shall not apply to information that is or becomes public knowledge otherwise than through the default of the party concerned, or is already in the receiving party's possession, or is legally acquired by such party from a third party, or is required by law to be disclosed.
    
    10.3. Dreamscape Design are fully compliant with the data protection act.
    
    10.4. Dreamscape Design may seek, and the Client shall not unreasonably withhold, permission to publicise Dreamscape Design's involvement directly by its trademark symbol affixed to the website or through press and other media.
11. NON-DISCLOSURE Dreamscape Design agrees that, except as directed by the Client, it will not at any time during or after the term of this Agreement disclose any Confidential Information to any person whatsoever and that upon the termination of this Agreement it will turn over to the Client all documents, papers, and other matter in its possession or control that relate to the Client.
12. COPYRIGHT The copyright, patent, and other intellectual property rights ("IPR") in the Solutions / design work prepared by Dreamscape Design shall vest in Dreamscape Design. The Client agrees that copyrights to Dreamscape Design's work shall remain the exclusive property of Dreamscape Design, and that it will not use as a template, sell, transfer, publish, disclose or otherwise make the work product available to third parties without Dreamscape Design's prior written consent. Any rights granted to the Client under this Agreement shall not affect Dreamscape Design's exclusive ownership of the work copyright. Note! This does not apply to banners and logos bearing the Clients name.
13. WARRANTY Following acceptance by the client, Dreamscape Design will warrant any Solutions created for 30 (THIRTY) days from acceptance date. During this period Dreamscape Design will correct any faults against the Solution Requirement as modified by any detailed documented changes during the course of the supply. The Client will pay at Dreamscape Design's standard daily fee rates for all time spent on investigating submitted 'faults' that are established to be correctly functioning.
14. LIABILITY FOR LOSS OR DAMAGE Dreamscape Design shall not be liable to the Client for loss of profits, goodwill or any type of special, indirect, incidental or consequential loss (including but not limited to loss or damage suffered by the Client as a result of an action brought by a third party) even if such loss was reasonably foreseeable or Dreamscape Design had been advised of the possibility of the Client incurring such loss; and
    
    14.1. Dreamscape Design shall have no liability in respect of any product or services to be supplied by the Client or any third party.
    
    14.2 Save as expressly provided herein, all other terms and conditions, warranties or representations whether expressed or implied (by statute or otherwise) relating to the Solution and the supply of the Solution or imposing liability on Dreamscape Design is hereby excluded.
15. FORCE MAJEURE Neither party shall be liable for any delay in meeting or for failure to meet its obligations under the agreement due to any cause outside its reasonable control including (without limitation) Acts of God, war, riot, malicious act of damage, fire, flood, acts of any government or public authority, failure of the public electricity supply, failure of any telecommunications service provider, failure or delay on the part of any sub-contractors beyond its reasonable control or the unavailability of materials. Further, Dreamscape Design shall not be liable for any such delay or failure resulting from a request by the Client for any change made to the supply of the design service being provided.
    
    15.1. If Dreamscape Design is prevented from meeting its obligations due to any of the aforesaid causes it shall notify the Client of the circumstances and the Client shall grant a reasonable extension for the performance of the Agreement.
16. Dreamscape Design reserves the right to change, or amend these terms and conditions at any time, without prior notice. We will however inform any clients who may be affected by these changes.