Web Site Development, Hosting and Co-Location
Agreement
This Web Site
Development, Hosting and Co-Location Agreement (“Agreement”) is made and
entered into by the parties hereto on the _____ day of ___________________,
___________ (the "Effective Date") by and between
("Customer") and _____________________ ("DEVELOPER").
A.
DEVELOPER
is in the business of designing web sites and has experience in the industry.
B.
The
Customer wishes to have DEVELOPER perform certain Web Site conversion and Web
Site Development services substantially complying with the DEVELOPER Proposal
(Exhibit “A”) set forth herein (“Web Sites”) and to make such web sites
available through the Internet.
C.
The
customer is the current registered owner of the Internet domain names ___________________ which shall be the
URLs at which the Web Sites shall be located.
D.
The
parties wish to agree to certain terms concerning the hosting of Customer’s
web sites and the co-loca[portion deleted
- included in fully licensed version]omer’s
equipment on DEVELOPER’s site.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree to the following:
ARTICLE
I
WEB
SITE DESIGN SERVICES
2.1
Engagement of DEVELOPER. Customer hereby
engages the services of DEVELOPER for the purpose of performing certain Web
Site Design Services as described in this Agreement and in DEVELOPER Proposal
attached hereto as Exhibit “A,” to be[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]er in the form of Hypertext Markup Language (“HTML”),
most current version, which substantially complies with
the specifications set forth herein.
DEVELOPER’s Web Site Design Services shall include the following:
(a)
Web Site Conversion and Template Creation. Conversion of
Customer’s web site code for Customer’s three (3) existing Web Sites. DEVELOPER shall convert each page of the existing
web site into HTML format and create a template for each web site that permits
the Customer to update the Web Site. Each
template shall contain comment tags indicating to Customer where the page
can be edited or additional content can be added. Customer represents and warrants that (i) the
existing web sites were created in Cold Fusion, (ii) th[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]xisting web sites, and (iii) that the performance of the
conversion and other Web Development Services by DEVELOPER pursuant to this
Agreement will not conflict with the rights of any other party in and to the
pre-existing web sites.
(b)
Home Page Redesign. DEVELOPER shall perform re-design
of Customer’s existing three (3) web site home pages and all other active
pages and links within the Customer’s existing Web Site, including (i) up
to 300 words of textual content per page (content to be provided by Customer),
creation of internal links, creation of graphics (including original bullets,
bars and background consistent with th[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]shall be responsible for providing all content to be integrated into the
Web Sites. Customer and DEVELOPER developer shall meet to plan overall site
layout, theme, color scheme and other design aspects. Upon DEVELOPER request, Customer shall examine progress made in
the development process and promptly provide input to DEVELOPER, it being
the desire and intent of the parties to minimize the necessity of DEVELOPER
to redesign aspects of the Web Site created by DEVELOPER to meet the d[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]l designate one individual within Customer’s organization to work with
the DEVELOPER development team to provide ongoing review and guidance with
the goal of minimizing redesign and redundancy of effort.
(c)
Web-Based Applications. DEVELOPER, with
input and assistance as to design and content from the Customer, shall create
(i) a single discussion board to be used in conjunction with one of the Customer’s
web sites. The discussion board shall
be a mult[portion deleted - included in
fully licensed version]ine chat sessions on topics of interest.
(d)
Web Graphic Design. DEVELOPER shall perform scanning,
formatting and touch up of Customer graphics and photographs for a fee of
$5.00 per image. Custom animated graphics
may be created but the cost thereof is not included an[portion
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(e)
Flash Design.
DEVELOPER shall develop a custom entrance presentation using Macromedia Flash
format with guidance and input from the Customer. Such Flash presentation shall be of similar nature to that found
at htt[portion deleted - included in fully
licensed version]/
(f)
Multimedia Integration. DEVELOPER shall
provide multi-media related services, such as CD Sampling, Web Camera installation
and live streaming radio capabilities as set forth in the DEVELOPER [portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]ed hereto as Exhibit “A.”
(g)
Web Site Hosting/Server Co-Location. DEVELOPER shall
provide Web Site Hosting S[portion deleted
- included in fully licensed version]mer Web Sites and Server Co-Location Services as set forth
in other provisions of this Agreement.
(h)
Post Delivery Modifications and Content. Following launch,
DEVELOPER shall integration new content provided by Customer into the Web
Site a maximum of one time per week. Fee
for integration of new content after initial development shall be at DEVELOPER’s
then current hourly rates for develope[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]ur).
(i)
Domain Name Registration. DEVELOPER shall
assist Customer in renewing or securing [portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]istration for the three existing domain names.
Cost of domain name services is not included within pricing and shall
be at DEVELOPER usual fees.
2.2
Delivery Responsibilities of the Customer. Within ten (10)
days from the date of execution of this Agreement, Customer will deliver all
content items and existing Web Site files, including but not limited to the
items listed in Exhibit “B” attached hereto to DEVELOPER. The items described in Exhibit “B” shall include
the existing Web Site files and all content to be included in t[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]ontent”) required to be included in the Web Site as described
in the specifications, but excluding those items that shall be the responsibility
of DEVELOPER to create as provided in Section 2.3 below.
All such Web Site Content shall be delivered [portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]Disc or in such other format that is acceptable to DEVELOPER. Logo files shall be in GIF format, photographs shall be in JPG format,
written text shall be in Microsoft Word 2000 or Rich Text format, and sound
files shall be in Mp3 file format.
2.3
DEVELOPER Created Content. As provided
in Section 2.2 above, the Customer shall be responsible for delivering all
Web Site Content except for those items that DEVELOPER has specifically agreed
to create pursuant to the terms of t[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]PER shall have the obligation as part of its duties hereunder
to create the Web Site Content listed in Exhibit “C” attached hereto.
In developing the Web Site Content listed in Exhibit “C” hereto, DEVELOPER
is authorized to utilize such subcontractors as DEVELOPER may desire.
2.4
Hidden Text. The Customer hereby directs DEVELOPER to include
Meta Tags on the We[portion deleted -
included in fully licensed version]
descriptions, page titles, image alt tags and other iteems which include the
keywords which are mutually developed by DEVELOPER and the Customer.
2.5
Site Review During Development. At the request
of DEVELOPER, the Customer shall review the pending progress of the development
project and shall provide [portion deleted
- included in fully licensed version]ce to DEVELOPER as to the appearance and functionality
of the development.
2.6
Completion. Customer acknowledges and agrees that any
changes or deviations in the specifications, site plan, mockups, graphics, or
any other element of the Web Site, requested revisions of redesign by the
Customer, unforeseen circumstances, and Customer delays in fulfilling
Customer’s responsibilities, include delivering Site Content and promptly
reviewing and commenting on completed work will lead to delays in the
completion schedule.
2.7
Form of Delivery. The final Web Site shall be
delivered be made available online at the Customer’s URL address.
2.8
Links. All links contained in the Web Site shall be
tested and confirmed to be accurate prior to delivery of the final Web Site to
the customer.
2.9
Acceptance Period. Customer shall have a period
of 5 days following delivery of the final Web Site during which Customer may
engage in testing of the Web Site. Customer
shall notify DEVELOPER no later than the 5th day following delivery of any
items co[portion deleted - included in
fully licensed version]b Site that do not conform to specifications.
In the event that the Customer does not so notify DEVELOPER within
the 5 day period, Customer shall be deemed to have accepted the Web Site in
all respects.
2.10
Correction of Deviations From Specification. DEVELOPER
shall have a period of 10 days following receipt of written notification from
Customer as provided in Section 2.10 above to correct any items raised by
the Customer into conformance with the specifications and to deliver such
corrected items to the customer. Customer
shall have a period of 2 days after [portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]s to notify DEVELOPER of any further non-conformance
with the specifications. DEVELOPER
shall have a period of 2 days after receipt of this notification to make corrections. This procedure shall continue until such time
as Customer makes final acceptance of the Web Site.
2.11
Back-Up Copy of Web Site. DEVELOPER shall
retain a backup of the Web Site files relative to the accepted Web Site for
a period of 180 days following final acceptance by the Customer. Thereafter, DEVELOP[portion
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ARTICLE
III
3.1
Development Fee. In consideration of the services to be performed by DEVELOPER
hereunder, including the delivery of a completed Web Site meeting the
specifications set forth and referred to herein, the Customer shall pay to
DEVELOPER a total development fee (“Development Fee”) . The parties have agreed to special terms
relative to the payment of the fees to be paid to DEVELOPER for the services
provided hereunder as set forth in Exhibit
“C”
3.2
Pass Through Expenses. The parties
acknowledge and agree that all expenses payable to third parties associated
with the development process, including but not limited to payment of any
licensing fees, software procurement, search engine submission fees, pay-per
click search engine account fees, costs of purchasing graphics, photographs
and other web content, materials, supp[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]osts and expenses not related to the design and development
services, such as hosting, domain name registration, marketing, search engine
placements, and any other service that is not described or covered by this
Agreement.
3.3
Early Termination. In the event that this
Agreement is terminated by its terms prior to completion of the Web Site,
DEVELOPER shall be compensated for such work that has been completed prior to
the date of termination.
ARTICLE
IV
SEARCH
ENGINE SUBMISSIONS
Included within this Development Fee payable hereunder, DEVELOPER agrees to submit the completed Web Sites to the major search engines listed on Exhibit “D.” Any additional search engine submissions shall be subject to separate agreement between the parties and shall not b[portion deleted - included in fully licensed version]ment. Customer and DEVELOPER personnel shall reasonably cooperate to plan a listing of keywords to be targeted for optimal search engine placement based upon the nature of the Customer’s site and the intended target audience. Customer acknowledges and agrees that DEVELOPER may find it necessary to make modifications to the content of the Web Sites in order to enhance the possibility that higher search engine p[portion deleted - included in fully licensed version]site, and to include any desired Meta-tags, hidden text, image “Alt” tags, page descriptions, page titles, Meta-descriptions, link texts, headings text, and body texts as deemed necessary by DEVELOPER to optimize search engine placement. However, DEVELOPER cannot guarantee any specific search engine placement. Customer acknowledges and agrees that search engine placement will not be immediate and that it takes [portion deleted - included in fully licensed version]e to “spider” the Customer’s web site for inclusion in their search engine. It is also possible that a search engine will not spider a page on the first submission and re-submission may be required in order to achieve inclusion in a search engine. Customer shall be responsible for all costs payable to various search engine for submission of the Web Sites, including but not limited to (i) fees for Yahoo, Looksmart, Inktomi, and any other search engine that requires payment of a fee to submit to their site or to expedite submission to their site, and (ii) establishment of accounts with pay-per-click search engines such as GoTo.com, Findwhat.com, and other pay per click search engine. As for pay per click search engine placements, DEVELOPER shall assist the Customer in es[portion deleted - included in fully licensed version]ts and in listing up to 10 search terms per Web Site. Additional listings, if performed by DEVELOPER, shall be at DEVELOPER’s then current[portion deleted - included in fully licensed version]b site developers (currently $45.00 per hour).
ARTICLE V
DEVELOPER
PUBLICITY
5.1
Listing In Roster of DEVELOPER Customers. Following completion
of the Web Site and final acceptance by the Customer, DEVELOPER shall be permitted
to list the Customer and the Customer’s [portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]Web Site and in any of its marketing and advertising as
having been developed by DEVELOPER. The
material included on DEVELOPER’s Web Site shall include a hypertext link to
the Customer’s Web Site.
5.2
DEVELOPER Credit On Web Site. Following completion
of the Web Site and final acceptance by the Customer, Customer shall include
a credit to DEVELOPER on the home page of the Web Site. The credit to DEVELOPER shall be [portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version] on the home page by DEVELOPER but shall be in form and
substance that is reasonably acceptable to the Customer.
The credit shall also include a hypertext link to DEVELOPER’s Web Site.
5.3
Limited Trademark License. The parties
hereby give each other a non-exclusive license to utilize the trademark of
the other party, in form reasonably acceptable to the trademark owner, for
the purposes set forth in Sect[portion
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ARTICLE VI
WEB SITE HOSTING
For the
entire term of this Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, Web Site Host hereby agrees to provide the following web site
hosting services (the "Hosting Services") to the Customer:
6.1
Provide Web Page Owner with no
more that ______ megabytes of disc space on the Web Site Host's web site server.
Such disc space shall be used solely for the purpose of storing the
Web Site and data files that are actively used in con[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]ustomer. Subject to availability in the reasonable discretion of the Web
Site Host, the [portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version] secure additional server storage
space at DEVELOPER’s normal incremental fees.
6.2
Provide Web Page Owner with no
more that ______ megabytes of monthly data transfer bandwidth. Subject to availability in the reasonable discretion
of the Web Site Host, the Customer may secure additional megabytes of bandwidth
per mon[portion deleted - included in
fully licensed version]_____ per megabyte per month.
6.3
Provide Customer with POP3
E-mail accounts as designated on the DEVELOPER Proposal attached hereto as
Exhibit “A”. Additional e-mail accounts may be purchased for per month per
account.
6.4
Customer acknowledges that certain
factors will create downtime including but not limited to normal or catastrophic
maintenance, hardware or communication problems, replacement or upgrading
of system components, normal power outag[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]rs are possible and are normal
in the Internet industry.
6.5
Provide online access by
Customer to raw log files and various usage statistics related to the Web Site
within the capabilities of Web Site Hosts equipment and software.
6.6
Provide Customer with a secure
FTP access site of up to 50mg for the purposes of upload[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]on a daily basis.
6.7
Provide Customer with dedicated
dial-up connection for live web feeds.
Customer shall also be provided with four (4) unlimited dialup accounts.
ARTICLE VII
OTHER SERVICES
7.1
DEVELOPER will provide a
total of five (5) hours of Internet education at Customer’s prim[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]n as described in the DEVELOPER
Proposal.
7.2
DEVELOPER shall provide
ongoing customer email support concerning web development activities, web[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version], problem solving and creative
idea generation during the term of this Agreement.
7.3
DEVELOPER hereby grants
to Customer the right to locate one (1) server dedicated to Customer Web Sites
a[portion deleted - included in fully
licensed version]ELOPER office in Wausau,
Wisconsin (the “DEVELOPER Location”) to connect into the DEVELOPER Backbone
network at the DEVELOPER Point of Presence for the term of this Agreement.
No use of the DEVELOPER Location required or permitted under this Agreement
shall create or vest in Customer any easements or other ownershi[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]OPER’s real or personal
property or the DEVELOPER Location; provided, that no physical transformation
to the DEVELOPER Location or access equipment or additional bandwidth to through
the DEVELOPER POP shall be required to accommodate Customer Equipment.
ARTICLE
VIII
CONFIDENTIALITY
COVENANTS
8.1
The
parties acknowledge and agree that during the course of the relationship contemplated
hereby that they are likely to come into contact and gain knowledge and access
to information and materials that the other party deems to be confidential,
proprietary or of strategic importance. The parties each agree that they shall maintain
the strictest confidentiality of all such m[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]nfidential
information for their own purposes, and they shall protect such confidential
information from disclose using the same or higher standards as they use to
protect their own confidential information.
8.2
The
parties agree that confidential information shall be limited to disclosure
within the organization of the recipient to those top management personnel
and developers with a bona fide need to know such information as a necessary
part of their contribution [portion deleted
- included in fully licensed version]under
this Agreement.
8.3
For
purposes of this Agreement, confidential information shall include any and
all information that is of a proprietary, confidential or trade secret nature,
of strategic importance, or is otherwise considered to be confidential or
proprietary by the releasing party. Confidential
information will include items such as business plans, marketing plans and
strategies, formula, processes, data, software s[portion
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that are generally available to the public, generally known in the industry,
exist in the public domain, is learned from an outside source independent
from the relationship established by this Agreement or was known prior to
the entering of this Agreement.
ARTICLE
IX
TERM AND
TERMINATION
9.1
This
Agreement shall commence on the effective date hereof and shall remain in
effect until the earlier of the completion of all services called for hereunder
to be performed by DEVELOPER, or the earlier termination of this Agreement
as provid[portion deleted - included in
fully licensed version].
9.2
This
Agreement may be terminated by either party, with or without cause, by giving
ten (10) business days written notice of such termination to DEVELOPER.
9.3
Customer
may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice to DEVELOPER in
the event that DEVELOPER substantially breaches or defaults under any of
DEVELOPER’s obligations contained in this Agreement or if DEVELOPER is unable
to or refuses to perform services hereunder.
9.4
Upon
the effective date of any termination of this Agreement, all legal obligation,
rights and duties arising out of this Agreement shall terminate except that:
(i) Customer shall remain obligated to pay any balance due[portion
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provided hereunder: (ii) the Confidentiality Restrictions, Ownership of Proprietary
Rights Provisions, and Independent Contractor provisions of this Agreement
shall continue to apply and shall survive the termination of this Agreement
as ongoing covenants between the parties.
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
10.1 Notices. Any notification or
written communication required by or contemplated under the terms of this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall deemed to be delivered if transmitted
via Email at the Email addresses listed below, except for any notice of
termination of this Agreement which shall be in writing and sent by United
States Mail, Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested and shall be deemed to
have been delivered five (5) business days after the date of mailing. Addresses
and Email addresses for such notices shall be:
If To DEVELOPER:
__________________________________
If To Customer:
The address provided in the signature area of this Agreement
10.2 No Assignment. The Services to
be performed by DEVELOPER hereunder are personal in nature, and Customer has
engaged DEVELOPER as a result of DEVELOPER's unique expertise relating to
such Services. Neither this Agree[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]ght, interest, duty
or obligation hereunder may be assigned, transferred or delegated by DEVELOPER
without the express written consent of Customer which consent may be withheld
in the discretion of the Customer.
10.3
Independent Contractor Status. The parties agree that DEVELOPER shall be an independent
contractor and not an agent, employee or representative of Customer. Customer
shall have no right to direct or control the details of DEVELOPER’[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]all not receive any fringe benefits or other perquisites
that the Customer may provide to its employees and DEVELOPER agrees to be
responsible for its own business overhead and costs of doing business and
to furnish (or reimburse Customer for) all tools and materials necessary to
accomplish the services required of DEVELOPER pursuant to this Agreement,
and shall incur all expenses associated with performance, except as expressly
provided in Exhibits or amendments to this Agreement. DEVELOPER shall be respo[portion
deleted - included in fully licensed version]ayable to DEVELOPER hereunder. DEVELOPER hereby indemnifies
and holds the customer harmless any obligation that may be imposed on Customer
(i) to pay in withholding taxes or similar items or (ii) resulting from DEVELOPER's
being determined not to be an independent contractor.
10.4
Arbitration.
Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the parties agree that
any dispute or controversy arising out of, relating to or in connection with
the interpretation, validity, construction, performance, breach or termination
of this Agreement shall be submitted to binding arbitration to be held in
Marathon County, Wisconsin in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
A[portion deleted - included in fully
licensed version]n the arbitrator's
decision in any court of competent jurisdiction. The parties shall each bear
their own attorney fees with respect to such Arbitration but shall share equally
the other costs and expenses of arbitration.
10.5
In interpreting
the terms of this Agreement, the parties agree that the laws of [portion
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be applicable. All suits permitted to be brought in any court shall be venued
in Marathon County, State of Wisconsin
10.6
This
Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding of the parties with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supercedes and replaces all prior
discussions, agreements, proposals, understandings, whether orally or in writing,
between the parties related to the subject matter of this Agreement. This
Agreement may be changed, modified or amended only in a written agreement
that is duly e[portion deleted - included
in fully licensed version]n,
the enforceability of effectiveness of the remainder of the Agreement shall
not be effected and this Agreement shall be enforceable without reference
to the unenforceable provision. No party’s waiver of any breach or accommodation
to the other party shall be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly entered and executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written and represent and warrant that the party executing this Agreement on their behalf is duly authorized.
Developer
By: _______________________________________
Customer
By: _______________________________________
Its: _______________________________________
Address: ___________________________________
__________________________________________
EXHIBIT
“A”
DEVELOPER
PROPOSAL
That certain “Web Page Description and Cost Detail” delivered to Customer dated ___________________.
EXHIBIT
“B”
CLIENT
DELIVERY ITEMS
Customer shall be
responsible for providing all textual and graphical content to be included
within the Web Sites to be created by DEVELOPER hereunder, except for those
items which are to be originally created by DEVELOPER as part of the
development project described in this Agreement.
EXHIBIT
“C”
PAYMENT
SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT
“D”
SEARCH
ENGINES FOR SUBMISSION
Alta Vista
Anzwers
Excite
Fast/All The Web
Google
HotBot
Lycos
Northern Lights
Direct Hit
Open Directory Project
Yahoo Web Pages
Looksmart (Fee required)
Yahoo Directory (Fee Required)
Inktomi Database (Fee Required)
GoTo (Pay Per Click)