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Important Information

Terms of Service:

The following terms and conditions govern all use of the www.fabiwebdesigns.co.uk website and all content, services and products available at or through the website (taken together, the Website). The Website is owned and operated by FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting ("FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting"). The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, FABI Web Designs Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting (collectively, the "Agreement").

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 1 years old.

  1. Your www.fabiwebdesigns.co.uk Account and Site. If you create a blog/site on the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and blog, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the blog. You must not describe or assign keywords to your blog in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting liability. You must immediately notify FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting of any unauthorized uses of your blog, your account or any other breaches of security. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.
  2. Responsibility of Contributors. If you operate a blog, comment on a blog, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, "Content"), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:
    • the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;
    • if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;
    • you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;
    • the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;
    • the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);
    • the Content is not pornographic, does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;
    • your blog is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods;
    • your blog is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your blog's URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and
    • you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting or otherwise.

    By submitting Content to FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting for inclusion on your Website, you grant FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your blog. If you delete Content, FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.

    Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting has the right (though not the obligation) to, in FABI Web Designs sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in FABI Web Designs reasonable opinion, violates any FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in FABI Web Designs sole discretion. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.

  3. Payment and Renewal.
    • General Terms.
      By selecting a product or service, you agree to pay FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting the one-time and/or monthly or annual subscription fees indicated (additional payment terms may be included in other communications). Subscription payments will be charged on a pre-pay basis on the day you sign up for an Upgrade and will cover the use of that service for a monthly or annual subscription period as indicated. Payments are not refundable.
    • Automatic Renewal.
      Unless you notify FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting before the end of the applicable subscription period that you want to cancel a subscription, your subscription will automatically renew and you authorize us to collect the then-applicable annual or monthly subscription fee for such subscription (as well as any taxes) using any credit card or other payment mechanism we have on record for you. Upgrades can be canceled at any time by submitting your request to FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting in writing.
  4. Services.
    • Fees; Payment. By signing up for a Services account you agree to pay FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting the applicable setup fees and recurring fees. Applicable fees will be invoiced starting from the day your services are established and in advance of using such services. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting reserves the right to change the payment terms and fees upon forteen (7) days prior written notice to you. Services can be canceled by you at anytime on forteen (7) days written notice to FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting.
    • Support. If your service includes access to priority email support. "Email support" means the ability to make requests for technical support assistance by email at any time (with reasonable efforts by FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting to respond within three business days) concerning the use of the VIP Services. "Priority" means that support takes priority over support for users of the standard or free www.fabiwebdesigns.co.uk services. All support will be provided in accordance with FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting standard services practices, procedures and policies.
  5. Responsibility of Website Visitors. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material's content, use or effects. By operating the Website, FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.
  6. Content Posted on Other Websites. We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which www.fabiwebdesigns.co.uk links, and that link to www.fabiwebdesigns.co.uk. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting does not have any control over those non-FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting website or webpage, FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting websites and webpages.
  7. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy. As FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by www.fabiwebdesigns.co.uk violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting in accordance with FABI Web Designs Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") Policy. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting will terminate a visitor's access to and use of the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting or others. In the case of such termination, FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting.
  8. Intellectual Property. This Agreement does not transfer from FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting to you any FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting, www.fabiwebdesigns.co.uk, the www.fabiwebdesigns.co.uk logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with www.fabiwebdesigns.co.uk, or the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting or FABI Web Designs licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting or third-party trademarks.
  9. Advertisements. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting reserves the right to display advertisements on your blog unless you have purchased an ad-free account.
  10. Attribution. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting reserves the right to display attribution links such as 'Blog at www.fabiwebdesigns.co.uk,' theme author, and font attribution in your blog footer or toolbar.
  11. Partner Products. By activating a partner product (e.g. theme) from one of our partners, you agree to that partner's terms of service. You can opt out of their terms of service at any time by de-activating the partner product.
  12. Domain Names. If you are registering a domain name, using or transferring a previously registered domain name, you acknowledge and agree that use of the domain name is also subject to the policies of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), including their Registration Rights and Responsibilities.
  13. Changes. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
  14. Termination. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your www.fabiwebdesigns.co.uk account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have a paid services account, such account can only be terminated by FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting if you materially breach this Agreement and fail to cure such breach within forteen (7) days from FABI Web Designs notice to you thereof; provided that, FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting can terminate the Website immediately as part of a general shut down of our service. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.
  15. Disclaimer of Warranties. The Website is provided "as is". FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk.
  16. Limitation of Liability. In no event will FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.
  17. General Representation and Warranty. You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.
  18. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.
  19. Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting, or by the posting by FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the laws of the Leeds, West Yorkshire, excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in Leeds. Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. ("JAMS") by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in Leeds, in the English language and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys' fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties' original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; FABI Web Designs / FABI Hosting may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.

WEB DESIGN / DEVELOPMENT / HOSTING SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The following terms and conditions apply to all website development / design services provided by FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting to the Client.

1. Acceptance

It is not necessary for any Client to have signed an acceptance of these terms and conditions for them to apply. If a Client accepts a quote then the Client will be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the terms applying and have accepted these terms and conditions in full.

Please read these terms and conditions carefully. Any purchase or use of our services implies that you have read and accepted our terms and conditions.

2. Charges

Charges for services to be provided by FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting are defined in the project quotation that the Client receives via e-mail. Quotations are valid for a period of 30 days. FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting reserves the right to alter or decline to provide a quotation after expiry of the 30 days.

Unless agreed otherwise with the Client, all website design services require an advance payment of a minimum of TWENTY (20) percent of the project quotation total before the work is supplied to the Client for review. A second charge of TWENTY (20) percent is required after the development stage, with the remaining SIXTY (60) percent of the project quotation total due upon completion of the work, prior to upload to the server or release of materials.

Payment for services is due by bank transfer. Bank details will be made available on invoices. Other payment services include PayPal and SagePay – details will be provided on request, there is a small fee to pay using these services also provided on request.

3. Client Review

FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting will provide the Client with an opportunity to review the appearance and content of the website during the design phase and once the overall website development is completed. At the completion of the project, such materials will be deemed to be accepted and approved unless the Client notifies FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting otherwise within ten (10) days of the date the materials are made available to the Client. When development begins on a design, any changes made to initial design scheme may incur extra cost unless otherwise agreed.

4. Turnaround Time and Content Control

FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting will install and publicly post or supply the Client’s website by the date specified in the project proposal, or at date agreed with Client upon FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting receiving initial payment, unless a delay is specifically requested by the Client and agreed by FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting.

In return, the Client agrees to delegate a single individual as a primary contact to aid FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting with progressing the commission in a satisfactory and expedient manner.

During the project, FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting will require the Client to provide website content; text, images, movies and sound files

5. Failure to provide required website content:

FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting is a small business, to remain efficient we must ensure that work we have programmed is carried out at the scheduled time. On occasions we may have to reject offers for other work and enquiries to ensure that your work is completed at the time arranged.

This is why we ask that you provide all the required information in advance. On any occasion where progress cannot be made with your website because we have not been given the required information in the agreed time frame, and we are delayed as result, we reserve the right to impose a surcharge of up to 25%. If your project involves Search Engine Optimisation we need the text content for your site in advance so that the SEO can be planned and completed efficiently.

If you agree to provide us with the required information and subsequently fail to do within one week of project commencement we reserve the right to close the project and the balance remaining becomes payable immediately. Simply put, all the above condition says is do not give us the go ahead to start until you are ready to do so.

NOTE: Text content should be delivered as a Microsoft Word, email (or similar) document with the pages in the supplied document representing the content of the relevant pages on your website. These pages should have the same titles as the agreed website pages. Contact us if you need clarification on this.

Using our content management system, or the content managment system we choose to develop your website on, you are able to keep your content up to date yourself.

6. Payment

Invoices will be provided by FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting upon completion but before publishing the live website. Invoices are normally sent via email; however, the Client may choose to receive hard copy invoices. Invoices are due upon receipt. Accounts that remain unpaid thirty (7) days after the date of the invoice will be assessed a service charge in the amount of the higher of one and one-half percent (1.5%) or £30 per month of the total amount due.

7. Additional Expenses

Client agrees to reimburse FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting for any additional expenses necessary for the completion of the work. Examples would be purchase of special fonts, stock photography etc.

8. Web Browsers

FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting makes every effort to ensure websites are designed to be viewed by the majority of visitors. Websites are designed to work with the most popular current browsers (e.g. Firefox, Internet Explorer 8 & 9, Google Chrome, etc.). Client agrees that FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting cannot guarantee correct functionality with all browser software across different operating systems.

FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting cannot accept responsibility for web pages which do not display acceptably in new versions of browsers released after the website have been designed and handed over to the Client. As such, FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting reserves the right to quote for any work involved in changing the website design or website code for it to work with updated browser software.

9. Default

Accounts unpaid thirty (7) days after the date of invoice will be considered in default. If the Client in default maintains any information or files on FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting Web space, FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting will, at its discretion, remove all such material from its web space. FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting is not responsible for any loss of data incurred due to the removal of the service. Removal of such material does not relieve the Client of the obligation to pay any outstanding charges assessed to the Client’s account.  Clients with accounts in default agree to pay FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting reasonable expenses, including legal fees and costs for collection by third-party agencies, incurred by FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting in enforcing these Terms and Conditions.

10. Termination

Termination of services by the Client must be requested in a written notice and will be effective on receipt of such notice. E-mail or telephone requests for termination of services will not be honoured until and unless confirmed in writing. The Client will be invoiced for design work completed to the date of first notice of cancellation for payment in full within thirty (7) days.

11. Indemnity

All FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting services may be used for lawful purposes only. You agree to indemnify and hold FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting harmless from any claims resulting from your use of our service that damages you or any other party.

12. Copyright

The Client retains the copyright to data, files and graphic logos provided by the Client, and grants FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting the rights to publish and use such material. The Client must obtain permission and rights to use any information or files that are copyrighted by a third party. The Client is further responsible for granting FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting permission and rights for use of the same and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting from any and all claims resulting from the Client’s negligence or inability to obtain proper copyright permissions. A contract for website design and/or placement shall be regarded as a guarantee by the Client to FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting that all such permissions and authorities have been obtained. Evidence of permissions and authorities may be requested.

13. Standard Media Delivery

Unless otherwise specified in the project quotation, this Agreement assumes that any text will be provided by the Client in electronic format (ASCII text files delivered on floppy disk or via e-mail or FTP) and that all photographs and other graphics will be provided physically in high quality print suitable for scanning or electronically in .gif, .jpeg, .png or .tiff format. Although every reasonable attempt shall be made byFABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting to return to the Client any images or printed material provided for use in creation of the Client’s website, such return cannot be guaranteed.

14. Design Credit

A link to FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting will appear in either small type or by a small graphic at the bottom of the Client’s website. If a graphic is used, it will be designed to fit in with the overall site design. If a client requests that the design credit be removed, a nominal fee of 10% of the total development charges will be applied. When total development charges are less than £5000, a fixed fee of £500 will be applied. The Client also agrees that the website developed for the Client may be presented in FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting portfolio. If a service is moved to alternative hosting the link must stay in place unless the client has paid for removal.

15. Access Requirements

If the Client’s website is to be installed on a third-party server, FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting must be granted temporary read/write access to the Client’s storage directories which must be accessible via FTP. Depending on the specific nature of the project, other resources might also need to be configured on the server.

16. Post-Placement Alterations

FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting cannot accept responsibility for any alterations caused by a third party occurring to the Client’s pages once installed. Such alterations include, but are not limited to additions, modifications or deletions.

17. Domain Names

FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting may purchase domain names on behalf of the Client. Payment and renewal of those domain names is the responsibility of the Client. The loss, cancellation or otherwise of the domain brought about by non or late payment is not the responsibility of FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting. The Client should keep a record of the due dates for payment to ensure that payment is received in good time.

18. General

These Terms and Conditions supersede all previous representations, understandings or agreements.

19. Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by English Law.

20. Liability

FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting hereby excludes itself, its Employees and or Agents from all and any liability from:

  • Loss or damage caused by any inaccuracy;
  • Loss or damage caused by omission;
  • Loss or damage caused by delay or error, whether the result of negligence or other cause in the production of the web site;
  • Loss or damage to clients’ artwork/photos, supplied for the site. Immaterial whether the loss or damage results from negligence or otherwise.

The entire liability of FABI Web Designs and FABI Hosting to the Client in respect of any claim whatsoever or breach of this Agreement, whether or not arising out of negligence, shall be limited to the charges paid for the Services under this Agreement in respect of which the breach has arisen.

21. Severability

In the event any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unimpaired and the Agreement shall not be void for this reason alone. Such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a mutually acceptable valid, legal and enforceable provision, which comes closest to the intention of the parties underlying the invalid.