Legal Contract Templates Web Development Contract (Developer Centered)

How do you write a Web Development Contract (Developer Centered) document?

WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made this current day day of current month current year by and between company name Developers and company name Customer Recitals A. Developers have experience and expertise in the development of web sites. B. Customer desires to have Developers develop web site for them. C. Developers desire to develop Customers Web Site on the terms and conditions set forth herein the Web Site Agreements In consideration of the mutual covenants set forth in this Agreement Customer and Developers hereby agree as follows.

1. Development of Web Site. Developers agree to develop the Web Site according to the terms listed on Exhibit attached hereto. 2. Specifications. Developers agree to develop the Web Site pursuant to the specifications set forth in Exhibit attached hereto the Specifications 3. Delivery of Web Site. Developers will use reasonable diligence in the development of the Web Site and endeavor to deliver to Customer an operational Web Site no later than delivery date. Customer acknowledges however that this delivery deadline and the other payment milestones listed in Exhibit are estimates and are not required delivery dates. Developers will be retaining the source code for the entire project and providing Customer with the output formats only. The output is to be used only within the scope of the project as outlined in Exhibit and does not included the following. Multiplying the site across other domains or servers creating new web sites based on the code selling the code relinquishment of copyright by Developers in any way. Customer shall retain all of its intellectual property rights in any text images or other components it owns and transmits to Developers for use in the Web Site.

4. Ownership Rights. Customer shall retain all of its intellectual property rights in any text images or other components it owns and transmits to Developers for use in the Web Site. Customer shall hold the copyright for the agreed upon version of the Web Site as delivered and Customers copyright notice may be displayed in the final version. Developers shall hold all right title and interest in and to the source code programming and original artwork created for the project. Specifically but without limitation Developer shall hold rights title and interest in and to. 1 all text graphics animation audio components and digital components of the Web Site the Content created by Developers 2 all interfaces navigational devices menus menu structures or arrangements icons help and other operational instructions and all other components of any source or object computer code that comprises the Web Site created by Developers

3 all literal and nonliteral expressions of ideas that operate cause create direct manipulate access or otherwise affect the content created by Developers 4 all copyrights patents trade secrets and other intellectual or industrial property rights in the Web Site or any component or characteristic thereof created by Developers. Customer shall not do anything that may infringe upon or in any way undermine Developers right title and interest in the Web Site as described in this paragraph 5. Compensation. For all of Developers services under this Agreement Customer shall compensate Developers in cash pursuant to the terms of Exhibit attached hereto. In the event Customer fails to make any of the payments referenced in Exhibit by the deadline set forth in Exhibit Developers have the right but are not obligated to pursue any or all of the following remedies. terminate the Agreement remove content from servers owned by Developers bring legal action. 6. Confidentiality. Customer and Developers acknowledge and agree that the Specifications and all other documents and information related to the development of the Web Site the Confidential Information will constitute valuable trade secrets of Developers. Customer shall keep the Confidential Information in confidence and shall not at any time during or after the term of this Agreement without Developers prior written consent disclose or otherwise make available to anyone either directly or indirectly all or any part of the Confidential Information. Excluded from the Confidential Information definition is anything that can be seen by the public on the Web Site when each page of the Web Site is first accessed. 7. Limited Warranty and Limitation on Damages. Developers warrant the Web Site will conform to the Specifications. If the Web Site does not conform to the Specifications Developers shall be responsible to correct the Web Site without unreasonable delay at Developers sole expense and without charge to Customer to bring the Web Site into conformance with the Specifications. This warranty shall be the exclusive warranty available to Customer. Customer waives any other warranty express or implied. Customer acknowledges that Developers do not warrant that the Web Site will work on all platforms. Customer acknowledges that Developers are not responsible for the results obtained by Customer on the Web Site. Customer waives any claim for damages direct or indirect and agrees that its sole and exclusive remedy for damages either in contract or tort is the return of the consideration paid to Developers as set forth in Exhibit attached hereto.

8. Independent Contractor. Developers are retained as independent contractors. Developers will be fully responsible for payment of their own income taxes on all compensation earned under this Agreement. Customer will not withhold or pay any income tax social security tax or any other payroll taxes on Developers behalf. Developers understand that they will not be entitled to any fringe benefits that Customer provides for its employees generally or to any statutory employment benefits including without limitation workers compensation or unemployment insurance. 9. Equipment. Customer agrees to make available to Developers for Developers use in performing the services required by this Agreement such items of hardware and software as Customer and Developers may agree are reasonably necessary for such purpose. 10. General Provisions. 10 Entire Agreement.

This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings written or oral between the parties related to the subject matter hereof. No modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by both of the parties hereto. 10 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of state or province. Exclusive jurisdiction and venue shall be in the county County state or province Superior Court. 10 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Customer and Developers and their respective successors and assigns provided that Developers may not assign any of his obligations under this Agreement without Customers prior written consent.

10 Waiver. The waiver by either party of any breach or failure to enforce any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement at any time shall not in any way affect limit or waive such partys right thereafter to enforce and compel strict compliance with every term and condition of this Agreement. 10 Good Faith. Each party represents and warrants to the other that such party has acted in good faith and agrees to continue to so act in the negotiation execution delivery performance and any termination of this Agreement. 10 Ownership of Photographs. Developers may use some of their own photographs for the Web Site. Developers maintain ownership of the photographs and only grant Customer non exclusive right to use those photographs and only on Customers Web Site. 10 No Right to Assign. Customer has no right to assign sell modify or otherwise alter the Web Site except upon the express written advance approval of Developers which consent can be withheld for any reason.

10 Right to Remove Web Site. In the event Customer fails to make any of the payments set forth on Exhibit within the time prescribed in Exhibit Developers have the right to remove the Web Site until payment in full is paid plus accrued late charges of 2% per month. 10 Indemnification. Customer warrants that everything it gives Developers to put on the Web Site is legally owned or licensed to Customer. Customer agrees to indemnify and hold Developers harmless from any and all claims brought by any third party relating to any aspect of the Web Site including but without limitation any and all demands liabilities losses costs and claims including attorneys fees arising out of injury caused by Customers products services material supplied by Customer copyright infringement and defective products sold via the Web Site. Further customer agrees to indemnify Developers from responsibility for problems disruptions caused by third party services that Customer may use such as merchant accounts shopping carts shipping hosting services real time credit card processing and other services that relate to the ownership and operation of the Web Site or multimedia project. 10. 10 Use of Web Site for Promotional Purposes. Customer grants Developers the right to use the Web Site for promotional purposes and or to cross link it with other Web Sites developed by Developers.

10. 11 No Responsibility for Theft. Developers have no responsibility for any third party taking all or any part of the Web Site. 10. 12 Right to Make Derivative Works. Developers have the exclusive rights in making any derivative works of the Web Site. 10. 13 Attorneys Fees. In the event any party to this Agreement employs an attorney to enforce any of the terms of the Agreement the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its actual attorneys fees and costs including expert witness fees. 10. 14 Identification of Developers.

Customer agrees that Developers identification may be annotated within the code or on the Web Site as the authors. Customer also agrees to put on Developers copyright notices on the Web Site and the relevant content therein. 10. 15 No Responsibility for Loss. Developers are not responsible for any down time lost files improper links or any other loss that may occur in the operation of the Web Site. 10. 16 Transfer of Rights. In the event Developers are unable to continue maintenance of the Web Site non exclusive rights to the Web Site will be granted to Customer. 10. 17 Domain Name. Any domain name registered on Customers behalf will be made in Customers name for both the billing and administrative contacts. The technical contact is generally required to be the hosting ISP. Developer will not register domain names in Developers name.

Each party represents and warrants that on the date first written above they are authorized to enter into this Agreement in entirety and duly bind their respective principals by their signature below. EXECUTED as of the date first written above. company name By signator authorized signature or signer. Job title of signator authorized signature or signer. Date when the contact was signed

company name By signator authorized signature or signer. Job title of signator authorized signature or signer. Date when the contact was signed Customer Initials Developer Initials

How do you write a Contract Change Form (During Development) document? (alternate or related contract document)

company name Contract Addendum company name address address

city state or province zip or postal code Phone phone number Fax fax number DATE. current date Order contract reference number Bill To. company name address address

city state or province zip or postal code Phone phone number Fax fax number For. Invoice. Product and or Service Addendum. Contract #contract reference number Additional Services The following is request to amend the previous established and contracted relationship between company name and company name and is to act as an addendum to any existing contract or relationship established between the two parties. Authorized changes may also impact delivery dates and milestones. The undersigned party desires company name to provide the following additional goods and services. Total. Delivery Date Milestone Impact. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire Agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings written or oral between the parties related to the subject matter hereof. No modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by both of the parties hereto.

Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Customer and Developers and their respective successors and assigns provided that Developers may not assign any of his obligations under this Agreement without Customers prior written consent. PAYMENT TERMS. Net days. 1. 5% Interest monthly on accounts past due days. ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT. The above prices specifications and conditions are hereby accepted. The designer is authorized to execute the project or provide software as outlined in this Agreement. Payment will be made as proposed above. Customers signature Title Date Developers signature Title Date

How to write my Software Problem Report document (alternate or related contract document)

SOFTWARE PROBLEM REPORT If you think you have encountered problem in our product. confirm that you have the latest version of the product you are reporting on; and complete the following form. Reported By signator authorized signature or signer. Date. Phone. Email. Software Version Environment Operating System Y N. Windows Release Y N. Macintosh Release

Y N. Linux Release Other. Problem Description Please describe the problem in as much detail as possible. Make note of any behaviors you observe whether you can reproduce the problem and any observations of system behavior slowdown or other events taking place prior to the instance of the problem encountered. Describe any specific actions you were performing prior to the problem. Frequency Y N. Problem occurs each time Y N. Problem occurs occasionally performing specific action Describe action. Y N. Problem occurs randomly

Reproduction Y N. Problem can be reproduced Y N. Problem cannot be reproduced Describe any specific steps or actions to take to reproduce the problem. Severity Y N. Does not affect usability Y N. Minor requires some extra work to get around Y N. Major requires significant extra work to get around Y N. Critical software is unusable in current state Additional Comments Developer Assigned To

Developer Notes Resolution

How to write my Web Development Contract (Client Centered) document (alternate or related contract document)

WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is made this current day day of current month current year by and between company name Developers and company name Customer Recitals A. Developers have experience and expertise in the development of web sites. B. Customer desires to have Developers develop web site for them. C. Developers desire to develop Customers Web Site on the terms and conditions set forth herein the Web Site

Agreements In consideration of the mutual covenants set forth in this Agreement Customer and Developers hereby agree as follows. 1. Development of Web Site. Developers agree to develop the Web Site according to the terms listed on Exhibit attached hereto. 2. Specifications. Developers agree to develop the Web Site pursuant to the specifications set forth in Exhibit attached hereto the Specifications

3. Delivery of Web Site. Developers will use reasonable diligence in the development of the Web Site and endeavor to deliver to Customer an operational Web Site no later than delivery date. Customer acknowledges however that this delivery deadline and the other payment milestones listed in Exhibit are estimates and are not required delivery dates. Developers will be retaining the source code for the entire project and providing Customer with the output formats only. The output is to be used only within the scope of the project as outlined in Exhibit and does not included the following. Multiplying the site across other domains or servers creating new web sites based on the code or selling or distributing the code to third party. Customer shall retain all of its intellectual property rights in any text images or other components it owns and transmits to Developers for use in the Web Site. 4. Ownership Rights. Customer shall retain all of its intellectual property rights in any text images or other components it owns and transmits to Developers for use in the Web Site. Customer shall hold the copyright for the agreed upon version of the Web Site as delivered and Customers copyright notice may be displayed in the final version. Developer retains exclusive rights to pre existing material they use in Customers project s. Customer does not have right to reuse resell or otherwise transfer material owned by Developer or third parties. Developers materials shall be defined as set forth in Exhibit attached. 5. Compensation. For all of Developers services under this Agreement Customer shall compensate Developers in cash pursuant to the terms of Exhibit attached hereto. In the event Customer fails to make any of the payments referenced in Exhibit by the deadline set forth in Exhibit Developers have the right but are not obligated to pursue any or all of the following remedies. terminate the Agreement remove content from servers owned by Developers bring legal action. 6. Confidentiality.

Customer and Developers acknowledge and agree that the Specifications and all other documents and information related to the development of the Web Site the Confidential Information will constitute valuable trade secrets of Developers. Customer shall keep the Confidential Information in confidence and shall not at any time during or after the term of this Agreement without Developers prior written consent disclose or otherwise make available to anyone either directly or indirectly all or any part of the Confidential Information. Excluded from the Confidential Information definition is anything that can be seen by the public on the Web Site when each page of the Web Site is first accessed. 7. Limited Warranty and Limitation on Damages. Developers warrant the Web Site will conform to the Specifications. If the Web Site does not conform to the Specifications Developers shall be responsible to correct the Web Site without unreasonable delay at Developers sole expense and without charge to Customer to bring the Web Site into conformance with the Specifications. This warranty shall be the exclusive warranty available to Customer. Customer waives any other warranty express or implied. Customer acknowledges that Developers do not warrant that the Web Site will work on all platforms. Customer acknowledges that Developers are not responsible for the results obtained by Customer on the Web Site. Customer waives any claim for damages direct or indirect and agrees that its sole and exclusive remedy for damages either in contract or tort is the return of the consideration paid to Developers as set forth in Exhibit attached hereto. 8. Independent Contractor. Developers are retained as independent contractors. Developers will be fully responsible for payment of their own income taxes on all compensation earned under this Agreement. Customer will not withhold or pay any income tax social security tax or any other payroll taxes on Developers behalf. Developers understand that they will not be entitled to any fringe benefits that Customer provides for its employees generally or to any statutory employment benefits including without limitation workers compensation or unemployment insurance. 9. Equipment. Customer agrees to make available to Developers for Developers use in performing the services required by this Agreement such items of hardware and software as Customer and Developers may agree are reasonably necessary for such purpose.

10. General Provisions. 10 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings written or oral between the parties related to the subject matter hereof. No modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed by both of the parties hereto. 10 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of state or province. Exclusive jurisdiction and venue shall be in the county County state or province Superior Court.

10 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Customer and Developers and their respective successors and assigns provided that Developers may not assign any of his obligations under this Agreement without Customers prior written consent. 10 Waiver. The waiver by either party of any breach or failure to enforce any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement at any time shall not in any way affect limit or waive such partys right thereafter to enforce and compel strict compliance with every term and condition of this Agreement. 10 Good Faith. Each party represents and warrants to the other that such party has acted in good faith and agrees to continue to so act in the negotiation execution delivery performance and any termination of this Agreement. 10 Ownership of Photographs.

Developers may use some of their own photographs for the Web Site. Developers maintain ownership of the photographs and only grant Customer non exclusive right to use those photographs and only on Customers Web Site. 10 Right to Remove Web Site. In the event Customer fails to make any of the payments set forth on Exhibit within the time prescribed in Exhibit Developers have the right to remove the Web Site until payment in full is paid plus accrued late charges of 2% per month. 10 Indemnification. Customer warrants that everything it gives Developers to put on the Web Site is legally owned or licensed to Customer. Customer agrees to indemnify and hold Developers harmless from any and all claims brought by any third party relating to any aspect of the Web Site including but without limitation any and all demands liabilities losses costs and claims including attorneys fees arising out of injury caused by Customers products services material supplied by Customer copyright infringement and defective products sold via the Web Site. Further Customer agrees to indemnify Developers from responsibility for problems disruptions caused by third party services that Customer may use such as merchant accounts shopping carts shipping hosting services real time credit card processing and other services that relate to the ownership and operation of the Web Site or multimedia project. 10 Use of Web Site for Promotional Purposes. Customer grants Developers the right to use the Web Site for promotional purposes and or to cross link it with other Web Sites developed by Developers. 10. 10 No Responsibility for Theft. Developers have no responsibility for any third party taking all or any part of the Web Site.

10. 11 Attorneys Fees. In the event any party to this Agreement employs an attorney to enforce any of the terms of the Agreement the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its actual attorneys fees and costs including expert witness fees. 10. 12 Identification of Developers. Customer agrees that Developers identification may be annotated within the code or on the Web Site as the authors. Customer also agrees to put on Developers copyright notices on the Web Site and the relevant content therein. 10. 13 No Responsibility for Loss. Developers are not responsible for any down time lost files improper links or any other loss that may occur in the operation of the Web Site. 10. 14 Transfer of Rights. In the event Developers are unable to continue maintenance of the Web Site Customer shall have non exclusive rights to use pre existing material see Exhibit owned by Developer in connection with Customers Web Site. 10. 15 Domain Name.

Any domain name registered on Customers behalf will be made in Customers name for both the billing and administrative contacts. The technical contact is generally required to be the hosting ISP. Developer will not register domain names in Developers name. Each party represents and warrants that on the date first written above they are authorized to enter into this Agreement in entirety and duly bind their respective principals by their signature below. EXECUTED as of the date first written above. company name By signator authorized signature or signer. Job title of signator authorized signature or signer. Date when the contact was signed company name

By signator authorized signature or signer. Job title of signator authorized signature or signer. Date when the contact was signed Customer Initials Developer Initials