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Terms of Service

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If you are considering becoming a client or using one of my free/premade designs, please be sure that you read over and understand my terms of service as listed below. These terms and conditions are subject to change at any time, without warning, and therefore should be read prior to making your purchase(s).

All payments are handled securely via PayPal or Google Checkout unless prior arrangements have been made.

Images/Graphic Use

For my templates and associated “bling” such as awards, avatars, banners, etc., I use a combination of purchased graphics from other artists and stuff of my own making as needed for each specific project. Graphics are used under limited license. Rights are reserved by Judith Shakes Designs as well as applicable illustrators/artists, and digital redistribution of any graphics governed by such a license is STRICTLY prohibited.

Graphics are not available for trademark registration, print, or other similar actions unless otherwise noted.

Copying, snagging, cropping, redistributing, and/or modifying JS Designs in ANY FORM without prior written approval is prohibited. This includes having another designer make modifications to your design.

Should you provide images, graphics, photos, et cetera for your design, you are responsible for obtaining usage rights/permission for said items and agree to hold harmless, protect and defend JudithShakes Designs, and its subcontractors from any claim or suit arising from the use of any design elements.

JudithShakes designs consist of several images including headers, backgrounds, and various miscellaneous graphics that need to be hosted on a server in order to appear on your site.If you do not have a hosted solution such as Wordpress or Typepad, your design’s graphics are currently hosted on either our servers or a Photobucket account set-up specifically for your project and are coded into your template with these paths. Should you wish to host them yourself, you will need to replace these paths with those of your graphics’ new hosting location.

Premade/Freebies

Premade and freebie items are sold AS IS unless otherwise noted. You will be charged for additional design elements and/or design changes.

Premade and freebie items are platform-specific. Please be sure that your platform is compatible with your choice of design BEFORE purchasing.  Due to the nature of my products, refunds are NOT available.

Credit & Use

Single-use only! Designs are licensed to respective clients for a single installation. Notification must be made of domain change or transfer of template.

All designs are provided with a clear credit line/link back here. This credit line is not to be removed under any circumstances if ANY elements of the design remain (including the original design concept).

Design Process

Custom designs require a deposit based off of your design quote in order to be added to my design calendar. Projects under $100  and all Quickie Designs will need to be paid in full before being added.  Deposits/payments are NON-REFUNDABLE once I’ve begun work.

I draft an initial design based off of your quote requests and our emails.  I call this the “initial design concept”.  This initial concept will then be tweaked to your preference. However, if  you do not like this initial concept and would prefer to go another “route” entirely, you are entitled to one more design concept before I will need to either (a) re-work your original quote or (b) refer you to another designer.

If the optional installation is used, you are responsible for setting up a TEMPORARY password for me to access your account and the subsequent deletion of said account.

Custom designs that are not picked up within TWO weeks of completion will be re-worked and re-sold. So be sure that you add judithshakespeare.com to your email client’s safe-list to ensure that you receive all of our correspondence.

Once design is installed and completed, you will be emailed a copy of the design files for your records. I do not keep copies of these records, so it is your responsibility to properly back-up your design.

You are responsible for giving final approval on a design before installation. I will provide limited support the day of the installation of your design in order to make minor adjustments and modifications as needed. Any major modifications or changes needed after this time will be billed at my standard hourly rate.

Content

Designs are built for easily-modified blogging platforms so that you are able to update your content on your own. You are responsible for adding content to your site (pages, posts, et cetera) unless this service has been added to your quote.

Blogging Software/Programs

Support for your blogging software should be obtained through the respective software company unless prior arrangements have been made. Troubleshooting/tutorials for software issues that are NOT design-related will be billed at an hourly rate.

Violators of these terms may be asked to immediately remove the design and all of its elements/concepts from their  site.