Terms

Using this site

Please don't run the website check automatically or in bulk, try to overload this site or any other, or use anything here in a way that breaks the law.

The free website check

Results come from Google PageSpeed Insights, testing as a mid-range phone on a mobile connection and as a desktop computer. They are an automated snapshot, not an audit: scores vary between runs, and a check doesn't cover security testing, legal compliance or anything Google's test doesn't measure. It is provided free and as-is, without any guarantee.

Quotes and projects

Every project starts with a written quote: one fixed price for the work described in it, and the payment schedule. Work outside that description is quoted separately before it starts, never billed as a surprise.

Timings are estimates, and they depend on receiving your text, photos and feedback. Launch dates are agreed together. If a project waits on you for more than 60 days, it is paused, and a new launch date is agreed when it restarts.

You can cancel a project at any time. You pay for the work done up to that point, and you get everything built so far.

Free fixes after launch

If something built for your site stops working the way your quote describes within 30 days of launch, it's fixed free. That covers this studio's own work, not changes made later by you or someone else, or problems caused by another company's service.

What you provide

You confirm that you have the right to use the text, photos, logos and anything else you send for your site. If someone claims that material you supplied infringes their rights, that claim is yours to deal with, and you'll cover any cost it causes this studio.

Who owns the site

Once your project is paid in full, you own the website: its design, its text, the files that make it up, and all the content you provided. Your domain is registered in your name. If you ever move elsewhere, you get everything you need to take the site with you.

There are two exceptions. Parts made by others, such as fonts, open-source code and stock photos, stay under their own licenses, which let you keep using them on your site. General tools and code this studio had before your project, and reuses from site to site, stay the studio’s; you get a permanent, free license to use them as part of your site.

Finished sites may be shown in this studio's portfolio. If you'd rather yours wasn't, say so and it won't be.

Laws that apply to your site

Sites are built following current accessibility and privacy practice, but this studio isn't a law firm. Making sure your site meets the laws that apply to your business, such as accessibility, privacy or industry rules, is your responsibility, and so is anything you add or change after launch.

The Care Plan

The Care Plan can be added to a site built here or to one you already have. It is billed monthly and you can cancel at any time. Cancelling takes effect at the end of the month you have paid for, and you keep everything that was built for you.

Other services

Hosting, domain registration and similar services are provided by other companies under their own terms. Any fees for them are set out in your quote.

Liability

This site and the website check are provided as-is. As far as the law allows, this studio isn't responsible for indirect losses, such as lost business or profits, arising from using this site or from a project, and total liability for any project is limited to the amount paid for it. Nothing here limits rights you have that can't be limited by law.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of California and the United States. Any dispute will be heard by the courts serving Los Angeles, California.

Changes and questions

If these terms change, the date at the top will change with them. Questions go to uptimestudiosites@gmail.com.