Signature Web Media Free Hosting Service Term of Service for Non-Profit Organizations
The use of services from SignatureWebMedia.com [hereafter referred to as "SWM"] constitutes agreement to these terms. You may view our Privacy Policy here.
1.) General Term of Service
The non-profit organizations who utilise SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations must accept SWM's general Term of Service.
2.) Automatic Renewal
As long as we are able to continue offering free hosting, any Free SWM free hosting account will continue to renew automatically each month indefinitely as long as it remains in compliance with all term of service.
3.) Prohibited Uses of SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations
No SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations account may be used for simply "parking" a domain name; or for redirecting a domain to any other site; or used primarily for online storage of downloads, documents, or forms which are not also readily visible as web pages in a browser; or as an extra web site for an organization which has another web presence elsewhere; or for displaying a duplicate of a web site or page which is on another web site; or for displaying part of a web site while ANY PORTION of the organization's web site is on another web site; or as primarily a "link holder" for links to other site/s; or as part of a link farm. No page of an SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations web site may be used as a redirect to content on another site. Nor may any SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations site be entirely or mostly password-protected so that there is little or no content visible to the public.
Additionally, SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations web hosting account may not take advantage of hosting functions such as scripts or email without simultaneously having an active, visible, working web site online.
Use of SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations for part of the site while using another server elsewhere for other site functions by DNS manipulation of MX, CNAME, A, and other records is also prohibited. The entire site and all related functions must be hosted in the same hosting account, or upgraded to paid hosting.
In other words, SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations accounts are for non-profit organizations serving their own local community, and the organization (or local chapter) does not otherwise have a web page, web presence, or web elements hosted on any other site, and will be using exclusively the free hosting account granted by SWM for the purpose of establishing and maintaining an active web presence with current, updated information visible via browser to any visitor of their site.
4.) SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations LINK REQUIREMENT
A small but visible active and working link to Signature Web Media must appear at the bottom of every page of any web site hosted under the Signature Web Mediar Signature Web Media Free Hosting Service for Non-Profit Organizations. The link on each page should look like this:
Free Hosting Service for Non-Profit Organizations
Provided by Signature Web Media
Text and link colors may be changed if desired, but the wording and link must remain intact and must be visible and readable. You may not replace the link with an image or anything else, nor may you change or modify the link wording or the link URL in any way. The link does not have to be in bold font unless you want to make it so. If you create a popup or info window on your site, it is NOT exempt from the link requirement.
5.) Links to Other Sites
A web site which has been granted free hosting by Signature Web Media under the terms of the SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations Hosting accounts may not advertise or link to web hosting companies and/or domain registration companies other than Signature Web Media, either visibly or invisibly on the web site's pages, nor may such advertisements or links to other web hosting and/or domain registration companies be in any way hidden in the source code of the web site's pages.
Links to other web sites (for example to helpful resources, etc.) may be placed on SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations hosted sites if the links are otherwise in compliance with the above, as well as the General Hosting TOS and other SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations TOS.
6.) Obfuscation or Encryption
No SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations hosted site may utilize obfuscation or encryption technology to obfuscate, camouflage, encrypt, or otherwise hide any part of the code for files contained in the account.
7.) Server Resource Usage
Any SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations web site that uses a higher amount of server resources than its Package amount (such as, but not limited to, CPU resources, memory usage, and network resources over their allotted limits) will be given the option to either reduce the resources used to an acceptable level, or upgrade its hosting service plan to one of our paid Packages. If upgrading to a paid plan, since the web site in question will have become a regular paid account it therefore will no longer be required to feature the "Free web hosting (etc.)" link above.
8.) INACTIVE/UNUSED SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations Accounts
Any free hosting account that is observed by us to be unused or inactive on our servers and name servers by two months after the account's creation will be automatically terminated without notice in order to clear room on the server for active accounts. "Unused" applies to web sites for which a domain name does not exist or is expired, or the domain's DNS is not fully pointed to our nameservers, or for which no real home page or content is visible for the site at the top level of the domain (http://www.yournewsiteame.com/ ). A parking-type page, or "Under Construction", "Coming Soon" or similar, or a page with title or logo only but without actual text content or functioning links is not considered to be an active, working "home page".
Additionally, if a formerly-active free hosting site contains information that is obviously outdated by 6 months or more, it will be considered to be an inactive site.
Any free hosting account which is terminated for being unused or inactive will not be eligible for free hosting again.
9.) Purpose
If your application for free hosting was accepted, your web site's focus and purpose must remain as you specified on your application and must remain solely for the purpose of non-profit Local Community Service. If we find out after granting a SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations account that the purpose of the web site or any page on it has "morphed" into something unrelated to what was specified in the application, or that the free hosting account was obtained under false pretenses, you will be given the opportunity to upgrade to a paid hosting account, or the hosting account will be terminated.
10.) Domain Registration
Every hosting account requires a top-level domain name to function (e.g. yournewsitename.org). Domain name registration is not included with hosting accounts whether free or paid (except for occasional limited-time offers). The hosting account holder is responsible for providing his or her own top-level domain name, and for modifying the domain's DNS or Name Server records to function with the hosting account. Name Server information will be provided in a "Welcome" email sent at the time of Hosting Account setup, if a free account is granted. If you purchase the domain, you may submit a Helpdesk Support request and request we modify the domain's Name Servers as necessary for you.
12.) Support
While SWM will make every effort to provide technical support during regular business hours for free hosting accounts, support to any free hosting account will be on a time-permitting, as-available basis. Priority 24-7 hosting support is reserved for paid hosting accounts since they pay the bills and keep SWM in business, enabling SWM to provide free hosting at all. Free hosting account users may, of course, also avail themselves at any time of pre-existing support resources.
If you are inexperienced and believe you may need high-priority support regarding web hosting issues or questions, we strongly urge you to consider one of our paid hosting accounts instead. All paid web hosting accounts DO include free top-priority web hosting-related support. SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations accounts may easily switch to paid hosting, without disturbance to their web site.
13.) Reputation
SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations is a privilege, not a right. Nobody is automatically entitled to SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations. Any free hosting account holder which does anything to endanger the reputation of SWM while using our free hosting is subject to immediate and permanent termination without notice.
14.) Compliance with SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations TOS
We do frequently monitor all hosting accounts for compliance with all TOS(Terms of Service), including compliance with free hosting SWM links requirements, site activity, and site content. Noncompliance with any of the TOS by SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations hosting sites will result in suspension of the hosting account or may result in immediate termination of the hosting account, depending upon the severity of the offense. If a hosting account is terminated for any reason, this means the entire hosting account is permanently deleted from the server. Any SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations hosting account which is terminated for violating TOS will not be eligible in future for free hosting at SWM.
15.) Voluntary Cancellation
If at any time after applying for and being granted a SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations, your or your organization decides to switch to another web host, please do us the courtesy of requesting cancellation or at least notifying us of the move, so that we may delete the free account from the server to clear out space and resources for other accounts. Any SWM free hosting service for non-profit organizations Hosting account or user which voluntarily discontinues or moves hosting without the courtesy of a notification to us will not be eligible for free hosting at SWM in future.
16.) Changes to the TOS
SWM reserves the right to revise its policies at any time without notice.
