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Welcome to the Website Design Bureau website. This website is for WDB members and public.
Website Design Bureau promotes best practices within the design and development sectors as well as advancing our members through information, client relation issues and awarding achievements.
Brief History
Originally conceptualised in the beautiful mother city, Cape Town, South Africa, the WDB has over the last few years moved internationally as the niche market of design is so easily connected via the world wide web.
- Awards
Brief on the Website Design Bureau awards
Nominations:
Nominations are only open to WDB members as services offered must comply with WDB Best Practices.Website of the month
The best website is marked on a range of design and development skills from branding integration to conplex online systemsGD of the month
Graphic design awards are given under strict criteria. Limitations to online loading times, colour effects and relation to target marketsScript of the month
The Script of the month is given more freedom where it may either be highly advanced or highly anticipated.Monthly awards
The amount of submissions is great enough to display and award top works within a reletively short space of timeAward Accreditations
Gold Award
The Gold Award represents the highest achievement within the sector. The sector name is displayed below the award brand.Read more...
Silver Award
Some months may have more than one outstanding design or development in need of appraisal. In this case a silver award is provided to the runner up.Read more...Award brandings
All award brandings are sent to recipients along with a link to an accreditation listing for their particular product/service including details to verify the award. Awards with no link to this unique accreditation are not considered valid to the public.
The public is asked to please inform the Website Design Bureau of any suspicious award branding. - Affiliates
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Best Practice
WDBs code of conduct
Best Practice Code of Good Conduct for Website Design Bureau Members – effective 1 March 2008.
This Code governs the relationships between Website Design Bureau members and their clients received from Website Design Bureau.
By accepting this Best Practice Code of Good Conduct, each member is committed to the promotion of Best Practices.
1. Client confidentiality:
WDB Members will respect clients rights to confidentialty regarding services and design. All information within reason provided by the client must be respected as confidential and not passed to third parties unless required by law or on behalf of the client.
2. Conduct:
Each member will clearly define services offered to their clients prior to commencing services, conducting themselves and their business with professional integrity.
All members shall ensure that they provide a service which is efficient and in the interest of good business practices.
WDB members act with honesty and fairness in their dealings with clientele. Members shall refrain from activities which could bring WDB into disrepute.
4. Regulatory Compliance:
All members will abide by all applicable laws and regulations with regards to services, client relations and anti-spam.
5. Truth in Advertising:
WDB Members are required to advertise their services and products truthfully and as accuratly as possible without with holding mandatory hidden costs.
6. Complaints from the public
Even though WDB is not a Regulatory body, if it receives complaints from the public regarding one of it's members it will be closely followed up and may result in loss of membership.