Devious Fish Web Design

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

What size/type projects are within Devious Fish's scope?

We specialize in small to medium static-content sites— sites without animation that are simply meant to provide information. Such sites typically have between 5 and 10 individual pages, each focusing on a different aspect of the organization they represent.

If your project involves dynamic content, it is presently outside our scope. These are sites where site visitors interact, creating their own news articles or editing settings that change the site behavior.

We generally don't use animation in our sites. If you'd like limited animation (for example, a multimedia welcome screen), we might take on the project and outsource the animation to someone specializing in that area— talk to us about it. If the site involves extensive animation, however, it is outside our scope.

Will I own the site when Devious Fish is done?

Yes. As a work for hire, you will own your site and the domain name. You will receive copyright ownership, although we do not register the work with the copyright office. Licenses for images used in your site are also yours, although copyright remains with the respective image owners. You also receive a license for the web development package I use to build sites with, but I retain ownership and copyright of that package. Open source tools used in site creation remain owned by their respective creators, but can be downloaded free for use.

If you choose a different development company, be sure you will be given ownership of the site and domain name and licenses to any integrated works. Most will, but there's a few...

Are there sites Devious Fish won't do?

Yes. We won't build sites for unethical, immoral, or hurtful purposes. However, we have no issues with any adult-content sites, as long as everyone involved is consenting. Managing the legal aspects of running an adult site (such as maintaining records of model consents) is outside our scope.

What is Devious Fish doing to prepare for IE8?

Internet Explorer 8, unlike prior versions, is to be capable of being specifications-compliant. At Devious Fish, we develop everything with the specifications in mind, then make accommodations for Internet Explorer where necessary. Often, our works look great on the compliant browsers, but have aesthetic variations with IE that are are harmless but nominally less attractive.1  IE8's new mode should replicate the quality look-and-feel of other browsers. Therefore, based on details available so far, we have proactively added the necessary META element to our pages to activate the specifications-compliant mode when it arrives.

What is Devious Fish doing to prepare for HTML 5?

HTML 5 is in draft form. We've look at it, and it's not ready. Until it is in at least recommendation form, we have no plan to use it.

What's with the name "Devious Fish"?

Fish are a sort of totem animal for me, so I started tinkering with a fish logo. As the logo progressed, the fish started to looked like it was up to something, and I began considering "Deviant Fish". By the time I was done, it was clear that the fish had an agenda, so I eventually settled on "Devious Fish".