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 then make the request to `/api_hash/..._hash.txt` and you will
 get the hash, for example: <https://www.ari-web.xyz/api_hash/apis_json_hash.txt>
 
+# Standard
+
+See [the standard](/STANDARD.md) to see how ari-web is structured and
+how to properly modify ari-web
+
 # Usage API
 
 The [usage api](https://www.ari-web.xyz/api/usage.json)
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+# ari-web standard
+
+this document describes how ari-web is built, what rules
+it follows and what standard it practices
+
+-   folder structure
+    -   api
+        -   1 API route
+            -   e.g. <https://blog.ari-web.xyz/blog.json>, you can make the request to
+                that route and thats all, hashing of it works basically the same,
+                but wtihout `/api/` -- <https://blog.ari-web.xyz/blog_json_hash.txt>
+        -   > 1 API route
+            -   use `/api` directory for APIs based on JSON if you have multiple ones
+            -   `/api/*.json` is any API route
+            -   `/api` purely should return a redirect to a JSON file in `/api` containing
+                an index of all API routes
+            -   `/api_hash/*_json_hash.txt` where wildcard is api route name returns a sha256 sum
+                of that specific route
+    -   `/content/`
+        -   content includes all your content
+            -   `img` -- images
+            -   `js` -- javascript
+            -   `styles` / `css` -- CSS ( or SCSS )
+            -   `etc` -- other content
+    -   `/favicons/`
+        -   this directory should purely be on the parent level domain, e.g. `ari-web.xyz`,
+            this should include all of your favicons and its versions / revisions you might
+            use
+    -   `/page/`
+        -   this should include all of your pages
+        -   this directory should purely include directories and text files
+            use directories for pages and text files for pages that dont make
+            use of html ( e.g. <https://ari-web.xyz/page/minimal.txt>, otherwise
+            you should have a subdirectory and in it you should have an `index.html`
+            file, e.g. <https://ari-web.xyz/page/info/index.html>, which compresses
+            into <https://ari-web.xyz/page/info/>
+    -   `/index.html`
+        -   as per HTTP this is just your home page -- `/`, you should not put it in
+            `/page/`, this should be in the root level directory
+    -   `/robots.txt` and `/sitemap.xml`
+        -   these once again should follow general format of robots and sitemap,
+            although this should purely be on the parent-level domain
+    -   `/manifest.json`
+        -   this is your site manifest, you should have it
+    -   \*see redirects for all `parent-level` points
+-   licensing
+    -   all of your code must be free and open source under a shareable license
+    -   id suggest your license to be accessible through your site
+-   redirects
+    -   `/404.html` must be a redirect to `/page/404/index.html`
+    -   `/favicon.ico` should be a redirect to one of your favicons in the `/favicons/` directory
+    -   `/git` should redirect to the source code on the website, preferably on git
+    -   `/git/*` should also be redirected into the source code but with the splat appended to it
+    -   `/*` should redirect to `/page/*` if `/*` does not exist
+    -   `/*` should 'redirect' to `/page/404/index.html` with status code `404` if `/*` nor `/page/*` exists
+-   content
+    -   content should preferably should be minified at build time on the build server
+        rather than in the source code, source code should be readable for a human reader
+    -   all minified content should link to the source code through a human-readable comment
+        in the source code, for example HTML -- `<!-- source code @ /git -->` or similar
+    -   your content should strive to be accessible for all people of different abilities,
+        for example, try if possible make it easy for blind readers, A11Y
+    -   your content should strive to be portable for all browsers that have at least
+        a couple hundred users
+-   markup
+    -   use semantic markup
+    -   use JS licensing
+    -   dont force JS on people, explain why you need it if its disabled
+    -   all `script`s must be placed in the `head` element, use `defer` attribute
+    -   make sure to specify `lang` attribute in your `html`
+    -   escape all html-unsafe characters with escapes
+    -   make sure to use `charset`, `X-UA-Compatible` and `viewport` meta tags
+        to make it easy for people
+        -   `<meta charset="UTF-8" />`
+        -   `<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />`
+        -   `<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />`
+    -   make sure to link to your `robots.txt` using the `meta` tag and `manifest.json`
+        using `link`
+    -   `og:type` should have a defined value preferably
+    -   `color-scheme` and `theme-color` should also preferably be defined
+-   textual content
+    -   dates : `yyyy/mm/dd` for dates `yyyy-mm-dd` for timestamps