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Maxious 1 # [HTML5 Boilerplate](http://html5boilerplate.com)
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3 HTML5 Boilerplate is a professional front-end template that helps you build fast, robust, adaptable, and future-proof websites. Spend more time developing and less time reinventing the wheel.
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5 This project is the product of many years of iterative development and combined community knowledge. It does not impose a specific development philosophy or framework, so you're free to architect your code in the way that you want.
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8 ## Quick start
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10 Clone the git repo - `git clone git://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git` - or [download it](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/zipball/master)
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13 ## Features
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15 * HTML5 ready. Use the new elements with confidence.
16 * Cross-browser compatible (Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox 3.6+, IE6+).
17 * Designed with progressive enhancement in mind.
18 * CSS normalizations and common bug fixes.
19 * IE-specific classes for easier cross-browser control.
20 * A default print stylesheet, performance optimized.
21 * Mobile browser optimizations.
22 * Protection against any stray `console.log` causing JavaScript errors in IE6/7.
23 * The latest jQuery via CDN, with a local fallback.
24 * A custom Modernizr build for feature detection.
25 * An optimized Google Analytics snippet.
26 * Apache server caching, compression, and other configuration defaults for Grade-A performance.
27 * Cross-domain Ajax and Flash.
28 * "Delete-key friendly." Easy to strip out parts you don't need.
29 * Extensive inline and accompanying documentation.
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32 ## Contributing
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34 Anyone and everyone is welcome to [contribute](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/wiki/contribute). Hundreds of developers have helped make the HTML5 Boilerplate what it is today.
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37 ## Project information
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39 * Source: http://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate
40 * Web: http://html5boilerplate.com
41 * Docs: http://html5boilerplate.com/docs
42 * Twitter: http://twitter.com/h5bp
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45 ## License
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47 ### Major components:
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49 * jQuery: MIT/GPL license
50 * Modernizr: MIT/BSD license
51 * Normalize.css: Public Domain
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53 ### Everything else:
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55 The Unlicense (aka: public domain)
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