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+[HTML5 Boilerplate homepage](http://html5boilerplate.com) | [Documentation
+table of contents](README.md)
 
+# Usage
+
+Once you have cloned or downloaded HTML5 Boilerplate, creating a site or app
+usually involves the following:
+
+1. Set up the basic structure of the site.
+2. Add some content, style, and functionality.
+3. Run your site locally to see how it looks.
+4. (Optionally run a build script to automate the optimization of your site -
+   e.g. [ant build script](https://github.com/h5bp/ant-build-script) or [node
+   build script](https://github.com/h5bp/node-build-script)).
+5. Deploy your site.
+
+
+## Basic structure
+
+A basic HTML5 Boilerplate site initially looks something like this:
+
+```
+.
+├── css
+│   ├── main.css
+│   └── normalize.css
+├── doc
+├── img
+├── js
+│   ├── main.js
+│   ├── plugins.js
+│   └── vendor
+│       ├── jquery.min.js
+│       └── modernizr.min.js
+├── .htaccess
+├── 404.html
+├── index.html
+├── humans.txt
+├── robots.txt
+├── crossdomain.xml
+├── favicon.ico
+└── [apple-touch-icons]
+```
+
+What follows is a general overview of each major part and how to use them.
+
+### css
+
+This directory should contain all your project's CSS files. It includes some
+initial CSS to help get you started from a solid foundation. [About the
+CSS](css.md).
+
+### doc
+
+This directory contains all the HTML5 Boilerplate documentation. You can use it
+as the location and basis for your own project's documentation.
+
+### js
+
+This directory should contain all your project's JS files. Libraries, plugins,
+and custom code can all be included here. It includes some initial JS to help
+get you started. [About the JavaScript](js.md).
+
+### .htaccess
+
+The default web server config is for Apache. [About the .htaccess](htaccess.md).
+
+Host your site on a server other than Apache? You're likely to find the
+corresponding configuration file in our [server configs
+repo](https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs). If you cannot find a
+configuration file for your setup, please consider contributing one so that
+others can benefit too.
+
+### 404.html
+
+A helpful custom 404 to get you started.
+
+### index.html
+
+This is the default HTML skeleton that should form the basis of all pages on
+your site. If you are using a server-side templating framework, then you will
+need to integrate this starting HTML with your setup.
+
+Make sure that you update the URLs for the referenced CSS and JavaScript if you
+modify the directory structure at all.
+
+If you are using Google Analytics, make sure that you edit the corresponding
+snippet at the bottom to include your analytics ID.
+
+### humans.txt
+
+Edit this file to include the team that worked on your site/app, and the
+technology powering it.
+
+### robots.txt
+
+Edit this file to include any pages you need hidden from search engines.
+
+### crossdomain.xml
+
+A template for working with cross-domain requests. [About
+crossdomain.xml](crossdomain.md).
+
+### icons
+
+Replace the default `favicon.ico` and apple touch icons with your own. You
+might want to check out Hans Christian's handy [HTML5 Boilerplate Favicon and
+Apple Touch Icon
+PSD-Template](http://drublic.de/blog/html5-boilerplate-favicons-psd-template/).
+