# House of Zay

> A self-hosted community operating system for forums, member portals, product communities, support hubs, learning sites, and modular add-on powered web experiences.

Version: 5.0.0-dev
Base URL: https://houseofzay.com
AI map: https://houseofzay.com/ai-map.json
Docs index: https://houseofzay.com/docs-index.json
Code manifest: https://houseofzay.com/code-manifest.json

Crawler policy:
- Search bots: allowed for public routes
- Training bots: allowed for public routes
- Aggressive scrapers: blocked
- Source/dev docs: login required

Security notice: robots.txt is advisory crawler guidance only, not access control. Private content still requires login and server-side permission checks.

Public routes:
- Forum home: https://houseofzay.com/forums/all
- Search: https://houseofzay.com/index.php?r=search
- Members: https://houseofzay.com/members
- Sitemap: https://houseofzay.com/sitemap.xml
- Brands: https://houseofzay.com/index.php?r=brands
- CMS: https://houseofzay.com/index.php?r=cms

Key platform systems:
- shell_designer: Presentation presets for common community packaging styles.
- shell_layout_width: Public and backend surfaces can independently use boxed or full-width layouts.
- theme_default: Fresh installs default to the light theme, with optional dark mode.
- shell_widgets: Header, mobile, add-on launcher, and footer blocks are movable through the widget system.
- game_layer_direction: Game communities can add RPG progression, crafting, inventory, rewards, and optional playable world layers without forcing those systems into non-game installs.

Extension formats:
- theme_pack: JSON theme token pack with light/dark tone metadata and export/import support.
- language_pack: JSON locale pack with translations and ltr/rtl direction.
- addon_package: ZIP package with addon.json manifest, entry file, migrations, docs, and optional assets.
- mysql_migration: Structured JSON migration bundle plus generated MySQL 8 SQL for review.