The rules

1Who can use it

• Everyone requests a site. Every address is reviewed by hand before it goes live.
• Students get access through their teacher. Teachers request a school account and hand out student logins themselves.
• If you're under 13, you can only use is-on-the-web through a teacher or with a parent's permission.
• One personal site per person. Teachers and organisations can ask for more.

2Your address

Your address looks like yourname.is-on-the-web.com.

• Use a name that fits your site. No impersonation: you can't use the name of a brand, school, person or organisation you don't represent.
• No squatting. Requesting names just to hold or sell them isn't allowed.
• Some names are reserved (like www, admin, login or big brand names) and can't be requested.
• Sites that stay empty for 6 months may be released so someone else can use the name. We'll email you first.

3Content

Your site must not contain or link to:

• Phishing or scams: fake login pages, fake shops, "verify your account" pages, giveaways that ask for money or details.
• Malware, crypto miners, or code meant to harm visitors or their devices.
• Illegal content under Belgian or EU law, including pirated material.
• Hate, harassment or threats aimed at people or groups.
• Sexual or explicit content. Many of our users are students, so keep it school-safe.
• Violence that is graphic or glorified, or content encouraging self-harm.
• Spam: pages that only exist for SEO, ads or mass-generated content.

If you wouldn't be comfortable showing it in a classroom, it probably doesn't belong here.

4Staying on-platform

During the beta, sites must stay self-contained. Anything that pulls visitors away from is-on-the-web is not allowed:

• No links to other websites.
• No redirects: no location changes, meta refreshes or pop-ups sending people elsewhere.
• No forms that send data anywhere.
• No external resources: scripts, styles, fonts, images and embeds must be inside your file.
• No hidden or obfuscated code that builds addresses or loads things at runtime.

5Technical limits

• Sites run in a sandbox. Cookies, local storage and forms don't work, and that's on purpose.
• Don't try to get around the sandbox, the size limit or our checks. Doing so is treated like breaking any other rule.
• Don't overload the service, for example with automated uploads or huge traffic you generate yourself.

6Other people's data

• Don't publish someone's personal details (address, phone number, photos, school info) without their permission.
• For class sites, teachers are responsible for making sure students' names and photos are shared with consent.
• Don't post photos or work you don't have the right to use.

7Upload keys

When your request is approved, you get an upload key by email. It's the only thing that lets someone change your site.

• Keep it private. Anyone with your key can replace your site.
• If it leaks, regenerate it right away using the link in your email.
• You're responsible for what's uploaded with your key.

8Enforcement

1. Review. We check requests, uploads and reports. Automated checks may hold a site until a person looks at it, but a person makes every final decision.
2. Warning or takedown. For small issues we'll email you to fix it. Harmful content is taken down immediately.
3. Suspension. Serious or repeated violations mean losing your site, your address and future requests.

When we remove, hide or limit a site, or suspend you, we email you what we did, why, and which rule or law it breaks. If you think we made a mistake, reply to that email within 6 months and someone who wasn't involved in the first decision, where possible, will take another look. If a site suggests that someone's life or safety is in danger, we tell the police.

9Reporting a site

Anyone can report a site they think is illegal or breaks these rules. Use the Report abuse button: it opens an email with these questions, so we have what we need:

• the site address and the exact page or part,
• what's wrong, and why you think it's illegal or breaks the rules,
• your name and email (you can leave out your name for reports of child sexual abuse material),
• that you believe in good faith the report is accurate and complete.

A person reads every report. We confirm we got it, act quickly, and tell you what we decided. Authorities can reach us the same way; see the legal notice.

10Changes

is-on-the-web is in beta, so these rules may change. When something important changes, we'll update the date at the top and let site owners know by email.