diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 27a6945d38..8b1f582ca4 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -6,3 +6,141 @@
   # https://coderwall.com/p/erbaig/laravel-s-htaccess-to-remove-public-from-url
   # RewriteRule ^(.*)$ public/$1 [L]
 </IfModule>
+
+# https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache/blob/master/dist/.htaccess
+
+
+# ######################################################################
+# # INTERNET EXPLORER                                                  #
+# ######################################################################
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# | Iframes cookies                                                    |
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Allow cookies to be set from iframes in Internet Explorer.
+#
+# https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537343.aspx
+# http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-P3P-20001215/
+
+<IfModule mod_headers.c>
+    Header set P3P "policyref=\"/w3c/p3p.xml\", CP=\"IDC DSP COR ADM DEVi TAIi PSA PSD IVAi IVDi CONi HIS OUR IND CNT\""
+</IfModule>
+
+
+# ######################################################################
+# # MEDIA TYPES AND CHARACTER ENCODINGS                                #
+# ######################################################################
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# | Character encodings                                                |
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Serve all resources labeled as `text/html` or `text/plain`
+# with the media type `charset` parameter set to `UTF-8`.
+#
+# https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset
+
+AddDefaultCharset utf-8
+
+# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+# Serve the following file types with the media type `charset`
+# parameter set to `UTF-8`.
+#
+# https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_mime.html#addcharset
+
+<IfModule mod_mime.c>
+    AddCharset utf-8 .atom \
+                     .bbaw \
+                     .css \
+                     .geojson \
+                     .js \
+                     .json \
+                     .jsonld \
+                     .manifest \
+                     .rdf \
+                     .rss \
+                     .topojson \
+                     .vtt \
+                     .webapp \
+                     .webmanifest \
+                     .xloc \
+                     .xml
+</IfModule>
+
+
+# ######################################################################
+# # WEB PERFORMANCE                                                    #
+# ######################################################################
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# | Compression                                                        |
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
+
+    # Force compression for mangled headers.
+    # https://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/pushing-beyond-gzipping-25601.html
+
+    <IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
+        <IfModule mod_headers.c>
+            SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding
+            RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding "gzip,deflate" env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding
+        </IfModule>
+    </IfModule>
+
+    # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+    # Map certain file types to the specified encoding type in order to
+    # make Apache serve them with the appropriate `Content-Encoding` HTTP
+    # response header (this will NOT make Apache compress them!).
+
+    # If the following file types wouldn't be served without the appropriate
+    # `Content-Enable` HTTP response header, client applications (e.g.:
+    # browsers) wouldn't know that they first need to uncompress the response,
+    # and thus, wouldn't be able to understand the content.
+
+    # http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_mime.html#addencoding
+
+    <IfModule mod_mime.c>
+        AddEncoding gzip              svgz
+    </IfModule>
+
+    # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+    # Compress all output labeled with one of the following media types.
+
+    # IMPORTANT: For Apache versions below 2.3.7 you don't need to enable
+    # `mod_filter` and can remove the `<IfModule mod_filter.c>` & `</IfModule>`
+    # lines as `AddOutputFilterByType` is still in the core directives.
+
+    <IfModule mod_filter.c>
+        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE "application/atom+xml" \
+                                      "application/javascript" \
+                                      "application/json" \
+                                      "application/ld+json" \
+                                      "application/manifest+json" \
+                                      "application/rdf+xml" \
+                                      "application/rss+xml" \
+                                      "application/schema+json" \
+                                      "application/vnd.geo+json" \
+                                      "application/vnd.ms-fontobject" \
+                                      "application/x-font-ttf" \
+                                      "application/x-web-app-manifest+json" \
+                                      "application/xhtml+xml" \
+                                      "application/xml" \
+                                      "font/opentype" \
+                                      "image/svg+xml" \
+                                      "image/x-icon" \
+                                      "text/cache-manifest" \
+                                      "text/css" \
+                                      "text/html" \
+                                      "text/javascript" \
+                                      "text/plain" \
+                                      "text/vtt" \
+                                      "text/x-component" \
+                                      "text/xml"
+    </IfModule>
+
+</IfModule>
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