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+# Enable GZIP Compression
+<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript application/x-javascript application/json
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml application/xhtml+xml
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/woff font/woff2 application/font-woff application/font-woff2
+</IfModule>
+
+# Browser Caching - Static Assets
+<IfModule mod_expires.c>
+    ExpiresActive On
+
+    # Images (1 year)
+    ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/webp "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
+
+    # Fonts (1 year)
+    ExpiresByType font/woff "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType font/woff2 "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType application/font-woff "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType font/ttf "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType font/otf "access plus 1 year"
+
+    # CSS & JavaScript (1 month)
+    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
+    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month"
+    ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 month"
+
+    # HTML (1 hour)
+    ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 hour"
+</IfModule>
+
+# Cache-Control Headers
+<IfModule mod_headers.c>
+    # CSS & JS - 1 month
+    <FilesMatch "\.(css|js)$">
+        Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=2592000, immutable"
+    </FilesMatch>
+
+    # Images - 1 year
+    <FilesMatch "\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|webp|svg|ico)$">
+        Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable"
+    </FilesMatch>
+
+    # Fonts - 1 year
+    <FilesMatch "\.(woff|woff2|ttf|otf|eot)$">
+        Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable"
+    </FilesMatch>
+
+    # HTML - no-cache (always check for updates)
+    <FilesMatch "\.(html|htm)$">
+        Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600, must-revalidate"
+    </FilesMatch>
+</IfModule>