diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
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+++ b/.editorconfig
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+# EditorConfig is awesome: http://EditorConfig.org
+
+# top-most EditorConfig file
+root = true
+
+# Unix-style newlines with a newline ending every file
+[*]
+charset = utf-8
+end_of_line = lf
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+insert_final_newline = true
+indent_style = space
+indent_size = 4
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+# Composer
+composer.lock
+
+# Sass
+.sass-cache
+
+# OS Generated
+.DS_Store*
+ehthumbs.db
+Icon?
+Thumbs.db
+*.swp
+
+# Grav Specific
+/cache
+/logs
+/images
+/user/data/*
+!/user/data/index.html
+
+# phpstorm
+.idea/*
diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
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+++ b/.htaccess
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+<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
+RewriteEngine On
+
+# access site
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+RewriteRule . index.php [L]
+
+# block various user files from being accessed directly
+RewriteRule ^user/accounts/(.*)$ error [R=301,L]
+RewriteRule ^user/config/(.*)$ error [R=301,L]
+RewriteRule ^user/(.*)\.(txt|md|html|php|yaml|json|twig|sh|bat)$ error [R=301,L]
+
+# block cache
+RewriteRule ^cache/(.*) error [R=301,L]
+
+# block bin
+RewriteRule ^bin/(.*)$ error [R=301,L]
+
+# block system
+RewriteRule ^system/(.*)$ error [R=301,L]
+
+# block vendor
+RewriteRule ^vendor/(.*)$ error [R=301,L]
+
+</IfModule>
+
+# Prevent file browsing
+Options -Indexes
diff --git a/user/data/index.html b/user/data/index.html
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index 000000000..e69de29bb