From 572e7f669c87ca7f13f799380fe68eede503452e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcel Wiessler <marcel@gaisterhand.de>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 10:55:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add htaccess example

---
 documentation/deployment.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/documentation/deployment.md b/documentation/deployment.md
index cc0321d2f..afa51230b 100644
--- a/documentation/deployment.md
+++ b/documentation/deployment.md
@@ -273,6 +273,15 @@ Option 2: You can turn gzip compression off in the build settings at File/Build
 
 :::
 
+#### Enabling gzip using a .htaccess file
+To enable gzip compression on your FTP server you can create a file named `.htaccess` in the directory you want to upload to (or a parent directory).  
+Insert the following code into your `.htaccess` file and save/upload it to your server:   
+```
+<IfModule mod_mime.c>
+RemoveType .gz
+AddEncoding gzip .gz
+AddType application/javascript .js.gz
+``` 
 
 
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