diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
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+DirectoryIndex index.php
+RewriteEngine on
+ 
+RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|(.*)\.swf|forums|images|css|downloads|jquery|js|robots\.txt|favicon\.ico)
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ./index.php?$1 [L,QSA]
diff --git a/application/config/constants.php b/application/config/constants.php
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+<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| File and Directory Modes
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| These prefs are used when checking and setting modes when working
+| with the file system.  The defaults are fine on servers with proper
+| security, but you may wish (or even need) to change the values in
+| certain environments (Apache running a separate process for each
+| user, PHP under CGI with Apache suEXEC, etc.).  Octal values should
+| always be used to set the mode correctly.
+|
+*/
+define('FILE_READ_MODE', 0644);
+define('FILE_WRITE_MODE', 0666);
+define('DIR_READ_MODE', 0755);
+define('DIR_WRITE_MODE', 0777);
+
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| File Stream Modes
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| These modes are used when working with fopen()/popen()
+|
+*/
+
+define('FOPEN_READ',							'rb');
+define('FOPEN_READ_WRITE',						'r+b');
+define('FOPEN_WRITE_CREATE_DESTRUCTIVE',		'wb'); // truncates existing file data, use with care
+define('FOPEN_READ_WRITE_CREATE_DESTRUCTIVE',	'w+b'); // truncates existing file data, use with care
+define('FOPEN_WRITE_CREATE',					'ab');
+define('FOPEN_READ_WRITE_CREATE',				'a+b');
+define('FOPEN_WRITE_CREATE_STRICT',				'xb');
+define('FOPEN_READ_WRITE_CREATE_STRICT',		'x+b');
+
+/**** USER DEFINED CONSTANTS **********/
+
+define('ROLE_ADMIN',                            '1');
+define('ROLE_MANAGER',                         	'2');
+define('ROLE_EMPLOYEE',                         '3');
+
+define('SEGMENT',								2);
+
+/************************** EMAIL CONSTANTS *****************************/
+
+define('EMAIL_FROM',                            'Your from email');		// e.g. email@example.com
+define('EMAIL_BCC',                            	'Your bcc email');		// e.g. email@example.com
+define('FROM_NAME',                             'CIAS Admin System');	// Your system name
+define('EMAIL_PASS',                            'Your email password');	// Your email password
+define('PROTOCOL',                             	'smtp');				// mail, sendmail, smtp
+define('SMTP_HOST',                             'Your smtp host');		// your smtp host e.g. smtp.gmail.com
+define('SMTP_PORT',                             '25');					// your smtp port e.g. 25, 587
+define('SMTP_USER',                             'Your smtp user');		// your smtp user
+define('SMTP_PASS',                             'Your smtp password');	// your smtp password
+define('MAIL_PATH',                             '/usr/sbin/sendmail');
+
+/* End of file constants.php */
+/* Location: ./application/config/constants.php */
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diff --git a/application/config/database.php b/application/config/database.php
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+++ b/application/config/database.php
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+<?php  if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');
+/*
+| -------------------------------------------------------------------
+| DATABASE CONNECTIVITY SETTINGS
+| -------------------------------------------------------------------
+| This file will contain the settings needed to access your database.
+|
+| For complete instructions please consult the 'Database Connection'
+| page of the User Guide.
+|
+| -------------------------------------------------------------------
+| EXPLANATION OF VARIABLES
+| -------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+|	['hostname'] The hostname of your database server.
+|	['username'] The username used to connect to the database
+|	['password'] The password used to connect to the database
+|	['database'] The name of the database you want to connect to
+|	['dbdriver'] The database type. ie: mysql.  Currently supported:
+				 mysql, mysqli, postgre, odbc, mssql, sqlite, oci8
+|	['dbprefix'] You can add an optional prefix, which will be added
+|				 to the table name when using the  Active Record class
+|	['pconnect'] TRUE/FALSE - Whether to use a persistent connection
+|	['db_debug'] TRUE/FALSE - Whether database errors should be displayed.
+|	['cache_on'] TRUE/FALSE - Enables/disables query caching
+|	['cachedir'] The path to the folder where cache files should be stored
+|	['char_set'] The character set used in communicating with the database
+|	['dbcollat'] The character collation used in communicating with the database
+|				 NOTE: For MySQL and MySQLi databases, this setting is only used
+| 				 as a backup if your server is running PHP < 5.2.3 or MySQL < 5.0.7
+|				 (and in table creation queries made with DB Forge).
+| 				 There is an incompatibility in PHP with mysql_real_escape_string() which
+| 				 can make your site vulnerable to SQL injection if you are using a
+| 				 multi-byte character set and are running versions lower than these.
+| 				 Sites using Latin-1 or UTF-8 database character set and collation are unaffected.
+|	['swap_pre'] A default table prefix that should be swapped with the dbprefix
+|	['autoinit'] Whether or not to automatically initialize the database.
+|	['stricton'] TRUE/FALSE - forces 'Strict Mode' connections
+|							- good for ensuring strict SQL while developing
+|
+| The $active_group variable lets you choose which connection group to
+| make active.  By default there is only one group (the 'default' group).
+|
+| The $active_record variables lets you determine whether or not to load
+| the active record class
+*/
+
+$active_group = 'default';
+$active_record = TRUE;
+
+$db['default']['hostname'] = 'localhost';
+$db['default']['username'] = 'root';
+$db['default']['password'] = '';
+$db['default']['database'] = 'cias';
+$db['default']['dbdriver'] = 'mysqli';
+$db['default']['dbprefix'] = '';
+$db['default']['pconnect'] = TRUE;
+$db['default']['db_debug'] = TRUE;
+$db['default']['cache_on'] = FALSE;
+$db['default']['cachedir'] = '';
+$db['default']['char_set'] = 'utf8';
+$db['default']['dbcollat'] = 'utf8_general_ci';
+$db['default']['swap_pre'] = '';
+$db['default']['autoinit'] = TRUE;
+$db['default']['stricton'] = FALSE;
+
+
+/* End of file database.php */
+/* Location: ./application/config/database.php */
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