diff --git a/.eleventy.js b/.eleventy.js
index ac2eb64b7..281c0921e 100755
--- a/.eleventy.js
+++ b/.eleventy.js
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
 
 	// Directories
 	eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("./src/fonts");
+	eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({
+		"./tmp/_dist/css": "css",
+		"./tmp/_dist/js": "js",
+	});
 
 	// Social Media
 	eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("./src/apple-touch-icon.png");
@@ -104,9 +108,7 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
     return content;
 	});
 
-	eleventyConfig.addWatchTarget("./dist/css/");
-	eleventyConfig.addWatchTarget("./dist/img/");
-	eleventyConfig.addWatchTarget("./dist/js/");
+	eleventyConfig.setUseGitIgnore(false);
 
   return {
     templateFormats: [
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7d956fbb3..150109702 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,17 +33,17 @@
 		"images:2-build-svg": "svgo dist/img/**/*.svg",
 		"scripts": "run-s scripts:*",
 		"scripts:0-lint": "jshint --reporter=node_modules/jshint-stylish src/js/",
-		"scripts:1-concat": "mkdir -p dist/js && concat-glob 'src/js/**/*.js' -o 'dist/js/main.js'",
-		"scripts:2-optimize": "mv dist/js/main.js dist/js/main.temp.js && optimize-js dist/js/main.temp.js > dist/js/main.js && rm dist/js/main.temp.js",
-		"scripts:3-minify": "uglifyjs --compress --mangle -o 'dist/js/main.min.js' -- 'dist/js/main.js' ",
+		"scripts:1-concat": "mkdir -p tmp/_temp/js && concat-glob 'src/js/**/*.js' -o 'tmp/_temp/js/main.js'",
+		"scripts:2-optimize": "mkdir -p tmp/_dist/js && mv tmp/_temp/js/main.js tmp/_temp/js/main.temp.js && optimize-js tmp/_temp/js/main.temp.js > tmp/_temp/js/main.js && rm tmp/_temp/js/main.temp.js",
+		"scripts:3-minify": "uglifyjs --compress --mangle -o 'tmp/_dist/js/main.min.js' -- 'tmp/_temp/js/main.js' ",
 		"styleguide": "kss --source src/css --css ../css/screen.min.css --destination dist/styleguide --placeholder [modifier] --title 'Styleguide - The A11Y Project'",
 		"styles": "run-s styles:*",
 		"styles:0-lint": "stylelint \"src/css/**/*.scss\" --syntax scss",
-		"styles:1-sass": "node-sass src/css/screen.scss dist/css/temp/screen.css",
-		"styles:2-autoprefix": "npx postcss dist/css/temp/screen.css --use autoprefixer -d dist/css/temp/autoprefix",
-		"styles:3-purge": "mkdir -p dist/css/temp/purge && purgecss --css dist/css/temp/autoprefix/screen.css --content \"src/**/*.{njk,md}\" -o dist/css/temp/purge/",
-		"styles:4-minify": "npx postcss dist/css/temp/purge/screen.css > dist/css/screen.min.css --use cssnano",
-		"styles:5-cleanup": "rm -rf dist/css/temp/",
+		"styles:1-sass": "node-sass src/css/screen.scss tmp/_temp/css/temp/screen.css",
+		"styles:2-autoprefix": "npx postcss tmp/_temp/css/temp/screen.css --use autoprefixer -d tmp/_temp/css/temp/autoprefix",
+		"styles:3-purge": "mkdir -p tmp/_temp/css/temp/purge && purgecss --css tmp/_temp/css/temp/autoprefix/screen.css --content \"src/**/*.{njk,md}\" -o tmp/_temp/css/temp/purge/",
+		"styles:4-minify": "mkdir -p tmp/_dist/css && npx postcss tmp/_temp/css/temp/purge/screen.css > tmp/_dist/css/screen.min.css --use cssnano",
+		"styles:5-cleanup": "rm -rf tmp/_temp/css/temp/",
 		"watch:images": "watch -p \"src/img/**/*.{jpg,jpeg,gif,webm,webp,png,svg}\" -c \"npm run images\"",
 		"watch:scripts": "watch -p \"src/js/**/*.js\" -c \"npm run scripts\"",
 		"watch:styles": "watch -p \"src/css/**/*.scss\" -c \"npm run styles\""
diff --git a/src/.eleventyignore b/src/.eleventyignore
index bb5477828..c7fc39e06 100755
--- a/src/.eleventyignore
+++ b/src/.eleventyignore
@@ -1,2 +1,64 @@
 css/
 img/
+
+# Project-specific files and folders
+dist/
+
+# Generic files to ignore
+*~
+*.DS_Store
+._*
+*.lock
+*.out
+*.swp
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+
+
+# Project Files
+*.project
+*.settings
+*.tmproj
+*.sublime-project
+*.sublime-workspace
+*.esproj
+*.expressostorage
+*.orig
+_notes
+codekit-config.json
+dwsync.xml
+node_modules
+npm-debug.log
+
+
+# Compiled source
+*.com
+*.class
+*.dll
+*.exe
+*.o
+*.so
+
+
+# Logs and databases
+*.log
+*.sql
+*.sqlite
+
+
+# Packages (better to unpack these files and commit the raw source)
+*.7z
+*.dmg
+*.gz
+*.iso
+*.jar
+*.rar
+*.tar
+*.zip
+
+# Local Netlify folder
+.netlify