Grok Drupal (7) Theming

Grok Drupal (7) Theming
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<h1 id="title"> !"#$%&"'()*%+,-./01 </h1> How Drupal displays content (templates) How to start theming Other things to consider
Assumptions • You know HTML/xhtml • You don't know PHP (but if you do, we won't • You know CSS 2.1 hold it against you) • You are at least getting • You understand some basic Drupal to know CSS 3 (or want to) architecture concepts • Drupal theming confuses • You want to learn this or mystifies you
Some PHP required • Mainly to printthe page title). e.g., $title (for pre-defined variables … • You can do a lot in the "preprocess" and "process" functions. • You can avoidof you. totally scarescopy living daylights out it if it Just stick to the and paste from '<?php' to '?>'.
Drupal 7 is more complex than Drupal 6 ...but it's also more simple
Anatomy of a Drupal "page" • xhtml, CSS, images • Content presented via templates • JavaScript
The Drupal theme • CSS files • Image files • Template files • JavaScript files • Preprocess and process files new! • .info file
Which template? It depends....
Every module's output also has a template file. (In theory.)
42 *.tpl.php files in D7's /modules folder. Each can be copied and used to override.
One theme might have dozens of template files.
There are only a few basics. (It's not rocket science.)
What's inside a template?
html.tpl.php
html.tpl.php <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="<?php print $language->language; ?>" version="XHTML+RDFa 1.0" dir="<?php print $language->dir; ?>" <?php print $rdf_namespaces; ?>>
html.tpl.php <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="<?php print $language->language; ?>" version="XHTML+RDFa 1.0" dir="<?php print $language->dir; ?>" <?php print $rdf_namespaces; ?>> <head profile="<?php print $grddl_profile; ?>"> <?php print $head; ?> <title><?php print $head_title; ?></title> <?php print $styles; ?> <?php print $scripts; ?> </head>
html.tpl.php <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml-rdfa-1.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="<?php print $language->language; ?>" version="XHTML+RDFa 1.0" dir="<?php print $language->dir; ?>" <?php print $rdf_namespaces; ?>> <head profile="<?php print $grddl_profile; ?>"> <?php print $head; ?> <title><?php print $head_title; ?></title> <?php print $styles; ?> <?php print $scripts; ?> </head> <body class="<?php print $classes; ?>" <?php print $attributes;?>> <div id="skip-link"> <a href="#main-content"><?php print t('Skip to main content'); ?></a> </div> <?php print $page_top; ?> <?php print $page; ?> <?php print $page_bottom; ?> </body> </html>
<body class="<?php print $classes; ?>" <?php print $attributes;?>> <div id="skip-link"> <a href="#main-content"><?php print t('Skip to main content'); ?></a> </div> <?php print $page_top; ?> <?php print $page; ?> <?php print $page_bottom; ?> </body> </html>
<body class="<?php print $classes; ?>" <?php print $attributes;?>> <div id="skip-link"> <a href="#main-content"><?php print t('Skip to main content'); ?></a> </div> <?php print $page_top; ?> <?php print $page; ?> <?php print $page_bottom; ?> </body> </html>
page.tpl.php
page.tpl.php logo <div id="page-wrapper"><div id="page"> <div id="header"><div class="section clearfix"> <?php if ($logo): ?> <a href="<?php print $front_page; ?>" title="<?php print t('Home'); ?>" rel="home" id="logo"> <img src="<?php print $logo; ?>" alt="<?php print t('Home'); ?>" /> site name </a> <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($site_name || $site_slogan): ?> <div id="name-and-slogan"> <?php if ($site_name): ?> site slogan <?php if ($title): ?> <div id="site-name"><strong> <a href="<?php print $front_page; ?>" title="<?php print t('Home'); ?>" rel="home"><span><?php print $site_name; ?></span></a> </strong></div> <?php else: /* Use h1 when the content title is empty */ ?> <h1 id="site-name"> main menu <a href="<?php print $front_page; ?>" title="<?php print t('Home'); ?>" rel="home"><span><?php print $site_name; ?></span></a> </h1> <?php endif; ?> <?php endif; ?> breadcrumb <?php if ($site_slogan): ?> <div id="site-slogan"><?php print $site_slogan; ?></div> <?php endif; ?> </div>  <?php endif; ?> <?php print render($page['header']); ?> </div></div>  <?php if ($main_menu): ?> <div id="navigation"><div class="section"> messages <?php print theme('links__system_main_menu', array('links' => $main_menu, 'attributes' => array('id' => 'main-menu', 'class' => array('links', 'clearfix')), 'heading' => t('Main menu'))); ?> highight </div></div>  <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($breadcrumb): ?> <div id="breadcrumb"><?php print $breadcrumb; ?></div> <?php endif; ?> <?php print $messages; ?> <div id="main-wrapper"><div id="main" class="clearfix"> <h1> title <div id="content" class="column"><div class="section"> tabs <?php if ($page['highlight']): ?><div id="highlight"><?php print render($page['highlight']); ?></div><?php endif; ?> <a id="main-content"></a> <?php print render($title_prefix); ?> <?php if ($title): ?><h1 class="title" id="page-title"><?php print $title; ?></h1><?php endif; ?> <?php print render($title_suffix); ?> help <?php if ($tabs): ?><div class="tabs"><?php print render($tabs); ?></div><?php endif; ?> <?php print render($page['help']); ?> <?php if ($action_links): ?><ul class="action-links"><?php print render($action_links); ?></ul><?php endif; ?> <?php print render($page['content']); ?> <?php print $feed_icons; ?> </div></div>  <?php if ($page['sidebar_first']): ?> <div id="sidebar-first" class="column sidebar"><div class="section"> <?php print render($page['sidebar_first']); ?> </div></div>  content feed icons <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($page['sidebar_second']): ?> <div id="sidebar-second" class="column sidebar"><div class="section"> <?php print render($page['sidebar_second']); ?> </div></div>  <?php endif; ?> </div></div>  <div id="footer"><div class="section"> <?php print theme('links__system_secondary_menu', array('links' => $secondary_menu, 'attributes' => array('id' => sidebars footer 'secondary-menu', 'class' => array('links', 'clearfix')), 'heading' => t('Secondary menu'))); ?> <?php print render($page['footer']); ?> </div></div>  </div></div> 
The Semantic Page • Logo/branding/site name • [main nav]* • <h1> Title (of article, view, blog post, etc.) • Main content • Then sidebar(s), footer * and that's debated
<a href="<?php print $front_page; ?>" title="<?php print t('Home'); ?>" rel="home"><span><? php print $site_name; ?></span></a> page.tpl.php </h1> <?php endif; ?> <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($site_slogan): ?> <div id="site-slogan"><?php print $site_slogan; ?></div> <?php endif; ?> </div>  <?php endif; ?> <?php print render($page['header']); ?> </div></div>  <?php if ($main_menu): ?> <div id="navigation"><div class="section"> <?php print theme('links__system_main_menu', array('links' => $main_menu, 'attributes' => array('id' => 'main-menu', 'class' => array('links', 'clearfix')), 'heading' => t('Main menu'))); ?> </div></div>  <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($breadcrumb): ?> <div id="breadcrumb"><?php print $breadcrumb; ?></div> <?php endif; ?> <?php print $messages; ?> <div id="main-wrapper"><div id="main" class="clearfix"> <div id="content" class="column"><div class="section"> <?php if ($page['highlight']): ?><div id="highlight"><?php print render($page['highlight']); ?></ div><?php endif; ?> <a id="main-content"></a> <?php print render($title_prefix); ?> <?php if ($title): ?><h1 class="title" id="page-title"><?php print $title; ?></h1><?php endif; ?> <?php print render($title_suffix); ?> <?php if ($tabs): ?><div class="tabs"><?php print render($tabs); ?></div><?php endif; ?> <?php print render($page['help']); ?> <?php if ($action_links): ?><ul class="action-links"><?php print render($action_links); ?></ul><?php endif; ?> <?php print render($page['content']); ?> <?php print $feed_icons; ?> </div></div>  <?php if ($page['sidebar_first']): ?> <div id="sidebar-first" class="column sidebar"><div class="section"> <?php print render($page['sidebar_first']); ?> </div></div>  <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($page['sidebar_second']): ?> <div id="sidebar-second" class="column sidebar"><div class="section"> <?php print render($page['sidebar_second']); ?> </div></div>  <?php endif; ?> </div></div>  <div id="footer"><div class="section"> <?php print theme('links__system_secondary_menu', array('links' => $secondary_menu, 'attributes' => array('id' => 'secondary-menu', 'class' => array('links', 'clearfix')), 'heading' => t('Secondary menu'))); ?> <?php print render($page['footer']); ?> </div></div> 
<a href="<?php print $front_page; ?>" title="<?php print t('Home'); ?>" rel="home"><span><? php print $site_name; ?></span></a> page.tpl.php </h1> <?php endif; ?> <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($site_slogan): ?> <div id="site-slogan"><?php print $site_slogan; ?></div> <?php endif; ?> </div>  <?php endif; ?> <?php print render($page['header']); ?> </div></div>  <?php if ($main_menu): ?> <div id="navigation"><div class="section"> <?php print theme('links__system_main_menu', array('links' => $main_menu, 'attributes' => array('id' => 'main-menu', 'class' => array('links', 'clearfix')), 'heading' => t('Main menu'))); ?> </div></div>  <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($breadcrumb): ?> <div id="breadcrumb"><?php print $breadcrumb; ?></div> <?php endif; ?> <?php print $messages; ?> <div id="main-wrapper"><div id="main" class="clearfix"> <div id="content" class="column"><div class="section"> <?php if ($page['highlight']): ?><div id="highlight"><?php print render($page['highlight']); ?></ div><?php endif; ?> <a id="main-content"></a> <?php print render($title_prefix); ?> <?php if ($title): ?><h1 class="title" id="page-title"><?php print $title; ?></h1><?php endif; ?> <?php print render($title_suffix); ?> <?php if ($tabs): ?><div class="tabs"><?php print render($tabs); ?></div><?php endif; ?> <?php print render($page['help']); ?> <?php if ($action_links): ?><ul class="action-links"><?php print render($action_links); ?></ul><?php endif; ?> <?php print render($page['content']); ?> <?php print $feed_icons; ?> </div></div>  <?php if ($page['sidebar_first']): ?> <div id="sidebar-first" class="column sidebar"><div class="section"> <?php print render($page['sidebar_first']); ?> </div></div>  <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($page['sidebar_second']): ?> <div id="sidebar-second" class="column sidebar"><div class="section"> <?php print render($page['sidebar_second']); ?> </div></div>  <?php endif; ?> </div></div>  <div id="footer"><div class="section"> <?php print theme('links__system_secondary_menu', array('links' => $secondary_menu, 'attributes' => array('id' => 'secondary-menu', 'class' => array('links', 'clearfix')), 'heading' => t('Secondary menu'))); ?> <?php print render($page['footer']); ?> </div></div> 
<a href="<?php print $front_page; ?>" title="<?php print t('Home'); ?>" rel="home"><span><? php print $site_name; ?></span></a> page.tpl.php </h1> <?php endif; ?> <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($site_slogan): ?> <div id="site-slogan"><?php print $site_slogan; ?></div> <?php endif; ?> </div>  <?php endif; ?> <?php print render($page['header']); ?> </div></div>  <?php print $messages; ?> <div id="main-wrapper"><div id="main" class="clearfix"> <div id="content" class="column"><div class="section"> <?php if ($page['highlight']): ?><div id="highlight"><?php print render($page['highlight']); ?></ div><?php endif; ?> <a id="main-content"></a> <?php print render($title_prefix); ?> <?php if ($title): ?><h1 class="title" id="page-title"><?php print $title; ?></h1><?php endif; ?> <?php print render($title_suffix); ?> <?php if ($tabs): ?><div class="tabs"><?php print render($tabs); ?></div><?php endif; ?> <?php print render($page['help']); ?> <?php if ($action_links): ?><ul class="action-links"><?php print render($action_links); ?></ul><?php endif; ?> <?php print render($page['content']); ?> <?php print $feed_icons; ?> </div></div>  <?php if ($page['sidebar_first']): ?> <div id="sidebar-first" class="column sidebar"><div class="section"> <?php print render($page['sidebar_first']); ?> </div></div>  <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($page['sidebar_second']): ?> <div id="sidebar-second" class="column sidebar"><div class="section"> <?php print render($page['sidebar_second']); ?> </div></div>  <?php endif; ?> </div></div>  <?php if ($main_menu): ?> <div id="navigation"><div class="section"> <?php print theme('links__system_main_menu', array('links' => $main_menu, 'attributes' => array('id' => 'main-menu', 'class' => array('links', 'clearfix')), 'heading' => t('Main menu'))); ?> </div></div>  <?php endif; ?> <?php if ($breadcrumb): ?> <div id="breadcrumb"><?php print $breadcrumb; ?></div> <?php endif; ?> <div id="footer"><div class="section"> <?php print theme('links__system_secondary_menu', array('links' => $secondary_menu, 'attributes' => array('id' => 'secondary-menu', 'class' => array('links', 'clearfix')), 'heading' => t('Secondary menu'))); ?> <?php print render($page['footer']); ?> </div></div> 
node.tpl.php
node.tpl.php <div id="node-<?php print $node->nid; ?>" class="<?php print $classes; ?> clearfix"<?php print $attributes; ?>> <?php print $user_picture; ?> <?php print render($title_prefix); ?> <?php if (!$page): ?> <h2<?php print $title_attributes; ?>><a href="<?php print $node_url; ? >"><?php print $title; ?></a></h2> <?php endif; ?> <?php print render($title_suffix); ?> <?php if ($display_submitted): ?> <div class="submitted"> <?php print t('Submitted by !username on !datetime', array('!username' => $name, '!datetime' => $date)); ?> </div> <?php endif; ?> <div class="content"<?php print $content_attributes; ?>> <?php // We hide the comments and links now so that we can render them later. hide($content['comments']); hide($content['links']); print render($content); ?> </div> <?php print render($content['links']); ?> <?php print render($content['comments']); ?> </div>
node.tpl.php <div id="node-<?php print $node->nid; ?>" class="<?php print $classes; ?> clearfix"<?php print $attributes; ?>> <?php print $user_picture; ?> <?php print render($title_prefix); ?> <?php if (!$page): ?> <h2<?php print $title_attributes; ?>><a href="<?php print $node_url; ? >"><?php print $title; ?></a></h2> <?php endif; ?> <?php print render($title_suffix); ?> <?php if ($display_submitted): ?> <div class="submitted"> <?php print t('Submitted by !username on !datetime', array('!username' => $name, '!datetime' => $date)); ?> </div> <?php endif; ?> <div class="content"<?php print $content_attributes; ?>> <?php // We hide the comments and links now so that we can render them later. hide($content['comments']); hide($content['links']); print render($content); ?> </div> <?php print render($content['links']); ?> new! <?php print render($content['comments']); ?> </div>
block.tpl.php
block.tpl.php <div id="block-<?php print $block->module . '-' . $block->delta; ?>" class="<?php print $classes; ?>"<?php print $attributes; ?>> <?php print render($title_prefix); ?> <?php if ($block->subject): ?> <h2<?php print $title_attributes; ?>><?php print $block->subject ?></h2> <?php endif;?> <?php print render($title_suffix); ?> <div class="content"<?php print $content_attributes; ? >> <?php print $content ?> </div> </div>
block.tpl.php <div id="block-<?php print $block->module . '-' . $block->delta; ?>" class="<?php print $classes; ?>"<?php print $attributes; ?>> <?php print render($title_prefix); ?> <?php if ($block->subject): ?> <h2<?php print $title_attributes; ?>><?php print $block->subject ?></h2> <?php endif;?> <?php print render($title_suffix); ?> <div class="content"<?php print $content_attributes; ? >> <?php print $content ?> </div> </div>
comment-wrapper.tpl.php
comment-wrapper.tpl.php <div id="comments" class="<?php print $classes; ?>"<?php print $attributes; ?>> <?php if ($content['comments'] && $node->type != 'forum'): ?> <h2 class="title"><?php print t('Comments'); ?></h2> <?php endif; ?> <?php print render($content['comments']); ?> <?php if ($content['comment_form']): ?> <h2 class="title comment-form"><?php print t('Add new comment'); ?></h2> <?php print render($content['comment_form']); ?> <?php endif; ?> </div>
comment.tpl.php
comment.tpl.php <div class="<?php print $classes; ?> clearfix"<?php print $attributes; ?>> <?php print $picture ?> <?php if ($new): ?> <span class="new"><?php print $new ?></span> <?php endif; ?> <?php print render($title_prefix); ?> <h3<?php print $title_attributes; ?>><?php print $title ?></h3> <?php print render($title_suffix); ?> <div class="submitted"> <?php print $permalink; ?> <?php print t('Submitted by !username on !datetime.', array('!username' => $author, '!datetime' => $created)); ?> </div> <div class="content"<?php print $content_attributes; ?>> <?php // We hide the comments and links now so that we can render them later. hide($content['links']); print render($content); ?> <?php if ($signature): ?> <div class="user-signature clearfix"> <?php print $signature ?> </div> <?php endif; ?> </div> <?php print render($content['links']) ?> </div>
polls
node.tpl.php node.tpl.php poll-vote.tpl.php poll-results.tpl.php poll-bar.tpl.php
block.tpl.php block.tpl.php poll-vote.tpl.php poll-results--block.tpl.php poll-bar--block.tpl.php
Fields are in core It's nice to have a home.
field.tpl.php
field.tpl.php <div class="<?php print $classes; ?> clearfix"<?php print $attributes; ?>> <?php if (!$label_hidden) : ?> <div class="field-label"<?php print $title_attributes; ?>><?php print $label ?>: </div> <?php endif; ?> <div class="field-items"<?php print $content_attributes; ?>> <?php foreach ($items as $delta => $item) : ?> <div class="field-item <?php print $delta % 2 ? 'odd' : 'even'; ?>"<?php print $item_attributes [$delta]; ?>><?php print render($item); ?></div> <?php endforeach; ?> </div> </div>
html.tpl.php page.tpl.php node.tpl.php block.tpl.php comment-wrapper.tpl.php comment.tpl.php
html.tpl.php page.tpl.php region.tpl.php region.tpl.php region.tpl.php node.tpl.php block.tpl.php comment-wrapper.tpl.php comment.tpl.php region.tpl.php
region.tpl.php
region.tpl.php <div class="<?php print $classes; ?>"> <?php print $content; ?> </div>
So if all regions use the same template, how does Drupal know which region?
<?php print render($page['header']); ?> <?php print render($page['help']); ?> <?php print render($page['highlight']); ?> <?php print render($page['content']); ?> <?php print render($page['sidebar_first']); ?> <?php print render($page['sidebar_second']); ?> <?php print render($page['footer']); ?>
All regions in your theme must be declared, or else you get these defaults.
Where the heck are all these templates?
example.com/modules BUT DON'T EDIT THEM THERE!
Preprocess doesn't have to be scary
May I recommend.... !"!#$%& '&()*+#',-./0,&- PHP for Drupal Designers, by Emma Jane Hogbin !"#$%%&#'&()#*+,-.(# !""#$%!&'()*+*,!"!-.+"!"!///-%!&'()*+*,!"!-.+"! designtotheme.com
So how to go about creating a theme?
Create a theme from scratch, making everything • theme .info file • page.tpl.php • *.tpl.php files as needed to override core • template.php for your preprocess and postprocess • background images
or make a baby!
Sub-themes inherit everything from parent theme, except what is overridden.
Inheritance base.css base.css style.css style.css forms.css
Inheritance page.tpl.php page.tpl.php node.tpl.php node.tpl.php block.tpl.php
Many good base themes • AdaptiveTheme • Basic • NineSixty • Blueprint • Stark • Framework • Studio • Fusion • Zen • Genesis • Mobile
Create your theme example.com/themes/
Create your theme example.com/themes/ example.com/sites/all/themes/yourtheme
yourtheme.info
yourtheme.info name = yourtheme description = This is where you describe your theme in words. version = 1.0 ; Requirements base theme = ninesixty core = 7.x engine = phptemplate ; Stylesheets stylesheets[screen][] = styles/base.css stylesheets[screen][] = styles/layout.css stylesheets[screen][] = styles/colors.css stylesheets[screen][] = styles/forms.css stylesheets[print][] = styles/print.css ; Regions regions[header] = Header regions[help] = Help regions[highlight] = Highlight regions[content] = Content regions[page_top] = Page top regions[page_bottom] = Page bottom regions[indicators] = Indicators regions_hidden[] = indicators ; Scripts scripts[] = scripts/twitter.js
yourtheme.info name = yourtheme description = This is where you describe your theme in words. version = 1.0 ; Requirements base theme = ninesixty core = 7.x engine = phptemplate ; Stylesheets stylesheets[screen][] = styles/base.css stylesheets[screen][] = styles/layout.css stylesheets[screen][] = styles/colors.css stylesheets[screen][] = styles/forms.css stylesheets[print][] = styles/print.css ; Regions regions[header] = Header regions[help] = Help regions[highlight] = Highlight regions[content] = Content regions[page_top] = Page top regions[page_bottom] = Page bottom regions[indicators] = Indicators new! regions_hidden[] = indicators ; Scripts scripts[] = scripts/twitter.js
Template Suggestions • Create a base template of that type • Create variations on it to apply in certain circumstances • No coding necessary http://drupal.org/node/190815
Template Suggestions by content type node.tpl.php blog node--blog.tpl.php event node--event.tpl.php classified node--classified.tpl.php product node--product.tpl.php
Template Suggestions by content type new! node.tpl.php blog node--blog.tpl.php event node--event.tpl.php classified node--classified.tpl.php product node--product.tpl.php
Delimiters use two: '--' Words still use one: '-' event-meeting node--event-meeting.tpl.php event-party node--event-party.tpl.php
Be nice to robots! photo: Don Solo flickr.com/photos/donsolo/3950364004/
RDFa • Robot food • Anlearn language to entire • Theming just got a lot more technical photo: Don Solo flickr.com/photos/donsolo/3950364004/
Image: Davie60r flickr.com/photos/davie60r/3274499595/
Robots just want to I'm hungry! Hand over your RDF! understand your site. Hmmmmm…. data….. Image: bbaltimore flickr.com/photos/bbaltimore/6778028/
Dance with them! It's easy! Image: Eric__I_E flickr.com/photos/deadling/256390679/
html.tpl.php <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML+RDFa 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/DTD/xhtml- rdfa-1.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="<?php print $language->language; ?>" version="XHTML+RDFa 1.0" dir="<?php print $language->dir; ?>" <?php print $rdf_namespaces; ?>>
Do I really need to do RDFa to use Drupal? No, you can just ignore it, and work on the same level as other systems. But you'll be missing out. Photo: FlySi flickr.com/photos/flysi/183272970/
Points of Modification • CSS • xhtml in the template that applies • preprocess • module
Basics to Remember • Create your theme in sites/all/themes/yourtheme • Copy templates into your theme to make overrides • Use template suggestions to break out distinct structures and stylings • Use base theme to get a jump on things • Let Drupal do what it does best
Resources • Drupal 6 » Drupal 7 theming changes drupal.org/update/theme/6/7 • Template suggestions drupal.org/node/190815* • RDFa buytaert.net/semantic-web-and-drupal-video * Drupal 6
Get Drush! Yeah yeah yeah, I know, you don't like command line, but this will really really and for true help you save time developing so that you can spend more time designing and theming, and isn't that what you'd rather do anyway? Video to make it easy: http://is.gd/ a Ze 3 3
@lauras #d4dgrok rarepattern.com/contact ©2010 Laura Scott
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