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Change default WordPress Admin Bar UI

WordPress has default admin top bar which has all features shortcuts. Here you will show you, how to change UI of worpdress admin bar using plugin.

change wordpress admin bar

You can fully disable worpdress admin bar but you will not able retrieve it. There is very nice wordpress plugin which will help you to hide default wordpress admin bar partially. Using this plugin you will get full control on behaviour of admin bar.

Admin Bar Button

Admin Bar Button is a plugin that will create a simple button to replace the default WordPress Admin Bar on the front end. When using this plugin, the full height of the page is used by your site, which is particularly handy if you have fixed headers. Please see the Screenshots tab to see how the Admin Bar Button looks.

After activating the plugin, if you wish you can change how the Admin Bar Button looks and works by visiting the Settings page (Settings » Admin Bar Button). However, no user interaction is required by the plugin; if you wish, you can simply install and activate Admin Bar Button and it’ll work right away.

This plugin has been tested with the built in Twenty Fourteen, Twenty Thirteen and Twenty Twelve themes. Should you find a theme with which it does not work, please open a new topic on the Support tab.

For configuring the admin bar button, go to Settings » Admin Bar Button page. That setting page will look like as follows:

You will find two tabs in setting page which are so helpful. The first one is for admin bar button settings. You can edit button text, position, animation, etc.

We found this plugin so helpful for corporate site purpose.

If you want remove worpdpress admin bar than you can use following plugin.

Disable WP Admin Bar Removal

disable wordpress admin bar for all user roles remove frontend backend code reduce memory consumption speedup loading control panel removal wp plugin clean dashboard menu for all subscribers. Is planned update for WordPress 3.8+ / 3.9+ / 4.0+ / 4.1+ compatibility? YES! The plugin that is updated, for now, is WP Toolbar Removal

Please noted that External CSS Style and JS Script support fot Adaptive Dasboard is developed offline on sLaNGjIs GitHub targeted for Version 2014.1210.0410 Build 2014-12-10

Your updates is manual (for now) when is available upgraded releases!

Periodically, the files included in the plugin will be updated with new releases: you are advised to periodically download the updated package based on the build date rather than on its version.

Rules:

Compatible with: WordPress, bbPress, Buddypress
Unified Coding to run with WordPress 3.1+ or later
Ready to Single and Network Multisite Environment
All in One Disabler and Remover
28px Gap, Bump CB, Node, Shadow, Pointer, Profile, Code
The configuration of this plugin is Automatic!
Compatible with Shared, Dedicated, Cloud and VPS Hosting
Run on Hosting with high and low resources
Work under GPLv2 or later License
Implement GNU style coding standard indentation
Meet detailed Plugin Guidelines quality requirements

Features:

Remove WordPress 3.1+ (or later) Admin Bar
Remove WordPress 3.3+ (or later) Toolbar
Remove Frontend Bump CB
Remove Frontend “28px gap” on top of Site
Remove Backend DashBoard Admin Menu Shadow Effect
Remove Backend DashBoard Admin Bar/Toolbar Pointer (ToolTips)
Remove Backend “28px gap” on top of DashBoard for WP 3.3+ or later
Remove User Personal Options Settings “Show Admin Bar/Toolbar”
Hide Admin Icons in the Backend Menu (not on collapsed state)
Hide Admin Page Title Icons in the Backend DashBoard
Disable Admin Menu Hoverintent Handlers for the Bar and Menu
Add logout functionality on top of DashBoard for WP 3.3+ or later
Add Header and Footer Log
Show realtime datetime on top of DashBoard for WP 3.3+ or later

Count post views without wordpress plugin using meta data

Showing post views is nice feature. Many client want to show post/page views on pages. Where in this wordpress tutorial, we will show, How to show post views using post meta data.

There are many wordpress plugins available for counting post views. Here are some, If you don’t want to modify your wordpress theme code.

Count post views without wordpress plugin using meta data

Automated method

Add following wordpress plugin and show post views

WP-PostViews

Enables you to display how many times a post/page had been viewed.

Post Views Counter

Post Views Counter allows you to display how many times a post, page or custom post type had been viewed with this simple, fast and easy to use plugin.

For more information, check out plugin page at dFactory or plugin support forum.

Features include:

Option to select post types for which post views will be counted and displayed.
2 methods of collecting post views data: PHP and Javascript, for greater flexibility
Option to set time between counts
Excluding counts from visitors: bots, logged in users, selected user roles
Excluding users by IPs
Restricting display by user roles
One-click data import from WP-PostViews
Post views display position, automatic or manual via shortcode
W3 Cache/WP SuperCache compatible
WPML and Polylang compatible
.pot file for translations included

Manual Method

function getPostViews($postID){
    $count_key = 'post_views_count';
    $count = get_post_meta($postID, $count_key, true);
    if($count==''){
        delete_post_meta($postID, $count_key);
        add_post_meta($postID, $count_key, '0');
        return "0 View";
    }
    return $count.' Views';
}
function setPostViews($postID) {
    $count_key = 'post_views_count';
    $count = get_post_meta($postID, $count_key, true);
    if($count==''){
        $count = 0;
        delete_post_meta($postID, $count_key);
        add_post_meta($postID, $count_key, '0');
    }else{
        $count++;
        update_post_meta($postID, $count_key, $count);
    }
}

// Remove issues with prefetching adding extra views
remove_action( 'wp_head', 'adjacent_posts_rel_link_wp_head', 10, 0);

Add above code into functions.php file which you can find in theme folder.

Step 1
After this you need put following in single.php file and page.php file. Inside post loop, copy and paste following code.

<?php
          setPostViews(get_the_ID());
?>

Note: If you put above code in wrong place than it will not work.

programmatically create wordpress page using theme code

Many times client want predefined page in wordpress site when theme is activated. Here in this wordpress tutorial, we will show you how to programmatically create page or posts in wordpress website.

programmatically create wordpress page

If you want to create custom page with content than you can use following code. You just need to open “functions.php” file. (File can be found in theme folder).


if (isset($_GET['activated']) && is_admin()) {
$new_page_template = ''; //ex. template-custom.php. Leave blank if you don't want a custom page template.

//don't change the code bellow, unless you know what you're doing
$page_check = get_page_by_title('This is the page custom title');
$new_page = array(
'post_type' => 'page',//define post or page
'post_title' => 'This is the page custom title',
'post_content' => 'This is the page custom content',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_author' => 1,
);
if(!isset($page_check->ID)){
//create page in wordpress
$new_page_id = wp_insert_post($new_page);
if(!empty($new_page_template)){
update_post_meta($new_page_id, '_wp_page_template', $new_page_template);
}
}

}

You just need to copy and paste above code into functions.php file. This will create custom page in wordpress website. programmatically created page will look like as follows:

programmatically create wordpress post

If you want to create wordpress post programmatically than use following code.


if (isset($_GET['activated']) && is_admin()) {
$new_page_template = ''; //ex. template-custom.php. Leave blank if you don't want a custom page template.

//don't change the code bellow, unless you know what you're doing
$page_check = get_page_by_title('This is the page custom title');
$new_page = array(
'post_type' => 'post',//define post or page
'post_title' => 'This is the page custom title',
'post_content' => 'This is the page custom content',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_author' => 1,
);
if(!isset($page_check->ID)){
//create page in wordpress
$new_page_id = wp_insert_post($new_page);
if(!empty($new_page_template)){
update_post_meta($new_page_id, '_wp_page_template', $new_page_template);
}
}

}

You need to copy and paste above code in to functions.php file. With above code you can create custom post type’s post programmatically.

how to add and remove wordpress user roles

In wordpress we can extend user role management system. Here in this wordpress tutorial, we will show to add and remove wordpress user roles. There are some free wordpress plugins which will give you option to edit wordpress role system.

Here are some plugins which will extend wordpress role management.

User Role Editor

With User Role Editor WordPress plugin you can change user role (except Administrator) capabilities easy, with a few clicks. Just turn on check boxes of capabilities you wish to add to the selected role and click “Update” button to save your changes. That’s done. Add new roles and customize its capabilities according to your needs, from scratch of as a copy of other existing role. Unnecessary self-made role can be deleted if there are no users whom such role is assigned.

Role assigned every new created user by default may be changed too. Capabilities could be assigned on per user basis. Multiple roles could be assigned to user simultaneously. You can add new capabilities and remove unnecessary capabilities which could be left from uninstalled plugins. Multi-site support is provided.

User Role

The User Role plugin allows you to change wordpress role capabilities. It is a very useful tool when your site has a bunch of visitors or subscribers. The plugin has intuitive and convenient interface so all the site visitors can be easily sorted by roles with a couple of clicks.

Actions: You can recover wordpress role capabilities.
Interface: Recover button has confirmation dialogue, so that you won’t reset your settings ocasionaly.
Display: All role capabilities are separated into groups.

WPFront User Role Editor

This plugin allows you to easily manage user roles within your WordPress site. You can create, edit or delete user roles and manage role capabilities.

Features

Create new roles.
Edit or rename existing roles.
Clone existing roles.
Manage capabilities.
Allows you to add role capabilities.
Change default user role.
Restore role.
Assign multiple roles.

Manual Way to Extend WordPress User management system

Using following Code You can Add or Remove wordpress role.

We added “Owner” role in wordpress. For adding new role use following code.


function wpapi_add_role() {
add_role( 'owner', 'Owner',
array(
'read',
'edit_posts',
'delete_posts',
)
);
}
add_action( 'init', 'wpapi_add_role' );

Remove existing worpdress roles, Use following code.


function wpapi_remove_role() {
remove_role( 'editor' );
remove_role( 'author' );
remove_role( 'contributor' );
remove_role( 'subscriber' );
}
add_action( 'init', 'wpapi_remove_role' );

If you want to know more about worpdress roles and capabilities than visit this page. Check “Capability vs. Role Table” section. which is important for developers.

add youtube subscribe button to wordpress website

Many bloggers have youtube channel now days. Here in this wordpress tutorial we will show you to add youtube subscribe button to your website. Creating social presence through youtube is really futuristic way. So if you do not have your own youtube channel than create it. Put your ideas and thoughts through videos.

Steps for adding youtube subscription button to wordpress

Using following worpdress plugin you can easily add youtube subscibe button.

YouTube Subscribe Button

Adds the YouTube Subscribe Button to your website.

It adds a widget to your blog that will display the YouTube Subscribe Button. The button lets people subscribe to your YouTube channel without having to leave your site to either log in to YouTube or confirm their subscriptions.

How to use this plugin?

Go to Appearance->Widgets section. You will find “Youtube Subscription Button” widget there. Drag and drop this widget to your sidebar or your chosen place. This has following setting.

We found this plugin very helpful and handy.

Manual Way to add youtube subscribe button

If you want to add youtube subscribe button to your wordpress theme than use following steps. Go to following youtube social button configuration page.

YouTube Subscribe Button

You will see following setting and options on page.

In “Configure a button” section just add your channel name and and copy text from “code” text area. That will be as follows:


<script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script>

<div class="g-ytsubscribe" data-channel="purabdk" data-layout="default" data-count="default"></div>

Just use above code in your theme files. There are many styles and options you will find on this page. Choose style and color as per your wordpress theme and use in your theme code.

Using above technique you will increase your youtube channel subscribers through your wordpress blog or website.

How to extra allow file type upload in wordpress

WordPress will only lets you upload images (png, gif, jpg, pdf, etc). It does not allow to upload extra file type. Here in this article we given perfect solutions for adding extra file types. Some plugins and code for upload extra file type.

There are some nice wordpress plugin which will help you to add extra file types for upload.

AP Extended MIME Types

The Ardent Pixels’ Extended MIME Types plugin was created specifically for WPMS in mind. You can now allow all or only select blogs to upload a WIDE range of file types.

Upload File Type Settings Plugin

By default, WordPress only allows a very limited set of file types to be uploaded. This set is defined by a so called “white list”. What’s not on the white list can’t be uploaded.

This plugin allows you to extend this white list through a settings page.

Additionally it comes with a wide range of file types that are enabled automatically, like audio files (ac3, mp4, …) and video files (avi, mkv, …).

PJW Mime Config

This plugin allows you to configure extra mime-types for support by the inline-uploader.

A new options page is added as Options … Mime-types which allows you to add/delete the extra mime-types.

By default the following extra mime-types are registered: audio/ac3, audio/MPA and video/x-flv.

Code Sample

If you want to manually add file types for your wordpress site than you can use following code.

For uploading photoshop (psd file) through wordpress dashboard.

function my_myme_types($mime_types){
    $mime_types['svg'] = 'image/svg+xml'; //Adding svg extension
    $mime_types['psd'] = 'image/vnd.adobe.photoshop'; //Adding photoshop files
    return $mime_types;
}
add_filter('upload_mimes', 'my_myme_types', 1, 1);

Using above code you can add psd and svg file type for uploading.

20+ Free WordPress Themes with Foundation Framework

This year new wordpress foundation framework started. It created some basic wordpress themes which can be useful for wordpress developers. Here we collected more than 20 free wordpress themes which developed using foundation framework.

WordPress developers use many frameworks for creating theme.Using framework we can avoid some repetitive work. Foundation is came as more popular famework in front-end developers and demand for WordPress themes is also increasing. It is like bootstrap and mobile friendly.

20+ Free WordPress Themes with Foundation Framework

Pupa – Responsive & Retina Multi-Purpose Theme

Creating a unique look and feel of your website with Pupa WP theme. A fresh and clean design retina ready multi-purpose theme build with Zurb foundation framework, some of key features is unlimited colors, premium sliders plugin support, tons of Google fonts, 220 plus icons, easy to use theme options and get automated theme updates on your WP dashboard with just single click.

Demo | Detail

Reverie

In addition to inheriting all the Foundation features, Reverie also includes customized output for WordPress menus, caption and pagination. It has two built-in widget ares and two custom menus. Reverie can be used as a starter theme or as the parent theme to a child theme that you create.

Theme Info | Demo

Lulu

Lulu is a fully responsive, minimalist, awesome WordPress theme, with 4 custom post types, responsive flex slider, filterable portfolio/gallery, built-in contact form and much more…

Demo / Detail

Required+

Along with Reverie, Required+ was one of the first ones on the scene to offer a Foundation-based WordPress theme. It is meant to be used as a parent theme and features commented code, flexible layout options with page templates and widget areas for different layouts. Required+ includes shortcodes to help you create columns, galleries and more using the visual editor. The shortcodes are offered as optional plugins. One unique feature of Required+ is that it offers editor styles for adding Foundation styles and elements to the post editor without using shortcodes.

Theme Info | Demo

Quarter

Quarter is a minimalistic responsive WordPress theme for bloggers. Quarter developed on the Zurb Foundation framework to look beautiful at any screen size. It is customizable via the WordPress Theme Customizer yet it is as simple as possible.

Demo / Detail

Reactor

Reactor makes use of the WordPress Customizer to offer customization options. It includes shortcodes for UI elements such as pricing grid, orbit slider, buttons and more. Reactor was built with the developer in mind and offers an assortment of hooks, content actions and theme actions.

Theme Info | Demo

Persona

Persona is a simple but stunningly unique parallax responsive WordPress theme. Persona is best for modern and creative websites such as a creative portfolio, personal website, designer’s profile etc. and it is for anything under the sun that needs a simple awesome parallax. The template is customizable to any level since it is powered by ZURB Foundation 3 framework and completely integrated to WordPress platform.

Demo / Detail

WP Foundation

WP Foundation includes four different page templates, a configurable via theme options panel, shortcodes pre-styled with Foundation’s styles and two different sidebars.

Theme Info | Demo

PressEvent

PressEvent is an event management theme suitable for any type of needs: such as conferences, exhibitions, conventions, trade shows, seminars, workshops and business meetings. PressEvent is uses the Foundation framework and can be accessed on all mobile devices, including iPad and Android powered tablets.

Demo / Detail

Base Station

Base Station is an extensible WordPress theme built on Foundation. It was built to be extended by developers, includes a number of hooks, and most of its functions are either pluggable or accessible via filters. The theme also has a feature called featured posts for highlighting your content. Base Station shortcodes offer support for alerts, buttons, featured posts slider, labels, login form and panels.

Theme Info | Demo

Spine

Spine is a WordPress theme based on Foundation and Hybrid core. It features three custom menu locations and several different layouts, including no sidebar, one or two sidebars. The front page template is completely widgetized and you can use the theme customizer with live preview to customize your site.

Theme Info | Demo

second-foundation

_second-foundation is another Foundation-based theme hosted at WordPress.org. It utilizes Masonry.js to create the responsive post grid display. This is a theme that you might select if you desire that specific homepage layout plus Foundation as a base.

Theme Info | Demo

SmartAdapt

SmartAdapt is a Foundation-based theme hosted on WordPress.org, which means that this is a solid theme that holds to the rigorous code standards maintained by the WordPress Theme Review team. It allows you to easily customize background, logo or header image, etc and includes social share button support (Facebook like, Twitter share, Google +1, Pin it).

Theme Info | Demo

how to change wordpress role name without plugin

There are many roles in wordpress (Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber) If you want change default role names as per your project requirement. There are many reasons where we wanted to change role name and capabilities of wordpess users.

how to change wordpress role name

Using simple code you can change worpdress role names. You just need to put following code in your functions.php file. This file you can find in wordpress theme folder.

function wpapi_change_role_name() {
    global $wp_roles;

    if ( ! isset( $wp_roles ) )
        $wp_roles = new WP_Roles();

    //You can list all currently available roles like this...
    //$roles = $wp_roles->get_names();
    //print_r($roles);

    //You can replace "administrator" with any other role "editor", "author", "contributor" or "subscriber"...
    $wp_roles->roles['administrator']['name'] = 'Owner';
    $wp_roles->role_names['administrator'] = 'Owner';           
}
add_action('init', 'wpapi_change_role_name');

Using above you you will be able to change role names. Here using able above code, administrator role name will be replaced with Owner role name.

If you want to add new role to your wordpress website than use following simple code. As per above code, following code also, you need to copy paste in functions.php file.

$result = add_role(
    'basic_contributor',
    __( 'Basic Contributor' ),
    array(
        'read'         => true,  // true allows this capability
        'edit_posts'   => true,
        'delete_posts' => false, // Use false to explicitly deny
    )
);
if ( null !== $result ) {
    echo 'Yay! New role created!';
}
else {
    echo 'Oh... the basic_contributor role already exists.';
}

Using above code you will create the “Basic Contributor” Role in wordpress website. You can use above code in wordpress theme or plugin. There are many wordpress hooks which really helpful for managing wordpress roles and capabilities.

If you have any doubts or question than write comments bellow.

WordPress Tutorial Add Social Buttons in RSS Feed

Adding social buttons to wordpress RSS feed is always good for SEO and it will increase your website visibility to other users. we have steps for adding social buttons to RSS feed.

How to Add Social Buttons in RSS Feed

Wordpress Tutorial Add Social Buttons in RSS Feed — WordPress Tutorial Add Social Buttons in RSS Feed

Why social share buttons are important in RSS feed.

RSS feed is super great feature for publishing news to multiple search engine and news site. Through RSS feed your website will viewable to many of people. You may be seen already, some of popular news and bigger websites are showing share buttons in RSS feed. So through RSS feed you can share your articles to social media sites.

Using following simple code snippet you can add RSS feed share buttons to wordpress RSS feed.

// add custom feed content
function wpapi_add_feed_content($content) {

// Check if a feed is requested
if(is_feed()) {

// Encoding post link for sharing
$permalink_encoded = urlencode(get_permalink());

// Getting post title for the tweet
$post_title = get_the_title();

// Content you want to display below each post
// This is where we will add our icons

$content .= '<p>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=' . $permalink_encoded . '" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="http://images.purabtech.in/twitter-32x32.png" title="Share on Facebook" alt="Share on Facebook" width="64px" height="64px" /></a>

<a href="http://www.twitter.com/share?&text='. $post_title . '&amp;url=' . $permalink_encoded . '" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="http://images.purabtech.in/facebook-32x32.png" title="Share on Twitter" alt="Share on Twitter" width="64px" height="64px" /></a>
</p>';
}

return $content;
}

add_filter('the_excerpt_rss', 'wpapi_add_feed_content');
add_filter('the_content', 'wpapi_add_feed_content');

I Downloaded free share icons from following URL:
http://www.blogperfume.com/new-27-circular-social-media-icons-in-3-sizes/

Here in this example code we used facebook and twitter share buttons which are most popular social sites in the world.

15+ Top Free Ultra Minimalist WordPress Themes for download

In every wordpress theme, there are too many unnecessary things are included. Blogger are mainly looking for ultra minimalist wordpress themes which are free for download. Looking for clean minimal theme and testing it out is not easy. Many times due to complex designs wordpress themes became heavy. we always suggest client to use faster and minimalist wordpress theme. so website will be fast and SEO will be good.

List of 10+ Top Free Ultra Minimalist WordPress Themes for download

So here in this article we collected free minimalist wordpress themes which are free and you can download them easily.

Lingonberry

Lingonberry is a beautifully-designed minimalist theme by Anders Noren. Check out our recent interview with him on achieving simplicity in WordPress theme design. The Lingonberry theme offers support for post formats. The hidden top menu pulls down navigation and a search bar.

Demo | Download

Tonal

Tonal offers a greyscale design that changes based on your background color.

This theme features large images, full-width videos and makes the most of post formats.

Demo | Download

Dazzling

Dazzling is a colorful, flat and responsive theme ideal for businesses.

It is highly customizable for a free theme, with unlimited color variations, several widget areas, and a flexible featured slider.

Demo | Download

Casper

Casper is a free Ghost-style theme based on Underscores. It is essentially a port of Ghost’s default theme with WordPress-specific features added into the customizer for uploading your own logo, customizing the background and header images, text and social links.

Demo | Download

Untitled

Untitled has been designed by the theme team at Automattic.

It comes with full-bleed featured posts, featured images, a fixed header and subtle CSS3 transitions. This theme also supports a right sidebar.

Demo | Download

TinyPress

TinyPress is a mobile-friendly WordPress theme with bold headlines and a focus on readability. It includes matching social sharing buttons, styles for galleries and quotes, and a hidden menu that pops open a full page widget area when clicked.

Demo | Download

Papaver

Papaver is a stripped back, minimalist theme that puts the focus on your words.

This theme offers one, two or three column variations.

Demo | Download

Gravit

Gravit is a bright, clean WordPress theme with support for post formats and large featured images. The theme has many options built into the customizer, including color controls for the post format icons, site title, text and background. Gravit also includes a unique “About Me” page design and template.

Demo | Download

Touchfolio

Touchfolio is a responsive, sparse design featuring large images.

It has a skinning system based on LESS CSS (similar to variables in Twitter Bootstrap) and controls Photoshop file included.

It also comes with two types of portfolio – a gallery with list in menu and masonry gallery.

Demo | Download

Readly

Readly is a free theme from WP Shower that utilizes large fonts and supports post formats. It was designed for readability on all devices. The theme has several options built into the customizer, including the ability to change the theme color and add social links. You can also easily select between three pagination options: regular, load more, and infinite scroll.

Demo | Download

Wootique

Wootique is a free WooThemes design that makes full use of all WooCommerce features. Every WooCommerce widget has been styled to match the design of this theme.

It also comes with a featured slider, custom header and widgets and is highly customizable in the backend.

Demo | Download

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20+ Free WordPress Themes with Foundation Framework

Pupa – Responsive & Retina Multi-Purpose Theme

Reverie

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Lulu

Required+

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Quarter

Reactor

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Persona

WP Foundation

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PressEvent

Base Station

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Spine

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second-foundation

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SmartAdapt

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Tonal

Dazzling

Casper

Untitled

TinyPress

Papaver

Gravit

Touchfolio

Readly

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