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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title><%= title() // loc('korap_desc') %></title>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=false, user-scalable=no" />
+    <link href="/img/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" /> 
+    <link href="/css/kalamar-<%= $Kalamar::VERSION %>.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
+    <script src="/js/<%== loc('jsFile', 'kalamar-' . $Kalamar::VERSION . '-en.js') %>" type="text/javascript" async="async"></script>
+  </head>
+% my $embedded = 0;
+% $embedded = 1 if stash('embedded');
+  <body<% if ($embedded) { %> class="embedded"<% } %>>
+    <div id="kalamar-bg"></div>
+
+    % unless ($embedded) {
+    %= include 'partial/header'
+    % }
+
+    % my $aside = content_for('sidebar');
+    <aside tabindex="0" class="<% unless (length($aside) > 0) { %>off<% } elsif (stash('sidebar_active')) { %>active<% } %>">
+      <div>
+    %= $aside
+      </div>
+    </aside>
+
+    <main<% if (stash 'main_class') { %> class="<%= stash 'main_class' %>"<% } %>>
+    %= content
+    </main>
+
+    % unless ($embedded) {
+    <footer>
+      <a href="http://korap.ids-mannheim.de/"><%= loc 'about' %></a>
+      <%= doc_link_to 'V '. $Kalamar::VERSION, 'korap', 'kalamar' %>
+    </footer>
+    %= notifications 'Alertify', -no_include
+    % };
+%= javascript begin  
+  window.KorAP = window.KorAP || {};
+  % my $api = url_for('index')->to_abs;
+  % $api =~ s!/$!!;
+  KorAP.URL = '<%== $api %>';
+% end
+  </body>
+</html>