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+{% load static wagtailuserbar wagtailcore_tags wagtailimages_tags navigation_tags util_tags %}<!doctype html>
+<html class="no-js" lang="en">
+    <head>
+        {# TODO fallbacks if page is not defined e.g. for 404 page #}
+        <meta charset="utf-8" />
+        <title>{% block title_prefix %}{{ TITLE_PREFIX }}{% endblock %}{% block title %}{% if page.seo_title %}{{ page.seo_title }}{% else %}{{ page.title }}{% endif %}{% endblock %}{% block title_suffix %}{{ TITLE_SUFFIX }}{% endblock %}</title>
+        <meta name="description" content="{% if page.search_description %}{{ page.search_description }}{% else %}{{ page.listing_summary }}{% endif %}" />
+        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+
+        {% if GOOGLE_TAG_MANAGER_ID %}
+            {# To enable GTM code you need to specify GOOGLE_TAG_MANAGER_ID in production.py or in local.py #}
+            <!-- Google Tag Manager -->
+            <script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
+            new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
+            j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=
+            'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
+            })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','{{ GOOGLE_TAG_MANAGER_ID|escapejs }}');</script>
+            <!-- End Google Tag Manager -->
+        {% endif %}
+
+        <!-- favicons -->
+        {% comment %}
+            Generate favicons by http://realfavicongenerator.net using the following path: settings.STATIC_URL + img/favicons.
+            Then favicon.ico should be copied to a directory called "public" in the application root and puppet does some magic to serve it up at the site root.
+        {% endcomment %}
+
+        {% block extra_css %}{% endblock %}
+        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{% static 'css/main.css' %}">
+    </head>
+
+    <body class="light-grey-bg {% block body_class %}template-{{ page.get_verbose_name|slugify }}{% endblock %}">
+        {% if GOOGLE_TAG_MANAGER_ID %}
+            {# To enable GTM code you need to specify GOOGLE_TAG_MANAGER_ID in production.py or in local.py #}
+            <!-- Google Tag Manager (noscript) -->
+            <noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id={{ GOOGLE_TAG_MANAGER_ID|escapejs }}"
+            height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
+            <!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) -->
+        {% endif %}
+
+        {% include "includes/sprites.html" %}
+
+        {% wagtailuserbar %}
+
+        <header class="header header--narrow header--white-bg header--light-bg">
+
+            <div class="header__inner wrapper wrapper--large">
+                <a href="{% slugurl 'home' %}" aria-label="Home link">
+                    <svg class="header__logo header__logo--desktop"><use xlink:href="#logo-desktop--dark"></use></svg>
+                    <svg class="header__logo header__logo--mobile"><use xlink:href="#logo-mobile"></use></svg>
+                </a>
+
+                <div class="header__inner header__inner--mobile-buttons">
+                    <button class="button button--left-space js-mobile-menu-toggle" aria-haspopup="true">
+                        <svg class="icon icon--mobile-menu"><use xlink:href="#mobile-menu-toggle"></use></svg>
+                    </button>
+                </div>
+
+                <div class="header__button-container">
+                    <a href="#" class="button button--transparent button--narrow button--contains-icons">
+                        <svg class="icon icon--person"><use xlink:href="#person-icon"></use></svg>
+                        Joe Bloggs
+                    </a>
+                    <a href="#" class="button button--transparent button--narrow">
+                        Log Out
+                    </a>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </header>
+
+        <main class="wrapper wrapper--large wrapper--main">
+            {% block content %}{% endblock %}
+        </main>
+
+        <footer class="footer"></footer>
+
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="{% static 'js/main.js' %}"></script>
+        {% block extra_js %}{% endblock %}
+    </body>
+</html>