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vRewrite - SEOed URLs for vBulletin · **Released**: 01-04-2006

About

vRewrite is an advance but simple system to rewrite vB's URLs. The rewrite system uses preg_match_all and str_replace to rewrite the URLs. It will rewrite any URLs that are dynamic ex: showthread.php?t= to /the-forum/title-of-the-forum-id.html. Why? SEs (Search Engines) rate results based on filename. Not only that, but most SEs give a "boost" to static URLs (what we do here) versus dynamic URLs. vRewrite accomplishes both of this, for all URLs that a search engine (or a guest) will see.

Installation

Please download vRewrite.zip and read install.html for more information on how to install it.

Requirements

vRewrite assumes that you are using Apache with the mod_rewrite module enabled, and running vBulletin 3.5.x. However, if you ask for support here on IIS' module or on vBulletin 3.0.x - I will be more then happy to assist you.

Contributions

I would like to thank Chroder and Cole for assisting me release vRewrite. I could not have released it if it wasn't for them.

I would like to thank the following people/boards for helping beta test vRewrite and making it a better product.

Gaming Ultimate, BP Gaming, NBS Designz Cyclez, Hosting-Talk and Forum University.

Copyright

I've spent many hours working and perfecting vRewrite. The only thing I ask you to do is if you use it, please keep the link back. If you wish to put it in your style instead, simply remove or comment out that line. However, if you use vRewrite you MUST link back. That is the only thing I ask.

Known Issues

There are no known issues with the latest release (1.0).

Support / Issues

If you have any problems or discover a bug please post here in this thread. I have also included my email in the install.html email for one-on-one support. The only thing I ask you is please do not post this email address publicly - it is my personal email.

Changelog

1.5 Release - vRewrite 1.5 has become stable, and all users under 1.5 RC3 and 1.0 need to upgrade. Support for 1.0 will no longer be offered, and you will be told simply to upgrade. Please continue to keep all bug and feature suggestions on the bug tracker at:

Code:

http://www.techhelpforum.com/vrewrite

1.1 Release - Several bug fixes, and a few new features. Details here.

03/26/06 - Updated the thread to reflect vRewrite 1.5 Beta links. vRewrite files has NOT changed.

03/11/06 - Updated the thread to take advantage of vB.org's new prefix feature. vRewrite itself has NOT changed.

1.0 Release (02/19/06) - I have released the much awaited 1.0. This is the first stable release of vRewrite. All users now should be safe installing vRewrite. For more information, and how to upgrade, please see here.

1.0 Preview (01/12/06) - I have released a preview version of 1.0. This is the final version before 1.0 is considered stable. I believe everything should work in this new preview, but one bug (see known issues). Please see here for more information and how to upgrade.

01/05/06 - Updated ZIP to include a fix for boards running a table prefix. You do not need to upgrade unless you previously had SQL errors. You can upgrade by importing the product and choose "Allow Overwrite".

Donations

Any donations are very much appreciated! I do this out of my free time and work many hours on it - all for free. Anything to help is always very welcomed

If you use vRewrite, please click Install. This helps you keep track of additional upgrades and shows to me that you care about vRewrite

You may not post vRewrite ZIP or any files contained in the ZIP on any website. You may not also post any support requests/give support on any website other then this one, without my permission. If you do so, you will get a DMCA for copyright infringement. I do not want this spread to pirated users. Please stop piracy and do not share the source outside of this thread and vB.org/com. Thanks.

Support will only be obtained at:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=182

GamerJunk.net · #62 01-06-2006, 02:06 AM

Yea we posted right after another

but now I am getting this error...

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/gsnforce/public_html/forum/includes/functions.php(4314) : eval()'d code on line 30 on the header of my forums...

and then also my showthraed is fudged...I get

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /home/gsnforce/public_html/forum/showthread.php(1911) : eval()'d code on line 325

GamerJunk.net · #63 01-06-2006, 02:10 AM

Ok I Fixed the showthread problem....but what about that link at the top of my forums??

www.gsnforce.com/forum

LincolnForums · #64 01-06-2006, 02:10 AM

wondering if this will work with such hacks as the vB Goolge/Yahoo site map

Immortal · #65 01-06-2006, 02:11 AM

Thanks, eXaulz. That's weird - I figured that was the problem but my dev board has all the spaces. Let me re-export the product and reupload to see if that solves all the issues.

RasMasta - Let me see if the issue still exist after I reupload the ZIP.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LincolnForums

wondering if this will work with such hacks as the vB Goolge/Yahoo site map

It will work persay. But the URLs won't be rewritten unless the author of the hack has specifically fixed it. I'll try and release an addon for one of the generators that uses vRewrite - once it goes stable.

GamerJunk.net · #66 01-06-2006, 02:12 AM

Also it isn;t working on my forum....it's not rewriting the threads....do I need to run an update or something on thread titles?

eXaulz · #67 01-06-2006, 02:13 AM

Hmmm. Let me check the plugin code real quick, RasMasta.

Not sure if this will work, I just changed the syntax. Besides, I'm not getting those errors on here - so I'm just guessing.

Go to AdminCP -> Plugin System > Plugin Manager >> Click on the vRewrite plugin found under Hook Location : global_complete. Replace the PHP code (found in the big Text Area) with the following: (yes, it works fine)

PHP Code:


			
if($vbulletin->options['vRewrite_on'])

{

#------------------------------

# Replace Forums

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="forumdisplay\.php\?f=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT forumid, title FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum WHERE forumid IN($ids)");



    while($f = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $title = urlize($f['title']);

        $fid = $f['forumid'];



        $output = str_replace("<a href="forumdisplay.php?f=". $fid .""", "<a href="f-". $title ."-". $fid .".html"", $output);

    }





}



#------------------------------

# Replace User

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="member\.php\?u=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT userid, username FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE userid IN($ids)");



    while($u = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $username = urlize($u['username']);

        $uid = $u['userid'];



        $output = str_replace("<a href="member.php?u=$uid"", "<a href="u-$username-$uid.html"", $output);

    }





}



#------------------------------

# Replace showthread.php?goto=newpost

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="showthread\.php\?goto=newpost&amp;t=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT threadid, title, forumid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE threadid IN($ids)");



    while($n = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $title = urlize($n['title']);

        $tid = $n['threadid'];

        $fid = $n['forumid'];





        $output = str_replace("<a href="showthread.php?goto=newpost&amp;t=$tid"", "<a href="$title-$tid-newpost.html"", $output);

    }





}



#------------------------------

# Replace Last Post User (Forum)

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="member\.php\?find=lastposter&amp;f=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT lastposter, forumid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum WHERE forumid IN($ids)");



    while($f = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $lp = $f['lastposter'];



        $lpidinfo = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT userid, username FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE username='$lp'");

        $lp = urlize($lpidinfo['username']);

        $lpid = $lpidinfo['userid'];

        $fid = $f['forumid'];



        



        $output = str_replace("<a href="member.php?find=lastposter&amp;f=$fid"", "<a href="u-$lp-$lpid.html"", $output);

    }





}



#------------------------------

# Replace Last Post User (Thread)

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="member\.php\?find=lastposter&amp;t=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT lastposter, threadid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE threadid IN($ids)");



    while($f = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $lp = $f['lastposter'];



        $lpidinfo = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT userid, username FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user WHERE username='$lp'");

        $lp = urlize($lpidinfo['username']);

        $lpid = $lpidinfo['userid'];

        $tid = $f['threadid'];



        



        $output = str_replace("<a href="member.php?find=lastposter&amp;t=$tid"", "<a href="u-$lp-$lpid.html"", $output);

    }





}

#-----------------------------------

# DO NOT REMOVE OTHERWISE YOU 

# WILL BE SENT A DMCA FOR COPYRIGHT 

# INFRINGEMENT YOU MAY NOT USE THIS 

# PLUGIN WITHOUT THIS LINE OF CODE

# IF YOU WISE TO REMOVE THIS AND

# ADD IT TO YOUR STYLE, FEEL FREE

# AS LONG AS THE COPYRIGHT REMAINS

#-----------------------------------



$output .= '<div align="center" class="smallfont">SEOed URLs completed by <a href="http://www.techhelpforum.com">Tech Help Forum</a>.</div>';



#------------------------------

# SHOWTHREAD

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="showthread\.php\?t=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT threadid, forumid, title FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE threadid IN($ids)");



    while($t = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $title = urlize($t['title']);

        $tid = $t['threadid'];

        $fid = $t['forumid'];

        $foruminfo = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT title FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum WHERE forumid='$fid'");

        $fname = urlize($foruminfo['title']);



        $output = str_replace("<a href="showthread.php?t=$tid"", "<a href="$fname/t-$title-$tid.html"", $output);

    }





}



#------------------------------

# SHOWTHREAD and page

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="showthread\.php\?t=([0-9]+)&amp;page=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    // Keep track of page nums that go with tid's

    $temp = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        // $temp[<threadid>] = <page>

        $temp[ $matches[1][$i] ] = $matches[2][$i];



        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT threadid, forumid, title FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE threadid IN($ids)");



    while($t = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $title = urlize($t['title']);

        $tid = $t['threadid'];

        $fid = $t['forumid'];

        $foruminfo = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT title FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum WHERE forumid='$fid'");

        $fname = urlize($foruminfo['title']);

        $page = $temp[$tid];

        



        $output = str_replace("<a href="showthread.php?t=$tid&amp;page=$page"", "<a href="$fname/t-$title-$tid-page-$page.html"", $output);





    }





}



#------------------------------

# showpost

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="showpost\.php\?p=([0-9]+)&amp;postcount=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        $temp[ $matches[1][$i] ] = $matches[2][$i];

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);





    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT postid, title FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post WHERE postid IN($ids)");



    while($p = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $pid = $p['postid'];

        $postcount = $temp[$pid];

        $output = str_replace("<a href="showpost.php?p=$pid&amp;postcount=$postcount"", "<a href="p-$pid.html"", $output);    }





}

#------------------------------

# Print SHOWTHREAD

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="printthread\.php\?t=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT threadid, title FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE threadid IN($ids)");



    while($t = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $title = urlize($t['title']);

        $tid = $t['threadid'];



        $output = str_replace("<a href="printthread.php?t=". $tid .""", "<a href="print-". $title ."-". $tid .".html"", $output);

    }





}



#------------------------------

# Email SHOWTHREAD

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="sendmessage\.php\?do=sendtofriend&amp;t=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT threadid, title FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE threadid IN($ids)");



    while($t = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $title = urlize($t['title']);

        $tid = $t['threadid'];



        $output = str_replace("<a href="sendmessage.php?do=sendtofriend&amp;t=$tid"", "<a href="sendtofriend-$title-$tid.html"", $output);

    }





}



#------------------------------

# New Thread

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="newthread\.php\?do=newthread&amp;f=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT forumid, title FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "forum WHERE forumid IN($ids)");



    while($f = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $title = urlize($f['title']);

        $fid = $f['forumid'];



        $output = str_replace("<a href="newthread.php?do=newthread&amp;f=$fid"", "<a href="$title-$fid/newthread.php"", $output);

    }





}



#------------------------------

# New Post

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="newreply\.php\?do=newreply&amp;noquote=1&amp;p=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT threadid, postid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post WHERE postid IN($ids)");



    while($t = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $tid = $t['threadid'];

        $pid = $t['postid'];

        $threadinfo = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT title, forumid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE threadid='$tid'");

        $title = urlize($threadinfo['title']);

        $fid = $threadinfo['forumid'];

        $f = fetch_foruminfo($fid); 

        $fname = urlize($f['title']);







        $output = str_replace("<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;noquote=1&amp;p=$pid"", "<a href="$fname/newpostnoquote-$pid.php"", $output);

    }





}



#------------------------------

# New Post

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="newreply\.php\?do=newreply&amp;p=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT threadid, postid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post WHERE postid IN($ids)");



    while($t = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $tid = $t['threadid'];

        $pid = $t['postid'];

        $threadinfo = $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT title, forumid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "thread WHERE threadid='$tid'");

        $title = urlize($threadinfo['title']);

        $fid = $threadinfo['forumid'];

        $f = fetch_foruminfo($fid); 

        $fname = urlize($f['title']);







        $output = str_replace("<a href="newreply.php?do=newreply&amp;p=$pid"", "<a href="$fname/newpost-$pid.php"", $output);

    }





}



#------------------------------

# Search

#------------------------------

$found = preg_match_all('#<a href="search\.php\?searchid=([0-9]+)"#i', $output, $matches);



if($found)

{

    // Build an array of ID's

    $ids = array();



    for($i = 0; $i < $found; $i++)

    {

        if(is_numeric($matches[1][$i]))

            $ids[] = $matches[1][$i];

    }

    $ids = implode(',', $ids);



    // Go through each

    $res = $vbulletin->db->query_read("SELECT userid, searchid FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "search WHERE searchid IN($ids)");



    while($s = $vbulletin->db->fetch_array($res))

    {

        $userid = $s['userid'];

        $searchid = $s['searchid'];

        



        $output = str_replace("search.php?searchid=$searchid", "search-$userid-$searchid.html", $output);

    }





}





#------------------------------

# misc pages

#------------------------------

$output = str_replace("search.php?do=getnew","search-getnew.html",$output);

$output = str_replace("search.php?do=getdaily","search-getdaily.html",$output);

$output = str_replace("forumdisplay.php?do=markread","markread.html",$output);

}



/**

 * Turn a string into a URL friendly string

 *

 * @param string $txt The string to work on

 * @return string The new string

 */

function urlize($txt)

{

    $txt = unaccent($txt);

    $txt = html_entity_decode($txt);

    $txt = str_replace(' ', '-', $txt);

    $txt = preg_replace('#[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+#', '', $txt);

    $txt = preg_replace('#[\-]+#', '-', $txt);



    return strtolower($txt);

}



/**

 * Turn accented characters into normal characters

 *

 * @param string $txt The string to remove the accents from

 * @return string Your new clean string

 */

function unaccent($txt)

{

    $trans = get_html_translation_table(HTML_ENTITIES);

    

    foreach($trans as $literal => $entity)

    {

        if(ord($literal) >= 192)

        {

            $search[]   = $literal;

            $replace[]  = substr($entity, 1, 1);

        }

    }



    return str_replace($search, $replace, $txt);

}

GamerJunk.net · #68 01-06-2006, 02:15 AM

Look at my forum if you can...I'll check and see what it is calling

GamerJunk.net · #69 01-06-2006, 02:16 AM

4311-4317

Code:

// parse PHP include ##################
	if (!is_demo_mode())
	{
		($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('global_complete')) ? eval($hook) : false;
	}

	if ($vbulletin->options['gzipoutput'] AND !headers_sent())

What could be the cause?

eXaulz · #70 01-06-2006, 02:18 AM

It has nothing to do with that, RM. It has to do with the eval()'ed code, which is being done here:

PHP Code:


			
($hook = vBulletinHook::fetch_hook('global_complete')) ? eval($hook) : false;

(as you can see in the error msg). That's a cool thing about eval().

Also, did you apply my fix? It might fix your problem.

GamerJunk.net · #71 01-06-2006, 02:20 AM

With your new code I am getting taht error at the top on line 4314

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.06402 seconds Memory Usage 2,523KB Queries Executed 26 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (2)bbcode_code (2)bbcode_php (1)bbcode_quote (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)modsystem_post (1)navbar (6)navbar_link (120)option (1)pagenav (1)pagenav_curpage (4)pagenav_pagelink (3)pagenav_pagelinkrel (11)post_thanks_box (11)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (11)post_thanks_postbit_info (10)postbit (11)postbit_onlinestatus (11)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start pagenav_page pagenav_complete tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
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