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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+    <head>
+        <meta charset="UTF-8">
+        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+        <meta name="author" content="Disco DeDisco">
+        <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">
+        <title>Dashboard | {% block title_text %}{% endblock title_text %}</title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <h1>Dashboard | {% block header_text %}{% endblock header_text %}</h1>
+        <form method="POST" action="{% block form_action %}{% endblock form_action %}">
+            <input name="item_text" id="id-new-item" placeholder="Enter a to-do item">
+            {% csrf_token %}
+        </form>
+        {% block table %}
+        {% endblock table %}
+    </body>
+</html>
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