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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<config>
+ <site>
+  <name>$sitedesc</name>
+  <server>$sitename</server>
+  <theme>default</theme>
+  <path></path>
+  <logo>$sitelogo</logo>
+
+  <fancy>true</fancy>
+  <language>en</language>
+  <email>$adminemail</email>
+  <broughtby></broughtby>
+  <broughtbyurl></broughtbyurl>
+  <timezone>UTC</timezone>
+  <closed>$siteclosed</closed>
+
+  <inviteonly>false</inviteonly>
+  <private>$siteprivate</private>
+  <textlimit>$textlimit</textlimit>
+  <ssl>$has_ssl</ssl>
+  <sslserver>$ssl_server</sslserver>
+  <shorturllength>30</shorturllength>
+
+</site>
+ <license>
+  <type>cc</type>
+  <owner></owner>
+  <url>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</url>
+  <title>Creative Commons Attribution 3.0</title>
+  <image>http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/80x15.png</image>
+
+</license>
+ <nickname>
+  <featured></featured>
+</nickname>
+ <profile>
+  <biolimit></biolimit>
+</profile>
+ <group>
+  <desclimit></desclimit>
+</group>
+ <notice>
+
+  <contentlimit></contentlimit>
+</notice>
+ <throttle>
+  <enabled>false</enabled>
+  <count>20</count>
+  <timespan>600</timespan>
+</throttle>
+ <xmpp>
+
+  <enabled>false</enabled>
+  <server>INVALID SERVER</server>
+  <port>5222</port>
+  <user>update</user>
+</xmpp>
+ <integration>
+  <source>StatusNet</source>
+
+</integration>
+ <attachments>
+  <uploads>false</uploads>
+  <file_quota>0</file_quota>
+</attachments>
+</config>