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+<html>
+<head>
+<title>Welcome to Code Igniter</title>
+
+<style type="text/css">
+
+body { 
+ background-color: #fff; 
+ margin: 40px; 
+ font-family: Lucida Grande, Verdana, Sans-serif;
+ font-size: 14px;
+ color: #4F5155;
+}
+
+a {
+ color: #003399;
+ background-color: transparent;
+ font-weight: normal;
+}
+
+h1 {
+ color: #444;
+ background-color: transparent;
+ border-bottom: 1px solid #D0D0D0;
+ font-size: 16px;
+ font-weight: bold;
+ margin: 24px 0 2px 0;
+ padding: 5px 0 6px 0;
+}
+
+code {
+ font-family: Monaco, Verdana, Sans-serif;
+ font-size: 12px;
+ background-color: #f9f9f9;
+ border: 1px solid #D0D0D0;
+ color: #002166;
+ display: block;
+ margin: 14px 0 14px 0;
+ padding: 12px 10px 12px 10px;
+}
+
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<h1>Welcome to Code Igniter!</h1>
+
+<p>The page you are looking at is being generated dynamically by Code Igniter.</p>
+
+<p>If you would like to edit this page you'll find it located at:</p>
+<code>system/application/views/welcome_message.php</code>
+
+<p>The corresponding controller for this page is found at:</p>
+<code>system/application/controllers/welcome.php</code>
+
+<p>If you are exploring Code Igniter for the very first time, you should start by reading the <a href="user_guide/">User Guide</a>.</p>
+
+
+<p><br />Page rendered in {elapsed_time} seconds</p>
+
+</body>
+</html>
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