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460 461 462<!-- UserWay Accessibility -->
463<script type="text/javascript"> 464 var _userway_config = { 465 // uncomment the following line to override default position 466 // position: '5', 467 // uncomment the following line to override default size (values: small, large) 468 // size: 'small', 469 // uncomment the following line to override default language (e.g., fr, de, es, he, nl, etc.) 470 // language: null, 471 // uncomment the following line to override color set via widget 472 // color: 'null', 473 // uncomment the following line to override type set via widget(1=man, 2=chair, 3=eye) 474 // type: 'null', 475 account: 'NUMZe26EuA' 476 }; 477</script>
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477
478<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.userway.org/widget.js"></script>
478 479 480<!-- Instant Page -->
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481 482 483<!-- Superflow -->
484<script id="superflowToolbarScript" data-sf-platform="manual" async src="https://cdn.velt.dev/lib/superflow.js?apiKey=ockkGlKLaApkEOBShhbR&projectId=7140181482670398"></script>
484 485 486<!-- Superflow Custom Naming -->
487<script> 488setTimeout(function() { 489if (Velt && Velt.getCommentElement()) { 490Velt.getCommentElement().setCustomPriority([ 491 { 492 "id": "web", 493 "name": "Web", 494 "color": "#053535", 495 "lightColor": "#DAE9E9", 496 }, 497 { 498 "id": "copy", 499 "name": "Copy", 500 "color": "#206767", 501 "lightColor": "#DAE9E9", 502 }, 503 { 504 "id": "pm", 505 "name": "PM", 506 "color": "#509999", 507 "lightColor": "#DAE9E9", 508 }, 509 { 510 "id": "design", 511 "name": "Design", 512 "color": "#DE6C5F", 513 "lightColor": "#DAE9E9", 514 }, 515]); 516 517const filterConfig = { 518 priority: { 519 enable: true, // enable/disable priority filter 520 name: "Team", // customize priority filter heading 521 enableGrouping: false, // to enable/disable grouping based on priority filter 522 multiSelection: true, // to enable/disable multiple selection 523 }, 524}; 525 526 const commentsSidebar = document.querySelector(`velt-comments-sidebar`); 527 commentsSidebar?.setAttribute("filter-config", JSON.stringify(filterConfig)); 528 529}}, 2000); 530</script>
530 531<!-- End: Superflow --> 532</body></html>
Line numbers count LF bytes from the start of the resource, as the search results do. Vendor segments are library code the classifier recognised; they are stored but not indexed. Bytes are shown as Latin1 characters, one per byte.