diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
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+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
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+
+%html
+%head
+ %title= GraderConfiguration['contest.name']
+ = stylesheet_link_tag "application", :media => "all"
+ = javascript_include_tag "application"
+ = csrf_meta_tags
+ = content_for :header
+ = yield :head
+
+%body
+
+%div.userbar
+ = user_header
+
+= content_tag(:p,flash[:notice],:style => "color:green") if flash[:notice]!=nil
+= yield
+