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-<!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
-<head>
-  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" charset="UTF-8">
-  <title>Timeless Antiques</title>
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ url_for('static', filename='style.css') }}">
-  <script src="{{ url_for('static', filename='script.js') }}"></script>
-  {% block head %}{% endblock %}
-</head>
-
-<body>
-  </div>
-  {% block header %}
-  <button class="openbtn" onclick="openNav()" style="position:sticky">&#9776;</button>
-  <header>
-    <img src="{{ url_for('static', filename='logo.png') }}" alt="Timeless Antiques">
-    <h1>Timeless Antiques</h1>
-    {% block search %}
-    <form action="{{ url_for('search') }}" method="POST">
-      <input type="text" name="search_input" placeholder="Search">
-      <button type="submit">Search</button>
-    </form>
-    {% endblock %}
-  </header>
-    
-  
-  <div id="main">
-      <div id="mySidebar" class="sidebar">
-        <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="closebtn" onclick="closeNav()">&times;</a>
-      
-      <aside>
-        <a class="open-button" id="add-item" onclick="openForm()" >Add Item</a>
-        <a class="delete-button" id="delete-item" onclick="openForm2()">Delete Item</a>
-        <a class="add-set-button" id="add-set" onclick="openForm3()">    Add Set</a>
-        <a class="delete-set-button" id="delete=set" onclick="openForm4()">Delete Set</a>
-      </aside>
-    
-    
-          <!--Add item -->
-        <div class = "form-popup" id="myForm">    
-          <form action="/add_items" method = "post" class="form-container" id="add_items">
-            <h1>Enter Details</h1>
-              
-            <label for="id"><b>ID no.</b></label>
-            <input type="text" placeholder="Enter ID number" name="item.id" required>
-            
-            <label for="desc"><b>Description</b></label>
-            <input type="text" placeholder="Enter item description" name="item.desc" required>
-            
-            <label for="price"><b>Price</b></label>
-            <input type="text" placeholder="Enter item price" name="item.price" required>
-            <input type="hidden" name="file_to_append_to"id="file_to_append_to" value="">
-              <button class="btn" onclick="submitForm()">Submit</button>
-    
-            <button type="button" class="btn cancel"
-            onclick="closeForm()">Close</button>
-          </form>
-        </div>
-      
-    
-    
-        <!--Delete item-->
-          <div class = "form-popup" id="myForm2" onsubmit="handleitemdelete(event)">
-            <form action="/delete_item" method="post" class="form-container">
-              <h1>Enter Details</h1>
-              
-              <label for="id"><b>ID no.</b></label>
-              <input type="text" placeholder="Enter ID number" name="delete_id" required>
-              
-              <button type="submit" class="btn">Submit</button>
-              
-              <button type="button" class="btn cancel" 
-              onclick="closeForm2()">Close</button>
-            </form>
-          </div>
-    
-    
-    
-        <!--Add set-->    
-        <div class = "form-popup" id="myForm3">
-          
-          <form action="/add_sets" method="post" class="form-container" onsubmit="handlesetSubmit(event)">
-              <h1>Enter Details</h1>
-              
-              <label for="set-id"><b>Set ID no.</b></label>
-              <input type="text" placeholder="Enter set ID number" name="set-id" required>
-              
-              <label for="set-desc"><b>Set Description</b></label>
-              <input type="text" placeholder="Enter set description" name="set-desc" required>
-              
-              <label for="id"><b>Item ID no.</b></label>
-              <input type="text" placeholder="Enter ID number" name="items-id" required>
-              
-                <div id="input-container">
-                    <label for="add-id"><b>additional Item ID no.</b></label>
-                    <input type="text" placeholder="Enter ID number" name="add-id">
-                </div>
-              
-              <button id="add-before-me" class="add-text-btn " onclick="addInput()">(+)</button>
-              
-              <button type="submit" class="btn">Submit</button>
-              
-              <button type="button" class="btn cancel" 
-              onclick="closeForm3()">Close</button>
-          </form>
-        </div>
-    
-    
-        <!--Delete Set-->
-        <div class = "form-popup" id="myForm4" onsubmit="handlesetdelete(event)">
-      
-          <form action="/delete_set" method ="post" class="form-container">
-            <h1>Enter Details</h1>
-            
-            <label for="set-id"><b>Set ID no.</b></label>
-            <input type="text" placeholder="Enter set ID number" name="set-id" required>
-            
-            <button type="submit" class="btn">Submit
-            </button>
-            
-            <button type="button" class="btn cancel" 
-            onclick="closeForm4()">Close</button>
-          
-          
-          </form>
-          </div> 
-        </div>
-  {% endblock %}
-
-  {% block content %}{% endblock %}
-
-  {% block sidebar %}
-
-
-  </aside>
-  {% endblock %}
-
-  {% block footer %}
-  <footer>
-    <p>Copyright © 2023 Timeless Antiques
-  </footer>
-  {% endblock %}
-</body>
-
-</html>
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