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node.tpl.php

<div id="node-<?php print $node->nid; ?>" class="<?php print $classes; ?> clearfix"<?php print $attributes; ?>>
  <?php print $user_picture; ?>
  <?php print render($title_prefix); ?>
  <?php if (!$page): ?>
    <h2<?php print $title_attributes; ?>><a href="<?php print $node_url; ?>"><?php print $title; ?></a></h2>
  <?php endif; ?>
  <?php print render($title_suffix); ?>

  <?php if ($display_submitted): ?>
    <div class="submitted">
      <?php print $submitted; ?>
    </div>
  <?php endif; ?>

  <div class="content"<?php print $content_attributes; ?>>
    <?php
      hide($content['comments']);
      hide($content['links']);
      print render($content);
    ?>
  </div>

  <?php print render($content['links']); ?>
  <?php print render($content['comments']); ?>

</div>

{% set classes = [
    'node--type-' ~ node.bundle|clean_class,
    node.isPromoted() ? 'node--promoted',
  ] %}
<article{{ attributes.addClass(classes) }}>
  {{ title_prefix }}
  {% if not page %}
    <h2{{ title_attributes }}>
      <a href="{{ url }}" rel="bookmark">{{ label }}</a>
    </h2>
  {% endif %}
  {{ title_suffix }}

  {% if display_submitted %}
    <div{{ author_attributes.addClass('node__submitted') }}>
      {% trans %}Submitted by {{ author_name|passthrough }} on {{ date|passthrough }}{% endtrans %}
      {{ metadata }}
    </div>
  {% endif %}

  <div{{ content_attributes.addClass('node__content') }}>
    {{ content|without('links') }}
  </div>
  {% if content.links %}
    <div class="node__links">
      {{ content.links }}
    </div>
  {% endif %}
</article>