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+{% extends "page.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}{{ _('About') }} - {{ super() }}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block breadcrumb %}
+  <ol class="breadcrumb">
+    <li class="home hide-text"><a class="ckan-icon ckan-icon-bookmark" href="{{ h.url('home') }}">Home</a></li>
+    <li class="current">{{ h.nav_link(_('About'), controller='home', action='about') }}</li>
+  </ol>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block primary %}
+  <article class="module">
+    <div class="content">
+      <h1 class="page-heading">{{ _('About') }}</h1>
+      {% block about %}
+        {% snippet 'home/snippets/about_text.html' %}
+      {% endblock %}
+    </div>
+  </article>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block sidebar %}{% endblock %}
diff --git a/ckan/templates/home/snippets/about_text.html b/ckan/templates/home/snippets/about_text.html
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+{% trans %}
+<p>CKAN, is the world’s leading open-source data portal platform.</p>
+
+<p>CKAN is a complete out-of-the-box software solution that makes data
+accessible and usable – by providing tools to streamline publishing, sharing,
+finding and using data (including storage of data and provision of robust data
+APIs). CKAN is aimed at data publishers (national and regional governments,
+companies and organizations) wanting to make their data open and available.</p>
+
+<p>CKAN, is used by governments  and user groups worldwide and powers a variety
+of official and community data portals including portals for local, national
+and international government, such as the UK’s <a href="http://data.gov.uk">data.gov.uk</a> and the
+European Union’s <a href="http://publicdata.eu/">publicdata.eu</a>, the Brazilian <a href="http://dados.gov.br/">dados.gov.br</a>, Dutch and
+Netherland government portals, as well as city and municipal sites in the US,
+UK, Argentina, Finland and elsewhere.</p>
+
+<p>CKAN: <a href="http://ckan.org/">http://ckan.org/</a><br />
+CKAN Tour: <a href="http://ckan.org/tour/">http://ckan.org/tour/</a><br />
+Features overview: <a href="http://ckan.org/features/">http://ckan.org/features/</a></p>
+{% endtrans %}