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+require 'json'
+
+namespace :homepage do
+  desc 'Replaces legacy projects widget with new widgets on template tenants'
+  task :migrate_template_homepage_layouts, [] => [:environment] do
+    # Reduce logging when developing (to more closely match the production environment)
+    # dev_null = Logger.new('/dev/null')
+    # Rails.logger = dev_null
+    # ActiveRecord::Base.logger = dev_null
+
+    reporter = ScriptReporter.new
+    Tenant.safe_switch_each do |tenant|
+      puts "\nChecking tenant #{tenant.host} \n\n"
+      next unless tenant.host.include?('template')
+
+      layout = ContentBuilder::Layout.find_by(code: 'homepage')
+      original_layout = layout.deep_dup
+      craftjs = layout.craftjs_json
+
+      # All existing template tenants have the legacy projects widget,
+      # but this may be useful if we fail to update all and need to re-run the script
+      next unless craftjs.any? { |_key, value| value['type'] && value['type']['resolvedName'] == 'Projects' }
+
+      puts "Updating homepage layout for tenant #{tenant.host}...\n\n"
+
+      projects_key = craftjs.keys.find { |key| craftjs[key]['type'] && craftjs[key]['type']['resolvedName'] == 'Projects' }
+
+      projects_index = craftjs['ROOT']['nodes'].index(projects_key)
+      craftjs['ROOT']['nodes'].delete_at(projects_index) # Remove the old widget name from the nodes array
+
+      # Insert the new widget names in reverse order, at the index of the legacy projects widget
+      %w[FINISHED_OR_ARCHIVED OPEN_TO_PARTICIPATION FOLLOWED_ITEMS].each do |name|
+        craftjs['ROOT']['nodes'].insert(projects_index, name)
+      end
+
+      locales = AppConfiguration.instance.settings('core', 'locales')
+      utils = Utils120324.new
+
+      # Insert the craftjs for the new widgets
+      craftjs['FOLLOWED_ITEMS'] = utils.followed(locales)
+      craftjs['OPEN_TO_PARTICIPATION'] = utils.open_to(locales)
+      craftjs['FINISHED_OR_ARCHIVED'] = utils.finished(locales)
+
+      craftjs.delete(projects_key) # Remove the old widget's craftjs
+
+      if layout.update(craftjs_json: craftjs)
+        reporter.add_change(
+          original_layout.attributes,
+          layout.attributes,
+          context: { tenant: tenant.host }
+        )
+      else
+        reporter.add_error(
+          layout.errors.details,
+          context: { tenant: tenant.host }
+        )
+      end
+
+      reporter.report!('migrate_template_homepage_layouts.json', verbose: true)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+class Utils120324
+  def finished(locales)
+    {
+      type: { resolvedName: 'FinishedOrArchived' },
+      nodes: [],
+      props: {
+        filterBy: 'finished_and_archived',
+        titleMultiloc: title_multiloc(locales, finished_title)
+      },
+      custom: {},
+      hidden: false,
+      parent: 'ROOT',
+      isCanvas: false,
+      displayName: 'FinishedOrArchived',
+      linkedNodes: {}
+    }
+  end
+
+  def open_to(locales)
+    {
+      type: { resolvedName: 'OpenToParticipation' },
+      nodes: [],
+      props: {
+        titleMultiloc: title_multiloc(locales, open_to_title)
+      },
+      custom: {},
+      hidden: false,
+      parent: 'ROOT',
+      isCanvas: false,
+      displayName: 'OpenToParticipation',
+      linkedNodes: {}
+    }
+  end
+
+  def followed(locales)
+    {
+      type: { resolvedName: 'FollowedItems' },
+      nodes: [],
+      props: {
+        titleMultiloc: title_multiloc(locales, followed_title)
+      },
+      custom: {},
+      hidden: false,
+      parent: 'ROOT',
+      isCanvas: false,
+      displayName: 'FollowedItems',
+      linkedNodes: {}
+    }
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def title_multiloc(locales, title)
+    locales.index_with do |locale|
+      title[locale]
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Since this is a single-use task, we can hardcode the translations.
+  # I have a script to get these to get the translations from the front-end codebase,
+  # so I will update these if they change or if we change the selection of widgets we are inserting
+  # just before running the task
+  #
+  # If there is no translation for any locale, we simply don't insert a title for that locale,
+  # as our multiloc system will insert the en translation as a fallback
+
+  def finished_title
+    {
+      'lv-LV' => 'Jūs teicāt, mēs to darījām...',
+      'es-CL' => 'Lo que dijiste, lo que hicimos...',
+      'en-CA' => 'You said, we did...',
+      'ur-PK' => 'تم نے کہا ہم نے...',
+      'fr-BE' => 'La boucle est bouclée',
+      'es-ES' => 'Lo que dijiste, lo que hicimos...',
+      'tr-TR' => 'Sen söyledin, biz yaptık.',
+      'ar-SA' => 'لقد قلت، لقد فعلنا...',
+      'en' => 'You said, we did...',
+      'en-IE' => 'You said, we did...',
+      'sv-SE' => 'Du sa, vi gjorde...',
+      'pa-IN' => 'ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਿਹਾ, ਅਸੀਂ ਕੀਤਾ ...',
+      'lt-LT' => 'Jūs sakėte, mes tai padarėme...',
+      'pl-PL' => 'Powiedziałeś, zrobiliśmy...',
+      'nl-BE' => 'Jij zei, wij deden...',
+      'sr-Latn' => 'You said, we did...',
+      'hr-HR' => 'Rekli ste, jesmo...',
+      'da-DK' => 'Du sagde, vi gjorde...',
+      'nb-NO' => 'Du sa, vi gjorde...',
+      'pt-BR' => 'Você disse, nós fizemos...',
+      'de-DE' => 'Ihr habt gesagt, wir haben gemacht...',
+      'sr-SP' => 'You said, we did...',
+      'fr-FR' => 'La boucle est bouclée',
+      'nl-NL' => 'Jij zei, wij deden...',
+      'en-GB' => 'You said, we did...',
+      'cy-GB' => 'Fe ddywedoch chi, fe wnaethon ni ...',
+      'fi-FI' => 'Sanoit, teimme...',
+      'ach-UG' => 'crwdns3621247:0crwdne3621247:0'
+    }
+  end
+
+  def open_to_title
+    {
+      'lv-LV' => 'Atvērts dalībai',
+      'es-CL' => 'Abierto a la participación',
+      'en-CA' => 'Open to participation',
+      'ur-PK' => 'شرکت کے لیے کھلا ہے۔',
+      'fr-BE' => 'Ouvert à la participation',
+      'es-ES' => 'Abierto a la participación',
+      'tr-TR' => 'Katılıma açık',
+      'ar-SA' => 'مفتوح للمشاركة',
+      'en' => 'Open to participation',
+      'en-IE' => 'Open to participation',
+      'sv-SE' => 'Öppet för deltagande',
+      'pa-IN' => 'ਭਾਗੀਦਾਰੀ ਲਈ ਖੁੱਲ੍ਹਾ ਹੈ',
+      'lt-LT' => 'Atviras dalyvavimas',
+      'pl-PL' => 'Otwarty na uczestnictwo',
+      'nl-BE' => 'Open voor deelname',
+      'sr-Latn' => 'Open to participation',
+      'hr-HR' => 'Otvoren za sudjelovanje',
+      'da-DK' => 'Åben for deltagelse',
+      'nb-NO' => 'Åpent for deltakelse',
+      'pt-BR' => 'Aberto à participação',
+      'de-DE' => 'Offen für Beteiligung',
+      'sr-SP' => 'Open to participation',
+      'fr-FR' => 'Ouvert à la participation',
+      'nl-NL' => 'Open voor deelname',
+      'en-GB' => 'Open to participation',
+      'cy-GB' => 'Agored i gymryd rhan',
+      'fi-FI' => 'Avoin osallistumiselle',
+      'ach-UG' => 'crwdns3477979:0crwdne3477979:0'
+    }
+  end
+
+  def followed_title
+    {
+      'lv-LV' => 'Jums',
+      'es-CL' => 'Para ti',
+      'en-CA' => 'For you',
+      'ur-PK' => 'آپ کے لیے',
+      'fr-BE' => 'Pour vous',
+      'es-ES' => 'Para ti',
+      'tr-TR' => 'Senin için',
+      'ar-SA' => 'لك',
+      'en' => 'For you',
+      'en-IE' => 'For you',
+      'sv-SE' => 'För dig',
+      'pa-IN' => 'ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਲਈ',
+      'lt-LT' => 'Jums',
+      'pl-PL' => 'Dla Ciebie',
+      'nl-BE' => 'Voor jou',
+      'sr-Latn' => 'For you',
+      'hr-HR' => 'Za vas',
+      'da-DK' => 'For dig',
+      'nb-NO' => 'For deg',
+      'pt-BR' => 'Para você',
+      'de-DE' => 'Für Dich',
+      'sr-SP' => 'For you',
+      'fr-FR' => 'Pour vous',
+      'nl-NL' => 'Voor jou',
+      'en-GB' => 'For you',
+      'cy-GB' => 'I chi',
+      'fi-FI' => 'Sinulle',
+      'ach-UG' => 'crwdns3573579:0crwdne3573579:0'
+    }
+  end
+end