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+<?php
+/**
+ * Twenty Thirteen back compat functionality.
+ *
+ * Prevents Twenty Thirteen from running on WordPress versions prior to 3.6,
+ * since this theme is not meant to be backwards compatible and relies on
+ * many new functions and markup changes introduced in 3.6.
+ *
+ * @package WordPress
+ * @subpackage Twenty_Thirteen
+ * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Prevent switching to Twenty Thirteen on old versions of WordPress. Switches
+ * to the default theme.
+ *
+ * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+function twentythirteen_switch_theme() {
+ switch_theme( WP_DEFAULT_THEME, WP_DEFAULT_THEME );
+ unset( $_GET['activated'] );
+ add_action( 'admin_notices', 'twentythirteen_upgrade_notice' );
+}
+add_action( 'after_switch_theme', 'twentythirteen_switch_theme' );
+
+/**
+ * Prints an update nag after an unsuccessful attempt to switch to
+ * Twenty Thirteen on WordPress versions prior to 3.6.
+ *
+ * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+function twentythirteen_upgrade_notice() {
+ $message = sprintf( __( 'Twenty Thirteen requires at least WordPress version 3.6. You are running version %s. Please upgrade and try again.', 'twentythirteen' ), $GLOBALS['wp_version'] );
+ printf( '<div class="error"><p>%s</p></div>', $message );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Prevents the Customizer from being loaded on WordPress versions prior to 3.6.
+ *
+ * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+function twentythirteen_customize() {
+ wp_die( sprintf( __( 'Twenty Thirteen requires at least WordPress version 3.6. You are running version %s. Please upgrade and try again.', 'twentythirteen' ), $GLOBALS['wp_version'] ), '', array(
+ 'back_link' => true,
+ ) );
+}
+add_action( 'load-customize.php', 'twentythirteen_customize' );
+
+/**
+ * Prevents the Theme Preview from being loaded on WordPress versions prior to 3.4.
+ *
+ * @since Twenty Thirteen 1.0
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+function twentythirteen_preview() {
+ if ( isset( $_GET['preview'] ) ) {
+ wp_die( sprintf( __( 'Twenty Thirteen requires at least WordPress version 3.6. You are running version %s. Please upgrade and try again.', 'twentythirteen' ), $GLOBALS['wp_version'] ) );
+ }
+}
+add_action( 'template_redirect', 'twentythirteen_preview' );
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