1 files changed, 5 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/sidebar.cgi b/sidebar.cgi
index 073a1ecff..385086b5b 100755
--- a/sidebar.cgi
+++ b/sidebar.cgi
@@ -22,39 +22,13 @@ use lib ".";
 require "CGI.pl";
 
 # Shut up "Used Only Once" errors
-use vars qw { $anyvotesallowed };
-
-ConnectToDatabase();
-
-# Use the template toolkit (http://www.template-toolkit.org/) to generate
-# the user interface (HTML pages and mail messages) using templates in the
-# "template/" subdirectory.
-use Template;
-
-# Create the global template object that processes templates and specify
-# configuration parameters that apply to all templates processed in this script.
-my $template = Template->new(
-  {
-    # Colon-separated list of directories containing templates.
-    INCLUDE_PATH => "template/custom:template/default",
-    # Allow templates to be specified with relative paths.
-    RELATIVE => 1,
-    POST_CHOMP =>1,
-  }
+use vars qw(
+  $anyvotesallowed
+  $template
+  $vars
 );
 
-# Define the global variables and functions that will be passed to the UI 
-# template.  Individual functions add their own values to this hash before
-# sending them to the templates they process.
-my $vars = 
-  {
-    # Function for retrieving global parameters.
-    'Param' => \&Param ,
-
-    # Function that tells us if the logged in user is in a specific group.
-    'UserInGroup' => \&UserInGroup ,
-  };
-
+ConnectToDatabase();
 
 # Needed for $::anyvotesallowed
 GetVersionTable();