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+use maud::{html, Markup, PreEscaped};
+
+/// Sbot error template builder.
+///
+/// Display a message to the operator when an sbot command returns an error.
+pub fn build_template(error_msg: String) -> Markup {
+    html! {
+        (PreEscaped("<!-- SBOT ERROR -->"))
+        div class="card center" {
+            div class="capsule capsule-container border-danger center-text" {
+                p class="card-text" style="font-size: var(--font-size-4);" {
+                    "Sbot Error"
+                }
+                p class="card-text" { (error_msg) }
+                p class="card-text" {
+                    "Visit the "
+                    strong {
+                        a href="/settings/scuttlebutt" class="link" {
+                            "Scuttlebutt settings menu"
+                        }
+                    }
+                    " to start the Sbot and then try again."
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}