1 The `edittemplate` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/edittemplate desc=edittemplate]] plugin.
3 This directive allows registering template pages, that provide default
4 content for new pages created using the web frontend. To register a
5 template, insert a [[ikiwiki/directive/template]] directive on some other
8 \[[!edittemplate template="bugtemplate" match="bugs/*"]]
10 A recommended place to put the directive is on the parent page
11 of the pages that will be created using the template. So the above
12 example would be put on the bugs page. (Do not put the directive on the
13 template page itself.)
15 In the above example, the page named "bugtemplate" is registered as a
16 template to be used when any page named "bugs/*" is created. To avoid
17 the directive displaying a note about the template being registered, add
20 Often the template page contains a simple skeleton for a particular type of
21 page. For the bug report pages in the above example, it might look
29 The template page can also contain [[!cpan HTML::Template]] directives,
30 like other ikiwiki [[templates]]. Currently only one variable is
31 set: `<TMPL_VAR name>` is replaced with the name of the page being
34 [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]