The `sidebar` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/sidebar desc=sidebar]] plugin.
-This directive specifies a custom sidebar to display on the page,
+This directive can specify a custom sidebar to display on the page,
overriding any sidebar that is displayed globally.
+If no custom sidebar content is specified, it forces the sidebar page to
+be used as the sidebar, even if the `global_sidebars` setting has been
+used to disable use of the sidebar page by default.
+
## examples
- \[[!sidebar """
+ \[[!sidebar content="""
This is my custom sidebar for this page.
\[[!calendar pages="posts/*"]]
"""]]
+ \[[!sidebar]]
+
[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]