+"Generally, a value can include any markup that would be allowed in the wiki "
+"page outside the template. Triple-quoting the value even allows quotes to be "
+"included in it. Combined with multi-line quoted values, this allows for "
+"large chunks of marked up text to be embedded into a template:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#, no-wrap
+msgid " \\[[!template id=foo name=\"Sally\" color=\"green\" age=8 notes=\"\"\"\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Bullet: ' * '
+msgid "\\[[Charley]]'s sister."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Bullet: ' * '
+msgid "\"I want to be an astronaut when I grow up.\""
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Bullet: ' * '
+msgid "Really 8 and a half."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Title ##
+#, no-wrap
+msgid "Creating a template"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+msgid ""
+"The template is a regular wiki page, located in the `templates/` "
+"subdirectory inside the source directory of the wiki."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+msgid ""
+"(Alternatively, templates can be stored in a directory outside the wiki, as "
+"files with the extension \".tmpl\". By default, these are searched for in `/"
+"usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`; the `templatedir` setting can be used to make "
+"another directory be searched first.)"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+msgid ""
+"The template uses the syntax used by the [[!cpan HTML::Template]] perl "
+"module, which allows for some fairly complex things to be done. Consult its "
+"documentation for the full syntax, but all you really need to know are a few "
+"things:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Bullet: '* '
+msgid ""
+"Each parameter you pass to the template directive will generate a template "
+"variable. There are also some pre-defined variables like PAGE and BASENAME."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Bullet: '* '
+msgid ""
+"To insert the value of a variable, use `<TMPL_VAR variable>`. Wiki markup in "
+"the value will first be converted to html."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Bullet: '* '
+msgid ""
+"To insert the raw value of a variable, with wiki markup not yet converted to "
+"html, use `<TMPL_VAR raw_variable>`."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Bullet: '* '
+msgid ""
+"To make a block of text conditional on a variable being set use `<TMPL_IF "
+"variable>text</TMPL_IF>`."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Bullet: '* '
+msgid ""
+"To use one block of text if a variable is set and a second if it's not, use "
+"`<TMPL_IF variable>text<TMPL_ELSE>other text</TMPL_IF>`"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+msgid "Here's a sample template:"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+#, no-wrap
+msgid ""
+" <span class=\"infobox\">\n"
+" Name: \\[[<TMPL_VAR raw_name>]]<br />\n"
+" Age: <TMPL_VAR age><br />\n"
+" <TMPL_IF color>\n"
+" Favorite color: <TMPL_VAR color><br />\n"
+" <TMPL_ELSE>\n"
+" No favorite color.<br />\n"
+" </TMPL_IF>\n"
+" <TMPL_IF notes>\n"
+" <hr />\n"
+" <TMPL_VAR notes>\n"
+" </TMPL_IF>\n"
+" </span>\n"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+msgid ""
+"The filled out template will be formatted the same as the rest of the page "
+"that contains it, so you can include WikiLinks and all other forms of wiki "
+"markup in the template. Note though that such WikiLinks will not show up as "
+"backlinks to the page that uses the template."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Plain text
+msgid ""
+"Note the use of \"raw_name\" inside the [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]] generator in "
+"the example above. This ensures that if the name contains something that "
+"might be mistaken for wiki markup, it's not converted to html before being "
+"processed as a [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]]."