Ikiwiki uses the HTML::Template module as its template engine. This
supports things like conditionals and loops in templates and is pretty
-easy to learn. All you really need to know are a few things:
+easy to learn. All you really need to know to modify templates is this:
* To insert the value of a template variable, use `<TMPL_VAR variable>`.
* To make a block of text conditional on a variable being set use
- `<TMPL_IF NAME="variable">text</TMPL_IF>`.
+ `<TMPL_IF variable>text</TMPL_IF>`.
* To use one block of text if a variable is set and a second if it's not,
- use `<TMPL_IF NAME="variable">text<TMPL_ELSE>other text</TMPL_IF>`
+ use `<TMPL_IF variable>text<TMPL_ELSE>other text</TMPL_IF>`
[[!if test="enabled(template)" then="""
## template pages
The template directive allows wiki pages to be used as templates,
filled out and inserted into other pages in the wiki.
"""]]
-[[!if test="enabled(template) and enabled(inline)" then="""
-[[!inline pages="templates/* and !*/discussion" feeds=no archive=yes
-sort=title template=titlepage
-rootpage=templates postformtext="Add a new template named:"]]
-"""]]
[[!if test="enabled(edittemplate)" then="""
-## edit templates
+## default content for new pages
The edittemplate directive can be used to make new pages default to
-containing text from a template, which can be filled as out the page is
+containing text from a template page, which can be filled as out the page is
edited.
"""]]
+[[!if test="(enabled(template) or enabled(edittemplate)
+and enabled(inline)" then="""
+[[!inline pages="templates/* and !*.tmpl and !templates/*/* and !*/discussion"
+feeds=no archive=yes sort=title template=titlepage
+rootpage=templates postformtext="Add a new template named:"]]
+"""]]
+
## wiki templates
These templates are used to build the wiki. The aim is to keep almost all
key template to customize. [[!if test="enabled(pagetemplate)" then="""
(The pagetemplate directive can be used to make a page use a
different template than `page.tmpl`.)"""]]
-* `misc.tmpl` - Generic template used for any page that doesn't
- have a custom template.
* `rsspage.tmpl` - Used for generating rss feeds for blogs.
* `rssitem.tmpl` - Used for generating individual items on rss feeds.
* `atompage.tmpl` - Used for generating atom feeds for blogs.
* `editpage.tmpl`, `editconflict.tmpl`, `editcreationconflict.tmpl`,
`editfailedsave.tmpl`, `editpagegone.tmpl`, `pocreatepage.tmpl`,
`editcomment.tmpl` `commentmoderation.tmpl`, `renamesummary.tmpl`,
- `passwordmail.tmpl` - Parts of ikiwiki's user interface; do not
- normally need to be customised.
+ `passwordmail.tmpl`, `openid-selector.tmpl` - Parts of ikiwiki's user
+ interface; do not normally need to be customised.
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