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@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 [[Ikiwiki]] uses many templates for many purposes. By editing its templates,
 [[Ikiwiki]] uses many templates for many purposes. By editing its templates,

-you can fully customise this site.
-
-Templates are located in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates` by default;
-the `templatedir` setting can be used to make another directory be
-searched first. Customised templates can also be placed inside the
-"templates/" directory in your wiki's source.
+you can fully customise its appearance, and avoid duplicate content.

 
 Ikiwiki uses the HTML::Template module as its template engine. This
 supports things like conditionals and loops in templates and is pretty
 
 Ikiwiki uses the HTML::Template module as its template engine. This
 supports things like conditionals and loops in templates and is pretty


@@ -16,17 +11,19 @@ easy to learn. All you really need to know to modify templates is this:
 * 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>`
 
 * 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>`
 

-[[!if test="enabled(template)" then="""
+[[!if test="enabled(template) or enabled(edittemplate)" then="""

 ## template pages
 
 ## template pages
 

+Template pages are regular wiki pages that are used as templates for other
+pages.
+"""]]
+
+[[!if test="enabled(template)" then="""

 The [[!iki ikiwiki/directive/template desc="template directive"]] allows
 The [[!iki ikiwiki/directive/template desc="template directive"]] allows

-wiki pages to be used as templates, filled out and inserted into other
-pages in the wiki.
+template pages to be filled out and inserted into other pages in the wiki.

 """]]
 
 [[!if test="enabled(edittemplate)" then="""
 """]]
 
 [[!if test="enabled(edittemplate)" then="""

-## default content for new pages
-

 The [[!iki ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate desc="edittemplate directive"]] can
 be used to make new pages default to containing text from a template
 page, which can be filled out as the page is edited.
 The [[!iki ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate desc="edittemplate directive"]] can
 be used to make new pages default to containing text from a template
 page, which can be filled out as the page is edited.


@@ -34,18 +31,30 @@ page, which can be filled out as the page is edited.
 
 [[!if test="(enabled(template) or enabled(edittemplate))
 and enabled(inline)" then="""
 
 [[!if test="(enabled(template) or enabled(edittemplate))
 and enabled(inline)" then="""

+These template pages are currently available:
+

 [[!inline pages="templates/* and !*.tmpl and !templates/*/* and !*/discussion"
 feeds=no archive=yes sort=title template=titlepage
 [[!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:"]]
+rootpage=templates postformtext="Add a new template page named:"]]

 """]]
 
 """]]
 

-## wiki templates
+## template files
+
+Template files are unlike template pages in that they have the extension
+`.tmpl`. Template files are used extensively by Ikiwiki to generate html.
+They can contain html that would not normally be allowed on a wiki page.
+
+Template files are located in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates` by default;
+the `templatedir` setting can be used to make another directory be
+searched first. Customised template files can also be placed inside the
+"templates/" directory in your wiki's source -- files placed there override
+ones in the `templatedir`.

 
 

-These templates are used to build the wiki. The aim is to keep almost all
-html out of ikiwiki and in the templates.
+Here is a full list of the template files used:

 
 * `page.tmpl` - Used for displaying all regular wiki pages. This is the
 
 * `page.tmpl` - Used for displaying all regular wiki pages. This is the

-  key template to customise. [[!if test="enabled(pagetemplate)" then="""
+  key template to customise to change the look and feel of Ikiwiki.
+  [[!if test="enabled(pagetemplate)" then="""

   (The [[!iki ikiwiki/directive/pagetemplate desc="pagetemplate directive"]]
   can be used to make a page use a different template than `page.tmpl`.)"""]]
 * `rsspage.tmpl` - Used for generating rss feeds for blogs.
   (The [[!iki ikiwiki/directive/pagetemplate desc="pagetemplate directive"]]
   can be used to make a page use a different template than `page.tmpl`.)"""]]
 * `rsspage.tmpl` - Used for generating rss feeds for blogs.


@@ -78,3 +87,161 @@ html out of ikiwiki and in the templates.
   interface; do not normally need to be customised.
 
 [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
   interface; do not normally need to be customised.
 
 [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]

+
+here is a list of variables used in various tmpl files:
+ACTION
+ACTIONS
+ADDCOMMENTURL
+ATOMCOMMENTSURL
+ATOMURL
+ATTACHMENTS-CLASS
+AUTHOR
+AUTHORURL
+BACKLINKS
+BASEURL
+BROKENLINKS
+BROKENLINKS_CHECKED
+CATEGORIES
+CATEGORY
+CDATE_3339
+CDATE_822
+CGIURL
+COMMENTAUTHOR
+COMMENTAUTHORURL
+COMMENTID
+COMMENTIP
+COMMENTOPENID
+COMMENTS
+COMMENTSLINK
+COMMENTSURL
+COMMENTUSER
+COMMITDATE
+COMMITTYPE
+CONTENT
+COPYRIGHT
+CTIME
+DEST
+DIFF
+DIFFURL
+DISCUSSIONLINK
+DYNAMIC
+EDITURL
+ENCLOSURE
+ERROR
+ERROR_MESSAGE
+EXTRAFOOTER
+FAVICON
+FEEDDATE
+FEEDDESC
+FEEDLINKS
+FEEDURL
+FIELD-ATTACHMENT
+FIELD-DO
+FIELD-EDITCONTENT
+FIELD-EDITMESSAGE
+FIELD-FROM
+FIELD-LINK
+FIELD-NEWFILE
+FIELD-PAGE
+FIELD-RCSINFO
+FIELD-REMOVE
+FIELD-RENAME
+FIELD-REV
+FIELD-REVERTMESSAGE
+FIELD-SELECT
+FIELD-SID
+FIELD-SUBJECT
+FIELD-TYPE
+FIELD-UPLOAD
+FIRST
+FIXEDLINKS
+FORCEBASEURL
+FORCEBASEURL
+form-cancel
+FORM-END
+FORM-START
+FORM-SUBMIT
+GETSOURCEURL
+GUID
+HAVE_ACTIONS
+HELPONFORMATTINGLINK
+HISTORYURL
+HTML5
+ID
+ISTRANSLATION
+JAVASCRIPT
+LANG
+LANGUAGE
+LAST
+LENGTH
+LICENSE
+LINE
+LINK
+LOCAL_CSS
+MASTER
+MDATE_3339
+MESSAGE
+META
+MONTH
+MORE_BACKLINKS
+MTIME
+NAME
+NAME="ATTACHMENT_LIST"
+NAME="ATTACHMENT_LIST"
+NAME="CAN_COMMIT"
+NAME="FIELD-ATTACHMENT"
+NAME="FORM-END"
+NAME="PAGE_DIFF"
+NAME="PAGE_PREVIEW"
+NAME="PAGE_PREVIEW"
+NAME="PAGE_SELECT"
+NAME=ALLOWAUTHOR
+NAME=FIELD-AUTHOR
+NAME=FIELD-URL
+NAME=USERNAME
+NONOPENIDFORM
+OPENID_URL
+OTHERLANGUAGES
+PAGE
+PAGE_DIFF
+PAGE_PREVIEW
+PAGES
+PAGESPEC
+PAGEURL
+PARENTLINKS
+PASSWORDURL
+PERCENT
+PERCENTTRANSLATED
+PERMALINK
+POSTFORMTEXT
+PREFSURL
+RECENTCHANGESURL
+RELVCS
+REMOTE_ADDR
+REMOVEURL
+REV
+REVERTURL
+ROOTPAGE
+RSSURL
+SEARCHACTION
+SEARCHFORM
+SID
+SIDEBAR
+SIGNINURL
+SIZE
+SRC
+TAG
+TAGNAME
+TAGS
+TITLE
+TYPE
+URL
+USER
+USER_NAME
+VERSION
+VIEW
+WIKINAME
+WIKIURL
+WMD_PREVIEW
+YEAR
+