This directive allows registering template pages, that provide default
content for new pages created using the web frontend. To register a
-template, insert a [[ikiwiki/directive/template]] directive on some other
+template, insert an [[ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate]] directive on some other
page.
\[[!edittemplate template="bugtemplate" match="bugs/*"]]
Details:
The template page can also contain [[!cpan HTML::Template]] directives,
-like other ikiwiki [[templates]]. Currently only one variable is
-set: `<TMPL_VAR name>` is replaced with the name of the page being
-created.
+like other ikiwiki [[templates]].
+
+Two variables might be set:
+
+* `<TMPL_VAR name>` is replaced with the name of the page being
+ created.
+
+* `<TMPL_VAR uuid>` is replaced with a version 4 (random) UUID.
+ (Requires the `UUID::Tiny` Perl module.)
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