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@@ -3,37 +3,40 @@ 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. Customized templates can also be placed inside the
+searched first. Customised templates can also be placed inside the
 "templates/" directory in your wiki's source.
 
 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:"]]
+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.
 """]]
 
 [[!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
-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.
+"""]]
+
+[[!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
@@ -42,11 +45,9 @@ These templates are used to build the wiki. The aim is to keep almost all
 html out of ikiwiki and in the templates.
 
 * `page.tmpl` - Used for displaying all regular wiki pages. This is the
-  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.
+  key template to customise. [[!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.
 * `rssitem.tmpl` - Used for generating individual items on rss feeds.
 * `atompage.tmpl` - Used for generating atom feeds for blogs.
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ html out of ikiwiki and in the templates.
 * `archivepage.tmpl` - Used for listing a page in a blog archive page.
 * `titlepage.tmpl` - Used for listing a page by title in a blog archive page.
 * `microblog.tmpl` - Used for showing a microblogging post inline.
-* `blogpost.tmpl` - Used for a form to add a post to a blog (and a rss/atom links)
+* `blogpost.tmpl` - Used for a form to add a post to a blog (and rss/atom links)
 * `feedlink.tmpl` - Used to add rss/atom links if `blogpost.tmpl` is not used.
 * `aggregatepost.tmpl` - Used by the aggregate plugin to create
   a page for a post.
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ html out of ikiwiki and in the templates.
 * `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`, `revert.tmpl` - Parts of ikiwiki's user
+  interface; do not normally need to be customised.
 
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