... except the news pages are written in HTML, not any markup language into which a tag can be placed.
question: what is the directive which allows an HTML page to have embedded within it a markup "tag"?
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+> You can use the tag directive in `.html` pages, just like in `.mdwn` pages. This is if you're using
+> the default html plugin. If you instead use the rawhtml plugin, ikiwiki just copies your html files
+> and directives in them won't work. --[[Joey]]