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+++ b/doc/templates.mdwn
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]

 [[!if test="enabled(template)"
 then="This wiki has templates **enabled**."
 else="This wiki has templates **disabled**."
 [[!if test="enabled(template)"
 then="This wiki has templates **enabled**."
 else="This wiki has templates **disabled**."


@@ -42,14 +43,16 @@ large chunks of marked up text to be embedded into a template:
 To create a template, simply add a template directive to a page, and the 
 page will provide a link that can be used to create the template. The template
 is a regular wiki page, located in the `templates/` subdirectory inside
 To create a template, simply add a template directive to a page, and the 
 page will provide a link that can be used to create the template. The template
 is a regular wiki page, located in the `templates/` subdirectory inside

-the source directory of the wiki. (Not to be confused with the
-[[wikitemplates]] which are stored in a different location.)
+the source directory of the wiki.

 
 The template uses the syntax used by the [[!cpan HTML::Template]] perl
 module, which allows for some fairly complex things to be done. Consult its
 documentation for the full syntax, but all you really need to know are a
 few things:
 
 
 The template uses the syntax used by the [[!cpan HTML::Template]] perl
 module, which allows for some fairly complex things to be done. Consult its
 documentation for the full syntax, but all you really need to know are a
 few things:
 

+* Each parameter you pass to the template directive will generate a 
+  template variable. There are also some pre-defined variables like PAGE
+  and BASENAME.

 * To insert the value of a variable, use `<TMPL_VAR variable>`. Wiki markup
   in the value will first be converted to html.
 * To insert the raw value of a variable, with wiki markup not yet converted
 * To insert the value of a variable, use `<TMPL_VAR variable>`. Wiki markup
   in the value will first be converted to html.
 * To insert the raw value of a variable, with wiki markup not yet converted