-* 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 html, use `<TMPL_VAR raw_variable>`.
-* To make a block of text conditional on a variable being set use
- `<TMPL_IF NAME="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>`
-
-Here's a sample template:
-
- <span class="infobox">
- Name: [[<TMPL_VAR raw_name>]]<br />
- Age: <TMPL_VAR age><br />
- <TMPL_IF NAME="color">
- Favorite color: <TMPL_VAR color><br />
- <TMPL_ELSE>
- No favorite color.<br />
- </TMPL_IF>
- <TMPL_IF NAME="notes">
- <hr />
- <TMPL_VAR notes>
- </TMPL_IF>
- </span>
-
-The filled out template will be formatted the same as the rest of the page
-that contains it, so you can include WikiLinks and all other forms of wiki
-markup in the template. Note though that such WikiLinks will not show up as
-backlinks to the page that uses the template.
-
-Note the use of "raw_name" inside the [[WikiLink]] generator. This ensures
-that if the name contains something that might be mistaken for wiki markup,
-it's not converted to html before being processed as a [[WikiLink]].
+If the template does not contain a `templatebody` directive, the entire
+source of the page is used for the template. This is deprecated.
+
+## 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`.
+
+Here is a full list of the template files used:
+
+* `page.tmpl` - Used for displaying all regular wiki pages. This is the
+ 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.
+* `rssitem.tmpl` - Used for generating individual items on rss feeds.
+* `atompage.tmpl` - Used for generating atom feeds for blogs.
+* `atomitem.tmpl` - Used for generating individual items on atom feeds.
+* `inlinepage.tmpl` - Used for displaying a post in a blog.
+* `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 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.
+* `searchform.tmpl`, `googleform.tmpl` - Used by the search plugin
+ and google plugin to add search forms to wiki pages.
+* `searchquery.tmpl` - This is a Omega template, used by the
+ search plugin.
+* `comment.tmpl` - Used by the comments plugin to display a comment.
+* `change.tmpl` - Used to create a page describing a change made to the wiki.
+* `recentchanges.tmpl` - Used for listing a change on the RecentChanges page.
+* `autoindex.tmpl` - Filled in by the autoindex plugin to make index pages.
+* `autotag.tmpl` - Filled in by the tag plugin to make tag pages.
+* `calendarmonth.tmpl`, `calendaryear.tmpl` - Used by ikiwiki-calendar to
+ make calendar archive pages.
+* `trails.tmpl` - Used by the trail plugin to generate links on each page
+ that is a member of a trail.
+* `notifyemail.tmpl` - Used by the notifymail plugin to generate mails about
+ changed pages.
+* `editpage.tmpl`, `editconflict.tmpl`, `editcreationconflict.tmpl`,
+ `editfailedsave.tmpl`, `editpagegone.tmpl`, `pocreatepage.tmpl`,
+ `editcomment.tmpl` `commentmoderation.tmpl`, `renamesummary.tmpl`,
+ `passwordmail.tmpl`, `openid-selector.tmpl`, `revert.tmpl` - Parts of ikiwiki's user
+ interface; do not normally need to be customised.
+
+
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