[[Ikiwiki]] uses many templates for many purposes. By editing its templates,
-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
-"templates/" directory in your wiki's source.
+you can fully customise its appearance, and avoid duplicate content.
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="""
+[[!if test="enabled(template) or enabled(edittemplate)" then="""
## template pages
-The template directive allows wiki pages to be used as templates,
-filled out and inserted into other pages in the wiki.
+Template pages are regular wiki pages that are used as templates for other
+pages.
"""]]
-[[!if test="enabled(template) and enabled(inline)" then="""
-[[!inline pages="templates/* and !*.tmpl and !*/discussion"
-feeds=no archive=yes sort=title template=titlepage
-rootpage=templates postformtext="Add a new template named:"]]
+
+[[!if test="enabled(template)" then="""
+The [[!iki ikiwiki/directive/template desc="template directive"]] allows
+template pages to be filled out and inserted into other pages in the wiki.
"""]]
[[!if test="enabled(edittemplate)" then="""
-## edit templates
+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="""
+These template pages are currently available:
-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.
+[[!inline pages="templates/* and !*.tmpl and !templates/*/* and !*/discussion"
+feeds=no archive=yes sort=title template=titlepage
+rootpage=templates postformtext="Add a new template page named:"]]
"""]]
-## wiki templates
+## 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`.
-These templates are used to build the wiki. The aim is to keep almost all
-html out of ikiwiki and in the templates.
+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 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 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.
* `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.
* `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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