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
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.
* `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.