+>> Thanks for the help Jogo. Looking at the [[templates]] page, it says that
+"...you can include WikiLinks and all other forms of wiki markup in the template." I read this
+to mean that a template may indeed include Markdown. Am I wrong in my interpratation? --[[buo]]
+
+>> I discovered that if I eliminate all html from my sidebar.mdwn template, the links are
+rendered properly. It seems that the mix of Markdown and html is confusing some part of
+Ikiwiki. --[[buo]]
+