X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/074257f70228e7430c620d73ca2960fe860a00c6..1cac22523718596a272ecf39c1ba309306f0177b:/doc/templates.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/templates.mdwn b/doc/templates.mdwn index 6b9fc0218..22b9345ef 100644 --- a/doc/templates.mdwn +++ b/doc/templates.mdwn @@ -1,35 +1,77 @@ -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. - -I aim to keep almost all html out of ikiwiki and in the templates. - -It ships with some basic templates which can be customised: - -* `templates/page.tmpl` - Used for displaying all regular wiki pages. -* `templates/misc.tmpl` - Generic template used for any page that doesn't - have a custom template. -* `templates/recentchanges.tmpl` - Used for the RecentChanges page. -* `templates/editpage.tmpl` - Create/edit page. -* `templates/passwordmail.tmpl` - Not a html template, this is used to - generate the mail with the user's password in it. -* `templates/rsspage.tmpl` - Used for generating rss feeds for [[blog]]s. -* `templates/inlinepage.tmpl` - Used for adding a page inline in a blog - page. -* `templates/inlinepagetitle.tmpl` - Used for listing a page inline in a blog - archive page. - -If you like, you can add these to further customise it: - -* `templates/signin.tmpl` - If it exists, it is used for customising the - layout of the SignIn form and all assciated forms. The misc.tmpl is - wrapped around this, so it should only be a template for the form. -* `templates/prefs.tmpl` - If it exists, it is used for customising the - layout of the Prefs form and all assciated forms. The misc.tmpl is - wrapped around this, so it should only be a template for the form. - -Note that the SignIn and Prefs forms are implemented using -CGI::FormBuilder, which interfaces to HTML::Template, so not all of it can -be customised with templates, although most of it can, by creating these -templates. Without the templates, CGI::FormBuilder creates the page bodies -by itself. +[[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. + +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 to modify templates is this: + +* To insert the value of a template variable, use ``. +* To make a block of text conditional on a variable being set use + `text`. +* To use one block of text if a variable is set and a second if it's not, + use `textother text` + +[[!if test="enabled(template)" then=""" +## template pages + +The template directive allows wiki pages to be used as templates, +filled out and inserted into other pages in the wiki. +"""]] +[[!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(edittemplate)" then=""" +## edit templates + +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. +"""]] + +## wiki templates + +These templates are used to build the wiki. The aim is to keep almost all +html out of ikiwiki and in the templates. + +* `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`.)"""]] +* `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 a 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. +* `editpage.tmpl`, `editconflict.tmpl`, `editcreationconflict.tmpl`, + `editfailedsave.tmpl`, `editpagegone.tmpl`, `pocreatepage.tmpl`, + `editcomment.tmpl` `commentmoderation.tmpl`, `renamesummary.tmpl`, + `passwordmail.tmpl`, `openid-selector.tmpl` - Parts of ikiwiki's user + interface; do not normally need to be customised. + +[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]