X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/14b6e66ce0c62ad6d301733445c54257a6a27b64..d4207132af5f19fc99ab5566ba3846429aae16d6:/doc/templates.mdwn diff --git a/doc/templates.mdwn b/doc/templates.mdwn index 6d914ef5a..33e02b96d 100644 --- a/doc/templates.mdwn +++ b/doc/templates.mdwn @@ -1,26 +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. - -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. - -If you like, you can add this 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. - - Note that the SignIn form is 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 this template. Without - the template, CGI::FormBuilder creates the page body by itself. - -I aim to keep almost all html out of ikiwiki and in the templates. +[[if test="enabled(template)" +then="This wiki has templates **enabled**." +else="This wiki has templates **disabled**." +]] + +Templates are files that can be filled out and inserted into pages in the +wiki. + +[[if test="enabled(template) and enabled(inline)" then=""" + +## Available templates + +These templates are available for inclusion onto other pages in this +wiki: + +[[inline pages="templates/* and !*/discussion" feeds=no archive=yes +sort=title template=titlepage]] +"""]] + +## Using a template + +Using a template works like this: + + \[[template id=note text="""Here is the text to insert into my note."""]] + +This fills out the [[note]] template, filling in the `text` field with +the specified value, and inserts the result into the page. + +A value can include any markup that would be allowed in the wiki page +outside the template. Triple-quoting the value even allows quotes to be +included in it. Combined with multi-line quoted values, this allows for +large chunks of marked up text to be embedded into a template: + + \[[template id=foo name="Sally" color="green" age=8 notes=""" + * \[[Charley]]'s sister. + * "I want to be an astronaut when I grow up." + * Really 8 and a half. + """]] + +## Creating a template + +To create a template, simply add a template directive to a page, and page will +provide a link that can be used to create the template. The template is a +regular wiki page, located in the `templates/` directory. + +The template uses the syntax used by the +[cpan HTML::Template](http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=dist&query=HTML::Template) +perl module, which allows for some fairly complex things to be done. +Consult its documentation for the full syntax, but all you really need to know +are a few things: + +* To insert the value of a 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` + +Here's a sample template: + + + Name:
+ Age:
+ + Favorite color:
+ + No favorite color.
+ + +
+ + + + +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.