X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/7e79da76332b93214a7d9a5c91bc046db4219ee2..3f1b471e547a45e88762fb8ee5371ed960f1e326:/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn index c486e821b..a6f301dd3 100644 --- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn +++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn @@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ The `edittemplate` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/edittemplate desc This directive allows registering template pages, that provide default content for new pages created using the web frontend. To register a -template, insert a [[ikiwiki/directive/template]] directive on some other page. +template, insert an [[ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate]] directive on some other +page. \[[!edittemplate template="bugtemplate" match="bugs/*"]] + +A recommended place to put the directive is on the parent page +of the pages that will be created using the template. So the above +example would be put on the bugs page. (Do not put the directive on the +template page itself.) In the above example, the page named "bugtemplate" is registered as a template to be used when any page named "bugs/*" is created. To avoid @@ -25,12 +31,4 @@ like other ikiwiki [[templates]]. Currently only one variable is set: `` is replaced with the name of the page being created. ----- - -It's generally not a good idea to put the `edittemplate` directive in -the template page itself, since the directive would then be included as -part of the template on new pages, which would then in turn be registered -as templates. If multiple pages are registered as templates for a new page, -an arbitrary one is chosen, so that could get confusing. - [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]