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-[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]
-[[!if test="enabled(template)"
-then="This wiki has templates **enabled**."
-else="This wiki has templates **disabled**."
-]]
+[[Ikiwiki]] uses many templates for many purposes. By editing its templates,
+you can fully customise this site.
 
-Templates are files that can be filled out and inserted into pages in the
-wiki.
+[[!if test="enabled(template)" then="""
+## The template directive
 
+The template directive allows wiki pages to be used as templates.
+These templates can be filled out and inserted into other pages in the
+wiki using the directive.
+"""]]
 [[!if test="enabled(template) and enabled(inline)" then="""
-
-These templates are available for use with the template directive.
-
 [[!inline pages="templates/* and !*/discussion" feeds=no archive=yes
 sort=title template=titlepage
 rootpage=templates postformtext="Add a new template named:"]]
 """]]
+
+[[!if test="enabled(edittemplate)" then="""
+## The edittemplate directive
+
+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.
+* `misc.tmpl` - Generic template used for any page that doesn't
+  have a custom template.
+* `editpage.tmpl` - Create/edit page.
+* `change.tmpl` - Used to create a page describing a change made to the wiki.
+* `passwordmail.tmpl` - Not a html template, this is used to
+  generate a mail with an url the user can use to reset their password.
+* `rsspage.tmpl` - Used for generating rss feeds for [[blogs|blog]].
+* `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 adding a page inline in a blog
+  page.
+* `archivepage.tmpl` - Used for listing a page 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 [[plugins/aggregate]] plugin to create
+  a page for a post.
+* `searchform.tmpl` - Used by the [[plugins/search]] plugin to add a search
+  form to wiki pages.
+* `searchquery.tmpl` - This is an omega template, used by the
+  [[plugins/search]] plugin.
+* `comment.tmpl` - This template is used to display a comment
+  by the [[plugins/comments]] plugin.
+* `editcomment.tmpl` - This template is the comment post form for the
+  [[plugins/comments]] plugin.
+* `commentmoderation.tmpl` - This template is used to produce the comment
+  moderation form.
+* `recentchanges.tmpl` - This template is used for listing a change
+  on the RecentChanges page.
+
+[[!if test="enabled(pagetemplate)" then="""
+## The pagetemplate directive
+
+The pagetemplate directive can allow individual pages to use a
+different template than `page.tmpl`.
+"""]]
+
+## Template locations
+
+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.
+
+## Template syntax
+
+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:
+
+* 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>`.
+* 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>`
+
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]