X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/8576fe4c4913c2ebe678c54f9353ac22c6bdaa84..34ac95f25b50531c979313fda9ef31a4c548616e:/doc/plugins/edittemplate.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/edittemplate.mdwn b/doc/plugins/edittemplate.mdwn index 6d889f5f1..8140b4f41 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/edittemplate.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/edittemplate.mdwn @@ -3,21 +3,13 @@ This plugin allows registering template pages, that provide default content for new pages created using the web frontend. To register a -template, insert a [[PreprocessorDirective]] on some other page. +template, insert a [[Preprocessor_Directive|/ikiwiki/preprocessordirective]] on some other page. - \[[edittemplate template="bugtemplate" match="bugs/*"]] + \[[!edittemplate template="bugtemplate" match="bugs/*"]] In the above example, the page named "bugtemplate" is registered as a template to be used when any page named "bugs/*" is created. -[[template id=note text=""" -Note: 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. -"""]] - Often the template page contains a simple skeleton for a particular type of page. For the bug report pages in the above example, it might look something like: @@ -31,3 +23,11 @@ The template page can also contain [[cpan HTML::Template]] directives, similar to 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.