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@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ has been copied literally instead of being converted to a link, as I expected.
 "...you can include WikiLinks and all other forms of wiki markup in the template." I read this
 to mean that a template may indeed include Markdown. Am I wrong in my interpratation? --[[buo]] 
 
+>> I discovered that if I eliminate all html from my sidebar.mdwn template, the links are
+rendered properly. It seems that the mix of Markdown and html is confusing some part of
+Ikiwiki. --[[buo]]
+
 Worse, this is the relevant part of the html file of the page that includes the template:
 
     <div class="infobox">
@@ -45,3 +49,10 @@ Worse, this is the relevant part of the html file of the page that includes the
 Note that the `Existing internal link` is no longer a link. It is only text.
 
 What am I doing wrong? Any help or pointers will be appreciated. --[[buo]]
+
+-----
+
+I think I have figured this out. I thought the template was filled and then
+processed to convert Markdown to html. Instead, the text in each variable is
+processed and then the template is filled. I somehow misunderstood the 
+[[templates]] page. -- [[buo]]