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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[template id=plugin name=template included=1 author="""[[Joey]]"""]]
+[[template id=plugin name=template author="[[Joey]]"]]
 [[tag type/format]]
 
 With this plugin, you can set up templates, and cause them to be filled out
@@ -9,28 +9,38 @@ and inserted into pages in the wiki. Using a template works like this:
 This fills out the template `templates/foo`, filling in the `color` and `age`
 fields on it with the specified values, and inserts the result into the page.
 
-If a value is triple-quoted, it can include any markup that would be
-allowed in the wiki page outside the template. Combined with multi-line
-quoted values, this allows for large chunks of marked up text to be
-embedded into a template:
+(Note that if the template doesn't exist, the page will provide a link that
+can be used to create it.)
+
+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.
-	* Wants to be an astronaut when she grows up.
 	"""]]
 
+Some templates are included in the wiki by default; these are listed in the
+[[templates]] page.
+
 To create a template, make a page in the wiki named `template/foo`. Note
 that this is a different location than the directory used for the
-[[templates]] used to build the wiki itself, which is not inside the wiki.
+[[templates|wikitemplates]] used to build the wiki itself, which is not
+part of the wiki.
 
-The template uses the syntax used by the 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:
+The template uses the syntax used by the [[cpan 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 `<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>`
 
 Here's a sample template:
 
@@ -47,3 +57,8 @@ Here's a sample template:
 	<TMPL_VAR notes>
 	</TMPL_IF>
 	</span>
+
+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.