X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/ae474d8e14631ff519ed7d54bb64eaa0538f56d9..c944bffe3dbad0746880a0cd573808f04505ebdd:/doc/plugins/underlay.mdwn?ds=inline diff --git a/doc/plugins/underlay.mdwn b/doc/plugins/underlay.mdwn index 09d096a6e..8836a394c 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/underlay.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/underlay.mdwn @@ -1,14 +1,20 @@ [[!template id=plugin name=underlay author="[[Simon_McVittie|smcv]]"]] -[[!tag type/useful]] +[[!tag type/special-purpose]] -This plugin adds an `add_underlays` option to the `.setup` file. -Its value is a list of underlay directories whose content is added to the wiki. +This plugin adds an `add_underlays` option to the setup file. Its value is +a list of underlay directories whose content is added to the wiki. Multiple underlays are normally set up automatically by other plugins (for -instance, the images used by the [[plugins/smiley]] plugin), but they can also be -used as a way to pull in external files that you don't want in revision control, -like photos or software releases. +instance, the images used by the [[plugins/smiley]] plugin), but they can +also be used as a way to pull in external files that you don't want in +revision control, like photos or software releases. -Directories in `add_underlays` should usually be absolute. If relative, they're -interpreted as relative to the parent directory of the basewiki underlay, which -is probably not particularly useful in this context. +Directories in `add_underlays` should usually be absolute. If relative, +they're interpreted as relative to the parent directory of the basewiki +underlay, which is probably not particularly useful in this context. + +-- + +This plugin also adds an `add_templates` option to the setup file. +Its value is a list of template directories to look for template files in, +if they are not present in the `templatedir`.