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diff --git a/doc/templates.mdwn b/doc/templates.mdwn index bd8b2b6fe..acbcd4c8a 100644 --- a/doc/templates.mdwn +++ b/doc/templates.mdwn @@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ then="This wiki has templates **enabled**." else="This wiki has templates **disabled**." ]] +Templates are files that can be filled out and inserted into pages in the +wiki. + [[if test="enabled(template) and enabled(inline)" then=""" These templates are available for inclusion onto other pages in this wiki: @@ -10,3 +13,58 @@ wiki: [[inline pages="templates/* and !*/discussion" feeds=no archive=yes sort=title template=titlepage]] """]] + +Using a template works like this: + + \[[template id=note text="""Here is the text to insert into my note."""]] + +This fills out the [[note]] template, filling in the `text` field with +the specified value, and inserts the result into the page. + +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. + """]] + +To create a template, simply add a template directive to a page, and page will +provide a link that can be used to create the template. The template is a +regular wiki page, located in the `templates/` directory. + +The template uses the syntax used by the +[cpan HTML::Template](http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=dist&query=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: + + <span class="infobox"> + Name: <TMPL_VAR name><br /> + Age: <TMPL_VAR age><br /> + <TMPL_IF NAME="color"> + Favorite color: <TMPL_VAR color><br /> + <TMPL_ELSE> + No favorite color.<br /> + </TMPL_IF> + <TMPL_IF NAME="notes"> + <hr /> + <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. |