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diff --git a/doc/wikitemplates/discussion.mdwn b/doc/wikitemplates/discussion.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index f97444e5f..000000000 --- a/doc/wikitemplates/discussion.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -## Place for local templates -Where does one put any locally modified templates for an individual ikiwiki? --Ivan Z. - -> You can put them whereever you like; the `templatedir` controls -> where ikiwiki looks for them. --[[Joey]] - -Thank you for your response! My question arose out of my intention to make -custom templates for a wiki--specifically suited for the kind of content -it will have--so, that would mean I would want to distribute them through -git together with other content of the wiki. So, for this case the -separation of conceptually ONE thing (the content, the templates, and the -config option which orders to use these templates) into THREE separate -files/repos (the main content repo, the repo with templates, and the config -file) is not convenient: instead of distributing a single repo, I have to -tell people to take three things if they want to replicate this wiki. How -would you solve this inconvenience? Perhaps, a default location of the -templates *inside* the source repo would do?--Ivan Z. - -> I would avoid putting the templates in a subdirectory of the ikiwiki srcdir. -> (I'd also avoid putting the ikiwiki setup file there.) -> While it's safe to do either in some cases, there are configurations where -> it's unsafe. For example, a malicious user could use attachment handling to -> replace those files with their own, bad versions. -> -> So, two ideas for where to put the templatedir and ikiwiki setup. - -> * The easiest option is to put your wiki content in a subdirectory -> ("wiki", say) and point `srcdir` at that. -> then you can have another subdirectory for the wikitemplates, -> and put the setup file at the top. -> * Another option if using git would be to have a separate branch, -> in the same git repository, that holds wikitemplates and the setup file. -> Then you check out the repository once to make the `srcdir` available, -> and have a second checkout, of the other branch, to make the other stuff -> available. -> -> Note that with either of these methods, you have to watch out if -> giving other direct commit access to the repository. They could -> still edit the setup file and templates, so only trusted users should -> be given access. (It is, however, perfectly safe to let people edit -> the wiki via the web, and is even safe to configure -> [[tips/untrusted_git_push]] to such a repository.) --[[Joey]] - -Thanks, that's a nice and simple idea: to have a subdirectory! I'll try it. --Ivan Z. - -A [[!taglink wish|wishlist]]: the ikiwiki program could be improved so that it follows the same logic as git in looking for its config: it could ascend directories until it finds an `.ikiwiki/` directory with `.ikiwiki/setup` and then uses that configuration. Now I'm tired to always type `ikiwiki --setup path/to/the/setup --refresh` when working in my working clone of the sources; I'd like to simply type `ikiwiki` instead, and let it find the setup file. The default location to look for templates could also be made to be a sibling of the setup file: `.ikiwiki/templates/`. --Ivan Z. |