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diff --git a/doc/templates.mdwn b/doc/templates.mdwn index 0e54ae8a0..67e5517e4 100644 --- a/doc/templates.mdwn +++ b/doc/templates.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,21 @@ [[Ikiwiki]] uses many templates for many purposes. By editing its templates, you can fully customise this site. +Templates are located in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates` by default; +the `templatedir` setting can be used to make another directory be +searched first. Customized templates can also be placed inside the +"templates/" directory in your wiki's source. + +Ikiwiki uses the HTML::Template module as its template engine. This +supports things like conditionals and loops in templates and is pretty +easy to learn. All you really need to know are a few things: + +* To insert the value of a template 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>` + [[!if test="enabled(template)" then=""" ## template pages @@ -12,12 +27,6 @@ filled out and inserted into other pages in the wiki. sort=title template=titlepage rootpage=templates postformtext="Add a new template named:"]] """]] -[[!if test="enabled(template)" then=""" -[[!template id=note text="This note box is built using the -[[note]] template!"]] -[[!template id=popup mouseover="popup example" popup="This popup is built using -the [[popup]] template!"]] -"""]] [[!if test="enabled(edittemplate)" then=""" ## edit templates @@ -33,11 +42,9 @@ These templates are used to build the wiki. The aim is to keep almost all html out of ikiwiki and in the templates. * `page.tmpl` - Used for displaying all regular wiki pages. This is the - key template customize. -[[!if test="enabled(pagetemplate)" then=""" + key template to customize. [[!if test="enabled(pagetemplate)" then=""" (The pagetemplate directive can be used to make a page use a - different template than `page.tmpl`.) -"""]] + different template than `page.tmpl`.)"""]] * `misc.tmpl` - Generic template used for any page that doesn't have a custom template. * `rsspage.tmpl` - Used for generating rss feeds for blogs. @@ -69,23 +76,4 @@ html out of ikiwiki and in the templates. `passwordmail.tmpl` - Parts of ikiwiki's user interface; do not normally need to be customised. -## Template locations - -Templates are located in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates` by default; -the `templatedir` setting can be used to make another directory be -searched first. Customized templates can also be placed inside the -"templates/" directory in your wiki's source. - -## Template syntax - -Ikiwiki uses the HTML::Template module as its template engine. This -supports things like conditionals and loops in templates and is pretty easy -to learn. All you really need to know are a few things: - -* To insert the value of a template 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>` - [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]] |