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[[template id=plugin name=meta author="[[Joey]]"]] [[tag type/meta]]

This plugin allows inserting arbitrary metadata into the source of a page. Enter the metadata as follows:

\[[meta field="value"]]
\[[meta field="value" param="value" param="value"]]

The first form sets a given field to a given value, while the second form also specifies some additional sub-parameters.

The field values are treated as HTML entity-escaped text, so you can include a quote in the text by writing " and so on.

You can use any field names you like, but here are some predefined ones:

  • link

    Specifies a link to another page. This can be used as a way to make the wiki treat one page as linking to another without displaying a user-visible [[WikiLink]]:

    [[meta link=otherpage]]

    It can also be used to insert a html <link> tag. For example:

    [[meta link="http://joeyh.myopenid.com/" rel="openid.delegate"]]

    However, this latter syntax won't be allowed if the [[htmlscrubber]] is enabled, since it can be used to insert unsafe content.

  • title

    Overrides the title of the page, which is generally the same as the page name.

    Note that if the title is overridden, a "title_overridden" variable will be set to a true value in the template; this can be used to format things differently in this case.

  • license

    Specifies a license for the page, for example, "GPL". Can contain WikiLinks.

  • copyright

    Specifies the copyright of the page, for example, "Copyright 2007 by Joey Hess". Can contain WikiLinks.

  • author

    Specifies the author of a page.

  • authorurl

    Specifies an url for the author of a page.

  • permalink

    Specifies a permanent link to the page, if different than the page generated by ikiwiki.

  • date

    Specifies the creation date of the page. The date can be entered in nearly any format, since it's parsed by [[cpan TimeDate]].

  • stylesheet

    Adds a stylesheet to a page. The stylesheet is treated as a wiki link to a .css file in the wiki, so it cannot be used to add links to external stylesheets. Example:

    [[meta stylesheet=somestyle rel="alternate stylesheet" title="somestyle"]]

  • openid

    Adds html <link> tags to perform OpenID delegation to an external OpenID server. This lets you use an ikiwiki page as your OpenID. Example:

    \[[meta openid="http://joeyh.myopenid.com/" server="http://www.myopenid.com/server"]]

If the field is not one of the above predefined fields, the metadata will be written to the generated html page as a <meta> header. However, this won't be allowed if the [[htmlscrubber]] is enabled, since it can be used to insert unsafe content.