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I prefer to use a current year, month and day to archive my blog posts, for example
post/2007/11/12/foo-bar-baz path is better for me then post/foo-bar-baz.
Unfortunately it seems that rootpage parameter of inline plugin is very static.
Is it a chance to make it more dynamic? Now I have to use svn mkdir command
to create appropriate subdirectories by hand.
I think that you could add builtin functions or variables, for example current_year()
or $CURRENT_YEAR to usage inside rootpage parameter. Something like for Manoj's
calendar plugin. Then my rootpage parameter could be like
rootpage="post/current_year()/current_month()/current_day()". Another good hints
are welcomed ;)
What's your opinion, Joey? I hope it's also useful for another ikiwiki lovers :)
--[[Paweł|ptecza]]


Hello Joey! Is it a taboo subject? ;) --[[Paweł|ptecza]]


No, but I don't know of a way to do it that feels flexible and right..
Using functions as in your example doesn't feel right somehow.
--[[Joey]]


Seems like a job for good ol' string interpolation.  rootpage="post/$current_year/$current_month/$current_day"
Ikiwiki could provide some vars, and it would be nice to write plugins to also provide vars.  Sort of like templates.
Does that feel OK? --[[sabr]]