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diff --git a/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn b/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c486e82 --- /dev/null +++ b/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +The `edittemplate` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/edittemplate desc=edittemplate]] plugin. + +This directive allows registering template pages, that provide default +content for new pages created using the web frontend. To register a +template, insert a [[ikiwiki/directive/template]] directive on some other page. + + \[[!edittemplate template="bugtemplate" match="bugs/*"]] + +In the above example, the page named "bugtemplate" is registered as a +template to be used when any page named "bugs/*" is created. To avoid +the directive displaying a note about the template being registered, add +"silent=yes". + +Often the template page contains a simple skeleton for a particular type of +page. For the bug report pages in the above example, it might look +something like: + + Package: + Version: + Reproducible: y/n + Details: + +The template page can also contain [[!cpan HTML::Template]] directives, +like other ikiwiki [[templates]]. Currently only one variable is +set: `<TMPL_VAR name>` is replaced with the name of the page being +created. + +---- + +It's generally not a good idea to put the `edittemplate` directive in +the template page itself, since the directive would then be included as +part of the template on new pages, which would then in turn be registered +as templates. If multiple pages are registered as templates for a new page, +an arbitrary one is chosen, so that could get confusing. + +[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]] |