From e990b132016f231ef150085597d02e2eb4883a1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonas Smedegaard Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:38:43 +0200 Subject: Sync with ikiwiki 3.20100926. --- ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn (limited to 'ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn') 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: `` 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"]] -- cgit v1.2.3