From 7609bea2373599512f0be20a688941f0b84b7916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonas Smedegaard Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 13:50:16 +0200 Subject: Sync with ikiwiki 3.20130904.1. --- ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn') diff --git a/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn b/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn index c486e82..569c281 100644 --- a/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn +++ b/ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate.mdwn @@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ The `edittemplate` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/edittemplate desc 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. +template, insert a [[ikiwiki/directive/template]] directive on some other +page. \[[!edittemplate template="bugtemplate" match="bugs/*"]] + +A recommended place to put the directive is on the parent page +of the pages that will be created using the template. So the above +example would be put on the bugs page. (Do not put the directive on the +template page itself.) 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 @@ -25,12 +31,4 @@ 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