meta: generalize meta_title into meta(title); support author, updated, date

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / ikiwiki / directive / meta.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/meta.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/meta.mdwn
index f29a118bfea91d9957c30022312e558bc3b8b980..c5f74fac5a8c00b25096945a6f29f4ef30f00182 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/meta.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/meta.mdwn
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ Supported fields:
   be set to a true value in the template; this can be used to format things
   differently in this case.
 
+  An optional `sort` parameter will be used preferentially when
+  [[ikiwiki/pagespec/sorting]] by `meta(title)`:
+
+       \[[!meta title="The Beatles" sort="Beatles, The"]]
+
+       \[[!meta title="David Bowie" sort="Bowie, David"]]
+
 * license
 
   Specifies a license for the page, for example, "GPL". Can contain
@@ -37,14 +44,19 @@ Supported fields:
 
   Specifies the author of a page.
 
+  An optional `sort` parameter will be used preferentially when
+  [[ikiwiki/pagespec/sorting]] by `meta(author)`:
+
+       \[[!meta author="Joey Hess" sort="Hess, Joey"]]
+
 * authorurl
 
   Specifies an url for the author of a page.
 
 * description
 
-  Specifies a "description" of the page. You could use this to provide
-  a summary, for example, to be picked up by the [[map]] directive.
+  Specifies a short description for the page. This will be put in
+  the html header, and can also be displayed by eg, the [[map]] directive.
 
 * permalink
 
@@ -68,11 +80,16 @@ Supported fields:
 * openid
 
   Adds html <link> tags to perform OpenID delegation to an external
-  OpenID server (for `openid` and `openid2`). An optional `xrds-location`
+  OpenID server. This lets you use an ikiwiki page as your OpenID.
+
+  By default this will delegate for both `openid` and `openid2`. To only
+  delegate for one, add a parameter such as `delegate=openid`.
+
+  An optional `xrds-location`
   parameter lets you specify the location of any [eXtensible Resource
   DescriptorS](http://www.windley.com/archives/2007/05/using_xrds.shtml).
 
-  This lets you use an ikiwiki page as your OpenID. Example:
+  Example:
 
        \\[[!meta openid="http://joeyh.myopenid.com/"
        server="http://www.myopenid.com/server"