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 [[Ikiwiki]] uses many templates for many purposes. By editing its templates,
 you can fully customise this site.
 
+Templates are located in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates` by default;
+the `templatedir` setting can be used to make another directory be
+searched first. Customized templates can also be placed inside the
+"templates/" directory in your wiki's source.
+
+Ikiwiki uses the HTML::Template module as its template engine. This
+supports things like conditionals and loops in templates and is pretty
+easy to learn. All you really need to know to modify templates is this:
+
+* To insert the value of a template variable, use `<TMPL_VAR variable>`.
+* To make a block of text conditional on a variable being set use
+  `<TMPL_IF variable>text</TMPL_IF>`.
+* To use one block of text if a variable is set and a second if it's not,
+  use `<TMPL_IF variable>text<TMPL_ELSE>other text</TMPL_IF>`
+
 [[!if test="enabled(template)" then="""
-## The template directive
+## template pages
 
 The template directive allows wiki pages to be used as templates,
 filled out and inserted into other pages in the wiki.
 """]]
-[[!if test="enabled(template) and enabled(inline)" then="""
-[[!inline pages="templates/* and !*/discussion" feeds=no archive=yes
-sort=title template=titlepage
-rootpage=templates postformtext="Add a new template named:"]]
-"""]]
 
 [[!if test="enabled(edittemplate)" then="""
-## The edittemplate directive
+## default content for new pages
 
 The edittemplate directive can be used to make new pages default to
-containing text from a template, which can be filled as out the page is
+containing text from a template page, which can be filled as out the page is
 edited.
 """]]
 
-## Wiki templates
+[[!if test="(enabled(template) or enabled(edittemplate)
+and enabled(inline)" then="""
+[[!inline pages="templates/* and !*.tmpl and !templates/*/* and !*/discussion"
+feeds=no archive=yes sort=title template=titlepage
+rootpage=templates postformtext="Add a new template named:"]]
+"""]]
+
+## wiki templates
 
 These templates are used to build the wiki. The aim is to keep almost all
 html out of ikiwiki and in the templates.
 
-* `page.tmpl` - Used for displaying all regular wiki pages.
-* `misc.tmpl` - Generic template used for any page that doesn't
-  have a custom template.
+* `page.tmpl` - Used for displaying all regular wiki pages. This is the
+  key template to customize. [[!if test="enabled(pagetemplate)" then="""
+  (The pagetemplate directive can be used to make a page use a
+  different template than `page.tmpl`.)"""]]
 * `rsspage.tmpl` - Used for generating rss feeds for blogs.
 * `rssitem.tmpl` - Used for generating individual items on rss feeds.
 * `atompage.tmpl` - Used for generating atom feeds for blogs.
@@ -55,33 +73,7 @@ html out of ikiwiki and in the templates.
 * `editpage.tmpl`, `editconflict.tmpl`, `editcreationconflict.tmpl`,
   `editfailedsave.tmpl`, `editpagegone.tmpl`, `pocreatepage.tmpl`,
   `editcomment.tmpl` `commentmoderation.tmpl`, `renamesummary.tmpl`,
-  `passwordmail.tmpl` - Parts of ikiwiki's user interface; do not
-  normally need to be customised.
-
-[[!if test="enabled(pagetemplate)" then="""
-## The pagetemplate directive
-
-The pagetemplate directive can allow individual pages to use a
-different template than `page.tmpl`.
-"""]]
-
-## Template locations
-
-Templates are located in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates` by default;
-the `templatedir` setting can be used to make another directory be
-searched first. Customized templates can also be placed inside the
-"templates/" directory in your wiki's source.
-
-## Template syntax
-
-Ikiwiki uses the HTML::Template module as its template engine. This
-supports things like conditionals and loops in templates and is pretty easy
-to learn. All you really need to know are a few things:
-
-* To insert the value of a template variable, use `<TMPL_VAR variable>`.
-* To make a block of text conditional on a variable being set use
-  `<TMPL_IF NAME="variable">text</TMPL_IF>`.
-* To use one block of text if a variable is set and a second if it's not,
-  use `<TMPL_IF NAME="variable">text<TMPL_ELSE>other text</TMPL_IF>`
+  `passwordmail.tmpl`, `openid-selector.tmpl` - Parts of ikiwiki's user
+  interface; do not normally need to be customised.
 
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