X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/937b24e0cf98d75dd353d80267efddcecab9e908..4cb74e9907ab4595a05272172401a09bb6f4b5fd:/doc/templates.mdwn diff --git a/doc/templates.mdwn b/doc/templates.mdwn index 22b9345ef..eb8c89afc 100644 --- a/doc/templates.mdwn +++ b/doc/templates.mdwn @@ -1,10 +1,5 @@ [[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. +you can fully customise its appearance, and avoid duplicate content. Ikiwiki uses the HTML::Template module as its template engine. This supports things like conditionals and loops in templates and is pretty @@ -16,35 +11,52 @@ easy to learn. All you really need to know to modify templates is this: * To use one block of text if a variable is set and a second if it's not, use `textother text` -[[!if test="enabled(template)" then=""" +[[!if test="enabled(template) or enabled(edittemplate)" then=""" ## template pages -The template directive allows wiki pages to be used as templates, -filled out and inserted into other pages in the wiki. +Template pages are regular wiki pages that are used as templates for other +pages. """]] -[[!if test="enabled(template) and enabled(inline)" then=""" -[[!inline pages="templates/* and !*.tmpl and !*/discussion" -feeds=no archive=yes sort=title template=titlepage -rootpage=templates postformtext="Add a new template named:"]] + +[[!if test="enabled(template)" then=""" +The [[!iki ikiwiki/directive/template desc="template directive"]] allows +template pages to be filled out and inserted into other pages in the wiki. """]] [[!if test="enabled(edittemplate)" then=""" -## edit templates +The [[!iki ikiwiki/directive/edittemplate desc="edittemplate directive"]] can +be used to make new pages default to containing text from a template +page, which can be filled out as the page is edited. +"""]] -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 -edited. +[[!if test="(enabled(template) or enabled(edittemplate)) +and enabled(inline)" then=""" +These template pages are currently available: + +[[!inline pages="templates/* and !*.tmpl and !templates/*/* and !*/discussion" +feeds=no archive=yes sort=title template=titlepage +rootpage=templates postformtext="Add a new template page named:"]] """]] -## wiki templates +## template files -These templates are used to build the wiki. The aim is to keep almost all -html out of ikiwiki and in the templates. +Template files are unlike template pages in that they have the extension +`.tmpl`. Template files are used extensively by Ikiwiki to generate html. +They can contain html that would not normally be allowed on a wiki page. + +Template files are located in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates` by default; +the `templatedir` setting can be used to make another directory be +searched first. Customised template files can also be placed inside the +"templates/" directory in your wiki's source -- files placed there override +ones in the `templatedir`. + +Here is a full list of the template files used: * `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`.)"""]] + key template to customise to change the look and feel of Ikiwiki. + [[!if test="enabled(pagetemplate)" then=""" + (The [[!iki ikiwiki/directive/pagetemplate desc="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. @@ -53,7 +65,7 @@ html out of ikiwiki and in the templates. * `archivepage.tmpl` - Used for listing a page in a blog archive page. * `titlepage.tmpl` - Used for listing a page by title in a blog archive page. * `microblog.tmpl` - Used for showing a microblogging post inline. -* `blogpost.tmpl` - Used for a form to add a post to a blog (and a rss/atom links) +* `blogpost.tmpl` - Used for a form to add a post to a blog (and rss/atom links) * `feedlink.tmpl` - Used to add rss/atom links if `blogpost.tmpl` is not used. * `aggregatepost.tmpl` - Used by the aggregate plugin to create a page for a post. @@ -71,7 +83,165 @@ 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`, `openid-selector.tmpl` - Parts of ikiwiki's user + `passwordmail.tmpl`, `openid-selector.tmpl`, `revert.tmpl` - Parts of ikiwiki's user interface; do not normally need to be customised. [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]] + +here is a list of variables used in various tmpl files: +ACTION +ACTIONS +ADDCOMMENTURL +ATOMCOMMENTSURL +ATOMURL +ATTACHMENTS-CLASS +AUTHOR +AUTHORURL +BACKLINKS +BASEURL +BROKENLINKS +BROKENLINKS_CHECKED +CATEGORIES +CATEGORY +CDATE_3339 +CDATE_822 +CGIURL +COMMENTAUTHOR +COMMENTAUTHORURL +COMMENTID +COMMENTIP +COMMENTOPENID +COMMENTS +COMMENTSLINK +COMMENTSURL +COMMENTUSER +COMMITDATE +COMMITTYPE +CONTENT +COPYRIGHT +CTIME +DEST +DIFF +DIFFURL +DISCUSSIONLINK +DYNAMIC +EDITURL +ENCLOSURE +ERROR +ERROR_MESSAGE +EXTRAFOOTER +FAVICON +FEEDDATE +FEEDDESC +FEEDLINKS +FEEDURL +FIELD-ATTACHMENT +FIELD-DO +FIELD-EDITCONTENT +FIELD-EDITMESSAGE +FIELD-FROM +FIELD-LINK +FIELD-NEWFILE +FIELD-PAGE +FIELD-RCSINFO +FIELD-REMOVE +FIELD-RENAME +FIELD-REV +FIELD-REVERTMESSAGE +FIELD-SELECT +FIELD-SID +FIELD-SUBJECT +FIELD-TYPE +FIELD-UPLOAD +FIRST +FIXEDLINKS +FORCEBASEURL +FORCEBASEURL +form-cancel +FORM-END +FORM-START +FORM-SUBMIT +GETSOURCEURL +GUID +HAVE_ACTIONS +HELPONFORMATTINGLINK +HISTORYURL +HTML5 +ID +ISTRANSLATION +JAVASCRIPT +LANG +LANGUAGE +LAST +LENGTH +LICENSE +LINE +LINK +LOCAL_CSS +MASTER +MDATE_3339 +MESSAGE +META +MONTH +MORE_BACKLINKS +MTIME +NAME +NAME="ATTACHMENT_LIST" +NAME="ATTACHMENT_LIST" +NAME="CAN_COMMIT" +NAME="FIELD-ATTACHMENT" +NAME="FORM-END" +NAME="PAGE_DIFF" +NAME="PAGE_PREVIEW" +NAME="PAGE_PREVIEW" +NAME="PAGE_SELECT" +NAME=ALLOWAUTHOR +NAME=FIELD-AUTHOR +NAME=FIELD-URL +NAME=USERNAME +NONOPENIDFORM +OPENID_URL +OTHERLANGUAGES +PAGE +PAGE_DIFF +PAGE_PREVIEW +PAGES +PAGESPEC +PAGEURL +PARENTLINKS +PASSWORDURL +PERCENT +PERCENTTRANSLATED +PERMALINK +POSTFORMTEXT +PREFSURL +RECENTCHANGESURL +RELVCS +REMOTE_ADDR +REMOVEURL +REV +REVERTURL +ROOTPAGE +RSSURL +SEARCHACTION +SEARCHFORM +SID +SIDEBAR +SIGNINURL +SIZE +SRC +TAG +TAGNAME +TAGS +TITLE +TYPE +URL +USER +USER_NAME +VERSION +VIEW +WIKINAME +WIKIURL +WMD_PREVIEW +YEAR +