Add a microblog template that is useful for inlining microblogging posts.

debian/changelog

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ikiwiki (3.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Add missing permalink support to archivepage and titlepage templates.
   * debian/control: Wrap fields.
   * inline: Add author info to archive display.
+  * Add a microblog template that is useful for inlining microblogging posts.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:47:36 -0400
 

doc/ikiwiki/directive/inline.mdwn

@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ Here are some less often needed parameters:
   page. By default the `inlinepage` template is used, while
   the `archivepage` template is used for archives. Set this parameter to
   use some other, custom template, such as the `titlepage` template that
-  only shows post titles. Note that you should still set `archive=yes` if
+  only shows post titles or the `microblog` template, optimised for
+  microblogging. Note that you should still set `archive=yes` if
   your custom template does not include the page content.
 * `raw` - Rather than the default behavior of creating a blog,
   if raw is set to "yes", the page will be included raw, without additional

doc/style.css

@@ -373,11 +373,13 @@ span.color {
 	padding: 2px;
 }
 
-.comment-header {
+.comment-header,
+.microblog-header {
 	font-style: italic;
 	margin-top: .3em;
 }
-.comment .author {
+.comment .author,
+.microblog .author {
 	font-weight: bold;
 }
 .comment-subject {

doc/tips/add_chatterbox_to_blog.mdwn

@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ from there, like I have on [my blog](http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/)
 	\[[!template id=note text="""  
 	\[[!aggregate expirecount=5 name="dents" url="http://identi.ca/joeyh"  
 	feedurl="http://identi.ca/api/statuses/user_timeline/joeyh.atom"]]  
-	\[[!inline pages="internal(dents/*)" archive=yes show=5 feeds=no]]  
+	\[[!inline pages="internal(dents/*)" template=microblog
+	show=5 feeds=no]]
 	"""]]
 
-For a cleaner look without the post dates, add `template=titlepage`
-to the `inline` directive.
-
 Note: Works best with ikiwiki 3.10 or better.

doc/wikitemplates.mdwn

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ located in /usr/share/ikiwiki/templates by default.
 * `inlinepage.tmpl` - Used for adding a page inline in a blog
   page.
 * `archivepage.tmpl` - Used for listing a page 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)
 * `feedlink.tmpl` - Used to add rss/atom links if blogpost.tmpl is not used.
 * `aggregatepost.tmpl` - Used by the [[plugins/aggregate]] plugin to create

templates/microblog.tmpl

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<div class="microblog">
+
+<div class="inlinecontent">
+<TMPL_VAR CONTENT>
+</div>
+
+<div class="microblog-header">
+
+<TMPL_IF NAME="AUTHOR">
+<span class="author">
+<TMPL_IF NAME="AUTHORURL">
+<a href="<TMPL_VAR AUTHORURL>"><TMPL_VAR AUTHOR></a>
+<TMPL_ELSE>
+<TMPL_VAR AUTHOR>
+</TMPL_IF>
+</span>
+</TMPL_IF>
+
+&mdash; <TMPL_VAR CTIME>
+
+</div> <!--.microblog-header-->
+</div> <!--.microblog-->