diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/template.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/template.mdwn index d538b69b1..ae71ba5b5 100644 --- a/doc/ikiwiki/directive/template.mdwn +++ b/doc/ikiwiki/directive/template.mdwn @@ -5,14 +5,79 @@ wiki, by using the template directive. The directive has an `id` parameter that identifies the template to use. The remaining parameters are used to fill out the template. -Example: +## Example \[[!template id=note text="""Here is the text to insert into my note."""]] This fills out the `note` template, filling in the `text` field with the specified value, and inserts the result into the page. -For a list of available templates, and details about how to create more, -see the [[templates]] page. +## Using a template + +Generally, a value can include any markup that would be allowed in the wiki +page outside the template. Triple-quoting the value even allows quotes to +be included in it. Combined with multi-line quoted values, this allows for +large chunks of marked up text to be embedded into a template: + + \[[!template id=foo name="Sally" color="green" age=8 notes=""" + * \[[Charley]]'s sister. + * "I want to be an astronaut when I grow up." + * Really 8 and a half. + """]] + +## Creating a template + +The template is a regular wiki page, located in the `templates/` +subdirectory inside the source directory of the wiki. + +(Alternatively, templates can be stored in a directory outside the wiki, +as files with the extension ".tmpl". +By default, these are searched for in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`; +the `templatedir` setting can be used to make another directory be searched +first.) + +The template uses the syntax used by the [[!cpan HTML::Template]] perl +module, which allows for some fairly complex things to be done. Consult its +documentation for the full syntax, but all you really need to know are a +few things: + +* Each parameter you pass to the template directive will generate a + template variable. There are also some pre-defined variables like PAGE + and BASENAME. +* To insert the value of a variable, use ``. Wiki markup + in the value will first be converted to html. +* To insert the raw value of a variable, with wiki markup not yet converted + to html, use ``. +* To make a block of text conditional on a variable being set use + `text`. +* To use one block of text if a variable is set and a second if it's not, + use `textother text` + +Here's a sample template: + + + Name: \[[]]
+ Age:
+ + Favorite color:
+ + No favorite color.
+ + +
+ + + + +The filled out template will be formatted the same as the rest of the page +that contains it, so you can include WikiLinks and all other forms of wiki +markup in the template. Note though that such WikiLinks will not show up as +backlinks to the page that uses the template. + +Note the use of "raw_name" inside the [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]] generator in the +example above. This ensures that if the name contains something that might +be mistaken for wiki markup, it's not converted to html before being +processed as a [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]]. + [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]] diff --git a/doc/templates.mdwn b/doc/templates.mdwn index 07531ae98..f2b581d2f 100644 --- a/doc/templates.mdwn +++ b/doc/templates.mdwn @@ -9,85 +9,9 @@ wiki. [[!if test="enabled(template) and enabled(inline)" then=""" -These templates are available for inclusion onto other pages in this -wiki: +These templates are available for use with the template directive. [[!inline pages="templates/* and !*/discussion" feeds=no archive=yes -sort=title template=titlepage]] +sort=title template=titlepage +rootpage=templates postformtext="Add a new template named:"]] """]] - -## Using a template - -Using a template works like this: - - \[[!template id=note text="""Here is the text to insert into my note."""]] - -This fills out the [[note]] template, filling in the `text` field with -the specified value, and inserts the result into the page. - -Generally, a value can include any markup that would be allowed in the wiki -page outside the template. Triple-quoting the value even allows quotes to -be included in it. Combined with multi-line quoted values, this allows for -large chunks of marked up text to be embedded into a template: - - \[[!template id=foo name="Sally" color="green" age=8 notes=""" - * \[[Charley]]'s sister. - * "I want to be an astronaut when I grow up." - * Really 8 and a half. - """]] - -## Creating a template - -To create a template, simply add a template directive to a page, and the -page will provide a link that can be used to create the template. The template -is a regular wiki page, located in the `templates/` subdirectory inside -the source directory of the wiki. - -(Alternatively, templates can be stored in a directory outside the wiki, -as files with the extension ".tmpl". -By default, these are searched for in `/usr/share/ikiwiki/templates`; -the `templatedir` setting can be used to make another directory be searched -first.) - -The template uses the syntax used by the [[!cpan HTML::Template]] perl -module, which allows for some fairly complex things to be done. Consult its -documentation for the full syntax, but all you really need to know are a -few things: - -* Each parameter you pass to the template directive will generate a - template variable. There are also some pre-defined variables like PAGE - and BASENAME. -* To insert the value of a variable, use ``. Wiki markup - in the value will first be converted to html. -* To insert the raw value of a variable, with wiki markup not yet converted - to html, use ``. -* To make a block of text conditional on a variable being set use - `text`. -* To use one block of text if a variable is set and a second if it's not, - use `textother text` - -Here's a sample template: - - - Name: \[[]]
- Age:
- - Favorite color:
- - No favorite color.
- - -
- - - - -The filled out template will be formatted the same as the rest of the page -that contains it, so you can include WikiLinks and all other forms of wiki -markup in the template. Note though that such WikiLinks will not show up as -backlinks to the page that uses the template. - -Note the use of "raw_name" inside the [[ikiwiki/WikiLink]] generator. This -ensures that if the name contains something that might be mistaken for wiki -markup, it's not converted to html before being processed as a -[[ikiwiki/WikiLink]].