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+Hi,
+
+I am very confused with the template variables. I cannot find any documentation of which ones are available, where are they set, etc.
+
+I see that in the default templates, there are things like this (rssitem.tmpl): 
+
+<TMPL_IF AUTHOR>
+        <title><TMPL_VAR AUTHOR ESCAPE=HTML>: <TMPL_VAR TITLE></title>
+        <dcterms:creator><TMPL_VAR AUTHOR ESCAPE=HTML></dcterms:creator>
+<TMPL_ELSE>
+        <title><TMPL_VAR TITLE></title>
+</TMPL_IF>
+
+But I don't get this in my RSS, and I don't know how to add those variables, except for mentions of some plugins that are not yet merged.
+
+I also see that the 'author' data is one of the fields that can be set with the meta directive, but I understand that meta is processed after the templates, so it cannot be the source; right?
+
+Any help appreciated!
+
+PS: what I am tring to do now is to add a proper author field to my feeds, but I also want to understand how to use the templating system.