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+The `edittemplate` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/edittemplate desc=edittemplate]] plugin.
+
+This directive allows registering template pages, that provide default
+content for new pages created using the web frontend. To register a
+template, insert a [[ikiwiki/directive/template]] directive on some other
+page.
+
+	\[[!edittemplate template="bugtemplate" match="bugs/*"]]
+ 
+A recommended place to put the directive is on the parent page
+of the pages that will be created using the template. So the above
+example would be put on the bugs page. (Do not put the directive on the
+template page itself.)
+
+In the above example, the page named "bugtemplate" is registered as a
+template to be used when any page named "bugs/*" is created. To avoid
+the directive displaying a note about the template being registered, add
+"silent=yes".
+
+Often the template page contains a simple skeleton for a particular type of
+page. For the bug report pages in the above example, it might look
+something like:
+
+	Package: 
+	Version: 
+	Reproducible: y/n
+	Details:
+
+The template page can also contain [[!cpan HTML::Template]] directives,
+like other ikiwiki [[templates]]. Currently only one variable is
+set: `<TMPL_VAR name>` is replaced with the name of the page being
+created.
+
+[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]