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diff --git a/underlays/basewiki/directive/template.mdwn b/underlays/basewiki/directive/template.mdwn index 8a981c3be..b405331a7 100644 --- a/underlays/basewiki/directive/template.mdwn +++ b/underlays/basewiki/directive/template.mdwn @@ -1,85 +1,16 @@ The `template` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/template]] plugin. -Templates are files that can be filled out and inserted into pages in the -wiki. +[[Templates]] are files that can be filled out and inserted into pages in the +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. -## Using a template - -Using a template works like this: +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. -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. - -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 `<TMPL_VAR variable>`. 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 `<TMPL_VAR raw_variable>`. -* To make a block of text conditional on a variable being set use - `<TMPL_IF NAME="variable">text</TMPL_IF>`. -* To use one block of text if a variable is set and a second if it's not, - use `<TMPL_IF NAME="variable">text<TMPL_ELSE>other text</TMPL_IF>` - -Here's a sample template: - - <span class="infobox"> - Name: \[[<TMPL_VAR raw_name>]]<br /> - Age: <TMPL_VAR age><br /> - <TMPL_IF NAME="color"> - Favorite color: <TMPL_VAR color><br /> - <TMPL_ELSE> - No favorite color.<br /> - </TMPL_IF> - <TMPL_IF NAME="notes"> - <hr /> - <TMPL_VAR notes> - </TMPL_IF> - </span> - -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 [[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 [[WikiLink]]. - -[[!if test="enabled(template) and enabled(inline)" then=""" - -## Available templates - -These templates are available for inclusion onto other pages in this -wiki: - -[[!inline pages="templates/* and !*/discussion" feeds=no archive=yes -sort=title template=titlepage]] -"""]] - +For a list of available templates, and details about how to create more, +see the [[templates]] page. |