1 The `edittemplate` directive is supplied by the [[!iki plugins/edittemplate]] plugin.
3 This directive allows registering template pages, that provide default
4 content for new pages created using the web frontend. To register a
5 template, insert a [[ikiwiki/directive/template]] directive on some other page.
7 \[[!edittemplate template="bugtemplate" match="bugs/*"]]
9 In the above example, the page named "bugtemplate" is registered as a
10 template to be used when any page named "bugs/*" is created.
12 Often the template page contains a simple skeleton for a particular type of
13 page. For the bug report pages in the above example, it might look
21 The template page can also contain [[!cpan HTML::Template]] directives,
22 similar to other ikiwiki [[templates]]. Currently only one variable is
23 set: `<TMPL_VAR name>` is replaced with the name of the page being
28 It's generally not a good idea to put the `edittemplate` directive in
29 the template page itself, since the directive would then be included as
30 part of the template on new pages, which would then in turn be registered
31 as templates. If multiple pages are registered as templates for a new page,
32 an arbitrary one is chosen, so that could get confusing.
34 [[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]]