Category Templates And Newpage / Discussion

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Sorry but ...

gerdami 03 Feb 2009 18:49

… it would be enough with

wooza:_template

+ %%category%%: %%page_name%%
by %%author%% (%%comments%% comments)

Wooza! Wooza %%content{1}%%

++ Wikidot rules!

%%content{2}%%

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[[module Comments]]

and

template:wooza

This is default content 1
====
This is default content 2

and elsewhere

[[module NewPage category="wooza" template="template:wooza" button="w00t!"]]

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Re: Sorry but ...

hellekin 04 Feb 2009 15:58

Ah! Thanks you for the heads up.

I'm a newbie with Wikidot and couldn't find any documentation on that.

So, you advise to put the template inside category:_template and the defaults inside template:category

Interesting. But I'm not sure how it's better than putting all into one place. Can you explain a bit more why it would be wiser?

Cheers!

Re: Sorry but ...

gerdami 04 Feb 2009 18:14

The wazoo:_template can be changed at wish. When saving a new version of the _template, Wikidot recompiles all existing pages of the wazoo category. With many many pages, it can take a while.

The template:wazoo is not mandatory at all, it just helps, at new page creation, to remind that the page actually needs a content{1} and a content{2} (to follow the example you gave).

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Re: Sorry but ...

hellekin 05 Feb 2009 05:40

Hey that makes a lot of sense. Thanks again for the explanation.

The reason is the "Live" template used

Helmut_pdorf 04 Feb 2009 17:08

With an existing "live" template ( categoryxyz:"_template") there is the "default" given with the content after the first "=====" line.

means - in such a case you need not a "standard" template ( "old" format "template:"categoryxy) for a "newpage" module..

Documentation: http://www.wikidot.com/doc:templates

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Re: The reason is the "Live" template used

hellekin 05 Feb 2009 05:42

It might be the lack of sleep but I didn't get anything from your entry. Did you update the docs? I read them before posting the tip, but couldn't find anything useful regarding the use of _template with the NewPage module (which was breaking).