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+ikiwiki uses the HTML::Template module as its template engine. This supports things like conditionals and loops in templates and is pretty easy to learn.
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+It ships with some basic templates which can be customised:
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+* `templates/page.tmpl` - Used for displaying all regular wiki pages.
+* `templates/recentchanges.tmpl` - Used for the RecentChanges page.
+* `templates/edit.tmpl' - Edit page.
+* `templates/create.tmpl' - Creating a new page.
+* `templates/signin.tmpl` - Used for the SignIn form and all assciated forms, if it exists.
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+  Note that the SignIn form is implemented using CGI::FormBuilder, which interfaces to HTML::Template, so not all of it can be customised with templates, although most of it can, by creating this template. Without the template, CGI::FormBuilder creates the page by itself.
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+I aim to keep almost all html out of ikiwiki and in the templates.