From: https://id.koumbit.net/anarcat Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:47:09 +0000 (-0400) Subject: thanks and next challenge: doc X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f588010ef2c340d860777b0e7863c4e8ac842032;p=ikiwiki.git thanks and next challenge: doc --- diff --git a/doc/todo/themes_should_ship_with_templates.mdwn b/doc/todo/themes_should_ship_with_templates.mdwn index 4f47262af..0c3f1f1d7 100644 --- a/doc/todo/themes_should_ship_with_templates.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/themes_should_ship_with_templates.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,15 @@ if i understand [[todo/multiple_template_directories]] correctly, i read it as templates directories being separate from themes. shouldn't a themer be able to ship more than just a CSS and instead override the (say) page.tmpl page? -- [[anarcat]] > A theme can ship any files it wants to, including templates (in the -> template/ directory). +> templates/ directory). > > So far none of them do; I'd much rather have one version of page.tmpl to > maintain than one per theme.. --[[Joey]] + +> > that, dear author, is amazingly simple, intuitive and useful. why didn't i try this before! :) thank you very much! +> > +> > i do agree that having a completely different template file is tricky, but I think it's important for themes to be able to modify those files, otherwise making themes is *really* hard. besides the burden of maintenance falls on the theme maintainer, and as long as it's not in ikiwiki core, you have nothing to worry about... right? ;) +> > +> > i have just ported the [night_city theme](http://www.openwebdesign.org/viewdesign.phtml?id=3318) to ikiwiki, and it was a nightmare when i wasn't modifying the page.tmpl... but now it's done! i'll try to publish my changes somewhere when i finish figuring out how to share small things like that easily. ;) (suggestions?) +> > +> > i guess the only thing to be done here is to update the documentation so that this is clearer - where do you suggest I do that? --[[anarcat]]