Wiki Theme Template
The wiki's theme (visual design) is determined by a single php file (the template) located in the themes/wiki_themes directory. The following describes how the Theme Template is put together and lists the available tags, parameters, and variables for each section of the Theme Template.
NOTE: The included default wiki theme is fully commented with all the tags, parameters, and variables available in the wiki. This provides a quick reference while building your own theme or modifying the default one.
How the Template Works
The Theme Template is divided up into sections. Each section determines how a portion of the wiki is rendered. Each section has tags, parameters, and/or variables available to it. They work like normal ExpressionEngine tags, parameters, and variables except that you'll use them in a Theme Template instead of a ExpressionEngine Template within the Control Panel.
When you open the Theme Template in a text editor you'll find the beginning of each section clearly marked with a comment. For example, the start of the History section looks like this:
/* ----------------------------------------
/* Template - History
/* ----------------------------------------*/
You'll find all the available tags, parameters, and variables at the end of the section.
Sections
This is a list of all the sections in the order they appear in the default template. It will be helpful to have the default template file (themes/wiki_themes/default/default.php) open in a text editor while reviewing the Template section documentation.
- Wiki Page: This is the wrapper section that contains the header, sidebar, navigation, CSS, and the elements found in a standard HTML page including the CSS. It "wraps" around all the user editable content.
- Wiki Article: Displays the article and a list of it's assigned categories.
- Wiki History: Displays an article's history.
- Wiki Edit: Displays a article's editing interface.
- Special sections: Content created dynamically by the wiki.
- Recent Changes: This section creates a page that shows the wiki's recent changes.
- Categories: This section creates a page of the wiki's categories.
- Titles: This section creates a page of all the wiki's articles by title.
- Uncategorized: This section creates a page of all uncategorized wiki articles.
- Search Results: This section creates a page to display wiki search results.
- Files list: This section creates a page of all the files uploaded to the wiki.
- File page: This displays the information about a single uploaded file.
- Upload Form: This section creates the wiki's upload form.
- Associated Pages: This section displays a list of pages that link to the current article.
- RSS and ATOM feeds: The templates used to generate the wiki's feeds.
- Email notification: The templates used to create the article moderator notification email.
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