Telegram

Templates

Telegram automatically surrounds pages with a template if the page does not contain the correct HTML structure. So, if a page has <html> and <body> tags, Telegram figures the page is the way you want it and will not add any template information. So, the following page will be served as-is:

<html>
  <head><title>Hi</title></head>
  <body>I'm pretty plain!</body>
</html>

But, Telegram will surround the following page with a template:

<p>I'm pretty plain!</p>

Choosing a template

By default, Telegram looks for a template in the file /templates-hidden/default.html. You can specify the name of the template to use with the template Extra Info:

template: post

That will tell Telegram to use the /templates-hidden/post.html template for the page.

Where do the templates come from?

If the template_url extra info is specified, Telegram tries to git clone the URL specified. For example:

template_url: https://github.com/telegr-am/template-green.git

Once the repository is cloned, Telegram adds each file in the repository to your site, unless you've already got a file by that name in your site.

The Git URL must be a public Git repository.

What happens by default?

If there's no template_url Extra Info and there's no /templates-hidden/default.html file, Telegram clones the default template.

You can publish your own templates

If you want to publish Telegram templates, just put up a public Git repository with the template information in it. GitHub provides costless hosting for public repositories.

Available templates

Green

template_url: https://github.com/telegr-am/template-green.git

Green

Blue

template_url: https://github.com/telegr-am/template-blue.git

Blue