Hi Filipe. The *.vm files in /templates are velocity macros that are available site wide. Generally they are used to present the information in a different format. For example, to show the code for a page ?xpage=code is added to the end of the URL and then xwiki uses the code.vm template to display the page. Each template has its own use. Eg xml.vm to present the xml version of the page. That is what Velocity is good at, formatting for display. The syntax is the same as the velocity code you use in the xwiki pages but it is stored in the text files with the .vm suffix. I think that the templates only become available after a restart as well. You might be better off experimenting with creating a form on a xwiki and then including it with #includeForm("XWiki.exampletemplate") before you move it to a separate file. Another issue might be that when you upgrade, forms and templates on XWiki pages should survive the transition, whereas there is no guarantee that modifications in the templates directory will. Cheers, Mark On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 17:42 -0300, Filipe wrote: -- Mark Robinson