My default template asks for title and folder and is 'timeline/chronology' ready without needing dates in titles

[filmgal]

This template does the following:

• asks for a title
• asks for the folder (from the list of all folders)
• auto moves the file
• creates a field for title (Pea Soup Recipe); if you real title starts with YYYY-MM-DD the date is removed.
• creates a field for "date created title" (2024-12-05 Pea Soup Recipe) to use in a timeline or chronology file, so that you can still sort by date even if the file doesn't begin with a date, and you don't have to rely on your computer's date created/modified because those can change
• creates a "keywords' field including all of the folderx in the path (eg keywords: food, recipes to try, soup) + whatever keywords you want to add to it. I use keywords now instead of tags (which I use sparingly) and I prefer a list of strings than having to select items from a long 'premade' list. I can search for anything in keywords using: [keywords:food OR delivery] and of course I can search with dataview.
• creates a "wikilinks" field for links to other files
• creates a H1 with the title (without the prefix date)

I have it set in templater as:

<%* const title = await tp.system.prompt("Title"); -%>
<%* const folders = this.app.vault.getAllLoadedFiles().filter(i => i.children).map(folder => folder.path); 
const folder = await tp.system.suggester(folders, folders);
-%>
<%*
let titledate = title // note file name
let titleAddDate = tp.file.creation_date("YYYY-MM-DD") + " " + title
let isDate = (/^\d+-\d+-\d+/).test(title) // returns boolean
var result = ""

// check for presence of date in title
if(isDate){   // note title begins with YYYY-MM-DD
result = titledate
} else {
result = titleAddDate
}
titledate = result
-%>
<%*
let filename = title;
filename = filename.replace(/[\\\:*?<>|""]/g, "");
await tp.file.move(`/${folder}/${filename}`);
-%>
---
datecreated: <% tp.file.creation_date("YYYY-MM-DD") %>
datemodified: <% tp.file.last_modified_date('YYYY-MM-DD') %>
titledate:  "<% titledate%>"
title: "<% titledate.substr(11, title.length)%>"
aliases: 
keywords:  <% tp.file.folder(true).split('/').join(', ').toLowerCase() %>
wikilinks: 
sourceURL: 
---

# <% titledate.substr(11, title.length) %>

<% tp.file.cursor(1) %>

Why?
I used to want all my files to begin with YYYY-MM-DD, especially in Windows Explorer. I like being able to see a full Timeline. But I don't like my recipes to start with a date. I want to be able to easily link to [[Pea Soup]]. So I created both, a title only and a date title field. Now I can sort ALL my files alphabetically OR by date. I create a Timeline file where I link to the file, but always display the titledate ([[filename|titledate]]).

I added the folder names to my keywords just because they are relevant words: food, tech, software, etc.