Go to http://shorturls.redwerks.org/ as recommended on
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/Apache And use it to generate everything you need to do. Tom On Jan 12, 2013, at 8:03 PM, Steve VanSlyck <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, this is my first attempt to use rewrite rules. > > I've done the best I can to follow the instructions at > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/Apache . > > I've created an .htaccess file and put it at root at http://www.vanslyck.us > as follows: > > ## http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/Apache > # Follow symbolic links(dunno if this is needed or not) > Options +FollowSymLinks > # Enable the rewrite engine > RewriteEngine On > # Short url for wiki pages(dunno if [PT,L] is required instead) > RewriteRule ^/?wiki(/.*)?$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wiki/index.php [L] > # Redirect / to Main Page(dunno if [PT,L] is required instead) > RewriteRule ^/*$ %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/w/index.php [L] > > then I added the following lines to the end of LocalSettings.php: > > # Enable Short URLs > # http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL > $wgUsePathInfo = true; # added this after getting the redirect loop error. > $wgScriptPath = "/wiki"; > $wgArticlePath = "/wiki/$1"; > > Can anyone see something obviouis that I know how to recognize? > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
