On 14/03/13 11:11, Alexis Moinet wrote: > I'm sorry but I fail to see how this (from the INSTALL instructions): > >> Decompress the MediaWiki installation archive either on your server, or on >> your >> local machine and upload the directory tree. Rename it from >> "mediawiki-1.x.x" to >> something nice, like "wiki", since it'll be in your URL. >> >> >> +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >> | Hint: If you plan to use a fancy URL-rewriting scheme to prettify your >> | >> | URLs, you should put the files in a *different* directory from the >> | >> | virtual path where page names will appear. >> | >> | >> | >> | See: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL >> | >> >> +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > is not clear enough about not using 'wiki' in case of URL-rewriting/Short > URLs into 'wiki', and about 'wiki' being just an *example* of naming ? > > Alexis
It was changed in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/47298 to > Decompress the MediaWiki installation archive either on your server, or on > your > local machine and upload the directory tree. Rename it from "mediawiki-1.x.x" > to > something nice, like "wiki", since it will be appearing in your URL, > ie. /wiki/index.php/Article. > > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Note: If you plan to use a fancy URL-rewriting scheme to prettify your | > | URLs, such as http://www.example.com/wiki/Article, you should put the | > | files in a *different* directory from the virtual path where page names | > | will appear. It is common in this case to use w as the folder name and | > | /wiki/ as the virtual article path where your articles pretend to be. | > | | > | See: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL | > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Patches are welcome if that's still considered confusing. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
