Thanks, that's what I suddenly just realised too (hence the smacking myself in the forehead) :P
So I'm guessing the best thing to do is either contact the owners of the sites with bad links and getting them to change them (if the sites are still updated) is my best option. Thanks for your help! On 11 August 2013 13:00, Tom Hutchison [via Wikimedia] < [email protected]> wrote: > The site is redirecting just fine. > > You said: > >>>I have recently moved my wiki from > >>>http://www.knitting-and.com/wiki to http://www.knitting-and.com/w and > want > >>>the entries to still show at http://www.knitting-and.com/wiki > > They are and all short URL work fine. I am guessing from your original > statement, you changed directories. > > http://www.knitting-and.com/wiki/Main_Page and any short URL I browse > to. > > I believe you're thinking wiki/index.php?.... instead of > w/index.php?.... > > Since you changed your directory from /wiki to /w, the long URLs are > now... > > http://www.knitting-and.com/w/index.php?title=Main_Page and it works > just fine. /wiki is a rewritten fake directory now, it doesn't really > exist. > > If you call /wiki/index.php?.... whatever, anything after the ? is > truncated and index.php shows up as a 404, uncreated article. This > behavior is correct. Rewrite is parsing and preforming correctly as far > as I can tell. Even &action=edit shows me the source of a page. > > Tom > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [hidden email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5011010&i=0> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://wikimedia.7.x6.nabble.com/Need-Help-with-Short-URLs-tp5010861p5011010.html > To unsubscribe from Need Help with Short URLs, click > here<http://wikimedia.7.x6.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=5010861&code=a25pdHRpbmdhbmRAZ21haWwuY29tfDUwMTA4NjF8LTE1MDMzNzQ2MDg=> > . > NAML<http://wikimedia.7.x6.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > -- Knitting and crafts - online for over 17 years! http://knitting-and.com Craft videos http://youtube.com/knittingand Cooking videos http://youtube.com/thevintagekitchen -- View this message in context: http://wikimedia.7.x6.nabble.com/Need-Help-with-Short-URLs-tp5010861p5011011.html Sent from the WikiMedia General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
