What do I need to do to make
http://mywiki/ go to
http://mywiki/mediawiki-1.6.10/index.php/Main_Page
Do I need to use mod_rewrite ?
I basically want to do what happens when you type
http://en.wikipedia.org/
and get
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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On Sep 3, 11:44 am, Davide Bianchi
wrote:
> On 2007-09-03, David Johnson
>
>
>
> > What do I need to do to make
>
> >http://mywiki/go to
> >http://mywiki/mediawiki-1.6.10/index.php/Main_Page
>
> > Do I need to use mod_rewrite ?
>
> You can, or you can simply put an index.html in the root directory
> to do the redirect.
>
> Davide
>
> --
> I'm a geek with a journalism degree. I suppose that makes me overqualified
> for a job with ZDNet. Darn.
> -- From a Slashdot.org post
not sure if my ast post worked, google for "human readable urls" make
sure the right HTTP status codes are returned, (not just the right
response body but also the headers) make sure you are comfortable
writing a php request_url handler/controller script.
* shimmyshack wrote:
> On Sep 3, 11:44 am, Davide Bianchi
> wrote:
>> On 2007-09-03, David Johnson
>>
>>
>>
>>> What do I need to do to make
>>> http://mywiki/go to
>>> http://mywiki/mediawiki-1.6.10/index.php/Main_Page
>>> Do I need to use mod_rewrite ?
>> You can, or you can simply put an index.html in the root directory
>> to do the redirect.
>>
>> Davide
>>
>> --
>> I'm a geek with a journalism degree. I suppose that makes me overqualified
>> for a job with ZDNet. Darn.
>> -- From a Slashdot.org post
>
> not sure if my ast post worked, google for "human readable urls" make
> sure the right HTTP status codes are returned, (not just the right
> response body but also the headers) make sure you are comfortable
> writing a php request_url handler/controller script.
>
I just created an index.html containing:
* David Johnson wrote:
> * shimmyshack wrote:
>> On Sep 3, 11:44 am, Davide Bianchi
>> wrote:
>>> On 2007-09-03, David Johnson
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> What do I need to do to make
>>>> http://mywiki/go to
>>>> http://mywiki/mediawiki-1.6.10/index.php/Main_Page
>>>> Do I need to use mod_rewrite ?
>>> You can, or you can simply put an index.html in the root directory
>>> to do the redirect.
>>>
>>> Davide
>>>
>>> --
>>> I'm a geek with a journalism degree. I suppose that makes me overqualified
>>> for a job with ZDNet. Darn.
>>> -- From a Slashdot.org post
>> not sure if my ast post worked, google for "human readable urls" make
>> sure the right HTTP status codes are returned, (not just the right
>> response body but also the headers) make sure you are comfortable
>> writing a php request_url handler/controller script.
>>
>
> I just created an index.html containing:
>
>
Is that bad?!
> What do I need to do to make
> http://mywiki/ go to
> http://mywiki/mediawiki-1.6.10/index.php/Main_Page
> Do I need to use mod_rewrite ?
Need? No. Will it work? I don't know, but this looks simpler.
Line in .htaccess:
DirectoryIndex mediawiki-1.6.10/index.php/Main_Page
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