On 25 Apr 2006, at 2:44 AM, Brion Vibber wrote:
Christiaan Briggs wrote:
Out of curiosity, can anyone explain why this is so difficult in the first place? Why can't it just be set to do this 'out of the box'? I assume there's a good reason for it.
Because every web server has a different way of doing it and it requires that *you* change *your* web server's configuration files.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
Okay, so putting it another way, could a similar system to that used in Wordpress ever be implemented, or is MediaWiki designed in such a way that it will always require configuration of the web server in this regard?
Christiaan