I tried the "index.php?title=Main_Page" through alteration of the LocalSettings.php ($wgArticlePath = "{$wgScript}?title=$1";). The page works, but exactly once. Then every time I attempt to reload the page the browser. I've since discovered this problem only occurs in IE, I can access the site fine using Mozilla. It appears that the site is usable besides the odd IE problem (I may need restart to fix). However, there's another problem (there always is!).
I am currently stuck with the inability to create new accounts, or even login to my install-generated sysop account. I receive a " You have not specified a valid user name. " upon user creation or a " The password you entered is incorrect." error upon login.
Thanks for the help so far. -Bryan
PS - Below is a copy of the end of the .html output from the install script run on my site. The file ends on the last line copied. As I stated before, no </body> or </html> tags present.
>>>>START HTML>>>>>>>>>>
<p><i>Please include all of the lines below when reporting installation problems.</i></p>
<h2>Checking environment...</h2> <ul> <li>PHP 4.3.8: ok</li> <li><b class='error'>Warning:</b> <b>PHP's <tt><a href="http://php.net/register_globals">register_globals</a></tt> option is enabled.</b> MediaWiki will work correctly, but this setting increases your exposure to potential security vulnerabilities in PHP-based software running on your server. <b>You should disable it if you are able.</b></li> <li>PHP server API is cgi; using ugly URLs (<tt>index.php?title=Page_Title</tt>)</li> <li>Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support.</li> <li>PHP's <tt>memory_limit</tt> is 40M. <b>If this is too low, installation may fail!</b> </li> <li>Have zlib support; enabling output compression.</li> <li>Found GD graphics library built-in, image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads.</li> <li>Installation directory: <tt>/homepages/45/d95239576/htdocs/mwiki</tt></li> <li>Script URI path: <tt>/mwiki</tt></li>
>>>>END HTML>>>>>>>>>>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brion Vibber" brion@pobox.com To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" mediawiki-l@Wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 1:25 PM Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Incomplete install of 1.3.0... code dies
[snip] When using PHP as a CGI module, the index.php/Main_Page style URL *will not work* without additional configuration (such as setting up mod_rewrite). Try index.php?title=Main_Page
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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