On 06/12/2007, Ed Melendez <ed.melendez(a)pipelinefinancial.com> wrote: Sounds like a problem with either Apache or PHP not recognising "/" as a valid way to refer to parameters. I'm not sure what the config option is, but there's probably something you need to turn on in your apache config file (or possibly php.ini). (You'll probably be able to find it just by looking at the file, it might be there but commented out or something.)

I've tried using a rewrite rule, but (1) I couldn't find an example that exactly matches what I want, and (2) none of the ones I did try worked. I'm afraid I don't know enough about rewrite rules to properly troubleshoot why it isn't working. -Ed -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Schneelocke Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 17:01 To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Short URLs 2007/12/6, Ed Melendez <ed.melendez(a)pipelinefinancial.com>om>: Have you got any rewrite rules set in your .htaccess or httpd.conf? http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL has a bunch of info that you may find useful if not. -- schnee _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l Disclaimer: Any references to Pipeline performance contained herein are based on historic performance levels which Pipeline expects to maintain or exceed but nevertheless does not guarantee. Congested networks, price volatility, or other extraordinary events may impede future trading activities and degrade performance statistics.

I really must use the exact URL as stated previously, and the location of files is quite important as well. What accompanying changes have you made in you LocalSettings.php file. -Ed -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Schneelocke Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 17:16 To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Short URLs Hi Ed, that worked. Here's what I'm using: RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^wiki/?(.*)$ /w/index.php?title=$1 [L,QSA] The actual MediaWiki installation resides in /w/, while pretty URLs use /wiki/ (e.g. /wiki/Main_Page etc.). If having different directories there is OK for you, the above or some variation thereof should work. -- schnee _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l Disclaimer: Any references to Pipeline performance contained herein are based on historic performance levels which Pipeline expects to maintain or exceed but nevertheless does not guarantee. Congested networks, price volatility, or other extraordinary events may impede future trading activities and degrade performance statistics.

On 06/12/2007, Ed Melendez <ed.melendez(a)pipelinefinancial.com> wrote: What you're trying to do isn't short urls, short urls is where you don't have "index.php" in the url (well, I guess that's actually "pretty urls", but you wouldn't normally shorten urls without making them pretty). You shouldn't need any kind of rewrites. I think you just need to configure php/apache correctly.

Ed Melendez wrote: That url should directly work, and if it's available the installer usually autoconfigures it. The 404 comes from the server, so you need to configure apache. Try setting: AcceptPathInfo On