I don't understand.
The file index.php is not visible to the internet (it's in a subdirectory
called mediawiki) and certainly won't be seen by anyone typing
wiki.1611kjb.org As I understand it, the standard is for a browser to look
for index.html and then default.html and those must be in the root
directory. I was under the impression that if I put a file called .htaccess
in the root directory for the website (i.e., /wiki.1611kjb.org), the browser
would follow that file. I found some directions on a website that implied I
should create the file with the following inside:
Redirect permanent /wiki.1611kjb.org/
http://wiki.1611kjb.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
But it doesn't work.
If I remove index.html, default.html and .htaccess from the root, then when
someone types in the domain name, they see my directory structure.
Consequently, how would I get a browser accessing my site to read a file
called index.php buried in a subdirectory (for that matter, if they could
see that file, I wouldn't need a redirect, they'd already be accessing the
file I'm trying to redirect to.
---Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: wikitech-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:wikitech-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Bilal Abdul
Kader
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 7:14 PM
To: Wikimedia developers
Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Redirect
use index.php
inside that file
<?php
header("Location:http://wiki.1611kjb.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Maiā¦
");
?>
bilal
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Praising Jesus <1611kjb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
This is more of a general setup question than
Wikimedia specific, but I'm
certain you folks will have an answer.
My domain is
1611kjb.org. I created a sub domain called
wiki.1611kjb.org
I want people, when they type in
wiki.1611kjb.org to be redirected to
http://wiki.1611kjb.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
For the moment, I am using an index.html file with a refresh in it, but
not
all browsers support that method. I have been trying
to do it with an
.htaccess file, but I can't seem to get it to work. The sight is hosted on
an Apache server running Linux with FrontPage Extensions activated.
What is the best way to get the redirect to happen correctly?
---Mike
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