[Mediawiki-l] How do I .... link to "file://"

[Brion Vibber]

On Nov 11, 2004, at 10:22 AM, Edmunds, Dave wrote:
> I'm trying to build a wiki application for internal use. I want build a
> page with an external link to a file (ie a file:// not an http:// 
> link).

Before you do anything else, make an HTML file that includes a file: 
link, and put it on your web server. Load it up in all the web browsers 
that you might expect to be in use internally, and confirm that the 
link actually works.

For security reasons, many current browsers don't allow file: links 
from web pages. It may require special configuration to get them 
working, or it may just not be possible.

> I can't find a way to do that in MediaWiki? Is it possible?

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ

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-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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