[Mediawiki-l] Handler for file:// type URLs?

[Brierley, Mike]

Ok two answers that sort of conflict... 

Is it file:// or file:///

?

Mike Brierley


-----Original Message-----
From: Brion Vibber [mailto:brion at pobox.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Handler for file:// type URLs?

Brierley, Mike wrote:
> Would I use file:// for excel docs and word docs? And if so, could
> someone provide an example of how a link might look? (Code)
> I've tried this example and still do not get a working link.

You would use file: URLs to link to any file contained on a local 
filesystem or network drive. For instance if your office has Windows 
networking, and you want to reference the Excel file 
\\bigserver\spreadsheets\stuff.xls you would link like this:

...see file://bigserver/spreadsheets/stuff.xls ...
or
...see [file://bigserver/spreadsheets/stuff.xls the excel file]...

If the server is mapped to a drive letter (say S:) throughout your 
network you might do:
...see file://s|/spreadsheets/stuff.xls ...
...see [file://s|/spreadsheets/stuff.xls the excel file] ...

Note that some versions of Mozilla have disabled file: links in pages 
retrieved over HTTP for security. I don't know offhand what settings are

necessary to reenable it.

If you just want to link to a file you have uploaded to the wiki, use 
media links: [[Media:uploadedfile.xls]]

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