I have found out how to fix that.
Just add "http:" to the url protocols variable in LocalSettings.php:
$wgUrlProtocols = 'http:|http:\/\/|https:\/\/|ftp:\/\/|irc:\/\/|
gopher:\/\/|news:|mailto:';
Hi everybody,
I have a problem with external links after updating from 1.4.9. to
1.5.0.
With 1.4.9 it was possible to use a relative link within external
mediawiki-links like
[http:../../mypage/ MyHTML Page]
Mediawiki 1.4.9 converts this to http://<FQDN>/mypage/ (mypage is a
directory in the webserver document root), and I was able to link
to non-mediawiki page on the same server without using a FQDN in
the mediawiki-link. This has the big advantage that the FQDN could
change and the mediawiki content does not need to be updated.
But with 1.5.0 this syntax does not work anymore. It seems that an
external link MUST now start with http:// . My old links like
[http:../../mypage/ MyHTML Page]
are not shown as links anymore but as is.
[http:../../mypage/ MyHTML Page]
Does anybody know how I could use an external link to a page on the
same server (aka relative link) without using an absolute
http://<FQDN> ?
Or is there a way to go back to the 1.4.9 feature by small changes
in the sources of 1.5.0.