Something to consider: regardless of which (if any) of those options you
pick, the contents of the documents will not be findable via the built in
mediawiki search feature.
Of course, if you already know that, have a solution, or don't care, please
disregard :)
-- Jim
On 4/6/07, Ian Smith <ismith(a)good.com> wrote:
Dave Sigafoos:
Thanks for that. I didn't mention all the bits I had read and FAQ
was
one of those items. I believe we tried this but
will check with the
other leader when they get in.
But as I said, you may find the browser ignores file:///// links anyhow,
for security.
You mentioned ..
>This is a tricky thing to fix, as many browsers will ignore these
links
anyway; your best bet is to place the files
somewhere the web server
(or
some web server) can see them, and then use http:
links rather than
file: links.
If these files are on the server then http will be able to see them?
And launch correctly? Not sure I understand this but will look at it.
If you upload the files into the Wiki then you can link to them with
internal links.
If you place them under a different directory under your web server's
document root then linking to them with http:// should work, and they
should download/launch like any docs off the net. So if your Wiki
address is
http://myserver/mediawiki/Main_Page, and it lives in
c:\Web_Server\mediawiki, then you could place a document in
c:\Web_Server\files\Stuff.doc, and link to it as
http://myserver/files/Stuff.doc.
Or place them on another web server, same deal.
If your files have to live somewhere else on your system, then you
should be able to make your web server include them in its virtual tree.
For example, I have files in d:/CodeView that I want to make available
via http:// links, and my http.conf contains this:
# CodeView directory.
Alias /CodeView D:/CodeView
<Directory "D:/CodeView">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
and I can access them as
http://myserver/CodeView/...
Cheers,
Ian
(Seems like you're treading the same path I did... ;-)
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