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<p>Bilby: /* Comments */ Yay, it worked!</p> <hr /> <div>nocaaccae<br /> ==Navigation==<br /> {{web software|MediaWiki}}: [[MediaWiki customization|customization]]: [[shortening MediaWiki URLs]]{{sidebar|__TOC__}}<br /> ==Overview==<br /> The most reliable method seems to be the mod_rewrite, which requires access to either httpd.conf or requires particular handling options for .htaccess to be switched on (fortunately, they usually seem to be). Failing that, another method is:<br /> * [[using error handlers to tidy MediaWiki URLs]]<br /> <br /> Some additional methods are documented [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Eliminating_index.php_from_the_url here].<br /> ==Using mod_rewrite==<br /> This is probably documented elsewhere, but this is what actually worked on a shared server without root access or a shell.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> First, the .htaccess file needs to include:<br /> {{quoteon}}<br /> :&amp;lt;IfModule [[mod_rewrite]].c&amp;gt;<br /> ::RewriteEngine on<br /> ::<br /> ::RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f<br /> ::RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d<br /> ::RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L,QSA]<br /> :&amp;lt;/IfModule&amp;gt;<br /> {{quoteoff}}<br /> <br /> Second, modify LocalSettings.php:<br /> :$wgScriptPath = '';<br /> :wgArticlePath = $wgScriptPath.'/$1';<br /> <br /> This assumes MediaWiki is installed in the root of the www pages, e.g. &lt;nowiki&gt;http://yourdomain.com/Main_Page&lt;/nowiki&gt; is the wiki's main page; if you have it in a subfolder, e.g. &lt;nowiki&gt;http://yourdomain.com/wiki/Main_Page&lt;/nowiki&gt;, then:<br /> <br /> :$wgScriptPath = '/wiki';<br /> <br /> Then do ?action=purge on any page to test it. Internal links on existing pages will convert to the new URLs any time they are saved or purged.<br /> <br /> The above seems to work for everything (including editing) without breaking old-style URLs.<br /> <br /> This method is also documented here, with some minor changes: http://wiki.welldesignedurls.org/Clean_Urls_for_MediaWiki<br /> <br /> Wish list:<br /> * proper handling of page named [[.htaccess]] (click on that for a demonstration of the problem)<br /> * ability to have the wiki installed in a subdirectory while still making it appear to be in the domain's root folder<br /> <br /> ==Comments==<br /> Please feel free to post comments here or on the Talk page if you try any of these procedures.<br /> <br /> -------------------------<br /> 6/23/2007: I used your .htaccess and then set ''$wgArticlePath = &quot;$wgScriptPath/$1&quot;;''. This way the forwarding works regardless of what directory the wiki is located in. In my case it was ''/wiki''. --Jordan Mendler ({{email|jmendler|ucla|edu}})<br /> -------------------------<br /> 12/02/2007: Method worked fine, using Jordan Mendler's modification to allow for my ''/wiki'' subdirectory. You should post this on mediawiki's [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL Manual:Short URL] page, as they do not have this solution listed and it seems simpler and possibly less bug-prone then other methods. --Adam Burley (AKA Bilby) (bilbyATdigitalcaveDOTorg)<br /> -------------------------</div>

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