Manual:Short URL/Abyss
This is how to configure Abyss Web Server X2 & MediaWiki Localsettings.php to produce MediaWiki Short URL
This is for Windows Operating System Users
Step 1 - Setting Up Abyss Web Server X2
edit- Log into Abyss Web Server X2 Console.
- Click configure on the host needed to configure.
- Click on URL Rewriting.
- Click the add button to add URL Rewriting Rule
- Check the check box to enable Rule.
- Set the type to global.
- For Virtual Path Regular Expression type:
^/wiki/(.*)$ - Do not check the check box to enable Case Sensitive.
- Add the following two Conditions.
- Variable: REQUEST_FILENAME, Condition: Is not a file
- Variable: REQUEST_FILENAME, Condition: Is not a directory
- Check the check box to enable Apply to subrequests.
- Chose If this rule matches Perform an internal redirection.
- Chose to Redirect to /wiki/index.php?title=$1
- Enabled the two check boxes
- Append Query String
- Escape Redirection
- Chose Next Action: Stop matching
- Click OK.
- Click Restart to to apply the modifications.
Step 2 - Editing LocalSettings.php
edit- Open Mediawiki localsettings.php and type
- Find and change the following settings or type them in if they do not exist:
$wgScriptPath = "/wiki"; // may already exist $wgArticlePath = "/wiki/$1"; // tells MediaWiki how IIS will be rewriting URLs $wgUsePathInfo = false; // mine was false you may have to set yours to true
and that's all now you have the MediaWiki Short URLs on my Abyss Web Server X2
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