

These methods require that you have access to the server configuration. will still have index.php unless $wgActionPaths are defined. URL like - /wiki/Page_titleĪctions such as edit, view history, etc. To help others find out which Short URL methods really work, after trying each method please edit the page and increase the "worked" or "didn't_work" numbers for that guide and make a brief (or long, your choice) description on what went wrong by clicking the link on your number. Keep it simple, readable, short, with a separate page per separate solution. When each unique solution has its own page, readers can skip complexity they do not want. Please use a sensible name for the page, one that fits in with the below names. These will eventually be deleted one by one as our official guides above are created for different webservers.Īnyone is welcome to create a how-to solution page and list it below. Other how-to mini-guides These guides are old and are almost entirely bad advice.
SHORTEN URL AND RENAME IT SOFTWARE
If you don't know what server software you are using, then it is most likely Apache. Pick your web server's configuration from this list. Our official guides for short URL configuration for different web servers. Any host that doesn't offer you this feature is not worth your money. However, as every widely used webserver is capable of being configured to use short URLs, most paid web hosting services should support this feature.


(recent versions of MediaWiki, without CGI support) (recent versions of MediaWiki, with CGI support) MediaWiki's default page addresses looks like these examples: var/www/html/mediawiki (installed as root user) /home/johndoe/public_html/mediawiki (installed with a shared hosting provider) The default MediaWiki installation path looks like this: Please take a few minutes to devise a stable URL structure for your website before getting started, to reduce problems later. Short URLs or URL Rewrites hide php file extensions from the page address.
