On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 23:29:43 +0200
Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo(a)wpkg.org> wrote:
With MediaWiki installed in the root of the
webserver, whenever a
visitors enters
http://server, he/she is automatically redirected to
http://server/index.php/Main_Page, and "Main_Page" is displayed.
Is it possible to configure Mediawiki, so that when a visitor enters
http://server, he sees MainPage, but in the address bar, he still sees
http://server (no, no frames etc., just display "Main_Page" when someone
enters
http://server)?
Yes, by using a .htaccess file. In your specific case, create this file
in the directory where index.php is in. Don't forget the starting dot in
the filename. Add the following lines to .htaccess :
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/?$ /index.php?title=Main_Page [L,QSA]
ps: If you would have installed mediawiki in a subdir, it should look like this:
RewriteRule ^/?$ /thesubdirectoryofmediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page [L,QSA]
ps: Apache need to have mod_rewrite enabled, and .htaccess enabled too.
Instead of using .htaccess files, you can also edit the main Apache
configuration files if you have access to it.