The funny URL is a hashed directory system; this is designed so that loads
of files don't end up in one folder.
You can turn this off from within the LocalSettings.php file
Regards,
Arthur Guy
arthur(a)astarsolutions.co.uk
a star solutions
www.astarsolutions.co.uk
Audio & Video Leads Adapters and Accessories
-----Original Message-----
From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org
[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of cefn.hoile(a)bt.com
Sent: 22 September 2005 16:55
To: mediawiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org
Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Uploaded files, URL addressing and file types
A few issues with uploading and addressing files.
First of all, I can't find a sensible way of addressing an uploaded file
as a URL. I seem to end up with bizarre urls, such as
http://myserver/images/e/eb/IST.jpg
Where what I really want is something like
http://myserver/uploads/IST.jpg
<http://myserver/mediawiki/uploads/IST.jpg>
without the random URL.
This means I can reliably refer to such files from the template or from
anywhere else, and then the versioning can look after serving up the
latest version of the file, and people can manage it as per normal
uploaded files.
Secondly, I'm confused as to why all uploaded files are treated as
images, when for our purposes, things like pdfs and other documents
uploaded by people would be really helpful, and as far as I can see,
this functionality is identical, but somehow there is an inbuilt
assumption that all files are images, in terms of the filter for file
upload, but also in all of the referencing syntax.
Glad of any suggestions.
Cefn
http://cefn.com
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