Ok two answers that sort of conflict... Is it file:// or file:/// ? Mike Brierley -----Original Message----- From: Brion Vibber [mailto:brion@pobox.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:25 PM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Handler for file:// type URLs? Brierley, Mike wrote: You would use file: URLs to link to any file contained on a local filesystem or network drive. For instance if your office has Windows networking, and you want to reference the Excel file \\bigserver\spreadsheets\stuff.xls you would link like this: ...see file://bigserver/spreadsheets/stuff.xls ... or ...see [file://bigserver/spreadsheets/stuff.xls the excel file]... If the server is mapped to a drive letter (say S:) throughout your network you might do: ...see file://s|/spreadsheets/stuff.xls ... ...see [file://s|/spreadsheets/stuff.xls the excel file] ... Note that some versions of Mozilla have disabled file: links in pages retrieved over HTTP for security. I don't know offhand what settings are necessary to reenable it. If you just want to link to a file you have uploaded to the wiki, use media links: [[Media:uploadedfile.xls]] -- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com) Email Disclaimer: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/nav/misc/EmailDisclaimer.cfm