[Mediawiki-l] Howto "Include" files from local webserver directory?

Mon May 16 16:24:55 UTC 2005

You should be able to use a normal wiki HTTP link like this: [
http://example.com/files/big_file.iso The Big ISO]

--Ben

On 5/14/05, Matt England <mengland at mengland.net> wrote:
> 
> Alternatively, is there a way I can make an external reference to a file
> URL on the same web server where my wiki resides?
> 
> eg, if my wiki is at
> 
> http://example.com/wiki/
> 
> and my big file is at:
> 
> http://example.com/files/big_file.iso
> 
> ...then how might a make a reference akin to:
> 
> <a href="/files/big_file.iso">big_file.iso</a>
> 
> in my wiki content such that if/when I port my server to a new
> domain/base-url reference that the references will still work?
> 
> -Matt
> 
> 
> At 5/14/2005 09:33 AM, Matt England wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have large (eg, greater then 10MB, sometimes hundreds of MB) files that
> >I wish to put under MediaWiki's "control" in the /images directory and
> >have them accessible via [[Media:]] and [[Image:]] links.
> >
> >However, rather then using the /wiki/Special:Upload mechanism, I'd much
> >rather upload using better upload mechanisms then just my web browser
> >(like sftp) because these other mechanisms have much better file-control
> >(eg, pause and resume), upload-status, and time-remaining-display
> >capabilities. The pure-web-upload stuff has little if any display/control
> >for these things, and it's almost impossible to tell if the upload is 
> working.
> >
> >To this end, I'd like to be able to sftp upload to a local directory on 
> my
> >web server (which I can do), and then point MediaWiki at a "local" file 
> on
> >my (web) server and quickly import the file into "MediaWiki" control that 
> way.
> >
> >Is this possible? How can I do this from a MediaWiki web page, or must I
> >go through some cmdline (on the server) interface (which is fine for 
> now)?
> >
> >Thanks for any help,
> >-Matt
> >
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