Manual:Short URL/wiki/Page title -- No Root Access, 1.13 alternative

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The setup has been changed around a little by the original contributor because their host, 1and1, needed it to go to index.php5 to show an article.

This setup works flawlessly on 1.13 and 1.14.

[edit] LocalSettings.php

First of all, remove all other code you've added from any other Short URL Setups (If you've done any).

Next, add the following code after $wgSitename = "my wiki site";

$wgUsePathInfo = false;
$wgArticlePath = "/wiki/$1";

[edit] .htaccess

Edit or add .htacces to the root folder (Not /w/), and replace with this code:

# rewrite rules to make default page the wiki and create pretty urls
Options FollowSymLinks Indexes
 
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^wiki/(.*)$ /w/index.php?title=$1 [PT,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^wiki(//+)?$ /wiki/ [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^/*$ /wiki/ [L]

[edit] If no skins are loading...

Everything above works beautifully, but if you're hosted on MediaTemple, you'll need to add the following to make your skins/css load:

$wgStylePath = 'http://www.yourdomain.com/real_install_path/skins';