Manual:Short URL/wiki/Page title -- Windows with IIS7--root access


 * 1) Install the IIS URL Rewrite Module 2.0:
 * 2) Download appropriate 32bit or 64bit IIS Rewrite Module from Microsoft:
 * 3) * (x86): 32bit Rewrite Module from Microsoft (Version 2: download)
 * 4) * (x64): 64bit Rewrite Module from Microsoft (Version 2: download)
 * 5) Install on the host server by running the downloaded .msi file
 * 6) Create a rewrite rule:
 * 7) Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
 * 8) Select the site that contains the MediaWiki installation
 * 9) Select "URL Rewrite" within the IIS Area group features
 * 10) Click "Add Rules..." (on the right-hand "Actions" panel)
 * 11) Select "Blank Rule" and click "OK" (displays the Edit Rule pane)
 * 12) Enter a unique name for the rule (e.g. WikiShortURLStd)
 * 13) Set the "Requested URL" drop down to "Matches the pattern"
 * 14) Set the "Using" drop down to "Regular Expressions"
 * 15) Enter ^wiki/(.*)$ in the "Pattern" field -- no leading slash (i.e. "wiki/" not "/wiki/"!)
 * 16) Don't add any conditions
 * 17) Set the "Action Type" drop down to "Rewrite"
 * 18) Enter w/index.php?title={UrlEncode:{R:1}} in the "Rewrite URL" field
 * 19) * (Where w is the http document path of your MediaWiki installation (e.g. www.example.com/w))
 * 20) Leave the "Append query string" check box as checked
 * 21) Press Apply (on the right-hand "Actions" panel)
 * 22) Edit the appropriate path configurations in your LocalSettings.php file:
 * $wgScriptPath = "/w"; The directory under your document root where MediaWiki is installed
 * $wgArticlePath = "/wiki/$1"; This is the rewritten URL
 * $wgUsePathInfo = true;