Manual:Short URL/Abyss

This is how to configure Abyss Web Server X2 & MediaWiki Localsettings.php to produce Mediawiki Short URL

This is for Windows Operating System Users

Log into Abyss Web Server X2 Console.

Click configure on the host needed to configure.

Click on URL Rewriting.

Click the add button to add URL Rewriting Rule

Check the check box to enable Rule.

Set the type to global.

For Virtual Path Regular Expression type 	 ^/wiki/(.*)$

Do not check the check box to enable Case Sensitive.

Chose these two Variable 	Operator options below for the Conditions.

REQUEST_FILENAME	Is not a file

REQUEST_FILENAME	Is not a directory

Check the check box to enable  Apply to subrequests.

Chose If this rule matches Perform an internal redirection.

Chose to Redirect to 	 /wiki/index.php?title=$1

Enabled the two check boxes

Append Query String

Escape Redirection

And finallyChose Next Action 	 Stop matching

Step 2

Open Mediawiki localsettings.php and type

$wgScriptPath = "/wiki";        # may already exist

$wgArticlePath = "/wiki/$1";    # tells MediaWiki how IIS will be rewriting URLs

$wgUsePathInfo = false;    # mine was false you may have to set yours to true

and that's all now you have the Mediawiki Short URLS on my Abyss Web Server X2

Navigate to your domain in you browser.