Topic on Manual talk:Short URL/Apache

• MediaWiki 1.23
• Apache 2.4.9
• MySQL 5.6.17
• PHP 5.5.12

To duplicate:

1. Go to http://shorturls.redwerks.org/
2. Enter this URL: http://www.gregariousjb.com/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page
   • Error: Encountered invalid XML while trying to find the API
3. Enter this URL: http://www.gregariousjb.com/mediawiki/index.php/
   • Error: Sorry, this does not look like a wiki.
4. Enter this URL: http://www.gregariousjb.com/mediawiki/
   • (Massive 403 "Forbidden" error that fills the screen)

If it helps, I'm hosting it on my own computer using WAMP, and a DNS host record via Namecheap.com. However, using only my IP gives me the same error.

On a side note, the http://shorturls.redwerks.org/ website can easily be made more informative. An example URL near the form would tell us how the URL might look and what we need to include. Also, you're playing with fire when you write three large paragraphs of text instead of short, concise instructions in a numbered list. The same can be said of the Manual:Short_URL/Apache page. It's really long and confusing.

Your site isn't available at the moment so I can't debug the errors.

The first error typically happens when your site outputs PHP errors/notices due to something broken in an extension or your settings file.

I've added a placeholder to the url input in the dev version, I'll look into improving the page tomorrow, then deploy it.