====== Mediawiki Tips ======

   * [[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki]]

=====  using very short URLs =====

a good page to start: [[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Using_a_very_short_URL]]; configuration below tested with Apache 2.0.x on Debian Sarge and Mediwiki 1.6.x.

**''/etc/apache/sites/site.conf''**
   <Virtualhost IP>
      .....
      RewriteEngine On
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(stylesheets|images|skins|data)/
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(redirect|texvc|index).php
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/error/(40(1|3|4)|500).html
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/favicon.ico
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/robots.txt
      RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L,QSA]
      
   </Virtualhost IP>


**''LocalSettings.php''**
   $wgScriptPath       = "";
   $wgScript           = "$wgScriptPath/index.php";
   $wgRedirectScript   = "$wgScriptPath/redirect.php";
   $wgArticlePath      = "/$1";