From: Platonides Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 22:42:31 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Improve description of paths/urls in the INSTALL file. X-Git-Tag: 1.31.0-rc.0~20779^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.cyclocoop.org/%24image?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cb303480841f160c4f11fb394ca622e8168a08cd;p=lhc%2Fweb%2Fwiklou.git Improve description of paths/urls in the INSTALL file. Based on the thread http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki/40991 Also updated the outdated piece about Math extension. Change-Id: Ia778489d061d8cdfd589ebe5202152f8207530e5 --- diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index e393631d5c..891be73425 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ If your PHP is configured as a CGI plug-in rather than an Apache module you may experience problems, as this configuration is not well tested. safe_mode is also not tested and unlikely to work. -If you want math support see the instructions in math/README +Support for rendering mathematical formulas requires installing the Math extension, +see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math Don't forget to check the RELEASE-NOTES file... @@ -45,12 +46,15 @@ In-place web install Decompress the MediaWiki installation archive either on your server, or on your local machine and upload the directory tree. Rename it from "mediawiki-1.x.x" to -something nice, like "wiki", since it'll be in your URL. +something nice, like "wiki", since it will be appearing in your URL, +ie. /wiki/index.php/Article. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - | Hint: If you plan to use a fancy URL-rewriting scheme to prettify your | - | URLs, you should put the files in a *different* directory from the | - | virtual path where page names will appear. | + | Note: If you plan to use a fancy URL-rewriting scheme to prettify your | + | URLs, such as http://www.example.com/wiki/Article, you should put the | + | files in a *different* directory from the virtual path where page names | + | will appear. It is common in this case to use w as the folder name and | + | /wiki/ as the virtual article path where your articles pretend to be. | | | | See: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+