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Also updated the outdated piece about Math extension.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 e393631..891be73 100644 (file)
--- 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                   |
   +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+