http://ubuntuguide.org/index.php?title=Talk:MediaWiki_tips&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.15.1 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:59:00 GMT http://ubuntuguide.org/index.php?title=Talk:MediaWiki_tips&diff=28821&oldid=prev <p><span class="autocomment">virtual directory</span></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==virtual directory==<br /> <br /> article states that:<br /> *If you are using a virtual host server, make a symbolic link (named in this example ''mywiki'') from your /usr/share/mediawiki installation folder to your /var/www folder:<br /> sudo ln -s /usr/share/mediawiki /var/www/''mywiki''<br /> <br /> however, MediaWiki emphatically states this is ''not'' secure:<br /> *http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL#Recommended_how-to_guide_.28setup_used_on_Wikipedia.29 (emphasis in original)<br /> *'''Do not create this virtual directory and it should not exist in the web root folder!'''. This guide assumes that you have installed MediaWiki in &lt;tt&gt;/w/&lt;/tt&gt; folder relative to your web root as Wikipedia does, and not in &lt;tt&gt;/wiki/&lt;/tt&gt; folder.<br /> <br /> Why is this suggested here and should it be removed from the article?<br /> [[User:Xtgyal|Nikki]] 11:34, 5 December 2011 (UTC)<br /> <br /> :: What is your suggestion? [[User:Perspectoff|Perspectoff]] 03:57, 6 December 2011 (UTC)</div> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:57:38 GMT Perspectoff http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Talk:MediaWiki_tips