Snippets:Short URL

Short URL

To shorten the URL requires commands in the .htaccess file which match a configuration in the LocalSettings.php file.

Source: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/wiki/Page_Title_--_.htaccess

The matching configuration in LocalSettings.php is:-

$wgScriptPath  = "/w";
$wgArticlePath = "/wiki/$1";

The result is a 'Short URL'.

This will suit most installations of MediaWiki, and is therefore most common - MediaWiki-based websites usually have /wiki/ in the URL.

Uniform Resource Locator A web address including the protocol and domain followed by the path to a specific webpage.

A file in the /w directory which contains the configuration settings for the MediaWiki site