Yeah rewrite rules are all that is really needed, along with updating the directory path and site name
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 7:37 AM, matt estela <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a mediawiki named 'mayawiki' at, funnily enough > > http://www.tokeru.com/mayawiki/ > > The 'Maya' part of the name is the 3d software I mainly used in my day > job. I started dabbling in another 3d app called Houdini, but that > dabbling has become a full-time switch, making the wiki name a bit > silly. > > I'd like to change it so that the new name is > > http://www.tokeru.com/cgwiki/ > > (cg = computer graphics, to protect myself against any future flights > of fancy...) > > I've done some reading, seems easy enough to move the folder, update > the wiki internal name. What I haven't been able to find is tips on > minimising site disruption. Ideally old links would work, but would > redirect them to the new url with a warning to update their bookmarks, > and after x weeks turn off the old site. > > Any guides on that process, or MW plugins that could help? Or is this > venturing into scary waters of apache rewrite rules? > > Cheers, > > -matt > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
