Heh, right, thanks for the tip! *takes deep breath, starts googling for rewrite rules*
On 21 November 2015 at 23:44, John <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
