Just to follow up, all worked fine, fairly painless. Thanks again!
On Sunday, 22 November 2015, matt estela <[email protected]> wrote: > Heh, right, thanks for the tip! > > *takes deep breath, starts googling for rewrite rules* > > > > On 21 November 2015 at 23:44, John <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> 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] > <javascript:;>> 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
