Re: (Long) Rewrite Rules for Wiki (was Re: Wiki)

On Thursday 03 March 2005 11:42 am, Randy Kramer wrote:
> http://www.abisource.com/WebHome
>
> (to be rewritten as:
>
> http://www.abisource.com/twiki/bin/edit/Abiword/WebHome)

Oops: "edit" should be "view" in the previous line.

On the premise that this is a workable approach, I've tried writing a rewrite
rule. I think this will work--can anyone with more knowledge of rewrite
rules vet this?

RewriteRule ^/([A-Z]\w*)$ /twiki/bin/view/$1

I think the required boiler plate ahead of that rule might include:

RewriteEngine On

 # from one source "this needs to be set to allow the URL manipulation"
 Options +FollowSymlinks

# Logging, especially for troubleshooting (adjust parameters appropriately)
RewriteLog /var/log/apache/rewrite.log
RewriteLogLevel 9

RewriteRule ^/([A-Z]\w*)$ /twiki/bin/view/$1

# I don't know if we need this, or if it should be before the RewriteRule.
From one explanation: "the directory the manipulations will take place
on" (adjust the directory appropriately)
RewriteBase /

I understand that these commands can be in either the .httpd.conf file or in
(the appropriate) .htaccess file.

Caveat: I don't know what I'm doing here--I hope someone can look over my
shoulder and confirm (or fix) these, or that Hubert has had enough experience
to know how to handle rewrite rules.

regards,
Randy Kramer
Received on Fri Mar 4 15:18:27 2005