HtaccessConfigInfo:Wikka

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.htaccess Configuration Documentation

applies to Wikka 1.1.6.0 (and 1.1.5.1 and 1.1.53)

Wikka on Apache

Wikka "assumes" it will be installed on an Apache web server. Although it's perfectly possible to install Wikka on other web servers (as long as PHP is installed), Wikka comes with a number of .htaccess configuration files for use with Apache. This page serves as an explanation of the function of these files and how they work.

Wikka on other web servers

With other web servers than Apache these files will generally be ignored: to implement their function you'll have to do your own configuration. The documentation on this page can serve as a guideline but we cannot directly help you configure Wikka for another web server.
Users running Wikka on other webservers than Apache are welcome to add documentation for that to this page or on a separate page on this site!

What is an .htaccess file?

The Apache web server is normally configured by means of a file called httpd.conf; this file can contain configuration directives for the server in general, as well as for specific directories and files. If you have installed your website (or Wikka) on a hosted server, you generally do not have access to your own httpd.conf file. A web host may allow their customers some configuration for their own sites though by enabling the use of .htaccess files in their own directories; many don't though. Not every kind of server configuration can be done via .htaccess - but a number of things can, and Wikka tries to take advantage of that. For instance, you can use it for some security, and to enable "pretty" (and more search-engine-friendly) URLs.

Wikka installs a number of .htaccess files. These will be effective only if:

Wikka is installed on an Apache server

The server is configured to allow the use of .htaccess files. (If not, you may try convincing your host to allow it for you, armed with the documentation on this page to convince them why it's important.)

.htaccess files distributed with Wikka

As of version 1.1.6.0 Wikka installs the following .htaccess files:

In the installation directory:

### STOP REFERRER SPAM
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer ".*(adultsite|picturesplace|learnthebiz|pi-o|erotica|ghettoinc|port5|bulk-email|camgirls|paris-hilton|modelos|kredit|handyflirt24|versicherung|wwww|erotower|krank|x-1000|flirtnet|blowjob|agedwife|in-the-vip|boysfirsttime|milf|captain-stabbin|tranny|Kontakt|erotik|fetish|frauen|hardcore|fick|krankenversicherung|jinnan-cross|8thstreet|xxx|XXX|ficken|fuck).*" BadReferrer

order deny,allow
deny from env=BadReferrer

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.*/[^\./]*[^/])$ $1/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ wikka.php?wakka=$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>

Version 1.1.5.1 and 1.1.5.3 had the same .htaccess file.

In a number of subdirectories (where [wikka] stands for the Wikka installation directory):

[wikka]/css/

[wikka]/images/

[wikka]/3dparty/plugins/freemind/

[wikka]/3dparty/plugins/wikiedit/

These all have the same content:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine off
</IfModule>

Version 1.1.5.1 and 1.1.5.3 do not have a 3rdparty directory; the corresponding .htaccess files are found in [wikka]/freemind/ and [wikka]/wikiedit2/.

The main .htaccess file

later

The .htaccess files in the subdirectories