{"id":3074,"date":"2014-01-21T15:19:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T15:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2014\/01\/21\/change-url\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:04:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:04:25","slug":"change-url","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/mediawiki\/change-url\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing your URL in MediaWiki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mediawiki_before-changing-url.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mediawiki_before-changing-url.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"Image of MediaWiki before changing URL\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mediawiki_before-changing-url.png 624w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mediawiki_before-changing-url-300x224.png 300w\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p>In this tutorial we will show you how to <strong>change your URL in Mediawiki<\/strong>. This is useful when testing your site on a <strong>Shared SSL<\/strong>, or when you want to modify your <em>domain name<\/em>. It will be accomplished by editing the <strong>LocalSettings.php<\/strong> file. For this article I am changing the URL from: <em>https:\/\/example.com\/mediawiki<\/em> to: <em>https:\/\/secure49.inmotionhosting.com\/~userna99\/mediawiki<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"alert\" style=\"color: red;\">You must already have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/mediawiki\/how-to-install-mediawiki-on-your-domain\/\">MediaWiki installed<\/a> before attempting this guide.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Change your URL:<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/mediawiki\/edit-format-mediawiki-content\/\">editor<\/a> of your choice, navigate to the <strong>LocalSettings.php<\/strong> file in the folder you installed MediaWiki.<\/li>\n<li>Locate the line of code that begins with <strong>$wgServer<\/strong>. By default, it will look similar to this:\n<pre>$wgServer = \"https:\/\/example.com\";<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Change the domain to your new URL, and save your settings. In my test I am using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/ssl\/how-does-the-shared-ssl-work\/\">shared SSL<\/a>, it will look similar to this after:\n<pre>$wgServer = \"https:\/\/secure49.inmotionhosting.com\";<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Next, in your <strong>LocalSettings.php<\/strong> locate the line beginning with <strong>$wgScriptPath<\/strong>, it may look similar to this by default:\n<pre>$wgScriptPath = \"\/mediawiki\";<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Enter the new folder location if it is changing. For example:\n<pre>$wgScriptPath = \"\/~userna99\/mediawiki\";<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Save your changes, and test the website. You may have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/how-to-clear-browser-cache-for-major-browsers\/\">clear your browser cache<\/a> before seeing the changes.<br>\n<a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mediawiki_after-changing-url.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-13190\" title=\"MediaWiki on Temp URL\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mediawiki_after-changing-url.png\" alt=\"MediaWiki after changing URL\" width=\"588\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mediawiki_after-changing-url.png 588w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mediawiki_after-changing-url-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Congratulations, now you know how to <em>change<\/em> your <strong>Mediawiki URL<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial we will show you how to change your URL in Mediawiki. 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