[pmwiki-users] Installation question by newbie

[Hagan Fox]

Doug O'Harra <doharra <at> gci.net> writes:
> 

> I installed pmwiki on my website in its own pmwiki directory/folder inside
> the www folder. It appears to work great and I started to customize. I can
> load my nascent pmwiki homepage from www.mywebsite.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php
> with no problem.
> 
> Then, following installation directions, I created an index.php file with
> the code:
> 
> <?php include_once("pmwiki.php");
> ?>
> 
> If I keep file index.php inside the www.mywebsite.com/pmwiki folder and
> enter url www.mywebsite.com/pmwiki/index.php, it loads the newest version of
> the homepage with the latest customized configuration. Identical to what
> gets loaded by www.mywebsite.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php. Just as you'd expect. (I
> think.)
> 
> However, if I move that index.php file inside the www directory/folder where
> it can serve as a default for my website[...]

It sounds like what your are trying to do is:

   Shortening or Altering the Path and Eliminating "pmwiki.php"

See http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/CleanUrls#index_file .

Hagan