[pmwiki-users] stylesheet not loading properly using CleanUrl

[Patrick R. Michaud]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 01:27:32AM -0600, Matt Vance wrote:
> I have been wanting to switch to PmWiki version 2.x for a while now. I 
> think I've ironed out most of the kinks, but the URL rewriting has been 
> holding me back.
> 
> Under 1.x, everything was working fine, using the following wiki.html file:
> 
>   <?php chdir("/home/myhome/public_html/pmwiki"); include("pmwiki.php"); ?>
> 
> I tried changing it to the following:
> 
>   <?php chdir("/home/myhome/public_html/pmwiki2x"); 
> include("pmwiki.php"); ?>
> 
> When I then try visiting a /wiki URL, the stylesheet doesn't get loaded 
> properly. It still loads fine, if I visit the pmwiki2x/ URL though. What 
> am I missing?

You probably need to set an explicit value for $PubDirUrl,
otherwise PmWiki cannot compute one from the /wiki url.

> p.s. - The Cookbook/CleanUrls page gets my vote for the most confusing 
> page on the pmwiki.org site. It could really use some editing/rewriting 
> from someone who truly understands the intricacies of rewriting.

I agree -- rewriting that page has been on my to-do list for some time.  
Part of the issue is that there are so many different ways to accomplish it,
and many people have been adding/revising it with their own "better"
versions and opinions of how they think it ought to be done.

Pm