[pmwiki-users] CamelCaseToLowerCase in Router.php with Apache mod-rewrite module

[Carlos AB]

I don't any suggestions anymore but I can send you some stuff to read
an build upon from the list itself, here it is:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wiki.pmwiki.user/9145/
http://www.pmichaud.com/pipermail/pmwiki-users/2007-February/039280.html
http://pmichaud.com/pipermail/pmwiki-users/2009-October/055843.html
http://www.pmichaud.com/pipermail/pmwiki-users/2005-September/018599.html

Best Regards,

CarlosAB

On 5/11/10, Benoit St-Pierre <benbonben at gmail.com> wrote:
> Carlos,
>
> Here are the answers to your question:
>
>> What is your pmwiki version ?
>
> I don't know.  I installed it last December.  How can we tell?
>
>> Can we look your wiki site ?
>
> Of course: www.benoitstpierre.info/scid
>
>> Can we look at your .htaccess file?
>
> Here it is (I think it's pretty standard):
>
> # Use mod_rewrite to enable "Clean URLs" for a PmWiki installation
> # see http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/CleanUrls, method 1.
> RewriteEngine On
> # Define the rewrite base.
> RewriteBase /scid/
> # Send requests without parameters to pmwiki.php.
> RewriteRule ^$ pmwiki.php  [L]
> # Send requests for index.php to pmwiki.php.
> RewriteRule ^index\.php$ pmwiki.php  [L]
> # Send requests to pmwiki.php, appending the query string part.
> RewriteRule ^([A-Z0-9\xa0-\xff].*)$ pmwiki.php?n=$1  [QSA,L]
>
> # Don't rewrite requests for any files, directories, or symbolic
> # links (shortcuts) that exist on the filesystem.
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
>
>> What else have you included in config.php ?
>
> ## Skin
>
> $Skin = 'equilibrium';
> $SkinColor = 'dark-orange';
>
> ## Buttons
>
> $EnableGUIButtons = 0;
>
> ## Creole - http://www.wikicreole.org/ - A real study! I really like it!
>
> include_once("scripts/creole.php");
>
> ## Pagetoc ?
>
> include_once("$FarmD/cookbook/pagetoc.php");
>
> ## Preformatted lines - 1 space
>
> $EnableWSPre = 1;
>
> ## Wiki Words -- no
>
> $SpaceWikiWords = 0;
> $EnableWikiWords = 0;
>
> $MakePageNamePatterns = array(
>     "/'/" => '',						# strip single-quotes
>     "/[^[:alnum:]_-\\s]+/" => '',				# convert non-alnums to spaces
>     "/([\\w]+)/e" => "strtolower('$1')",			# make all lowercase
>     "/\\s+/" => '_'						# convert spaces to underscores
> );
> $GroupPattern = '[\\w]*(?:-\\w+)*';
> $NamePattern = '[\\w]*(?:-\\w+)*';
>
> I think that is all, but I can send you my file if you need so.
>
> NB.  I disabled $MakePageNamePatterns for people to have a look around.
>
>> Just tested it and for me it is not a great idea anymore,  maybe
>> others can help you better than me .
>
> What do you (or anyone) suggest?
>
>> why is it so popular? SEO?
>
> My own guess is that lowercase-and-hypens are just more readable, so
> more usable.  That's just a guess, based on my personal experience.  I
> also admit that I never was very fond of WikiCamelCase.  It's a neat
> trick, but only a trick.  Blogs win, so wiki users must adapt.  ;-)ùz
>