pollwiki - area specific domain names

[Michael Allan]

It turns out this would be more difficult to implement than I'd hoped.
When the user was browsing around the wiki and the URL changed (as
when they left a given area's pages), so would the login state.  To
illustrate, these are all valid URLs for the pollwiki, but only the
first one shows me as logged in:

  http://zelea.com/w/Wiki:Main_page
  http://u.zelea.com/w/Wiki:Main_page
  http://obsidian.zelea.com/w/Wiki:Main_page

Maybe there's a way to do it with Apache URL rewriting, or something,
but it seems like a messy solution.  If a group really needs to have a
custom URL, then probably they should just deploy their own pollwiki:
http://zelea.com/project/outcast/dep.xht#mul

We don't support that yet, only because there's no firm demand.  Until
there is, we might just name the reference pollwiki after the group or
organization that's most active, helpful and valuable to us.

-- 
Michael Allan

Toronto, +1 416-699-9528
http://zelea.com/


Thomas von der Elbe wrote:
> Well, I realized, that even if the name-thing was possible, that there 
> is another hook: all the settings, the menue on the left, etc. are going 
> to be unchangeable for these organizations. Which makes it quite a bit 
> less attractive to them, I guess. I have to check this out first.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
> schrieb Michael Allan:
> > I like this idea, Thomas.  It's currently a high priority for me when
> > I return to Votorola full time, which I think will be sooner rather
> > than later.  The most I can do in the meantime however is an estimate
> > of feasibility, I cannot actually implement it.  I would rather wait a
> > few weeks and do it all at once (if feasible).  Could you wait that
> > long?  Or do you need an estimate now?
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > Michael Allan wrote:
> >> C's mention of Apache suggests a possible approach.  If there's
> >> something in Apache httpd that can force a subpath (wiki area) onto a
> >> custom domain name, maybe by redirection (e.g. 301 or 303), then it
> >> might work cleanly.  Even if the request used the standard name, the
> >> response (e.g. in address bar) would use the custom name.
> >>
> >> I don't know if such is available (or how it would play with
> >> MediaWiki), but I'll look into it shortly.  It could be useful in
> >> relieving pressure to set up separate pollwikis, which is something we
> >> don't want to support yet, for tech reasons.
> >>
> >> -- 
> >> Michael Allan
> >>
> >> Toronto, +1 416-699-9528
> >> http://zelea.com/
> >>
> >>
> >> conseo wrote:
> >>> Thomas von der Elbe wrote:
> >>>> Hello,
> >>> Hey T,
> >>>> does anyone know, if it is easily possible to run a part of a mediawiki
> >>>> under a different url? So a certain organization could have its own
> >>>> space there, reachable under their url-name?
> >>> I have posted to #votorola about this already. http://tomthe.rocketcat.info/
> >>> (1) is (sub)domain which points to Mike's IP. He might be able to configure
> >>> Apache so that it automatically resolves to a subpath of the Wiki. But as he
> >>> said, I am curious how far that will work out.
> >>>
> >>> c
> >>>
> >>> (1) afraid.org is pretty good dyndns service with wildcard support. The other
> >>> ones have turned to profits badly, so if you like to define a different
> >>> (sub)domain name for you, feel free to set it up. Recordtype A, IP of Mike is:
> >>> 206.248.142.179