VaultWiki: Server Settings

This setting group from the vBulletin options will allow the Administrator to change important configuration settings for VaultWiki.

Turn on the Wiki

From time to time, you may want to turn your wiki off to the public while you perform maintenance, update versions, etc.

Selecting 'Yes' will Enable the wiki.
Selecting 'No' will Disable the wiki.

When the wiki is Disabled, users in the Administrator usergroup will still be able to browse the wiki. Other visitors will see an error message stating that the wiki is temporarily unavailable.

Wiki Base URL

Even though VaultWiki's files must stored in your forum directory, VaultWiki allows Administrators to change the path to the wiki that visitors see.

For example, normally your wiki URL may look like:
http://www.example.com/forums/wiki

This setting allows you to modify the path:
http://www.example.com/wiki

However, the setting value shouldn't have a trailing slash (http://www.example.com/) or include parts like /wiki, because both will automatically be added by the script.

Note this setting only affects the URLs that the wiki creates when linking from page to page. In order for your server to recognize these URLs, you will still need to make changes to your server's .htaccess files, in both the forum and document root directories.

Filename of the Wiki PHP File

Even though the file that servers VaultWiki pages is called showwiki.php, the wiki filename can be changed using this setting.

Never physically rename showwiki.php in your forum directory. Instead, when this setting value changes, you should update your server's .htaccess files as discussed in Configuring .htaccess.

When the Simplify Wiki Links option is also enabled, this setting value will be used as the wiki directory name.

REQUEST Title Variable

The REQUEST Title Variable is the part of the URL that points to the wiki page a visitor is trying to view.

Consider the URL: http://www.example.com/showwiki.php?title=page

In this case, 'title' is the REQUEST variable that points to a specific page. This setting allows Administrators to change 'title' to something else.

When this setting value changes, you should update your server's .htaccess files as discussed in Configuring .htaccess.

When the Simplify Wiki Links option is also enabled, this part of the URL will not be visible to users.

Replace Spaces in URLs

VaultWiki encodes whitespace characters when creating URLs to wiki pages. This setting allows you to select what character will replace whitespace characters: +, -, or _.

If you have already created some articles and you change this value, you will need to visit CES VaultWiki > Wiki URL Manager and click '[Rebuild Page URLs]'.

Enable Link Caching

VaultWiki attempts to track certain links between wiki pages, like redirects and template inclusions. When this setting is enabled, VaultWiki will track all wiki-related links throughout your forum.

The more posts your forum has, the more intensive tracking this information can be. If you have a forum with a lot of posts, you may consider turning link caching off.

When link caching is disabled, certain Special pages, like Special:Whatlinkshere, will not be available.