Plugin: 404
Author: Simon McVittie
Included in ikiwiki: yes
Enabled by default: no
Included in goodstuff: no
Currently enabled: yes
This plugin lets you use the IkiWiki CGI script as an Apache 404 handler, to give the behaviour of various other wiki engines where visiting a nonexistent page provides you with a link to create it.
To enable the 404 handler you need to:
- Edit your
.setupfile and add404to theadd_pluginsline. Add a 404 error document handler in your Apache configuration:
ErrorDocument 404 /url/path/to/ikiwiki.cgiWhere
/url/path/tois the path portion of the URL to theikiwiki.cgibinary.
This plugin might also be useful on non-Apache web servers, if they provide the
REDIRECT_STATUS and REDIRECT_URL environment variables to their 404 handlers.
REDIRECT_STATUS should be 404 and REDIRECT_URL should be the path
part of the URL (for instance it would be /plugins/404/ if this page was missing).
If you would like help with adapting this plugin for a different web server, you will need to provide the output of this 404 handler.