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diff --git a/doc/plugins/404.mdwn b/doc/plugins/404.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ad332ee04 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/plugins/404.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[[!template id=plugin name=404 author="[[Simon_McVittie|smcv]]"]] +[[!tag type/useful]] + +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 achieve this, put something like this in the wiki's Apache configuration +file: + + ErrorDocument 404 /ikiwiki.cgi + +(The path here needs to be whatever the path is to the ikiwiki.cgi from +the root of your web server.) + +Or put something like this in the wiki's Lighttpd (>=1.4.17) configuration file: + + server.error-handler-404 = "/ikiwiki.cgi" + + |