WikkaWiki Numerals
August 27, 2009 10:38 AM   Subscribe

WikkaWiki question: Is there a workaround to the 'page names must begin with a letter' stipulation? More inside.

I have WikkaWiki v 1.1.6.7 running on my domain and all is good.

When I try to create a new page that begins with a number,

e.g:
mydomain.com/wiki/1
or
mydomain.com/wiki/1/edit

I get the following error:

'This page name is invalid. Valid page names must start with a letter and contain only letters and numbers.'

Is there a workaround for this? I'd like to create pages that start with numbers, and also pages that are numbers-only.

Thank you.
posted by yegga to Computers & Internet (3 answers total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: poster's request -- jessamyn

 
Here's your workaround: Name the pages One, Two, Three instead of 1, 2, 3. You're welcome.
posted by torquemaniac at 10:53 AM on August 27, 2009


An alternative to torquemaniac's suggestion is to add a prefix like "N12321321312" & "N1" or an intelligible prefix if you like. Spelling out numbers doesn't really scale.
posted by Wood at 12:02 PM on August 27, 2009


How about using the letter "p" to indicate "page" and naming them p1, p2, p37, p156, etc? Keeps the characters to a minimum while still abiding by their naming rules.
posted by platinum at 12:07 PM on August 27, 2009


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