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diff --git a/docs/sgml/patches.sgml b/docs/sgml/patches.sgml index 8ebfdee15..3a1ce90d2 100644 --- a/docs/sgml/patches.sgml +++ b/docs/sgml/patches.sgml @@ -3,6 +3,40 @@ <appendix id="patches" xreflabel="Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla"> <title>Useful Patches and Utilities for Bugzilla</title> + <para>Are you looking for a way to put your Bugzilla into overdrive? Catch some of the niftiest tricks here in this section.</para> + + <section id="rewrite" xreflabel="Apache mod_rewrite magic"> + <title>Apache <filename>mod_rewrite</filename> magic</title> + <para>Apache's <filename>mod_rewrite</filename> module lets you do some truly amazing things with URL rewriting. Here are a couple of examples of what you can do.</para> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + Make it so if someone types + <computeroutput>http://www.foo.com/12345</computeroutput>, + Bugzilla spits back + http://www.foo.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12345. Try setting up + your VirtualHost section for Bugzilla with a rule like + this:</para> + <programlisting> +<![CDATA[ +<VirtualHost 12.34.56.78> +RewriteEngine On +RewriteRule ^/([0-9]+)$ http://foo.bar.com/show_bug.cgi?id=$1 [L,R] +</VirtualHost> +]]> + </programlisting> + + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>There are many, many more things you can do with + mod_rewrite. As time goes on, I will include many more in + the Guide. For now, though, please refer to the mod_rewrite + documentation at <ulink + url="http://www.apache.org">http://www.apache.org</ulink></para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </section> + <section id="setperl" xreflabel="The setperl.csh Utility"> <title>The setperl.csh Utility</title> <para> You can use the "setperl.csh" utility to quickly and |