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Vanilla 2.1.1 Nginx config for nice URLs

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Please add this to you config.php to see the full error
$Configuration['Garden']['Errors']['MasterView']= 'deverror.master.php';
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http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/206705/#Comment_206705
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