URLs WITHOUT .html Extensions Are Not Working

HTML & CSS
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I was testing my website and I just realized that this url doesn’t load in the browser [I]without[/I] the .html extension typed into the address bar. So, in short, [URL=“http://www.creativemilldesigns.com/help.html”]this URL works but [URL=“http://www.creativemilldesigns.com/help”]this URL does not. This site is hosted by GoDaddy.com (I hope that’s not the problem). I registered the website yesterday.

I have another website that is hosted by Yahoo and all of the page URLs work whether or not the “.html” extension is typed into the address bar. I hope it’s not the hosting service that’s making a difference. Anyone know what’s wrong and why?

2

You can set that up using the .htaccess file in Apache. This will work for HTML and PHP files:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php
3

Nice one C.

To access a url without a .html extensions (and without .htaccess revision), you need to create a folder called “help” and place an index.html file in that folder. Then this link will work. Right now, the file is located in your html root directory, which is why [URL=“http://www.creativemilldesigns.com/help.html”]this link works.

Your file path right now is:
root\help.html

You want it to be:
root\help\index.html

Does this explanation make sense?

4

Ehm - why go to the trouble of setting up lots of directories with only one file, when you can just use the code I provided?

5

He/she posted “Anyone know what’s wrong and why?”. I was merely trying to explain the problem, and in no way insinuated your method was better or worse.

6

Fair enough - but Yahoo! does use .htaccess to make the requested functionality (though it’s not directly visible, since Yahoo! does not allow their users to change the .htaccess file).

7

Not all web serves give you the level of control you need. I’m suffering at the moment with a website that I have taken on (not commercially), where the hosting arrangements are such that any redirects in the .htaccess file are ignored completely. :mad:

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@ Stevie D see if this method works for you

<FilesMatch .*>
   Options +MultiViews
</FilesMatch>
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I know how to do it, and I’ve done it on other sites, just this one that I’ve picked up recently on Fasthosts, where a lot of the configuration can only be done through their point-and-dribble interface and not directly in the .htaccess file, and a lot of the configuration can’t be done at all.