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Remove .html extension on all pages of my site[Help for Noob] D:
remove html extension
halcyonlost




msg:4058114		 4:48 am on Jan 11, 2010 (gmt 0)

Hi Guys,

Ok, I'm completely new to this and would really appreciate some help. I'm trying to remove the .html extension at the end of my site pages.

Example:

My pages currently looks like this:

www.example.com/about-us.html

and I want them to look like:

www.example.com/about-us

My hosting is on godaddy shared windows. Whenever I try to manually change it to "http://www.example.com/about-us", I get a 404 error. I have tried to use .htaccess with no success, can it be used on a windows based server? D:

Please let me know how to fix this problem and thanks in advance.

 

piatkow




msg:4058224		 10:50 am on Jan 11, 2010 (gmt 0)

I have never looked into the possibility of extensionless file names but I guess that what GoDaddy is trying to serve is www.example.com/about-us/index.html

I used an extensionless structure on a former site but did it at a folder level instead.

halcyonlost




msg:4058606		 8:31 pm on Jan 11, 2010 (gmt 0)

Hi Piatkow,

Thanks for the quick response. By doing it at folder level does that mean creating a folder(as in "about-us") and dropping the about-us.html page into it? Is this good for SEO?

Thanks in advance!

phranque




msg:4058969		 11:16 am on Jan 12, 2010 (gmt 0)

you can do extensionless on a windows server if you have isapi_rewrite installed.

another way to do this (probably what piatkow is referring to) is if you can specify the default directory index document such as index.html and create a directory structure with names similar to your original documents.
then refer the the "extensionless" document with a trailing slash, which makes it a directory url.
that way a request for /about-us/ is actually served the file located at /about-us/index.html
it's not an ideal solution, but it may be your only option if you have limited control.

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