RedirectMatch 301 .html except index

[kfaer]

hello,

i'm using

RedirectMatch 301 (.*)\.html$ http://example.com$1/

to redirect any .html page to / ending page but it also redirecting the example.com/ to example.com/index/

help to solve it please thank you

[g1smd]

Use a RewriteRule, not RedirectMatch. Add the [R=301,L] flags.

Set up a separate preceding rule that deals with index requests (redirect index.html requests to URL ending with slash).

URLs for pages should not end with a slash. URLs ending with a slash denote a folder.

Add a preceding RewriteCond checking THE_REQUEST to be sure that when the pointer is set to .html this is as a result of a direct request and not as a result of a previous internal rewrite.

[kfaer]

could you please how the should looks

[incrediBILL]

This whole forum is full of such examples, many many of them.

[lucy24]

RedirectMatch 301 (.*)\.html$ http://example.com$1/

to redirect any .html page to / ending page but it also redirecting the example.com/ to example.com/index/

Been there. Done that. It means mod_dir has already executed, so URLs ending in / have been rewritten (not redirected) to index.html. When you change to mod_rewrite you will be able to add Conditions. You need one looking at THE_REQUEST.