How do you get rid of the need for the extension in a url (print ads)

www.example.com/test vs www.example.com/test.htm?

[alcheme]

How do you get rid of the need for the extension when you promote link?

www.example.com/test vs www.example.com/test.htm?

I want readers to be able to put in the url without the need of the extension. Extensions look messy in print ads (ie. *.htm, *.html, etc.).

[claus]

One method is to create a directory called /test/ and in there store an "index.html" (Unix) or "Default.html" (MS) file. Then you can refer to the file as www.example.com/test in print.

Another involves setting up your server (mod_alias i believe) so that it does not need extensions, but regards all file names as html. This might get messy, as normally files without extensions are considered to be directories, but i am sure it can be done.

/claus

[g1smd]

Also this at: http://evolt.org/article/Towards_Next_Generation_URLs/20/60159/index.html

[MonkeeSage]

NN6 / Moz. renders all content as "text/html" by default, so you don't need an extension, just a valid HTML file.

If you search there may be a way to get IE to recognize a content without needing an extension, and then it would work in both browsers without changing any server settings (in case you don't have admin access to the server).

HTH
Jordan

[MonkeeSage]

Ps. NM, disregard last post, it does indeed render the HTML correctly with no extension in NN6 / Moz., but it DOES NOT interpret the <style> or <script> tags...doh!

Jordan

[g1smd]

Extensionless filenames are used in content negotiation, but the files are still supposed to be uploaded to the server with an extension.

With content negotiation between the browser and the server means the server will pick the right file out and serve it to the browser. The browser simply asks for a file by name but does not need to include the filename extension in the request.

[BjarneDM]

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[Wild_Cujo]

well if you use IIS just make a virtual directory that redirects to a page...if you use apache create a new directory and have a metatag refresh to the proper page.