Dropping .html from printed links

grizzly · 18-02-2010 5:37pm #1

If I have a link eg;

http://www.mysite.com/mylink.html

Is there a way to code it so people can type www.mysite.com/mylink and still get to mylink.html?

Thanks

forbairt · 18-02-2010 6:07pm

if you're on linux and can change your .htaccess files then yes there is ?

you're looking at wanting mod rewrite rules

Pablod · 18-02-2010 9:51pm

a simpler option that should work depending on your host (and if you are ok with changing the name of your mylink.html)
Is to set up a sub-folder (sub-directory)

Create a new folder in your site and call it mylink, then place your mylink.html file in this folder and rename it to index.html

So when you type www.mysite.com/mylink it will default to the index of that directory

Hope this helps

forbairt · 18-02-2010 9:53pm

Pablod wrote: »

a simpler option that should work depending on your host (and if you are ok with changing the name of your mylink.html)
Is to set up a sub-folder (sub-directory)

Create a new folder in your site and call it mylink, then place your mylink.html file in this folder and rename it to index.html

So when you type www.mysite.com/mylink it will default to the index of that directory

Hope this helps

problem with this method is that if you're referencing /mylink/ and /mylink and /mylink/index.html ... you're potentially going to dilute your link love ... so you'll have to sort that as well

matt-dublin · 19-02-2010 4:51pm

as long as you point all your hrefs referencing that page to /mylink/ you should be ok though right?

i would also suggest /my-link/ as well, break it up into keywords.

I could be wrong though

Dropping .html from printed links

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