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Apache: Hide HTML extension in URLs with htaccess
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| # This tag ensures the rewrite module is loaded | |
| <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> | |
| # enable the rewrite engine ===== rewrite engine aanzetten | |
| RewriteEngine On | |
| # Set your root directory ===== leg je root directory vast | |
| RewriteBase / | |
| # remove the .html extension ===== verwijder de html extensie | |
| RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ (.*)\.html\ HTTP | |
| RewriteRule (.*)\.html$ $1 [R=301] | |
| # remove index and reference the directory | |
| RewriteRule (.*)/index$ $1/ [R=301] | |
| # remove trailing slash if not a directory | |
| RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d | |
| RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /$ | |
| RewriteRule (.*)/ $1 [R=301] | |
| # forward request to html file, **but don't redirect (bot friendly)** | |
| RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f | |
| RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$ | |
| RewriteRule (.*) $1\.html [L] | |
| </IfModule> |
Works well!
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😄 Thanks for the feedback. Nice to see there's still love for static websites! I use this piece of code for static websites rendered/made with Eleventy.
Found it useful as well! I love and still use static websites. Thanks for the clear guide and share.
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