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Mark Lawson
6,148 PointsRemoving .html from url
When we save html docs they have a .html at the end. When I upload my site and then go to each page the url shows the page with the .html showing. I want to remove the .html.
Example: Your site shows- https://teamtreehouse.com/community
If this was my site it would show- https://teamtreehouse.com/community.html
How do I remove the html?
Thanks
Mark
6 Answers

yorkemily
21,826 PointsYou need to create a file called '.htaccess' in the root directory of your site containing the following code:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.html [NC,L]
And then make sure all the links on your site don't contain '.html' at the end, e.g.:
<a href="/about.html">
should be replaced with:
<a href="/about">
Hope this helps! If you need more help with the .htaccess file, google has a ton of results on it

Mark Lawson
6,148 PointsThank you, where do I place the ht access file? How do I make an ht access file.
Regards
Mark

yorkemily
21,826 PointsYou just need to create a new file using your text editor the same way you would any other html or css file, but save it as simply '.htaccess'
And save it into the root directory, so the same folder that you have your index.html file.

Mark Lawson
6,148 PointsThanks, I will give it a go.

Mark Lawson
6,148 PointsOK, I have copied and pasted your code into a code editor and saved it as htaccess.txt; not sure if this is right; however, it has not worked. I am hoping at this point you can tell me where I have gone wrong.
Thanks
Mark

yorkemily
21,826 PointsOh all you need to do is change the name of the file.
Instead of 'htaccess.txt' it should be '.htaccess'
So .htaccess is the file extension but it has no name
I hope that makes sense

Mark Lawson
6,148 PointsYou are a star!! The only, and best answer by far.

yorkemily
21,826 PointsHaha no problem I'm glad I could help!

Mark Lawson
6,148 PointsI have voted you best answer. Thank you