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Posted by nllamas on 04/02/06 01:19
"Steven" <Phelum@Syd.au> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:49:21 GMT, "nllamas" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Checking my error logs, today, I find that some people are occasionally
>>requesting pages with an .htm extension rather than .html
>>Not sure why this is - all my pages have always ended in .html.
>>
>>Anyway, is there something I can put in my .htaccess file to direct
>>requests
>>for .htm pages to the correct .html file.
>
> I think RewriteCond and RewriteRule will do what you want but offhand I
> can't say exactly what to put in .htaccess as I haven't done it.
>
> Here is an example from one of my directories :
>
> # If no filename, use index.htm
> # If file missing, redirect (permanent) to Exetel
>
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteRule ^$ index.htm [L]
> RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
> RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://home.exetel.com.au/phelum/$1 [R=301,L]
>
> I referred to the documentation at httpd.apache.org. Hopefully there
> will be an example there for what you want.
>
> --
> Steven
Thanks Steven!
I followed your suggestion and after a bit of hunting around I found:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm$ $1.html [R=permanent]
and it does just the trick.
Thanks again!
nllamas
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