How Do I Stop Visitors Having To Type .html On The End Of The Url

#1 y4kk

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Posted 29 July 2007 - 02:38 PM

Hi,

On my website I have to type e.g. www.ddlkfdlkfsl.com/jkdj.html
I want visitors to get there by typing www.ddlkfdlkfsl.com/jkdj

any ideas?

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Posted 29 July 2007 - 03:33 PM

Sure. It's called url rewriting.

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Posted 31 July 2007 - 07:17 AM

groovicus, on Jul 29 2007, 09:33 PM, said:

Sure. It's called url rewriting.

Can you explain further, is it possible to do so with my hosting plan - godaddy windows economy

Thanks

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Posted 31 July 2007 - 09:29 AM

I'm sure it is possible with GoDaddy, but they will have to do it for you. I doubt they will give you administrative access to their server software.

url rewriting

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Posted 31 July 2007 - 11:41 AM

I think I'll give it a miss at the moment

I have used a subdomain

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Posted 31 July 2007 - 12:47 PM

Hi y4kk,

Maybe one of these is what you want:

1. Change the name of the page from
www.ddlkfdlkfsl.com/jkdj.html to
www.ddlkfdlkfsl.com/index.html

Visitors would then just have to type
www.ddlkfdlkfsl.com
to get there.

2. If you really want your visitors to have to type "www.ddlkfdlkfsl.com/jkdj", then create a directory (folder) below "www.ddlkfdlkfsl.com" named "jkdj". Then you would have to move your existing "jkdj.html" file into that directory AND rename it "index.html". You may then also have to change any URLs within your page(s) to correspond to the new directory structure ("www.ddlkfdlkfsl.com/jkdj/...").

#7 y4kk

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Posted 31 July 2007 - 03:30 PM

M..., on Jul 31 2007, 06:47 PM, said:

Hi y4kk,

2. If you really want your visitors to have to type "www.ddlkfdlkfsl.com/jkdj", then create a directory (folder) below "www.ddlkfdlkfsl.com" named "jkdj". Then you would have to move your existing "jkdj.html" file into that directory AND rename it "index.html". You may then also have to change any URLs within your page(s) to correspond to the new directory structure ("www.ddlkfdlkfsl.com/jkdj/...").

Yes this is what I intended to say, thanks for the instructions on how to do it. :thumbsup: