: Removing file extensions off the url I am looking for a way to remove the extensions off the end of the Url. So say for example www.example.com/about.html. This would change to www.example.com/about

@Nimeshi995

This can be done by adding the following to your .htaccess file.

Update your .htaccess file with:
#Lets puts a really good pie in the over and rewrite history
RewriteEngine On
#Really Good Pies taste better without WWW
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.reallygoodpie.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ reallygoodpie.com/ [R=301,L]
#Lets make our Really Good Pies better without trailing slashes
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.*)$
RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ reallygoodpie.com/ [R=301,L]

#Really Good Pie Looks Better without HTML Extensions
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ / [L,R=301]


Test via Firebug or Google Webmaster Tools

Be sure that you test these redirects though firebug or Google Webmaster Tools, what you need to look out for is that your pages are not REDIRECTING twice, as I believe this should work its also best practice to ensure that double redirects are not happening. In Firebug read the header information you should see 301 > then a 200 Status. If you see 301 > 301 > 200 then you know its doubling which needs resolving.

Please take notice

The comments that I've added using hash tags can be completely removed or edited I've only added those so you can label them and should you need to revisit your htaccess it makes it easier to recall what does what without to much thought.

Enjoy

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