It's quite easy to remove index.html from a URL with mod_rewrite. Let's say we want to redirect www.dense13.com/index.html to www.dense13.com:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^index\.html$ / [R=301,L]Here's a brief explanation, if you're not familiar with .htaccess syntax: Read the full text...
Posted 121029, in: English, Web, .htaccess
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Using mod_rewrite to ensure canonical URL's in my CMS, I run across a strange behavior (bug?) of mod_rewrite. It seems that in Windows and under certain circumstances, it changes the case of the URL to lowercase. While this normally won't be a problem (Windows URL's are case insensitive) it can have undesirable effects if you need process the URL with PHP, for example. Read the full text...
Posted 090328, in: English, Web, .htaccess
Tags: mod_rewrite
If you want to redirect all non-www requests to your site to the www version, all you need to do is add the following code to your .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
This will redirect any requests to http://my-domain.com to http://www.my-domain.com. There are several benefits from doing that: Read the full text...
Posted 080227, in: English, Web, .htaccess
Tags: mod_rewrite, seo
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