.htaccess file?

[fromthe5]

I want "http://www.mysite.com/blue-widgets.html/" to resolve to "http://www.mysite.com/blue-widgets.html". Is that done in a .htaccess file or is it a separate script?

 

[constanthosting]

You said

"http://www.mysite.com/blue-widgets.html/" to resolve to
"http://www.mysite.com/blue-widgets.html"


which is the exact same url?

If you want to redirect users who visit http://yourdomain.com to www.yourdomain.com you could use something like the following in your .htaccess file but you need mod_rewrite available on your host.



RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]


A quick search in a search engine for htaccess redirection will return a lot of results with examples.

 

[fromthe5]

which is the exact same url?

It certainly would seem to be, but using
http://www.allmetalsales.com/aluminum-sheet.html gets you there but using
http://www.allmetalsales.com/aluminum-sheet.html/ does not. I have other sites where it "does" work, but not this one. I can't figure out the difference.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Yup. That's already part of my .htaccess file.

 

[zkiller]

You would need to use mod_rewrite as someone else suggested. However, I don't really see the point in this. It is useful for site like this to create search engine friendly URL's, but it just doesn't make sense when with static html pages.

 

[fromthe5]

Thanks Stefan, but I need for this to happen. If it's outside of my realm of knowledge then I guess I'll either have to have it done or actually learn something new. Old dog - new tricks syndrome.

 

[zkiller]

SitePoint to the rescue... http://www.sitepoint.com/article/guide-url-rewriting/

Hope that helps put things into perspective for you. If not, just search for mod_rewrite in google. It brought up several beginners guides and tutorials for me.

Good luck!

 

[fromthe5]

Thank you.

 

[constanthosting]

oh wow, I apologize, I didn't even notice the trailing slash.