creating a url without .htm or .html

reddates · July 15th, 2008, 10:53 PM

the title kinda explains my problem.. anyhoe, it probably is simple but i can't seem to do it.. i use dreamweaver and every time i try to change the file name, it tells me that i have to have an extension.. i want to make the address as simple as possible. help!!

moojoo · July 16th, 2008, 12:37 AM

What you are looking for is mod rewrite. requires an .htaccess file with the correct settings and a server capable of handling it e.g. running Apache. it has nothing to do with Dreamweaver or any other editor.

the .htaccess will look something like this:

Code:

#DirectoryIndex index.php index.html

#Options +FollowSymLinks
#Options -Indexes

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    #RewriteBase /relative/web/path/

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]

    RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php

    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization}  !^$
    RewriteRule .* - [E=REMOTE_USER:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
</IfModule>

#php_value register_globals 0

alternately you could make separate directories and have an index.html, php whatever in them and kind of fake it, but its not quite the same.