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How do I hide my 'index' on my main page?

I wanted my website to show as: www.example.com.

Instead of: www.example.com/index.html.

I tried to change the code as per below to remove the .html, and it works.

But how I can hide the /index on the main page on the URL?

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^$ http://example.com/index.html [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /([^.]+)\.html [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [NC,L,R]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.html [NC,L]
Solution

  • Add this to your .htaccess file in your server:

    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index\.html? [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*/)?index\.html?$ /$1 [R=301,L]

    Tested on an Apache 2.0 server.

    For more, see my answer on infinity free discussion.