Quick trick for Pretty URLs
April 9th, 2009 by Jack Keller
Most people utilize a CMS or Weblog software that automatically handles url rewrites, but what if you have a simple website that doesn't need quite the same treatment?
I came up with a quick down and dirty little trick to help overcome such an instance and I think you may find this useful.
Fire up your favorite text editor and open up create a .htaccess file (or modify the file that may be sitting in your root directory) and paste these lines in. Feel free to tweak them a bit to suit your needs, maybe you'll even find a better use for this method.
HTML:
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RewriteEngine On
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RewriteBase /
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RewriteRule ^admin/.*$ — [PT]
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# Use the above line for a folder that you DON'T want to follow these rules
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RewriteRule ^/?([a-zA-Z0-9-_/]+)/$ $1.php [L]
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# Here's where the "magic" happens
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# http://www.example.com/page.php — OLD
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# http://www.example.com/page/ — NEW
And that's it! Pretty URL's on the easy.
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