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**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [June 3, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/a-link-without-html-extension/8942 "2024-06-03T17:09:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:**  [@tony789](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/tony789)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/a-link-without-html-extension/8942/1 "2024-06-03T17:09:17Z")
Hello,
We have sent out a printed leaflet containing the link to our “join” page shown without the “.html” extension. People typing in the link to visit the page receive a 404 error.
I could remove “.html” from the file name on the server, but that would mean changing other links that point to the full URL. Is there a way to overcome this so that both “[https://www.xxxx.xxx/join.html](https://www.xxxx.xxx/join.html)” and “[https://www.xxxx.xxx/join](https://www.xxxx.xxx/join)” will work?
Grateful for any advice.
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**Author:**  [@tony789](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/tony789)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/a-link-without-html-extension/8942/2 "2024-06-03T17:29:00Z")
If a uploaded a duplicate of “join.html” to the server without the “.html” extensions, so that I have both "join.html” and “join” files on the server, would that work?
Tony
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**Author:**  [@Cary](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Cary)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 5:44am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/a-link-without-html-extension/8942/3 "2024-06-04T05:44:07Z")
You can keep “join.html” so your other links can still point to it, but also create a folder on the site called “join” and put a file, “index.html” in that folder.
index.html should have whatever is on join.html
Because it is in a folder, some image or other asset links may need to be updated.
Then I believe the browser with the incomplete address will try “[https://www.xxxx.xxx/join/](https://www.xxxx.xxx/join/)” which is the same as “[https://www.xxxx.xxx/join/index.html](https://www.xxxx.xxx/join/index.html)”.
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**Author:**  [@tony789](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/tony789)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/a-link-without-html-extension/8942/4 "2024-06-04T11:19:28Z")
Thank you, that’s helpful.
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**Author:**  [@oleteacher](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/oleteacher)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/a-link-without-html-extension/8942/5 "2024-06-08T20:58:46Z")
If you’re using Apache server, this may help you or get you started. Place in your (or create) .htaccess file:
```auto
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^join$ join.html [L]
```
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**Author:**  [@mxs](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/mxs)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/a-link-without-html-extension/8942/6 "2024-06-09T15:12:10Z")
To remove html file extension [https://example.com/page.html](https://example.com/page.html)
To [https://example.com/page`](https://example.com/page%60)
Add the following to the .htaccess file in the root directory
**`RewriteEngine On`**
**`RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d`**
**`RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f`**
**`RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.html [NC, L]`**
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**Author:**  [@AllMediaLab](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/AllMediaLab)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/a-link-without-html-extension/8942/7 "2024-06-10T13:08:15Z")
Or more simple:
```auto
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html
```