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    • WebbyNabler
      WebbyNabler @TakeshiYoung last edited by

      I get a server error when I do this?  Sooo confused...  Here is the htaccess changes I made.  FYI...I have removed the code you told me to put in there temporarily so the site's not down.  I attached the server error screenshot too...

      Options +FollowSymlinks
      RewriteEngine On

      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ! .html$
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ! /$
      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html

      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^hanneganconstructionllc.com [NC]
      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [L,R=301]

      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.hanneganconstructionllc.com [NC]
      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [L,R=301]

      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^hremodeling.com [NC]
      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [L,R=301]

      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.hremodeling.com [NC]
      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [L,R=301]

      RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index.html\ HTTP/
      RewriteRule ^index.html$ http://www.hanneganremodeling.com/ [R=301,L]

      RewriteBase /
      RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^hanneganremodeling.com$ [NC]
      RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.hanneganremodeling.com/$1 [R=301,L]

      m9Kq8yJ

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      • Mike.Goracke
        Mike.Goracke @WebbyNabler last edited by

        Maybe give this a whirl:

        If URL does not contain a period or end with a slash

        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.|/$)

        append .html to requested URL

        RewriteRule (.*) /$1.html [L]

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        • WebbyNabler
          WebbyNabler @Mike.Goracke last edited by

          Nope.  Didn't work.  I am seriously about to lose my mind with this....

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          • WebbyNabler
            WebbyNabler @Mike.Goracke last edited by

            Oh, and my site auditor is seeing it as a directory with a file in it???  Ugghhh....

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            • TakeshiYoung
              TakeshiYoung @WebbyNabler last edited by

              Try my code without all the other redirects, and see if it works. If it does, then add back the other redirects one by one until everything works.

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              • WebbyNabler
                WebbyNabler @TakeshiYoung last edited by

                That caused the same "500 Internal Server Error" .......   😞

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                • TakeshiYoung
                  TakeshiYoung @WebbyNabler last edited by

                  Try:

                  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
                  RewriteRule ^([^.]*[^./])$ /$1.html [R=301,L]

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                  • Mike.Goracke
                    Mike.Goracke @TakeshiYoung last edited by

                    If that does not work, give this a whirl:

                    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{3,4}

                    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$

                    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html

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                    • WebbyNabler
                      WebbyNabler @Mike.Goracke last edited by

                      Nope. 😞

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                      • WebbyNabler
                        WebbyNabler @TakeshiYoung last edited by

                        Nope. .....good lord....

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                        • Mike.Goracke
                          Mike.Goracke @WebbyNabler last edited by

                          LAME! You may just want to let the 301 redirect you have in place take its course or remove the URL from Google's index since it was added by mistake anyway.

                          Mike

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                          • WebbyNabler
                            WebbyNabler @Mike.Goracke last edited by

                            Yeah I looked further into the URL removal, but I guess technically I did not meet the criteria....and honestly I am fearful other potential implications of removal....I guess I will just have to wait for the 301 to ick in.  I just cant believe there is not a simple .htaccess code to cause all URL's to show the .html extension.  I mean it is a simple thing to implement the reverse and have the extension dropped...I mean....good lord...

                            Thanks for all your help though Mike, I truly appreciate the efforts!

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