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diff --git a/content/blog/2021-10-09-apache-redirect.md b/content/blog/2021-10-09-apache-redirect.md index 13794f0..87ea38e 100644 --- a/content/blog/2021-10-09-apache-redirect.md +++ b/content/blog/2021-10-09-apache-redirect.md @@ -7,26 +7,25 @@ draft = false # The Problem -After recently switching static site generators (SSG), my blog URLs -changed with no option to preserve the classic `.html` -extension at the end of my blog post URLs. +After recently switching static site generators (SSG), my blog URLs changed with +no option to preserve the classic `.html` extension at the end of my blog post +URLs. -I really disliked using my old SSG ([Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com)) and -prefer my new tool ([Zola](https://www.getzola.org)) much more, so I was -determined to figure out a way to get the proper redirect set up so that -people who find my posts online aren\'t constantly met by 404 errors. +I really disliked using my old SSG ([Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com)) and prefer +my new tool ([Zola](https://www.getzola.org)) much more, so I was determined to +figure out a way to get the proper redirect set up so that people who find my +posts online aren't constantly met by 404 errors. # The Solution To solve this problem, I really needed to solve two pieces: -1. Redirect all blog post URL requests from - `/blog/some-post.html` to `/blog/some-post/`. -2. Ensure that no other `.html` files are redirected, such - as `index.html`. +1. Redirect all blog post URL requests from `/blog/some-post.html` to + `/blog/some-post/`. +2. Ensure that no other `.html` files are redirected, such as `index.html`. -After *a lot* of tweaking and testing, I believe I have finally found -the solution. The solution is shown below. +After *a lot* of tweaking and testing, I believe I have finally found the +solution. The solution is shown below. ``` conf RewriteEngine On @@ -34,14 +33,13 @@ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\index.html$ [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ https://example.com/$1 [R=301,L] ``` -This piece of code in the Apache `.conf` or -`.htaccess` file will do the following: - -1. Turn on the RewriteEngine so that we can modify URLs. -2. Ignore any `index.html` files from the rule we are about - to specify. -3. Find any `.html` files within the website directory and - redirect it to exclude the file extension. -4. The final piece is adding the trailing slash (`/`) at the - end of the URL - you\'ll notice that I don\'t have an Apache rule - for that since Apache handles that automatically. +This piece of code in the Apache `.conf` or `.htaccess` file will do the +following: + +1. Turn on the RewriteEngine so that we can modify URLs. +2. Ignore any `index.html` files from the rule we are about to specify. +3. Find any `.html` files within the website directory and redirect it to + exclude the file extension. +4. The final piece is adding the trailing slash (`/`) at the end of the URL - + you'll notice that I don't have an Apache rule for that since Apache + handles that automatically. |