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RewriteEngine On
# Only if the URI is not a normal file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-s 
# ... or a symbolic link
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l 
# ... rewrite everything that ends on .html to the stripped down URL
RewriteRule (.+)\.html$ $1 [L]
# Alternatively, if you want to be more specific about the scheme, you can use this
# RewriteRule ^/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{2})/([0-9]{2})/([^/]+)\.html$ $1/$2/$3/$4 [L}

The above should give you some pointers on how to properly rewrite the URL to the scheme you desire. This example transparently rewrites everything that ends on .html (except actual files) to the same URL without the .html appended to it.

Aron Rotteveel 2010-01-15 12:05:32

If I wanted it to do an actual redirect (probably 301 as well) would I do "RewriteRule (.+)\.html$ $1 [L,R,301]"(without the quotes, obv)?

Piers 2010-01-15 12:44:15

Almost correct: you should use [L,R=301]

Aron Rotteveel 2010-01-15 13:23:58

Sorry, I misread what you'd put in the Rewrite Rule. It should be taking the current URL and putting .html on the end.Something like the following: RewriteRule (.+)$ $1.html [R=301,L]

Piers 2010-01-15 13:25:12

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adam 2010-01-15 12:44:40

Not using Wordpress anymore (see OP) and I don't want to lose any google rankings.

Piers 2010-01-15 12:50:03

Ahh, I thought you meant you wanted to use Wordpress for posts but bring urls in line with Jekyll (for pages).

adam 2010-01-15 12:52:50

I was thinking of that, but then if anyone tried to go to any current pages they'd get a 404. I'm tring to avoid that.

Piers 2010-01-15 13:01:47

You might want to test that - WP does some extra stuff. For example, if you have a full permalink structure but try going to /postname, WP will redirect you through.

adam 2010-01-15 13:05:27

That's all very well for now, but I'm definately going to be going down the jekyll route so I'm going to want to use mod_rewrite

Piers 2010-01-15 13:06:23

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