Question

After transferring my site to a new CMS which has a new file structure and file extension, I need to redirect all files ending with / or index.html to .shtml:

example.com/violent-crimes/assault-with-a-deadly-weapon/
to
example.com/violent-crimes/assault-with-a-deadly-weapon.shtml

example.com/violent-crimes/assault-with-a-deadly-weapon/index.html
to
example.com/violent-crimes/assault-with-a-deadly-weapon.shtml

example.com/violent-crimes/index.html
to
example.com/violent-crimes.shtml

example.com/violent-crimes/
to
example.com/violent-crimes.shtml

Answer 1

Try adding these rules to the htaccess file in your document root, above any rules that may already exist:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)(/|/index.html)$ /$1.shtml [L,R=301]