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Asked: 2026-05-16T00:38:18+00:00

When using .htaccess to redefine the URLs for a site, there are two clear

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When using .htaccess to redefine the URLs for a site, there are two clear options:

  1. Provide no extension, as StackOverflow has done with URLs like http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask
  2. Provide the extension of .html, regardless of the underlying technology, so something like http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask.html

Are there any specific advantages to using one approach over the other?

Edit: Here is the article that made me consider using .html to fake a static implementation.

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    The first URL can be considered as a generic URL in contrast to the second URL that can be considered as a specific URL (specifying HTML as the content type).

    Generic URLs are useful when using content negotiation. So /questions/ask can be used to request a resource that depends on client’s preferences (e.g. Accept, Accept-Encoding, and Accept-Language), location (localization), and time. On the other hand /questions/ask.html would be used to request a resource that is definitely HTML.

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