htaccess help needed

[yoursanjay]

Hello,I have a dynamic website where all the pages and sections are pulling out from Dynamic URLs like http://www.mysite.com?pageId=5 or http://www.mysite.com?pageId=9There are hundreds of these type of links placed in my site and now I prefer to display static URL in the address bar. For example,If any user click on the link 'http://www.mysite.com?pageId=5', in the address bar the URL it will be converted to 'http://www.mysite.com/service.html' and if clicked on 'http://www.mysite.com?pageId=9', it will be converted to 'http://mysite.com/about,html' and so on.Will it can be done through htaccess file? If so, what should I write in the htaccess file?I can not change the dynamic URLs of my site right now because there are hundreds of links are in my site. Please suggest.

[Dilated]

There are hundreds of these type of links placed in my site and now I prefer to display static URL in the address bar. For example,If any user click on the link 'http://www.mysite.com?pageId=5', in the address bar the URL it will be converted to 'http://www.mysite.com/service.html' and if clicked on 'http://www.mysite.com?pageId=9', it will be converted to 'http://mysite.com/about,html' and so on.Will it can be done through htaccess file? If so, what should I write in the htaccess file?

One of the cardinal rules of URI design is that you shouldn't use file extensions like ".html".This is what your .htaccess might look like:

Options -MultiViewsRewriteEngine OnRewriteRule ^service/?$ /?pageId=5 [L]RewriteRule ^about/?$ /?pageId=9 [L]

(edit: forgot the trailing slashes.)If you really want the .html extension which I don't recommend:

RewriteRule ^service\.html$ /?pageId=9 [L]RewriteRule ^about\.html$ /?pageId=9 [L]

[yoursanjay]

Thanks for your reply. But it is not working. I have tested in my local server where htaccess supports. The link URL is : http://localhost/sanjay/demo/index.php?pageId=9 and I want to convert the URL in the Address bar as http://localhost/sanjay/demo/service when I click on the dynamic URL.I have tried the following 2 htaccess alternatively but no one works.

Options -Multiviews RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^sanjay/demo/service$ /?pageId=9 [L]

or

Options -Multiviews RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^service$ /?pageId=9 [L]

[Dilated]

Thanks for your reply. But it is not working. I have tested in my local server where htaccess supports. The link URL is : http://localhost/sanjay/demo/index.php?pageId=9 and I want to convert the URL in the Address bar as http://localhost/sanjay/demo/service when I click on the dynamic URL.

Ok, well if your .htaccess is in the root directory, use:

Options -MultiViewsRewriteEngine OnRewriteRule ^sanjay/demo/service/?$ /sanjay/demo/index.php?pageId=9 [L]

(edit: just realized I wasn't using the right case for the MultiViews option above)

[yoursanjay]

Still it is not working. I have put mu .htaccess file inside htdocs/sanjay/demo/ folder and in it written the following code:

Options -MultiViewsRewriteEngine OnRewriteRule ^sanjay/demo/service/?$ /sanjay/demo/index.php?pageId=9 [L]

Have I done any wrong?

[Dilated]

Still it is not working. I have put mu .htaccess file inside htdocs/sanjay/demo/ folder and in it written the following code:

Options -MultiViewsRewriteEngine OnRewriteRule ^sanjay/demo/service/?$ /sanjay/demo/index.php?pageId=9 [L]

Have I done any wrong?

I wrote that .htaccess as if it were in the root directory, the directory above "sanjay".