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Do I have to rename all my pages from .html to .php?

Hi,

I am just getting started with Perch so please bear with me.

I have a ready made HTML website which previously was just static, i.e no content management system installed.

I was defining the editable content regions of my site to use with Perch, re-naming the homepage from index.html to index.php and this got me thinking.

Will I have to rename all of my pages (and there are A LOT of them) from .html to .php?

I hope not! It would mean having to re-name every single navigational link on the site. Would sort of defeat the object of being able to to get up and running easily.
Chris Hill

Chris Hill 0 points

  • 4 years ago
Simon Knox

Simon Knox 1 points

4 years ago

Hi Chris, No is the short answer. You only need change the ones with editable content or you can use a .htaccess file to read html as php.
Chris Hill

Chris Hill 0 points

4 years ago

ah ok i'll use the latter option then as most pages will be editable.

Thanks Simon, much appreciated
Rachel Andrew

Rachel Andrew 394 points
Perch Support

4 years ago

There is information in the docs to help you https://docs.grabaperch.com/perch/getting-started/file-extensions/