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title: "How to Create a User-friendly URL Using htaccess"
description: "If your website is using a long URL such as **example.com/files/folder/sitemap.html**, you can change it to \"**example.com/sitemap**\" using htaccess. Modify this line according to your needs, and then add this code to your htaccess file. RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^sitemap/$ /files/folder/sitemap.html…"
url: "https://www.aeserver.com/support/how-to-create-a-user-friendly-url-using-htaccess/"
updated: "2025-01-05"
category: htaccess Tutorials
---

# How to Create a User-friendly URL Using htaccess

If your website is using a long URL such as **example.com/files/folder/sitemap.html**, you can change it to "**example.com/sitemap**" using htaccess.

Modify this line according to your needs, and then add this code to your htaccess file.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^sitemap/$ /files/folder/sitemap.html [L]