The answer is to RTFM and include the index.html in the PAGE path 😉
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Question was;
Back in the olden days if I wanted to create a static page I could create a template group called (say) “static_pages” then one template for each page. This gave me two things; a nice clean path to each static page; and, the ability to add “index.html” to the link on all on/off-site URI; basically be-nice-to-bots.
PAGES Module makes my life a lot easier by removing the “static_pages” template (and associated categories) group(s), except that EE will not accept incoming requests for PAGES with index.html at the end. Ergo I have to reference on/offsite URI by their folder path alone (ie “/animals/canine/feral/wolves/” as opposed to “/animals/canine/feral/wolves/index.html”).
Is there an alternative, SEO friendly, way to create URI to PAGES?
Thanks.
JiF