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By default, OpenText publishes all pages as foo.htm. Changing the extension from htm to html is a quick simple process.

Of course, you can change the extension by appending the file name on the property panel of each page:



Though this is NOT best practice, as it requires redundancy, and only changes the extension at the page level instead of the global settings. This means pages that have not been named will continue to publish as .htm, resulting in a mixed bag of page extensions on a single site. Additionally, changing the extentions in the file name can confuse OpenText's publication process so that you might end up with a double extension.

Instead, I change the extention in three places in SmartTree, just to ensure every panel is reflecting the same desired extension: html.

1. PROJECT VARIANT: Administer Project Settings -> Project -> Project Variants -> HTML (or whatever you've named your project variant) -> Edit Project Variant (Action Menu) -> Standard extension of published files = "html"



2. PUBLICATION: Administer Publication -> Project -> Edit General Settings (Action Menu) -> Standard extension = "html"



3. CONTENT CLASSES: Administer Content Classes -> navigate to your content class and expand node -> Templates -> HTML (or template name) -> Edit Properties -> Standard extension of published files = "html". This step will have to be repeated for your foundation templates only.