Change in link structure due to Joomla

[iamnew]

Hi,

I have been using Joomla 1.5 until recently and the link structure would be something like - http://www.guru99.com/software-testing.html

Now with Joomla 1.7 , ".html " automatically stripped and the URL become "http://www.guru99.com/software-testing"

My site is due upgrade but ".html" part is a concern.

Once I upgrade ,

Can I re-direct all ".hmtl" url like http://www.guru99.com/software-testing.html

to

non ".html" url like "http://www.guru99.com/software-testing"

Will this ensure all the link juice is passed ? I have more than 350 URL in my site ...

Please guide ...

Cheers

Krishna

PS = the link http://www.guru99.com/software-testing will not work since the site is yet to be upgraded

[activitysuper]

Are you saying even though they are just rewriting the urls, she still needs to do a 301 redirect?

[EricaMcGillivray]

301s will not pass all the link juice. But they will pass most of it.

[iamnew]

Yes it a re-write ... But how do I handle it ?

[activitysuper]

I don't think you want to do a 301 redirect on all your links.

I'm guess joomla are not changing the url from one to another but doing a rewrite on the .html to the non .html.