diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 2e81a07..f5ab603 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
-RewriteEngine On
-RewriteBase /
+# RewriteEngine On
 
-# Remove .php extension from URLs
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
-RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L,QSA]
+# # Remove .php extension from URLs (e.g., /contactt -> contact.php)
+# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
+# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]
+
+# # Redirect direct access to .php files to clean URLs (optional)
+# RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(.*?)\.php[\s?] [NC]
+# RewriteRule ^ /%1 [R=301,L,NE]
+
+  
+RewriteEngine On
+DirectoryIndex index.php
+
+# 1. Redirect any index.php request to its directory URL
+RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/(.*)index\.php[\s?] [NC]
+RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.php$ /%1 [R=301,L]
+
+# 2. Remove .php extension from URLs (e.g., /contactt -> contact.php)
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]
+
+# 3. Redirect direct access to .php files to clean URLs (optional)
+RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(.*?)\.php[\s?] [NC]
+RewriteRule ^ /%1 [R=301,L,NE]