title: wp htaccess redirect 301 index.html to homepage
body: <p>I have the same problem with here <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-pointing-to-wordpressindexhtml-does-not-work" rel="nofollow">http://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-pointing-to-wordpressindexhtml-does-not-work</a>, but this is not resolve and closed topic. </p>
  
  <p>The site has a static html live site and transferred in wordpress CMS, so in SEO matter the index.html is needed to be redirect in wp homepage <code>http://mysite.com/dev/</code>, but when I redirect it using <code>redirect 301</code> the browser flash an error (<code>The page isn't redirecting properly</code>). And please note: I am using <strong>custom permalink plugin</strong> to include .html extension in inerpages. </p>
  
  <p>I know that many people here have a sufficient experience, please help</p>