One of the objectives when I was setting up the Silver Stripe website was to have clean URLs. If you notice, almost none of the URLs on the Silver Stripe website contain the filename or file extension within them. I'm using Apache's mod_rewrite to point the clean URL to the actual file on the filesystem.
Today, I'm happy I did. I recently changed over a few pages from static html to php, and a corresponding change in the filename. However, since the URLs don't point directly to the file on the filesystem, I didn't have to change any URL.
If you are working on a website, I highly recommend using mod_rewrite or equivalent to use clean URLs that are separated from the actual implementation.
There is a body of information on how to design URLs. Check these out for a start
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