index.html -> index.php 301 redirect question - GoFuckYourself.com

daveylapoo · 01-07-2010, 09:06 AM

I've got a nice SE placement in yahoo, but they've indexed the www.sitename.com/index.html url, and I am in the process of making the site dynamic so the new homepage url will be www.sitename.com/index.php.

I was wondering how I could do a proper server side redirect using .htacess / 301 redirects as opposed to a meta refresh. I've googled different ways of doing it but none function properly.

Thanks in advance to any who can help out!

ArsewithClass · 01-07-2010, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daveylapoo

I've got a nice SE placement in yahoo, but they've indexed the www.sitename.com/index.html url, and I am in the process of making the site dynamic so the new homepage url will be www.sitename.com/index.php.

I was wondering how I could do a proper server side redirect using .htacess / 301 redirects as opposed to a meta refresh. I've googled different ways of doing it but none function properly.

Thanks in advance to any who can help out!

Could you not use the index with an enter here to link to a .php page!? I thought that most sites need a landing page thats pretty clean anyway. This way, nothing would change.

fris · 01-07-2010, 09:13 AM

or you could use modrewrite so you could alias index.html as index.php

i do this for tgp submissions that dont allow .php extensions that my gallery program creates.

so http://www.domain.com/index.php would work as http://www.domain.com/index.html

or in my case

http://www.domain.com/galleries/fuc/...sold/index.php

would work as

http://www.domain.com/galleries/fuc/...old/index.html

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine On 
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/.+\.)html$ [NC] 
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%1php -f 
RewriteRule \.html$ %1php [NC,QSA,L]

hope that helps

daveylapoo · 01-07-2010, 09:35 AM

Thanks for the responses.

Looks like both of those will work; however, as I understand it the 'proper' way to do this involves the 301 / .htaccess redirect, as it should not affect your SE listings:

http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=93633

This is the code as it exists in the .htaccess now:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.php|\.html|\.htm|\.feed|\.pdf|\.raw|/[^.]*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) index.php
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L]
RewriteRule index\.html index.php [NC,R]

The last line is what should do it, however i think that something preceding this is causing the issue.

Jdoughs · 01-07-2010, 09:41 AM

A 301 done properly will do exactly what you want. All ranking factors will be passed on accordingly to the 301'd page. (as long as you do it properly, this is not a tactic to rank new pages, only for 'moving' pages).

Google (and yahoo should) will follow the command of the 301 and consider all weight to the "Permanently Moved" url to the new url.

Save yourself some future grief, and never, link to the index.html, OR index.php. and link to the folder/directory. I wouldnt 301 it to the new index.php, I would 301 it to the sitename.com/ directory index. (then it wont matter what kind of index you use today, or in 10 years.

01-07-2010, 09:06 AM	#1
daveylapoo Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 423	index.html -> index.php 301 redirect question I've got a nice SE placement in yahoo, but they've indexed the www.sitename.com/index.html url, and I am in the process of making the site dynamic so the new homepage url will be www.sitename.com/index.php. I was wondering how I could do a proper server side redirect using .htacess / 301 redirects as opposed to a meta refresh. I've googled different ways of doing it but none function properly. Thanks in advance to any who can help out!

01-07-2010, 09:13 AM	#3
fris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 55,262	or you could use modrewrite so you could alias index.html as index.php i do this for tgp submissions that dont allow .php extensions that my gallery program creates. so http://www.domain.com/index.php would work as http://www.domain.com/index.html or in my case http://www.domain.com/galleries/fuc/...sold/index.php would work as http://www.domain.com/galleries/fuc/...old/index.html Code: Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/.+\.)html$ [NC] RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%1php -f RewriteRule \.html$ %1php [NC,QSA,L] hope that helps

01-07-2010, 09:41 AM	#5
Jdoughs Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Great White North Posts: 5,794	A 301 done properly will do exactly what you want. All ranking factors will be passed on accordingly to the 301'd page. (as long as you do it properly, this is not a tactic to rank new pages, only for 'moving' pages). Google (and yahoo should) will follow the command of the 301 and consider all weight to the "Permanently Moved" url to the new url. Save yourself some future grief, and never, link to the index.html, OR index.php. and link to the folder/directory. I wouldnt 301 it to the new index.php, I would 301 it to the sitename.com/ directory index. (then it wont matter what kind of index you use today, or in 10 years. __________________ LinkSpun - Premier Adult Link Trading Community - ICQ - 464/\281/\250 Be Seen By New Webmasters/Affiliates * Target out webmasters/affiliates based on niches your sites are for less than $20 a month. AmeriNOC - Proudly hosted @ AmeriNOC!

01-07-2010, 09:35 AM	#4
daveylapoo Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 423	Thanks for the responses. Looks like both of those will work; however, as I understand it the 'proper' way to do this involves the 301 / .htaccess redirect, as it should not affect your SE listings: http://www.google.com/support/webmas...n&answer=93633 This is the code as it exists in the .htaccess now: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/\|\.php\|\.html\|\.htm\|\.feed\|\.pdf\|\.raw\|/[^.])$ [NC] RewriteRule (.) index.php RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L] RewriteRule index\.html index.php [NC,R] The last line is what should do it, however i think that something preceding this is causing the issue.