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I am using the .htaccess 301 redirect.
www.domain.com/subdir
www.domain.com/subdir/index.htm
Both are the same.
However Google might have the paged indexed with the filename, or it might not. So when I do the redirect, do I put the filename or not?
I thought of doing two lines, one for both, but then you run the risk of duplicate content.
Thank you!
www.domain.com/subdir
www.domain.com/subdir/index.htmBoth are the same
Actually, what you want is...
www.domain.com/subdir/
...with a trailing slash.
See...
Redirect /folder/index.html to /folder/
[webmasterworld.com...]
What if google has both of these indexed?
[domain.com...]
and
[domain.com...]
And I want both to now go to a new URL.
AND QUESTION TWO.................
If my home page is changing from index.htm to index.php
would my 301 redirect line look like this?
Redirect 301 index.htm index.php
[edited by: LongView at 6:31 pm (utc) on April 24, 2007]
Redirect 301 index.htm index.php
LongView - Now I'm getting what you meant earlier by "doing two lines." You're using a very simple redirect syntax. It's a syntax I used for my first sites; it served me well for a while; but it's very limited in what it can do.
I am by no means an "expert"... I tend to hire experts when I need something elaborate done... but I can tell you that rewriting file extensions for an entire site, or fooling around with the default index page settings, is something that's best done using mod_rewrite, and most likely is going to involve an understanding of your server setup as a whole.
Since you mention php, it's likely that you're on an Apache server. You're much more likely to get an in depth discussion of your problems over in the Apache forum, where the post I cited above came from.
