Moving the home page to the root

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   For search engine optimization purposes it's not a good idea to do a simple redirect of the home page of your site to the "productcart/pc/home.asp" file. There are three things you can do:

Create your own home page. This is always a good way to go. There are scores of articles on the Internet about creating a good home page. Make sure that you link from your custom home page to ProductCart pages such as the store home, static store map, browse by category page (viewcategories.asp), etc.

Move home.asp to the root. Moving the ProductCart home page to the root is a bit tricky with ProductCart v3 due to the fact that the home page in the new version is much more powerful and flexible (and therefore more complex in the code). We have written a document to help you do so. You can find it here.

Redirect using a 301 Permanent Redirect. The permament redirect would point to the "productcart/pc/home.asp" file (where "productcart" might have been renamed on your store). Here is an example of a permanent redirect in ASP: 2006-09-01_155519_default.zip

Edited by earlyimp - 01-September-2006 at 3:56pm

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ProductCart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group ProductCart Team Joined: 01-October-2003 Status: Offline Points: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote ProductCart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Moving the home page to the root Posted: 01-September-2006 at 3:55pm
	For search engine optimization purposes it's not a good idea to do a simple redirect of the home page of your site to the "productcart/pc/home.asp" file. There are three things you can do: Create your own home page. This is always a good way to go. There are scores of articles on the Internet about creating a good home page. Make sure that you link from your custom home page to ProductCart pages such as the store home, static store map, browse by category page (viewcategories.asp), etc. Move home.asp to the root. Moving the ProductCart home page to the root is a bit tricky with ProductCart v3 due to the fact that the home page in the new version is much more powerful and flexible (and therefore more complex in the code). We have written a document to help you do so. You can find it here. Redirect using a 301 Permanent Redirect. The permament redirect would point to the "productcart/pc/home.asp" file (where "productcart" might have been renamed on your store). Here is an example of a permanent redirect in ASP: 2006-09-01_155519_default.zip Edited by earlyimp - 01-September-2006 at 3:56pm
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blkg37 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29-August-2008 Location: SC Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote blkg37 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28-September-2008 at 10:50am
	I have installed this mod and it seemed to be working for a period of time. The other day i checked the mod again and there seems to be an issue. Before this mod if you were to go to the websites url it would always forward you to "/ecomm/pc/home.asp". Currently this forwarding does not happen; meaning if i go to www.mysite.com it is not forwarded, the url in the address bar is www.mysite.com The problem that i am having now is no matter what i change the navigation structure to be home, the site always defaults back to "/ecomm/pc/home.asp" when clicking on the home button or link. Example: I go to my url www.mysite.com click on a link to view a category. Then i click the home button and it will NOT return me to the root !! the url becomes www.mysite.com/ecomm/pc/home.asp. I have changed ever include and asp page that has the "Home" link hard coded to got the root. What are your suggestions to look at or insight into the issue. Thank you for your response.

Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28-September-2008 at 11:06am
	You may not have altered your store settings for the default home page.

blkg37 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 29-August-2008 Location: SC Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote blkg37 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 29-September-2008 at 8:37am
	What settings are you refering too ? I am having difficulty in finding what could have changed. Thank you

benpate Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 15-February-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote benpate Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05-October-2008 at 11:55pm
	He is referring to the settings in the control panel. However, if you pm your domain name I will have a look. I have implemented a site that was moved to the root. Are you saying that a hard coded absolute link is not going to the right page -or- are you having a relative link issue?
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DCE99 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01-December-2008 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote DCE99 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04-December-2008 at 8:12pm
	Hi, Can you use the 301 redirect if you want to use a page other than the default cart homepage - i.e. a content page? Will this stuff up anything? and or be bad for the search engines? Thanks.