PC Setup Suggestions

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   I'm getting ready to upgrade to 5.0 when the BTO version becomes available.  As I've been researching, I took a little time and looked at other "Case Study" websites on ProductCart's website and noticed that many of them, not all, have set up their content like this:
www.storename.com/shop/pc/home.asp > home page - redirect from www.storename.com
www.storename.com/shop/pc/viewcategories.asp > as you'd expect a PC page to be
www.storename.com/shop/pc/unique_to_industry_info_page.asp > non cart related page
I've been developing with ProductCart since 2008, but mostly with 4 sites from the same client.
I've always laid out my sites like this (non-cart content in root):
www.storename.com > home page
www.storename.com/shop/pc/vewcategories.asp > cart pages only in this directory... (in "shop" dir)
www.storename.com/unique_to_industry_info_page.asp > all custom, non cart content in root
With this structure, I have 2 copies of header.asp and footer.asp, one of each located in the root directory and shop/pc/ folders.
Anyway, I'm wondering what people's thoughts are on these two different ways of setting up ProductCart.
I'm thinking about switching to the first way shown above, because my current site has several different, involved css dropdown menus.  Converting it to Bootstrap is going to take some time.  Moving it all to one folder will be easier to maintain and upgrade, I think...
This question is kind of vague probably - I'm just looking for opinions.
Thanks!!!

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steverguy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 05-April-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote steverguy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: PC Setup Suggestions Posted: 20-May-2014 at 10:07am
	I'm getting ready to upgrade to 5.0 when the BTO version becomes available. As I've been researching, I took a little time and looked at other "Case Study" websites on ProductCart's website and noticed that many of them, not all, have set up their content like this: www.storename.com/shop/pc/home.asp > home page - redirect from www.storename.com www.storename.com/shop/pc/viewcategories.asp > as you'd expect a PC page to be www.storename.com/shop/pc/unique_to_industry_info_page.asp > non cart related page I've been developing with ProductCart since 2008, but mostly with 4 sites from the same client. I've always laid out my sites like this (non-cart content in root): www.storename.com > home page www.storename.com/shop/pc/vewcategories.asp > cart pages only in this directory... (in "shop" dir) www.storename.com/unique_to_industry_info_page.asp > all custom, non cart content in root With this structure, I have 2 copies of header.asp and footer.asp, one of each located in the root directory and shop/pc/ folders. Anyway, I'm wondering what people's thoughts are on these two different ways of setting up ProductCart. I'm thinking about switching to the first way shown above, because my current site has several different, involved css dropdown menus. Converting it to Bootstrap is going to take some time. Moving it all to one folder will be easier to maintain and upgrade, I think... This question is kind of vague probably - I'm just looking for opinions. Thanks!!!
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Hamish Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hamish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-May-2014 at 7:08pm
	It's been mine & many others opinion as well as being backed up by statements from Google (Matt Cutts as I recall) that there is no SEO penalty for having a site that doesn't start at the root page or for longer URL's. People visiting the site directly should be redirected to the actual home page and most people will visit via a link from another site or a search engine anyway. There's a related post on the ProductCart wiki about moving the home page to the root - which also states that there is no advantage in doing so. The instructions are given anyway for those that believe otherwise.
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