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Wordpress Question

by Tom Byrde
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I have a blog that is part of a static HTML site so a lot of the site pages are outside Wordpress. Wordpress is installed in a subdir at the site.

What I want to do is gradually recreate all of the static pages in Wordpress but I want the original urls to be preserved to keep pagerank and seo benefits.

I have searched in vain for a plugin that can do this.

Anyone know of one that can do it?
#question #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    This might not be the answer you were looking for. But this is what I would do.

    Add a new installation of Wordpress in the main directory (where the original pages are). Install the same theme and customisations, so it looks identical to your blog.

    Then use custom menus to interlink between the two. Your readers shouldn't even notice that there are two different directories being used and your original urls will remain intact if you use the correct permalink structure.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tom Byrde
      Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

      This might not be the answer you were looking for. But this is what I would do.

      Add a new installation of Wordpress in the main directory (where the original pages are). Install the same theme and customisations, so it looks identical to your blog.

      Then use custom menus to interlink between the two. Your readers shouldn't even notice that there are two different directories being used and your original urls will remain intact if you use the correct permalink structure.
      Thanks for your reply, but it is not an option for me.

      Edit: actually, on reflection, that might not be a bad idea - thanks Rose!
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      • Profile picture of the author BackLinkiT
        what are your current page extensions?

        mydomain.com/greenwidgets.html or .htm or what?
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        • Profile picture of the author Tom Byrde
          Originally Posted by BackLinkiT View Post

          what are your current page extensions?

          mydomain.com/greenwidgets.html or .htm or what?
          A mixture of .htm and .html but mainly .htm
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          • Profile picture of the author BackLinkiT
            Good. there are various plugins that will add a custom page extension to wordpress pages. it is very easily done.
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            • Profile picture of the author Tom Byrde
              Originally Posted by BackLinkiT View Post

              Good. there are various plugins that will add a custom page extension to wordpress pages. it is very easily done.
              Well thanks for your input, but that was not the question.
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              • Profile picture of the author BackLinkiT
                sorry I thought you wanted to re-create static pages using wordpress whilst keeping the url's the same.
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    • Profile picture of the author kaisoft
      Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

      This might not be the answer you were looking for. But this is what I would do.

      Add a new installation of Wordpress in the main directory (where the original pages are). Install the same theme and customisations, so it looks identical to your blog.

      Then use custom menus to interlink between the two. Your readers shouldn't even notice that there are two different directories being used and your original urls will remain intact if you use the correct permalink structure.
      Yep I agree with rosetrees
      This is the way I would do it as well
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  • Profile picture of the author dsouravs
    Use a permanent redirection plugin...and redirect those HTML pages to new WP pages
    I forgot the plugin name but you can search....

    After permanent redirection SE's will know that those .html pages have moved to new pages like /about and there is no loss of SEO juice.

    THank you
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  • Profile picture of the author azsno
    You can use this plugin to import HTML pages into WordPress, very easy to do:

    http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ml#post4554817
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  • Profile picture of the author tjaysen70
    yeah that would probably be the easiest way to get what you need to accomplish and fast. Otherwise you could copy the html code and past into wp post and re-publish.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Byrde
    @BackLinkiT - Yes that is what I want to do. The entire url - not just the extension.

    @dsouravs - I've seen plenty of plugins for this. Just not sure about the potential loss caused by a redirect.

    @azsno - I've seen that one. Doesn't preserve the original url as far as I can see.

    @tjaysen70 - doesn't preserve the original url.
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  • Profile picture of the author dsouravs
    search in goog about 302 redirection...You will come to know that it preserves SEO juice...
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    • Profile picture of the author Tom Byrde
      Originally Posted by dsouravs View Post

      search in goog about 302 redirection...You will come to know that it preserves SEO juice...
      Thanks - appreciated.
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