it's index.php not .html

by James Foster

Posted: 16 years ago 7 replies

WEB DESIGN

Hey everyone,

I'm hoping someone can give me a quick and easy solution to a problem. I have a domain that use to have a regular static html site on it, but now I have switched it to a WP blog. When I google the site it comes up in the #1 spot but google has it linking to www.mydomain.com/index.html and since there is no .html it goes directly to an ugly 404 page. I have taken down all the html pages but for some reason things aren't going to my nice looking webpage.

What do I need to change to make sure everything goes to my .php instead of a nonexistent page?

#html #indexphp

Eric Engel 16 years ago

I'm not sure how to do it...I bet there's something in wordpress that will let you. But what you need to do is make a custom 404 error page...one that redirects right to your home page.

Google will clean this up soon, but you should get a custom 404 anyway.
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onlinemarketer 16 years ago

if its a WP blog, maybe its in the setup of your meta links or something but yeah you could create a page for redirect as what Eric says
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- James Foster 16 years ago
  
  Thanks for the help so far guys. I went to my hosting acct. and set up redirects for pages. shouldn't those take effect instantly? i tried to test them right after i set the redirects but they didn't work yet. i'm hoping it takes atleast a few minutes for them to go into effect. I'll also look into my meta links.
  
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  Eric Engel 16 years ago
  
  Yes...redirects should work immediately. If not, then you didn't do it right.
  
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  jonhel 16 years ago
  
  James,
  
  Have you looked through the Wordpress plugins at WordPress › WordPress Plugins?
  
  I seem to recall seeing one a while ago that enabled you to specify old static page addresses but can't recall the details.
  
  Jonathan
  
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  James Foster 16 years ago
  
  thanks everyone and especially johnel that plug in did the trick!
  
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Louis Raven 16 years ago

You need to 301 redirect .html to .php.

Why 301 I hear you say? because a 301 tells Google to carry over all power/Page Rank to the new page and never look back.

Hope this helps

Louis
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