Guest Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 I have my store ready to open. I need to know how to set it up when custyomers type the actual url (www.mystore.com) it takes them to my catalog/index.php Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalid Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 can you not move it to the root directory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 can you not move it to the root directory? Not without having to go through and reconfigure php files. I'm not a programmer. I am doing a redirect that works great. Does anyone see any issue's using a redirect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sormui Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Not without having to go through and reconfigure php files. I'm not a programmer. I am doing a redirect that works great. Does anyone see any issue's using a redirect? I don't see any problem to use redirect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usernamenone Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 Search engines don't like redirects...........you know what that means. Either make a simple index.html page that has information about your business with links to the catalog and place it in the root of the site. Don't like that option then make the move. Make sure you have a folder in your admin folder named backups. run a backup of the sql from admin. Download a copy of your catalog. Open the catalog and upload the files to your root directory. Run the installer. Log into admin and run a restore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abduraooft Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 I have my store ready to open. I need to know how to set it up when custyomers type the actual url (www.mystore.com) it takes them to my catalog/index.php Thank you just place an index.htm page in your root directory with a meta content like <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=catalog/index.php"> or just <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=catalog/"> i think its enough and will be directed to your required page... regards, art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 just place an index.htm page in your root directory with a meta content like <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=catalog/index.php"> or just <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=catalog/"> i think its enough and will be directed to your required page... regards, art Thank you Art. I stopped the re-direct and added the meta tag you suggested. It worked. Do I need to use other meta tags in the index.html file? I'm under the impression the osC program did this automatically. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abduraooft Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Thank you Art. I stopped the re-direct and added the meta tag you suggested. It worked. Do I need to use other meta tags in the index.html file? I'm under the impression the osC program did this automatically. Mike You may add meta tags for 'keywords' and 'description' of your store so as to get listed by search engines regards, art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Thank you Art. I stopped the re-direct and added the meta tag you suggested. It worked. Do I need to use other meta tags in the index.html file? I'm under the impression the osC program did this automatically. Mike There are several ways to redirect a page. That particular way can cause you problems and should not be used. You need to use a header command or an .htaccess file instead. But moving the site to the root is the best solution and is not difficult. It doesn't require any programing ability, just copying files and directories and the editing of a few files. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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