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[dogtails]

I hope this is a legal thing to do:

 

I have a splash page which my host says I have to keep. So now I have to spice it up to draw in the crawlers. Can I make a link then have that link point to my oscommerce category? I hope I said that right.

[spax]

Yes, just use a normal anchor and remove the "Top" link from your store.

 

Do you have a free hosting package? I am confused. Why do you "have" to keep the splash page?

[dogtails]

Yes, just use a normal anchor and remove the "Top" link from your store.

 

Do you have a free hosting package? I am confused. Why do you "have" to keep the splash page?

 

 

no not free, its start logic. I don't know, they won't change it. They say that oscommerce is a sub directory.

[spax]

If you want your store to open from the domain name, as the splash page does now, you need to move everything out of the sub-directory and into the root. Then you have to edit the 2 configure files to remove any reference to the sub-directory and finally, delete or rename the index.html you have there now.

 

Your host doesn't give the impression they are clued up.

[DejaVu]

If your paying for your hosting, you can have whatever you want on your first page.

 

Even delete the index page and create errors for the whole time of your hosting plan.

 

Recommend not going to your host for advice in the future!!

 

Install OSCommerce Catalog directory to your route and OSCommerce will be the first thing you see when someone hits your domain name.

[spax]

To be fair to the host, they are probably saying if you keep osC in a sub-directory, you need to have something at root level. However, they should advise the way to go if the op wants the store at root.

[dogtails]

To be fair to the host, they are probably saying if you keep osC in a sub-directory, you need to have something at root level. However, they should advise the way to go if the op wants the store at root.

 

 

i was able to redirect, thanks