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.htaccess File Is It Good Or Bad?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by myvv, Sep 27, 2004.

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    Currently I'm building my X-Cart based ecommerce site and I've become concerned with their use of "home.php" as the default home page. I've been advised I'll need to modify the .htaccess file to change the default/index page to "home.php".

    Will this process affect my rankings and if so how and why? Also what do you suggest I do to avoid this issue? Perhaps a static html index.htm page directing you to the X-Cart pages?
     
    myvv, Sep 27, 2004 IP
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    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    If they have not broken their Apache install, you should be able to use index.php without creating or modifying a .htaccess file.

    Will X-Cart let you use index.php instead of home.php?

    The filename of the home page should really, IMHO, never be shown. It encourages people to link to the filename instead of to the domain name alone.
     
    Will.Spencer, Sep 27, 2004 IP