using .htm pages

[Chris Hadden]

I am considering this software. My current site is ranked well on quite a few .htm pages. These pages must remain with the site or my traffic would disappear. My old site was built with Frontpage and ST***F***T. Can I still use Frontpage? and keep my htm pages?

[mazhar]

You can put those HTML pages along with able pages and link them to AbleCommerce pages for navigation purposes.

[dappy2]

Build your pages into the AbleCommerce software (with .aspx pages) and just do a 301 permanent redirect. Google will keep the pagerank and eventually just replace the .htm pages with .aspx pages. Site visitors will never know the difference.

http://www.highposition.net/301-redirect-tutorial-iis/

Either you or your host should be able to set it up once you go live. It is really really easy.

[mazhar]

Build your pages into the AbleCommerce software (with .aspx pages) and just do a 301 permanent redirect. Google will keep the pagerank and eventually just replace the .htm pages with .aspx pages. Site visitors will never know the difference.

http://www.highposition.net/301-redirect-tutorial-iis/

Either you or your host should be able to set it up once you go live. It is really really easy.

I second the idea.

[kastnerd]

Build your pages into the AbleCommerce software (with .aspx pages) and just do a 301 permanent redirect. Google will keep the pagerank and eventually just replace the .htm pages with .aspx pages. Site visitors will never know the difference.

http://www.highposition.net/301-redirect-tutorial-iis/

Either you or your host should be able to set it up once you go live. It is really really easy.

I second the idea.

I also vote for 301 redirect. This way if search engines or users try and use the old url they get sent to the new url. The search engines will quickly use the new url. But other sites links may never update so you would want to keep the 301 alive.