Retain existing webpage names? (for SEO)
johnb41 - January 6, 2009 - 06:10
Sorry if this has already been answered, but I just can't find the answer anywhere...
I'd like to bring over my companies current static .html site, and I know it's possible from reading lots of posts here. But my question is... is it possible to retain the exact file names that we currently have? So www.mycompany.com/products.html will still be that exact URL when on Drupal. We're placed very well in search engines, and we don't want to lose our ranking.
I know I can used "redirecting" techniques (301?), but the boss is paranoid and would rather retain the same filename instead of doing that.
Thanks for your help!
John
Well hopefully you are using
Well hopefully you are using Drupal 6 (and not 7 since it still in development).
As for the url, those static pages typically become node based content with paths of the form node/{nid} where {nid} is a node id. By enabling the path module you can assign a path alias to the node when it is added or edited.
In other case where you are producing a list of content, if you are using the views module you assign a path to the page view, if not using views you can add aliases as needed.
And yes the alias/path can be something like products.html
You can u url_alias,Global
You can u url_alias,Global redirect modules