Hi everyone,

 

I now have a Wordpress based site but used to have a standard html/css based one with a sitemap. I have logged into my Google webmaster tools and found this:

 

Click!

 

I presume that now I don't have my index.html any more there are some links that are not following. I could great another index.html saying we have moved but everyone who visit my site would have to go through this, slowing things down. Any ideas on what I can do please?

 

Thanks

 

Leon

Add this to your .htaccess file to redirect old pages...

 

redirect 301 /index.html http://www.businessbird.co.uk/

Cool! Ive found it,

 

# -FrontPage-
IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*
<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName businessbird.co.uk
AuthUserFile /home/busine72/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/busine72/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

 

Do you mine letting me know where I should fit your line in?

 

Cheers!!

 

Leon

huzzah! There is a 301 redirect Wordpress plugin- all sorted now, thanks!!

Hi Snoogins,

 

Whilst the redirect works it may not pass all the link juice to the correct (canonical) URL. So for example, you have a link in your profile above without the www's included. It is best to make sure your linking structure is consistent around your site and from any external links. That will avoid any wastage of link juice!

 

Tim