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Nertz
Junior Member
Canada
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 Posted - 03 June 2004 : 08:29:48
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Hi all,
I'm seeking advice on how to handle changing static html pages to dynamic content. By introducing Snitz Forums on two sites that I manage, I'm finding having to rename some pages from .htm to .asp when including dynamic content from the forums. Somewhere I've read that it is not a good idea to change page filenames on a well indexed site. On the first site that I changed some pages to dynamic content and renamed them to .asp, I found the google page rank on the homepage has dropped from 5 down to 1, though much of the page is still the same with the exception of the weekly content update from a post in a forum. I don't think I can avoid the page renaming if I am to include asp code in them.
Before continuing to add more dynamic content to other pages, I was wondering how other more experienced webmasters have handled a similar situation. Am I worrying for nothing and should just bite the bullet and proceed?
Thanks..
cheers,
Nat
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Jezmeister
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 08:59:39
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lol i aint experienced but..
the google thing is because a) links to your site may now point to nonexistent files and b) it cant find the pages it already had. but that should change pretty quickly. (well... a couple of months maybe but still lol)
personally i'd just go ahead with it... i think sites with more dynamic content are much better than ones without and they certainly tend to keep more visitors coming back. |
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laser
Advanced Member
Australia
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 09:16:19
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Bite the bullet now  It's better in the long run, like Jez said. |
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redbrad0
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 09:39:29
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Why not just leave the static pages on the server while you a rebuilding the site? This way the pages are still there and you can continue to work on the new asp page. So lets give a quick example...
You change home.html to home.asp. You will leave home.html on the server and every page that links to home.html you change the link to goto home.asp. This way anyone that has saved the page in their favorites, search engines, or anything else will be able to find your old files. Watch you stats for the site and it will let you know when nobody is accessing the .html pages anymore and then you can delete them. |
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Nertz
Junior Member
Canada
341 Posts |
Posted - 03 June 2004 : 11:15:30
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Thanks guys for your responses. Definitely agreed that dynamic content sites are definitely better than static sites. Although the home page rank may have gone down, the number of visitors to the site has increased considerably made possible by the forums and fresh weekly content presented to the homepage from the forums.
Jez, none of the links on the pages renamed to .asp had changed, I made sure all site nav links remained valid, in fact even added a couple more to the forum and calendar.
Brad, thanks for the tip of leaving the old page still up, I should have thought of that myself. How would you have done it, leave/update the old nav links on it and redirect to the new .asp page thru a meta tag? I think this is an option worth while exploring further if helps maintain the site index.
All your advice is well appreciated, surely most will be put to good use.
cheers,
Nat
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Sadly, most Family Court Judges wrongfully reward opportunistic gold diggers
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www.fathers-4-justice-canada.ca |
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Jezmeister
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 June 2004 : 13:32:05
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Originally posted by Nertz
Jez, none of the links on the pages renamed to .asp had changed, I made sure all site nav links remained valid, in fact even added a couple more to the forum and calendar.
I'm not entirely sure but I think google uses links from cached pages - so it wouldn't find the new links until the next time it updated its cache of the pages in question.
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redbrad0
Advanced Member
USA
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Posted - 05 June 2004 : 10:47:52
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| Well what I was saying is leave the .html pages alone so someone can goto them if they want, but just change all links in the html pages to goto the asp pages. So if they goto a html page, then when they clicked a link they would then be browsing the asp pages. |
Brad
Oklahoma City Online Entertainment Guide
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