The best way is to use a rewriting engine like mod_rewrite (for Apache) or isapi_rewrite (for IIS). If your host refuses to give you that capability, perhaps a hosting change is in order?
Another alternative is to build your CF site and instead of serving dynamic content (I.e. visitors request CFM pages), have it write to static file (the same HTML files that already exist). Best of all worlds: html URLs, static server, dynamic creation. cheers, barneyb On 5/18/06, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm digging this old-ass post out of the archives because it seems like it > was never answered, and I really, really need to get one. > > I need to do exactly what the original poster was asking. I have an old html > site that is VERY well ranked, and we need to convert to a newer, easier to > maintain CF site. My plan was to just create a site-wide 404 error handler, > then use cfheader to do a 301 redirect. However, Jim McAtee wrote in this > thread that it doesn't quite work: > > >That's what I was concerned about. I'd heard this years ago but didn't know > >if it was >still true. I'm close to an alternative, but... I found out that > >ideally, google and others >would like you to return an HTTP 301 (Moved > >Permanently) status code. I believe it's >so they can remove the old page > >from their index. Which is what I'd like as well. I was >able to get a > >custom 404 page pointed at a CF template. Problem now is that no >matter > >what I do in the template using CFHEADER, IIS always morphs my 301 HTTP > >>status code into a 302 code, with its own page output. If I do a GET using > >something >like wfetch, then I can see IIS' output - it has the correct new > >.cfm page location, but a >302 status code. Somehow I think the custom error > >page approach isn't going to get >me anywhere do to the way IIS operates. > > Has anyone successfully done a 301 redirect WITHOUT using IIS? I'm hosted in > a shared environment at CrystalTech, and they flat out refuse to mess with > IIS for redirects, period. > > HELP! -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:240905 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
