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If I upgrade from CCP6 to CCP 7 (which doesn't) have XMOD - will the urls be EXACTLY the same. After years of SEO on these links I don't want them changing.
For example with the upgrade will this link remain the same.
"http://www.thehouseofoojah.com/audiobooks/ccp0-prodshow/how-stop-worrying-start-living-dale-carnegie-audio.html"
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Greg
Last edited by greg_oz (07-20-2009 19:02:19)
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The app has or will change with ccp7 going from ccp0 (gbu0) to ecom for both US and UK versions so the urls will change with ccp7.
John
Last edited by dh783 (07-20-2009 19:56:42)
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Thanks
Well I certainly will not be upgrading. I have hundreds of links pointing to 100s of URLs - there is no upgrade worth loosing all those links built up over years.
I personally think that should have been thought of in the upgrade.
Greg
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Much like moving from 5.1 to 6 you may create a .htaccess file to direct the old style links to the new links.
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Using 301 redirects in the .htaccess file points the search engines to the replacement pages so not to loose existing links, done like this:
redirect 301 /audiobooks/ccp0-prodshow/how-stop-worrying-start-living-dale-carnegie-audio.html http://www.thehouseofoojah.com/new_directory_example/how-stop-worrying-start-living-dale-carnegie-audio.html
Last edited by amdowney (07-21-2009 03:00:13)
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Please be aware that CCP7 has legacy code in it's CORE_startup_cgi class that automatically translates CCP6 URLs into CCP7's format. This means that any URLs pointing to CCP6 will work if pointed to CCP7 at the same location (meaning you replaced your CCP6 install with CCP7). Redirects are not a bad idea, though.
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Can I have clarification please.
If I upgrade from V6 to V7 will I need to setup 301 redirects to preserve or is it 100% taken care of without any downside in the upgrade?
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You can go without the redirects - but it would be better to use them. The reason it would be better is that without the redirect the search engines may index two pages with the exact same content on them (one for the old URL and one for the new URL). I know this sounds like a good thing - but search engines like Google are wise to this and if your site is audited you could get penalized for having duplicate content on different URLs.
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Can anyone recommend the most pain-free way of applying hundreds of redirects without having to copy and paste each source url and then its new destination one-by-one into an htaccess?
Last edited by magwa (07-22-2009 12:37:24)
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The following is for Apache and would convert all CCP base and UK (GBU) URLs over with redirects. These rules would be applied above any SEO rules you have already in a .htaccess file for CCP. These assume you have standard SEO turned on in v6 and v7 and do not take into account HDSEO URLs - which probably won't change from install to install.
RewriteRule ^ccp0-display/(.*)\.html$ cms-display/$1\.html [R=permanent] RewriteRule ^ccp0-dynform/(.*)\.html$ cms-dynform/$1\.html [R=permanent] RewriteRule ^ccp0-(.*)/(.*)\.html$ ecom-$1/$2\.html [R=permanent] RewriteRule ^gbu0-display/(.*)\.html$ cms-display/$1\.html [R=permanent] RewriteRule ^gbu0-dynform/(.*)\.html$ cms-dynform/$1\.html [R=permanent] RewriteRule ^gbu0-(.*)/(.*)\.html$ ecom-$1/$2\.html [R=permanent]
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Thank you
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