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How do I make SMF the main page of domain?

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nightbre:

--- Quote ---Why not add an actual 301 then?
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Up to the OP how he wants to do it, that just hides the ugliness until then.  ;)

mashby:
Isn't a 301 redirect the way to keep SEO goodness though?
The file you provided will certainly work but won't sustain any SEO work already done by the OP.

Colin:

--- Quote from: mashby on July 24, 2012, 10:37:10 PM ---Isn't a 301 redirect the way to keep SEO goodness though?
The file you provided will certainly work but won't sustain any SEO work already done by the OP.

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Exactly, thus my comment. Why not add a 301 redirect to keep the SEO, then consider if he wants to move the actual contents to the root.

nightbre:
Well it links to a test forum with 1 post if thats much in the line of SEO but yes your right a 301 redirect is the most efficient but also theres a few ways it can be done via server side or htaccess ect so he needs to decide that really.

Ive attached a php 301 below.
 

mashby:
nightbre wins. Looking at the site (which I didn't do and should have). You would be much better off moving your stuff now and not caring about the /smf folder. There's nothing there at the moment to care about. I would simply move the smf folder to the root and use the repair_settings utility to fix things up. Theory, meet reality. Reality wins. There's nothing to preserve in SEO world. Just fix it now and look to the future.
What is repair_settings.php?

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