page urls

[luckystars62]

Rebuilding in PRO and wondering about page urls. Since I'm indexed, I think it would be best to rename the pages to the same as they currently are named in 4.0. Right?

For example, the shipping page is defaulted to
http://www.the-fragrance-boutique.com/shipping_info

That, of course, is completely different.

Would it be okay to put it as:
http://www.the-fragrance-boutique.com/page/368897 or does it need to be completely the same as before and include the site/1549784 ??

More important to know of course when I get to the product pages, but wanting to see what would be best. Or does it even matter?

[KarenMac]

Laura,

Yeah its gonna matter, i think the new build uses /store instead of /site so even if you wanted I dont know that you could, but Im not using 5 at all, so Im not sure about the naming, but i do know you will lose some indexing rank until its caught up again.

Karen

[luckystars62]

Thanks Karen! I forgot about the store versus site so I'm glad you mentioned that. I guess I'll just go with page/#####, and use the same page numbers they have now. Less confusing and just have to knock out part of the url in my links.

[Shoshana]

Your home page url will be identical so you shouldn't lose rank there.

[luckystars62]

Now I'm wondering if it will matter after all or not. If I put one of my page urls in the browser address bar, without the site/1549784 in the url, it pulls up the page anyway. :? It would seem that if it made a difference, it wouldn't recognize it as the same page. I guess though, that since the indexed pages have it in there, and if someone clicked on that after I'm finished and published, it might give a 'not found' error.
I guess I'll find out! :?

I'm having a hard time figuring out how to put in the shipping rules. I used a range in 4.0 for a certain price per number of products purchased. I can't figure out how to do it on 5.0. There's no "range" option. :? The help instructions explain in detail how to put in formulas, but I can't figure out where I would put that in. :roll:
Maybe tomorrow after a little sleep...... :wink:

edited 06/04/06 to add -- Figured out the shipping rules. Sleep does help! :lol:

[Matt]

Laura, as Shoshana pointed out correctly, your homepage will stay the same, I wouldn't continue going by those SOL #'s, but by the real names, as found everywhere else and which was a point we always complained about .It might be more work for you in the beginning, BUT I am convinced, that once you have the pages up, the SE's will find them even faster and you might be able to actually using a Google site map - if it is important at all.
Just my thoughts :-)