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Hullo,

Our SEO consultant is concerned about cms made simple with regards to the URL.

For instance; Rather than http://www.mysite.com.au/town-accommodation.php it returns http://www.mysite.com.au/index.php?page ... ommodation

Is there a module/plugin that can amend this situation?

I found a bit of info here but didn't understand a word of it...
http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... retty_URLs

The client has had good rankings, we have just converted the site from static htm to cms ms and worried that when we release it, it will lose those rankings.

Anyone?

That link you found from Wiki describes exactly what you should do.

1. Set .htaccess - so that whatever ending you want to have for those pages is shown
2. Set from config.php - pretty URLs, hierarchy etc. settings so you'll get what you want.

This way you can match many of the previous page addersses. Even if they are ending with .html

You can also use Moved Pages for pages that were not able to do with settings above
http://dev.cmsmadesimple.org/projects/movedpages/

So read that wiki document once more. All info now to do that is there.

There are many other things to worry after this is done but I'm sure your SEO consultant is aware of that. First time google hits those pages you'll see if he/she was right.

br,K

Hello,

herbshirt wrote: Our SEO consultant is concerned about cms made simple with regards to the URL.

For instance; Rather than http://www.mysite.com.au/town-accommodation.php it returns http://www.mysite.com.au/index.php?page ... ommodation

I'd rather http://www.mysite.com.au/town-accommodation.html

herbshirt wrote: I found a bit of info here but didn't understand a word of it...
http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... retty_URLs

The documentation is confusing today, there are 3 places about pretty URLs. My favorite is the one in the optional settings at the end of the installation procedure. It suggests to use the .htaccess sample provided with the official package.
Hopefully the website is being redesigned and the documentation fixed.
Have fun with CMSms and its pretty URLs

Pierre M.

Thanks so much guys. I'll consult some one who can decipher it for me.

I did it!!!

All that code was intimidating at first ... but I made the changes to the config and the htaccess and ...wammo! It worked. All URL's now displaying a nice se friendly static .html

Even if you don't believe se's care about your URL. It was worth the small amount of time taken.

I'm not a technically minded dood so to pull off something like that without headache was a blast!

Thankyou,
Brad.

Good job!

br,K