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Originally Posted by leilapan  regarding the mod_rewrite
is it necessary to add a .html or anything to the end
or would www.learnenglishindublin.com/italian/ielts be ok?
the new coding guy said something bout there being a security bonus by adding .html at the end because people won't know we are coding in php...
thoughts? |
My understanding is that having .html at the end is purely cosmetic ...
I tend to have /cat/post
(until I get the post away from the cat that is)
If your php is insecure get a new coder
security by obfuscation isn't really the way to go ... but it doesn't hurt
changing an admin folder to bobblymint for example could prevent people trying to log into your admin panel if it was so named ...
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Originally Posted by leilapan also, because the site was already in existence before we became aware of the mod_rewrite thing...what about the links that the site already has? its basically a redirect right?
for the blog specifically, will i have to change the links to the main sites to the new mod-rewritten ones? |
You'll want to 301 redirect the pages (should be able to do this in the .htaccess file) this should preserve any ranking / merit the pages have ...