[alltopbooks]

Hi there

I have just joined this site, after reading for a few months and being impressed by how quickly you all help people, especially in the HJT/malware forum.

I wanted to check that I don't need to do anything. I'd be grateful for any confirmation/suggestions of action.

I have a dedicated server. On it is a .co.uk site which is redirected in plesk to the other domain on the site, www.alltopbooks.com. This correctly shows as a 301 when you read the headers.

.com is an x-cart site (bookshop). If you type in the .com address it sends you to the home page, which is .com/home.php.

I checked the server headers for www.alltopbooks.com, and it shows as a 302 rather than a 301 to /home.php.

Does it matter that it is not a 301 given that it is pointing within the same domain? I know the search engines usually prefer 301s, but is that from one domain to another or even to within the same domain?

If it matters, then I don't see that Plesk allows you to do a forward to a page within the same domain. Is there something else I should do, e.g. htaccess?

Hopefully it won't matter as it's not outside the domain, but I just want to check!

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Dilip (Sinha)

[alltopbooks]

Don't worry about it folks......my hosting co has changed the x-cart standard settings.

Regards

Dilip

[namenotfound]

somewhat off-topic question: why not just make the main page "index.php", that way you don't have to redirect? Is there a reason you have it as "home.php"? If you renamed it to "index.php" then you wouldn't even need to see it in the url, making the address prettier

[alltopbooks]

namenotfound

Thanks for your comment.

No, it is just the way the site was set up by my web design/hosting company. I was assuming that was the way x-cart created sites normally worked.

Thanks

Dilip