A CHALLENGE for all you Web geniuses!

No ONE on EARTH has been able to come up with a solution with my problem!

Can you?

Background: My website is in a "shared" Windows hosting environment so I don't have access to the IIS "control panel". My website consists of web pages with the .html extension.

Problem: I want to use Server Side Includes (SSI). This only works if my files have the .shtml extension.

Sooo....It's not as simple as renaming all my files because then I lose everything indexed by Google and other search engines.

Soooo. the idea is I duplicate all my files so they have .shtml extension and I put some sort of 301 redirect in my original .html files.

This is the problem! No one out there in the webworld can tell me how to do a 301 redirect to my new .shtml pages! Javascript won't do it! I can't use htaccess, asp, php or anything else!

Any solutions out there?

Thanx in advance!

Blair

 

Dont worry, there is a solution on this, I will come back later with the answer if I can remember it, something to put in .htaccess if I am not wrong.

edit:

Here, I dont remember if this is all the code, but you should at least get a clue from this:

AddHandler server-parsed .html
AddHandler server-parsed .htm
Options +FollowSymLinks

I had something like that in my .htaccess and then ssi worked perfect.

I suggest that you put this in your .htaccess and try.

Give me BIIIIIIG green if it works, cause I actually dont know anything about .htaccess

 

he said - no .htaccess .... I think the solution is to change hosting.

 

htaccess is an Apache tool, won't work on Windows.

Solution: Dump your server.

Alternative Solution: Meta refresh all .html to .shtml and keep your fingers crossed Google will treat it as a 301.

 

If you can use SSI extensions as .shtml, there has to be a way to change it on a Windows Server.

Just to understand correctly, you already have .html and are considering using .shtml for SSI includes?

In a linux world, instead of using .shtml, simply change your .htaccess to allow .html files to also be used as SSI includes. I use SSI includes religiously and they are all .html files.

Add this to your .htaccess and give it a shot:
AddHandler server-parsed .html

This will allow .html's to be used globally as SSI includes.

Be sure to report back if this is the solution because I am curious to know if this was in fact your original question and need.

Thanks

 

Unfortunately, "Htaccess" only works in the UNIX world..

It won't help me in Windowsland. I want to switch from .html to .shtml because this is the only way I can get Server Side Includes (SSI) to work..

/Blair

 

the fastest, cheapest and most simple solution to your problem is to change to the ONE server-OS most smart webmasters are using for a reason ...
Linux !

most hosts have BOTH win and Linux in their program - hence a change wihtin same host comapny from win to Lin might be a matter of minutes or hours to accomplish and all your problems are instantly gone for good.

else
a host change is the other option to solve your current problems and all future problems as well

even a dedicated server to have FULL control might be an option of your knowledge allow you to control your own site