How do i redirect my index page without affecting my seo listings

hi people

i currently run an online store

www.johnnysinajiffy.com

however i have a splash entry page, which i dont want, i want it to go straight to the catalog page

http://www.johnnysinajiffy.com/catalog/

i want to do this without affecting my seo, as i have some good listings for keywords in my market, and i have worked hard to get it to there

any help would be great

 

How about using meta refresh?

<meta http-equiv=refresh content="0;http://www.johnnysinajiffy.com/catalog" />

Code (markup):

 

i will advise you to go for permanent redirection to your new page.

 

would using a meta refresh affect my seo listings?

 

Meta refresh will affect SEO..

How about this from http://www.webconfs.com/how-to-redirect-a-webpage.php

IIS Redirect
In internet services manager, right click on the file or folder you wish to redirect
Select the radio titled "a redirection to a URL".
Enter the redirection page
Check "The exact url entered above" and the "A permanent redirection for this resource"
Click on 'Apply'
ColdFusion Redirect
<.cfheader statuscode="301" statustext="Moved permanently">
<.cfheader name="Location" value="http://www.new-url.com">


PHP Redirect
<?
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
Header( "Location: http://www.new-url.com" );
?>


ASP Redirect
<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<%
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently";
Response.AddHeader("Location","http://www.new-url.com/");
%>


ASP .NET Redirect
<script runat="server">
private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
Response.AddHeader("Location","http://www.new-url.com");
}
</script>


JSP (Java) Redirect
<%
response.setStatus(301);
response.setHeader( "Location", "http://www.new-url.com/" );
response.setHeader( "Connection", "close" );
%>


CGI PERL Redirect
$q = new CGI;
print $q->redirect("http://www.new-url.com/");


Ruby on Rails Redirect
def old_action
headers["Status"] = "301 Moved Permanently"
redirect_to "http://www.new-url.com/"
end


Redirect Old domain to New domain (htaccess redirect)
Create a .htaccess file with the below code, it will ensure that all your directories and pages of your old domain will get correctly redirected to your new domain.
The .htaccess file needs to be placed in the root directory of your old website (i.e the same directory where your index file is placed)

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

 

thanks for that

even though im only wanting to redirect

www.johnnysinajiffy.com to www.johnnysinajiffy.com/catalog/

missing out the front page, out all those options, which would be easiest and quickest to do?

 

PHP Redirect
<?
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
Header( "Location: www.johnnysinajiffy.com/catalog/" );
?>

As your using oscommerce..

V cool site by the way!!!

Test this first elsewhere if you can or off peak on the site.

Steps .

Copy up index_new.php with redirect code
Rename current index.php
Rename index_new.php with redirect code
Close Browsers
Test site

though you prob know all that!

Did i say cool site!

 

thanks for the feedback, website normally goes down well

I may have to see if i can get some help doing that, im a designer, so coding aint a strong point for me,

thanks for that though

 

Let me know if you want any assistance..
Cheers!