Trying to use my website motto as a folder

[dailypress]

I would like my domain www.example.com FW to www.example.com/WebsiteMotto/index.html to advertise my Website Motto as well.

Since the domain is my main account and other websites are sub directories, my registrar requires me to point the main account domain to the root directory.

So I am thinking of using a meta-tag refresh for my root index.html page.

Is there any better way of doing this?

[dailypress]

does it make a difference if I use PHP Redirect VS HTML redirect?

I can easily change my root index.html to index.php; but which method works best; or does it really not make a difference?

[Marshall]

A PHP redirect is more stealthful and less problematic than HTML meta refresh.

Marshall

[rocknbil]

.htaccess with mod_rewrite?

[Receptional Andy]

Not to go off topic, but I'm not convinced this would be a very good URL structure, since the motto has little do with the content you are displaying, and is perhaps also more liable to change.

Redirection of the homepage is particular problematic, since if you ever change this structure, you risk having to redirect the majority of links in to your site.

In addition, the choice is to either 301 root to the folder (which avoid duplicate content, but is essentially 'dropping' your site root) or a 302, which in some ways makes more sense, but will result in duplicates.

[dailypress]

thanks guys, I used a PHP redirect and will see what happens.

Receptional Andy: I think the motto will help me get more back links and that is why I am using it; It helps advertise "a good cause"

[dailypress]

one more question:

I am trying to move all content/files/folders from Example.com to Example.org

Do I have to upload a new 301 redirect page for every single old page?

or should I simply FW the domain to the .org?

I dont want to lose traffic or google page rank.

thanks in advance.

[webfoo]

Why don't you have example.com forward to motto.org?

PHP redirect is most certainly better than META refresh.

--webfoo

[dailypress]

do you mean do the redirect using Godaddy redirect? or do you mean upload htaccess in the root directory?