Enhydra sites

Need info/help - convert? seo possible?

[mona]

A potential SEO client has a site done in Enhydra. I know very little about this, and I did a site search here for enhydra and found nothing - not a good sign.

I'm wondering if they should convert their site to something like cold fusion? (they are indexed well in Google, but rank poorly) Or is it possible to get decent rankings in Google in this form? If anyone can point me in the right direction to get started, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

NOTE: The techs tell me Enhydra is basically a servlet? Like Java? Sorry, clueless when it comes to this stuff.

[txbakers]

Enhydra is an application server much like Tomcat or BEA WebLogic or WebSphere. It runs Java and XML, so yes it runs servlets and JSP.

JSP is a great platform but it is tough to master.

If the site is running well I wouldn't switch it.

I certainly wouldn't recommend switching to cold Fusion.

If anything, you would go to another JSP server like JRun or Tomcat, but it looks like you have a good setup there.

I would just learn JSP and EnHydra.

[mona]

>> If the site is running well I wouldn't switch it.
I hoped this wasn't neccessary, nice to be reassured.

>> I would just learn JSP and EnHydra.
lol, I think that might take me a looong time:) But I could probably get a programmer here to show me enough so I can fake my way through it. Thanks, txbakers.

[txbakers]

faking is good. And where's the rush to learn? Just take it one day at a time and you will learn.

When you snatch the pebble from my hand......

[Rossv1]

I certainly wouldn't recommend switching to cold Fusion.

txbakers - why do you say this?

[txbakers]

cold fusion requires a cold fusion application server, so everything written in JSP would need to be re-written and recoded. THAT would be a HUGE job and a half.

At least if she wants to ditch enhydra, she can still use tomcat or any of the other JSP containers.

[Rossv1]

Good point RE:the jsp pages...I thought you meant you wouldn't use Cold Fusion, in general....I've been using CF for 4 years now, I love it...I thought thems was fightin' words ;)