n00b question about redirects and the like

Should page move deserve a 301 redirect?

[BushMackel]

So I have a URL at www.widgets.com/widget.html I want to change the name of this url because I am also going to be changing the title of this page slightly for keyword reasons. The new url is going to be www.widgets.com/bluewidgets.html

What is the best way to handle this? (I really don't want anymore inadvertent(sp?) dupe content penalties that I'm just crawling out of).

P.S. I'm pretty sure I can't do anything to my htaccess file and I'm on an apache server. But of course, I do have access to php functionality. Thx!

[Patrick Taylor]

You could try the WebmasterWorld php or Apache forums, or search Google for: php 301 redirect - lots to go at there.

[BushMackel]

I'll give it a whirl! Thanks a lot for responding Patrick!