alternatives to meta refresh

[Skhan00]

i just created an ecommerce store which runs on a asp.net2 backend.

this is what i have done:
since the backend has a lot of asp files i didnt want to clutter the main directory of my website with a lot of files so i created the store within a directory to keep everything organized.

so for example. the domain is www.mydomain.com, but the store is www.mydomain.com/shop/

i currently have it so when someone enters www.mydomain.com, it meta refreshes to /shop/

now i read that this is looks real bad on search engines. i wanted to know what is the safest way to reroute to the shop area?
is the safest way for me to just create a splash page? which i really dont like the idea of. what is a good alternative?

[pageoneresults]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld Skhan00!

What is a good alternative?

Make the /shop/ your root level page (the home page). Why do you need the redirect there?

[Skhan00]

mm, this might be a dumb question but how would i make it my root level dir? other then transferring all my files from the shop area to the root level, then i would have to recreate IIS apps for the new directory and also edit the IIS apps for other directories within the /shop/ dir.

im on a win2k3 server btw.

[pageoneresults]

I'm not sure what your exact setup is but why couldn't you just move the default page to the root level and leave everything else where it is?

[Skhan00]

the default page in itself is a asp file called default.aspx which is tied to the script because it pulls dynamic data.

it looks like i might just have to reset IIS apps and move the directories.