How to Move an Existing Page to the Content Management System
Please note: The contents of this article apply only to licensed versions of the ProductCart software. They do not apply to stores running as a hosted application under a ProductCart Live agreement.
ProductCart contains a simple Content Management System. See the Content Pages overview for more information about this set of features, which have been substantially enriched in recent versions. Using these features will allow a merchant to manage non-catalog pages (e.g. privacy policy, contact information, “About Us”, etc.) through the ProductCart Control Panel.
To move an existing page (e.g. “AboutUs.asp”) to ProductCart's CMS features:
ProductCart contains a simple Content Management System. See the Content Pages overview for more information about this set of features, which have been substantially enriched in recent versions. Using these features will allow a merchant to manage non-catalog pages (e.g. privacy policy, contact information, “About Us”, etc.) through the ProductCart Control Panel.
To move an existing page (e.g. “AboutUs.asp”) to ProductCart's CMS features:
- Recreate the page in ProductCart. In v4, you can review it and edit it until you are satisfied with it, without the page being available to the general public.
- Replace the existing page:
- If it's a dynamic page, use a 301 Redirect to let search engines know that the page has moved. Visitors will instantly be redirected and won't notice any difference. In ASP, a 301 Redirect looks as follows (change the path to the destination file):
<% Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently" Response.AddHeader "Location", "productcart/pc/viewcontent.asp?idpage=1" Response.End %>
- If it's a static page (*.htm, *.html;), edit the page with text that explains that the page has been moved and a link to the new page. Visitors will not be instantly redirected, but they'll simply click on the link to the new page. Search engines will follow that link as well.
- If it's a dynamic page, use a 301 Redirect to let search engines know that the page has moved. Visitors will instantly be redirected and won't notice any difference. In ASP, a 301 Redirect looks as follows (change the path to the destination file):