Going from html to php

[cachemony]

I wasn't sure where to post this?

I have a website that is focused around classified advertisement. Right now adding new ads to my site is manually done. I’m having some programmers implementing a php based system that would automate the process of adding new ads, so my advertisers can do it themselves.

Here is my question, Right now I have good rankings for my advertising pages and I wanted to find out if and how I can keep those rankings after I implement this system? Is there anything I should be aware of that would affect my rankings, when implementing this type of system? I was concerned that if the URLs change from .html to .php that might have a negative effect?

Thanks for your help!

[gabs]

If your worried (which i would be ) then don't change it...

You can use mod rewrite to make php look like .html

:D

Loads of info about this just search mod rewrite in google ;)

[cachemony]

If your worried (which i would be ) then don't change it...

You can use mod rewrite to make php look like .html

:D

Loads of info about this just search mod rewrite in google ;)Thanks for your quick response and help! I did search Google for mod rewrite info. I'm slow with the tech stuff, can you point me in the direction of a site or just tell me what I need to tell my programmers specifically about using mod rewrite in my new system so my ranking are not hurt by this?

Thanks again. You're great.

[Chance]

Even better just get your php parser to parse html as php files. :) saves the overheads of using mod-rewrite

[Bruno]

Parsing php in html file, its very easy to get this:

http://www.desilva.biz/php/phpinhtml.html

In this case i will use this instead mod rewrite. But again it depends how your links look like, its easy to guess, hard to tell right solution without link :)

[Chance]

A thing to also check for when using php is the last-modified header. Most php driven websites do not output this header.