My company’s current website is hosted through MediaTemple. It’s a very content-heavy site and has well over 50 pages within it. MT has been meh, but I’ve had lots of problems with Joomla there.
I’m considering a complete redesign using Squarespace. I want to drastically simplify our content and message and I love the Squarespace interface. The hosting is rock-solid too.
Here’s the issue:
How will I set up permanent redirects if I no longer have hosting at MediaTemple? Our domain will still be through them, but that’s it. In the past, I’ve set up permanent redirects via .htaccess, but how will I accomplish this with Squarespace?
I’ll have my domain nameserver to direct to the Squarespace page, of course, and I guess I can set up a 404 page to help direct stray searchers to the new site, but I can’t have a bunch of 404s… I need to redirect to the new content.
Even if I keep hosting for a while, won’t the domain just immediately go to the Squarespace page without executing the .htaccess?
HALP!
im kinda confused on the issue here… Just sign up for one host, and change the name servers on the domain to reflect your hosting change.
Squarespace hosts its own sites. The URLs there will NOT be the same as the URLs on the old site (the ones indexed by Google and linked to from other places). Thus, my issue.
I’m pretty sure you can keep the same URLs.
You should try contacting SquareSpace. I doubt you’ll find many folks around here that have used them.
I’d recommend sending an example. Explicitly state that you want, for example, to resolve or redirect to that specific article as it’s hosted on SquareSpace so that people (or bots/spiders) who have bookmarked (or indexed) your pages will still be taken directly to them.
if you can’t keep the same URL just use 301 redirects to point to the new pages
That’s exactly what he’s asking how to do. He doesn’t know how to do that with SquareSpace or if they offer that ability. Pay attention.
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good luck setting it up with your host.. never heard of them before
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good luck setting it up with your host.. never heard of them before |
That’s obvious.
Going from a well designed site where you’re in complete control to something made in what is effectively a fancy web builder?
Seems like a step backwards to me You’re also tied in to Squarespace…
If MT sucks, why not just look for a decent new hosting provider?
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Going from a well designed site where you’re in complete control to something made in what is effectively a fancy web builder?
Seems like a step backwards to me You’re also tied in to Squarespace… If MT sucks, why not just look for a decent new hosting provider? |
i never really understood the appeal of squarespace. but i guess it works for some people.
SS is for retards that have no sense of web hosting.