best practice permanent redirect

[William Tasso]

Greetings one and all

I've just taken over a site and I'm changing the files from .htm to .asp.

What's considered the best practice method of indicating the source of the
new document?

Cheers
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William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com

[Curt_C [MVP]]

not sure I follow...
You mean in case of a bookmark or something?
You could try a custom 404 page and redirect all .htm to .asp

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"William Tasso" <ng*@tbdata.com> wrote in message
news:#s*************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Greetings one and all

I've just taken over a site and I'm changing the files from .htm to .asp.

What's considered the best practice method of indicating the source of the
new document?

Cheers
--
William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com

[Bite My Bubbles]

i don;t follow either

"William Tasso" <ng*@tbdata.com> wrote in message
news:%2***************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

Greetings one and all

I've just taken over a site and I'm changing the files from .htm to .asp.

What's considered the best practice method of indicating the source of the
new document?

Cheers
--
William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com

[William Tasso]

Curt_C [MVP] wrote:

"William Tasso" <ng*@tbdata.com> wrote in message
news:#s*************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

What's considered the best practice method of indicating the source
of the new document?
not sure I follow...
You mean in case of a bookmark or something?

yep bookmarks, links from other sites[1] and, of course, google.
You could try a custom 404 page and redirect all .htm to .asp

that's good, saves having the old resources littering the site. not sure I
can send a permanent redirect header with this method though.

[1] I know we can contact the webmasters (and we will) and ask them to
change the links but some of them are government sites and changes have to
go through commitee and take an age ;o)
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William Tasso - http://WilliamTasso.com