Google Traffic??

[tanakah11]

I am redesigning my website. it has 300k+ traffic every month. If i change the website script, it will change the urls as well. I am new to SEO, and not sure what will happen. Can someone please suggest me what should I do?

Bunch of thanks in advance.

[flowing]

Keep the old URLs. Most CMSs allows you to match and keep old URLs structures. If not possible, make a 301 Redirect from the old to the new URLs.

[tanakah11]

flowing thanks for reply. I have over 2700+ urls.. i think the 301 redirect will take lots of time.. and might end up with errors.. though I am dedicated to keep the same urls.. i am using wordpress, yet not sure how will keep the same urls, as I don't have enough knowledge about customizing the domains with php

[dunhill]

Since you are using wordpress it's easy build a script that will match the permalink with the post id if you building a custom CMS.
Share more details about the new CMS that you want to use.

[tanakah11]

hi dunhill,

I am transferring from 4images to wordpress. 4images has www.domainname.com/details.php?image_id=123 url structure. where, wordpress has www.domainname.com/?p=123 url structure. my most traffic from SE comes from those /details.php.. urls. If I redesign my website with Wordpress, i will be getting new urls.. before I start working on wordpress, i want to know, if there's a way to keep the same structure as my 4images url structure. that way, i won't loose any traffic.

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i hope my english is easy to understand.

regards,

[dunhill]

RewriteRule ^details\.php\?image_id\=([0-9]+)?$ /index.php?p=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

[DarkTrader]

Hi, I think that there are ways to save URLs using a new script, maybe it can be do with htaccess but I'm not exactly sure because I work with CJ sites. one can say exactly what you need to try do this with wordpress or look for another script, but the main thing is to leave the same URLs. Year ago I changed old scripts to smartcj and my urls remain the same and my traffic is also. Good luck!

[DarkTrader]

dunhill, I mean the same

[tanakah11]

Thanks dunhill, i'll try that. Thanks for giving me hope.

[HomerSimpson]

my advice - don't do it