Add 301 redirect from legacy .html URLs to clean-URL form

0e2ca52c030606bd1abd17b636d9260cc8f82d03 · 2026-06-01 07:33:35 -0700 · Steve Abrams

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commit 0e2ca52c030606bd1abd17b636d9260cc8f82d03
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Mon Jun 1 07:33:35 2026 -0700

    Add 301 redirect from legacy .html URLs to clean-URL form
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 server.js | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 88b38d6..ce30d4b 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -158,6 +158,14 @@ app.use((req, res, next) => {
 require('./_universal-contact')(app, { siteName: "Hotel Wallcoverings", zdColor: "#d4a847", zdPosition: 'right' });
 require('./_universal-auth')(app, { siteName: "hotelwallcoverings" });
 
+// Clean-URL canonicalization: 301 the legacy .html form to the extension-less
+// URL so the static dir doesn't serve duplicate content (SEO). Runs BEFORE
+// express.static so /care.html never resolves to the raw file.
+app.get(/^\/(care|history|sourcing|trade|vocabulary)\.html$/, (req, res) => {
+  res.redirect(301, '/' + req.params[0]);
+});
+app.get('/index.html', (req, res) => res.redirect(301, '/'));
+
 app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
 
 app.get('/api/products', (req, res) => {

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