301 redirect legacy /*.html -> clean URLs (before express.static) to kill duplicate-content reachability

43aaeba4e23176220aea970273b83b1f274df826 · 2026-06-01 07:36:44 -0700 · Steve Abrams

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commit 43aaeba4e23176220aea970273b83b1f274df826
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Mon Jun 1 07:36:44 2026 -0700

    301 redirect legacy /*.html -> clean URLs (before express.static) to kill duplicate-content reachability
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 server.js | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 290d2e5..f281ff7 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -167,6 +167,20 @@ app.use((req, res, next) => {
   }
   next();
 });
+// Canonicalize: 301 the legacy *.html form of every page to its clean URL so
+// express.static doesn't serve a duplicate-content copy. Must run BEFORE static.
+const LEGACY_HTML = {
+  '/index.html': '/',
+  '/history.html': '/history',
+  '/care.html': '/care',
+  '/trade.html': '/trade',
+  '/sourcing.html': '/sourcing',
+  '/vocabulary.html': '/vocabulary',
+};
+for (const [legacy, clean] of Object.entries(LEGACY_HTML)) {
+  app.get(legacy, (req, res) => res.redirect(301, clean));
+}
+
 app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
 
 // Clean-URL routes for extension-less nav links → static HTML pages.

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