301-redirect legacy .html pages to clean URLs (kill duplicate-content from static dir)

a11fb5a75c7b3d6b05358f1ca528a4e03c1c8d55 · 2026-06-01 07:47:40 -0700 · Steve Abrams

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commit a11fb5a75c7b3d6b05358f1ca528a4e03c1c8d55
Author: Steve Abrams <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Mon Jun 1 07:47:40 2026 -0700

    301-redirect legacy .html pages to clean URLs (kill duplicate-content from static dir)
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 server.js | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 8b04814..9b3cfa7 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ app.use((req, res, next) => {
   if (/\.bak([.-]|$)|\.pre-|\.orig$/i.test(req.path)) return res.status(404).end();
   next();
 });
+// 301 the legacy *.html form -> clean URL (the static dir still holds the .html
+// files; without this they'd serve at BOTH forms = duplicate content). Must run
+// before express.static. /index.html -> /, everything else -> extension-less.
+app.get(/^\/(care|history|sourcing|trade|vocabulary|index)\.html$/i, (req, res) => {
+  const page = req.params[0].toLowerCase();
+  res.redirect(301, page === 'index' ? '/' : '/' + page);
+});
 app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
 
 app.get('/api/products', (req, res) => {

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