[taltos1]

Hmm. I have read over the post in this thread numerous times and there are numerous solutions it seems. It seems to me at least the two best for SEO are:

From page 2, TelaFirma 's

Redirect permanent /index.html http://www.yoursite.com/catalog/index.html

Redirect permanent /index.php http://www.yoursite.com/catalog/index.html

Redirect permanent /index.htm http://www.yoursite.com/catalog/index.html 

And from page 4, moneysaver67's

<?php

//This part takes the html from your front page and turns it into a string.
// Replace 'shop' with your x-cart directory.

// This mod allowed for proper evaluation of the PHP code on our server.
// Prior example worked, but simply output the PHP-skeleton, if you will.
$contents = file_get_contents("http://".$_SERVER[SERVER_NAME]."/shop/home.php");

//These functions change the paths of most x-cart related links to their
// original locations.  Change 'shop' to your x-cart directory name.

$contents = ereg_replace("home.php","shop/home.php",$contents);
$contents = ereg_replace("product.php","shop/product.php",$contents);
$contents = ereg_replace("help.php","shop/help.php",$contents);
$contents = ereg_replace("search.php","shop/search.php",$contents);
$contents = ereg_replace("cart.php","shop/cart.php",$contents);
$contents = ereg_replace("register.php","shop/register.php",$contents);
$contents = ereg_replace("pages.php","shop/pages.php",$contents);

//This spits out your the html code and the browser does the rest.

echo $contents;
?> 

and the rest of his mod.

Now I am still confused as to what is best? Anyone have any input?

Thanks a lot