[billstevens]

Our cart resides in /shop instead of our root html directory

What is the proper way to re-direct traffic to /shop/home.php without compromising SEO and without using an index.html landing page?

1) In .htaccess can I use directoryIndex shop/home.php
2) Use an index.php in our root folder that redirects to shop/home.php (or is this just as bad as a meta redirect from an index.html file?
3) Other options that I should consider?

Thanks in advance for any feedback.
-Bill