How do I move a 200+ website properly with 301 redirect?

[bryonstout]

I tried to search for the answer but didnt find any direct answers.

I need to move a 200+ site to a wordpress site.  How am I suppose to 301 redirect all of them?  Do I need to create the new pages first then have webmaster use ssh and 301 the entire list?

Can anyone link me to a 1,2,3 step instructions for a huge website move?  Im sure there are other issues that I need to know about.

[dot-B-dot-B]

Yup - what Karl said is absolute critical.  The link I sent gives examples of how to do this.

[KarlBantleman]

Just to add...it is really important that you match your new urls with your old ones so that you aren't just redirecting every page on the old website to the home page of the new one. I use Xenu to find all the old URL's and then match them to the new urls. That way all the link juice will be passed to the new pages.

[bryonstout]

Thanks!.. Ill pass this to my developer.

[dot-B-dot-B]

Check out the link below - you can do this using the htaccess file on the original server.  Depending on your server there might be a few differences but this should get you moving in the right direction.

http://www.ksl-consulting.co.uk/301-redirect-examples.html