A quick question about index redirect

[turnkey]

If I set a Redirect code from an index page towards a CMS Script in a back directory,

How does that effect Search engine ranks and if engines will still crawl my site?

thanks
Auggie

 

[Ethan]

I am not sure if that would exactly work, but if the page is PHP why not do on the index page:

include '/directory/file.php';

You can also have a frame on the page holding it, but that might not do the best with search engines.