To www. or not to www.

Simon · 2010-09-08, 04:14 PM

You can use your .htaccess file to ensure that all pages load the way you want, with or without the "www." so all bookmarkers and spiders will see the address you want to favor.

Here's an example of what goes in the .htaccess file if you want to use the www...

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

That's all. And just edit as necessary if you want things the other way.

HTH

cd34 · 2010-09-08, 04:38 PM

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

You might want to set an exclusion rather than an inclusion, otherwise http://somethingelse.domain.com/ would still fall through.

2010-09-08, 04:14 PM	#1
Simon That which does not kill us, will try, try again. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Conch Republic Posts: 5,150	You can use your .htaccess file to ensure that all pages load the way you want, with or without the "www." so all bookmarkers and spiders will see the address you want to favor. Here's an example of what goes in the .htaccess file if you want to use the www... RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain\.com RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L] That's all. And just edit as necessary if you want things the other way. HTH __________________ "If you're happy and you know it, think again." -- Guru Pitka

2010-09-08, 04:38 PM	#2
cd34 a.k.a. Sparky Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Palm Beach, FL, USA Posts: 2,396	Code: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L] You might want to set an exclusion rather than an inclusion, otherwise http://somethingelse.domain.com/ would still fall through. __________________ SnapReplay.com a different way to share photos - iPhone & Android