Site doesn't load without the "www" in front...

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#1 07-23-2008, 10:53 AM

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Site doesn't load without the "www" in front...

In firefox, the homepage of the site loads fine with or without the www in front of the http://

In Internet Explorer, when you don't type the prefix "www" I noticed the homepage fails to load....resulting in a page not found, google search.

What is the issue, and how do I fix it (examples)? I want to save my precious page rank by condensing all non-www to www prefixes.

Thanks,

-Luigi

Last edited by Luigi; 07-23-2008 at 05:04 PM. Reason: spelling

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#2 07-23-2008, 11:16 AM

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Re: Site doesn't load without the "www" in front...

This is probably something your host neglected to set up. If they don't fix it for you try adding this to your .htaccess:

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RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?<!www.)([a-z]+.com)$ [NC]
RewriteRule /(.*) http://www.%1/$1 [R=permanent,L]

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#3 07-23-2008, 04:02 PM

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Re: Site doesn't load without the "www" in front...

Okay thanks..I think I fixed it the prefix issue...but now I want to save my precious page rank by condensing/redirecting all non-www to www prefixes.

How do you get the site redirected so that it always goes to a domain with a www? For example user types in "google.com" in URL bar, and after hitting enter, they will see "www.google.com" in the URL field.

Here's the code that's in my .htacess which is located in my forum folder (public_html/forum/.htaccess)

Code:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.domain.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*.(xml|txt)(.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|chat|cron)
RewriteRule ^(.*.php(/.*)?)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !.(jpg|gif)$
RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

-Luigi

Last edited by Luigi; 07-23-2008 at 05:05 PM.

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#4 07-23-2008, 04:20 PM

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Re: Site doesn't load without the "www" in front...

Code:

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.domain.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

Just change the .domain.com to whatever your site is

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#5 07-23-2008, 04:57 PM

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Re: Site doesn't load without the "www" in front...

Per your directions, I enter my site url to replace "www.domain.com" above and removed the # sign.

However, when I enter just "mysite.com" in the URL, it just shows up as http://mysite.com....

Also, now if i type in http://mysite.com/forum I get a 404...

What gives?

-Luigi

Last edited by Luigi; 07-23-2008 at 05:00 PM.

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