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Pound · 12-04-2006, 06:55 AM

How can I make it so that I can make the yoursite.com automatically forward to www.yoursite.com . I need it so that even if someone goes from google to yoursite.com/blahblah it changes to www.yoursite.com/blahblah .

I have cpanel hosting if this helps.

Thanks!

Ultimatum · 12-04-2006, 07:21 AM

You have to make 301 Redirect.

Ronald Regging · 12-04-2006, 02:31 PM

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

Put that in your .htaccess file in the root site directory.

slider · 12-04-2006, 07:15 PM

I usually just use:

Quote:

RedirectPermanent / http://www.yoursite.com/

in the .htaccess file.

Ronald Regging · 12-04-2006, 07:34 PM

yeah if that works, use it. I wasn't too sure how to do it, but I found the above and it worked, so I used it

Pound · 12-05-2006, 03:10 PM

Thanks everyone - brilliant help!

abcde · 12-05-2006, 03:20 PM

one small quesion: Y do u do that?

slider · 12-05-2006, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by abcde

one small quesion: Y do u do that?

Well, my hosts' FAQ answers this question fully, so I'll just copy their info.

Quote:

By default, this is the correct behavior. Using URLs of the form http://mydomain.com/ creates a number of problems, and we strongly recommend that you avoid it. Some of the limitations are:

* It creates noncanonical URLs for your site. It is highly desirable to have one URL for each page, for purposes of bookmarking, etc. Having multiple valid URLs for the same page makes your site look less popular, both in rankings and search engines.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-newbies/265221-redirect.html
* It is less reliable. DNS CNAME records cannot be used in this situation. You can put in a couple of A records, but this is still not as effective for load balancing and fault tolerance as doing it the "right" way.
* It becomes hopelessly confusing if you have (or might ever have) more than one site under the domain. (Which site does mydomain.com refer to?)
* One name should do one thing. Bare domain names already serve the purpose of organizing the domain, and often they do email duty as well. Web traffic is better kept in its own box.

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12-04-2006, 07:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ultimatum NamePros Regular Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 236	You have to make 301 Redirect.

12-04-2006, 02:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ronald Regging Ex-President Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mount Joy, PA Posts: 2,652	RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yoursite\.com [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$ RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [L,R=301] Put that in your .htaccess file in the root site directory.

12-04-2006, 07:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ronald Regging Ex-President Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mount Joy, PA Posts: 2,652	yeah if that works, use it. I wasn't too sure how to do it, but I found the above and it worked, so I used it

12-05-2006, 03:10 PM	THREAD STARTER #6 (permalink)
Pound Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: UK Posts: 2,065	Thanks everyone - brilliant help!

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