redirect to www

[MSUK1]

maybe a silly question, but when somebody visits my site i.e. domain.com i want it to redirect them to www.domain.com

 

example can be seen @ facebook.com

[plznty]

This is done using .htaccess which should be located in your root folder.

[MSUK1]

okay, any idea what i should add to my .hta

 

i looked into adding a 301 permanent redirect on domain.com to www.domain.com but that doesnt seem like the official method to me, doesnt seem right?

 

and i dont think that will help with seo

[mikecampbell]

Using PHP you can do this.....

 

<?php
header("Location: http://www.domain.com");
?>

[MSUK1]

then everytime the user loads the page they will keep getting redirected no?

[mikecampbell]

Oops, didn't properly read the question. Yeah, it'd be best to use rewrite rules in .htaccess or httpd.conf, something like this:

 

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}  !^www.domain.com [NC]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}  !^$

RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://www.domain.com/$1 [R,L]

 

If you went a PHP route you'd need to make the redirect conditional.

[MSUK1]

what does the $1 at the end of mydomain.com do?

[MSUK1]

also what is all of this thats already in my .htaccess file

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName msukgroup.co
AuthUserFile /home/msuk/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/msuk/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp
   

 

 

i then edited my ht to this: and it doesnt work :/

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName msukgroup.co
AuthUserFile /home/msuk/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/msuk/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp
   
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^www.msukgroup.co [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}   !^$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)    http://www.msukgroup.co/$1 [R,L]

 

[BlueSkyIS]

here is how I redirect to www using .htaccess:

 

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

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

 

The $1 is the content of the (.*). it says "take everything that follows mydomain.com and paste it onto the end of www.mydomain.com"

[MSUK1]

Would this mean that if somebody went to a subdimain sub1.mydomain.com it would redirect to www.sub1....

 

Cause www before a sub Doestnt work on my server

[BlueSkyIS]

no. it would mean that whoever goes to http://mydomain.com goes to http://www.mydomain.com

[MSUK1]

thankyou