Allow subdomain but not www

[cs.punk]

I have the following .htaccess file in root

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^example.co.uk$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.co.uk/$1 [L,R=301] 

 

To allow my site being accessed from http:// and not http://www

 

However I now have a subdomain and I can't seem to access it with this rule. I've tried to fiddle with it however my host seems to be taking ages for the .htaccess files to 'update'.

 

Can anyone help me out?

[cags]

There should be no time delay with changes as the file is parsed on a per request basis. If your objective is to simply not allow www and use the root domain instead, why not just use...

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.co\.uk$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.co.uk/$1 [L,R=301]

[cs.punk]

There should be no time delay with changes as the file is parsed on a per request basis. If your objective is to simply not allow www and use the root domain instead, why not just use...

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.co\.uk$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.co.uk/$1 [L,R=301]

 

Thanks for your help.

Would this allow subdomains? Should I just keep this file in the root?

 

As for the time delay I get the fact that it's on 'per request' however it seems to only take effect of a new .htaccess file after a few hours or so. Unless I'm doing something silly. This is a paid host too.

[cs.punk]

This doesn't seem to be working for a subdomain.

I get a huge test.example.co.uk/test/test/test/test/test... url

 

Bump?

[cags]

What other RewriteRules do you have? I don't see how that can cause a loop that would extend your URL, it clearly states if the subdomain is this, rewrite to that. There is no crossover.

[geudrik]

There's an easier way to do this... Change your DNS settings for the domain you purchased.  www still just fail, where as the latter will work. 

As 'www' is technically a "sub-domain" anyway (semantics, psh), you can simply remove the A record for "www" at the DNS level, and it will no longer work.