Redirect non www to www

[haralake]

I want to redirect all my URL's with non www to URL's with www. I put redirect 301 code into .htaccess of my domain but all i get is to redirect only my main page. (ex. mysite.com redirect to www.mysite.com) . When i enter other URL's nothing happen. (ex. mysite.com/services/ is not redirecting to www.mysite.com/services/) .What can i do to redirect every single page of my site with www in front? Is there any plugin extension for that problem?

[toivo]

Try this:

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

The $1 entry copies the rest of the request to the rewritten URL.

[haralake]

I put that code in .htaccess and the same thing happen...
My site is indexed with www.example.com and with example.com. When someone enters to my main page example.com everything is ok because it redirect him to www.example.com. But if someone enters for ex. example.com/services/ from google then all the browsing in my site is without www. That is because the redirect 301 is only for the main page (example.com)???

I enter sites without that problem and when i change the url from www.example.com/something/ to example.com/something/ and hit enter, it redirects to www.example.com/something/. How they do that??

[toivo]

The code I listed works for me and others, too: http://www.thesitewizard.com/apache/red ... main.shtml

[lethal0r]

perhaps there is another htaccess file in a subdirectory?

[haralake]

Ok, the problem solved. I was putting the code after joomla codes in .htaccess file. I put the code in the right place and everything is ok. Thanks.

[brunoalec]

Hi Haralake, can you share the code you used to solve your problem please ?
with best regards
Bruno Alecrim

[haralake]

You must put this code before joomla codes in .htaccess

RewriteEngine On

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

[g1smd]

The above code does not redirect all non-canonical URLs.

Try this:

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

See also: http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=598832

[g1smd]

Unfortunately the code linked to by toivo has limited use.

For a site at www.example.com the code redirects requests for example.com but fails to redirect requests for www.example.com:80 [port], example.com:80 [port], www.example.com. [period], example.com. [period], www.example.com.:80 [period and port], and example.com.:80 [period and port], all of which are valid alternative hostnames and all of which pose the same duplicate content problem.

[brunoalec]

Newbie question:

1 - Where should I insert the code ? In the beginning, botton or anywhere inside the .htaccess file?

2 - Doing that I dont need to worry about this issue, or should I do something more, like using any plugin ?

PS: Sorry about my bad english writing.

With best regards

[g1smd]

Make sure you have the latest version of the htaccess file. If you're using an old version of Joomla make sure you get a new htaccess file from the latest Joomla installer.

There's a section in the new htaccess file that explains where any redirect should go. In general it goes after all code that blocks malicious requests and it must go before any code which internally rewrites any request.

[shenlong]

Using a 301 redirect on the “non-www” version of the URL, which is essentially a “permanent” redirect in server talk, you can effectively consolidate all of your link popularity to a single URL. This consolidation will serve to increase your website’s chances of obtaining and maintaining top rankings.

Read more: How to 301 Redirect Non-WWW to WWW URLs | StepForth Web Marketing Inc.
Under Creative Commons License: Attribution

[g1smd]

... or use the code in the post just a little bit back up this page.

[sburm]

I am trying a new free host and they don't seem to give access to .htaccess so I would like to know, as per the original question, if anyone knows of an extension that does this?

[karlosdpm]

What .htaccess file are you altering? Make sure you alter the .htaccess file in the root of your old website. This article might be helpfull for you: http://www.kmbytes.com/blog/redirect-to ... -redirect/

[Obir]

Thanks for this post. I was placing the code in the wrong .htaccess file and in the wrong place within the file. I placed this into the root .htaccess before the joomla code and it worked perfectly. Thanks again.

[WeaveKing]

Thanks for this info, I will try this with my .htaccess file.

[g1smd]

The non-www to www redirect does NOT "go before the Joomla code".

It goes somewhere in the middle of the Joomla code, specifically in the place where it mentions to "insert redirects here".

Make sure you have the latest version of the htaccess file. Even if you are continuing to use an old version of Joomla, make sure you get the latest version of the Joomla htaccess file from the latest Joomla installer.

This file explains exactly where the redirects should go.

[changlee]

Try this:

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

The $1 entry copies the rest of the request to the rewritten URL.

I added this code to the last part of my .htaccess

It works perfect but I face one small bug:

For example, if you click the url http://www.blb.gr/seo-websites it works perfect, but if you remove the www. and click it (http://blb.gr/seo-websites), it redirects to http://www.blb.gr/index.php

What else have we to do?

[bobsisf]

It works perfect but I face one small bug:

For example, if you click the url http://www.blb.gr/seo-websites it works perfect, but if you remove the www. and click it (http://blb.gr/seo-websites), it redirects to http://www.blb.gr/index.php

What else have we to do?

remove $ from: ^example\.com$

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

[changlee]

That was great.

What have I to do in order to redirect more than one parked domain for the same website?

To copy the same code for each domain?

Eg

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

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

Thanks again

[nickal]

I am also using three domains for my website

What exactly have I to set in .htaccess ?

[hulkjoshua]

what is the seo value of redirecting www version of the site to non www version of the site for the rest of the pages except the home page. i figured that if u go to google webmaster tools and in site settings u tell google which version of ur site u want then thats all u need to do

[changlee]

I use two domains for my website and I need the .httacces to redirect ONLY to www.domain1.com and www.domain2.com

Not to domain1.com and domain2.com

[nickal]

Anyone about that fix?

[changlee]

Is anyone here that has used that NON www. for more than two domains in same website?

[mbc1]

Thanks for this info, I will try this with my .htaccess file.



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[changlee]

Did you tried for two domains also?