legitimus wrote:
Forcing the www :
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
Setting the configuration.php file WITH the www prefix for the livesite and forcing the www in the .htaccess seems to be working for me (so far). Legitimus, you are a gentleman and a scholar! Yay! Thanks a lot!
My new .htaccess:
########## Begin - 3rd Party SEF Section
############# Use this section if you are using a 3rd party (Non Joomla! core) SEF extension - e.g. OpenSEF, 404_SEF, 404SEFx, SEF Advance, etc
#rewrite update
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
#end rewrite update
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR] ##optional - see notes##
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.htm|\.php|\.html|/[^.]*)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.(.+)$
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule (.*) index.php
#
########## End - 3rd Party SEF Section