1 htaccess to rule them all (www to non-www)

[Adam Howard]

So for my own use, I'm trying to make my htaccess as generic as possible (so I don't have to maintain more than one)

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS}s ^on(s)|
RewriteRule ^ http%1://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

I got the above from here
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4916222/htaccess-how-to-force-www-in-a-generic-way
This forwards non-www to www.

The advantage is I don't have to actually supply the domain name. Thus it works everywhere (cool, eh?).

What I'd like is away to reverse it ... ie... force www to non-www.

 

[Paul B]

It can vary from server to server.

I had to change my rewrite when I moved from shared to dedicated.

 

[Adam Howard]

It can vary from server to server.

I had to change my rewrite when I moved from shared to dedicated.

So you don't know how to reverse that?

 

[nodle]

This is for www to non-www:

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

But like @Brogan said above, it may vary server to server.

 

[Adam Howard]

This is for www to non-www:

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

But like @Brogan said above, it may vary server to server.

Problem with that redirect is you have to add the domain name. In the one above (the one I posted), I don't need to do so.

 

[TPerry]

If you had of searched a little more on StackOverFlow you would have found this

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

I make no promise that it works since I wouldn't touch Apache.

 

[Adam Howard]

If you had of searched a little more on StackOverFlow you would have found this

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

I make no promise that it works since I wouldn't touch Apache.

That redirect non-www to www

I'm looking for it the other way around... ie.... www to non-www

 

[TPerry]

That redirect non-www to www

I'm looking for it the other way around... ie.... www to non-www

Look closer....

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

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/234723/generic-htaccess-redirect-www-to-non-www

 

[SneakyDave]

I'm a little teapot, short and stout.

 

[TPerry]

That just works for Apache web server, and web servers that support the htaccess directives.

Well, considering he specifically mentioned .htaccess we would assume so.

All folks of finer distinction run nginx.

 

[Adam Howard]

Well, considering he specifically mentioned .htaccess we would assume so.

All folks of finer distinction run nginx.

For now, yes, Apache is the concern.

At a later time, I'll need the nginx alternatives to this.

I believe I've modified it correctly to do what the original does (only without www)

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

Thank you @Tracy Perry

 

[rdn]

I'm using this when I'm still on shared host:

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

Edit: It's non www to www

 

[Adam Howard]

Huh, this seems to have had 1 negative affect.

http://www.sociallyuncensored.eu/forums/threads/aol-american-online-discovers-security-breach-during-spam-investigation.18676/

Is now being redirected as

http://www.sociallyuncensored.eu/threads/aol-american-online-discovers-security-breach-during-spam-investigation.18676/

Notice the word /forums/ is missing.

 

[TPerry]

Well, if you aren't running in a subdirectory that would be correct on the second one - for the threads the forums should not be showing.


If you are running in a subdirectory then you may need the rewritebase defined.

EDIT:
And that looks like what is the problem because your normal string is

http://sociallyuncensored.eu/forums/forums/general-population.43/

 

[Adam Howard]

Well, if you aren't running in a subdirectory that would be correct on the second one - for the threads the forums should not be showing.
View attachment 76143

If you are running in a subdirectory then you may need the rewritebase defined.

EDIT:
And that looks like what is the problem because your normal string is

http://sociallyuncensored.eu/forums/forums/general-population.43/

I'm using the default htaccess provided by XenForo. I've only added 3 working lines of code

#    enable cross-origin support
Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"
#    Mod_security can interfere with uploading of content such as attachments. If you
#    cannot attach files, remove the "#" from the lines below.
#<IfModule mod_security.c>
#    SecFilterEngine Off
#    SecFilterScanPOST Off
#</IfModule>

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
ErrorDocument 404 default
ErrorDocument 500 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    #    Redirect www to non www
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]


    #    If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
    #    line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
    #    of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
    #RewriteBase /xenforo

    #    This line may be needed to enable WebDAV editing with PHP as a CGI.
    #RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
    RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^(data/|js/|styles/|install/|favicon\.ico|crossdomain\.xml|robots\.txt) - [NC,L]
    RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]
</IfModule>

 

[TPerry]

I draw your attention to

#    If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
    #    line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
    #    of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
    #RewriteBase /xenforo

Try uncommenting that (and doing the necessary edit) and see if it resolves it.

 

[Adam Howard]

I draw your attention to

#    If you are having problems with the rewrite rules, remove the "#" from the
    #    line that begins "RewriteBase" below. You will also have to change the path
    #    of the rewrite to reflect the path to your XenForo installation.
    #RewriteBase /xenforo

Yep, already changed that to

RewriteBase /forums

No joy

 

[Adam Howard]

I'm wondering if this would be easier to just switch from /forums/ into document root .....

 

[TPerry]

I'm wondering if this would be easier to just switch from /forums/ into document root .....

Why... it's working like it's supposed to... you are confusing yourself because you have it in a subdirectory called forums apparently. This is what shows when you go into a thread (and it is what should show if you have your forum in a subdirectory called /forums).


EDIT:
Attachment replaced with another one to prevent a wee-wee match from starting.

 

[Adam Howard]

Why... it's working like it's supposed to... you are confusing yourself because you have it in a subdirectory called forums apparently. This is what shows when you go into a thread (and it is what should show if you have your forum in a subdirectory called /forums).

I'm aware of that.

But the old WWW links do not redirect correctly

originally with WWW

http://www.sociallyuncensored.eu/forums/threads/aol-american-online-discovers-security-breach-during-spam-investigation.18676/

Now without www

http://sociallyuncensored.eu/forums/threads/aol-american-online-discovers-security-breach-during-spam-investigation.18676/

Place that into your browser and notice the difference