XF 1.2 change Forum from "www." towards non "www."

[erich37]

I have my Forum currently setup so that it always shows the "www." infront of the URL.

How do I change it to have it without the "www." as prefix ?


Do I need to remove this in the HT-Access-file ?
Do I also need to change anything in ACP in order to achieve this ?




Many thanks!

 

[Jeremy]

Described in the FAQ stickies in this forum, follow those directions:

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/frequently-asked-questions.5183/#post-180456

Also ensure you update board URLs in the options.

 

[erich37]

When changing an existing Forum which has the "www."-Prefix, will my current members have any issues with loggin-in when I remove the "www." ?

 

[Jeremy]

They will be logged out initially I believe. They will have to log in again.

 

[erich37]

when you are using a website having the "www."-Prefix and save your Password with FireFox, then FireFox does not recognize your Password when visiting the website without the "www."-Prefix.
The strange thing is that FireFox or the cookies saving the Password in FireFox make a difference when you visit the very same website with www and without www.

 

[Jeremy]

Technically www. and wwwless domains are considered separate entities (the www is a subdomain), and unless the cookie tells the browser is available to sub-domains its considered separate.

 

[erich37]

hmmm.....

so why isn't the cookie designed in a way that it will save the User-Password for both versions ?
So that the Password will be saved at all times, with "www" and without "www".

 

[Jeremy]

By default its what you have defined (ie, its just xenforo.com and not .xenforo.com), but the functionality exists to make it available in both through a configuration option (config.php). Specifically, the cookie domain option. For it to work on test.xenforo.com and xenforo.com, it'd have to be .xenforo.com. See this for more information:
http://xenforo.com/help/config-php-options/

 

[erich37]

So why is the cookie in "XF -default" not working for both Subdomain and Domain ?

I guess this would be a "Suggestion" then.....

 

[Paul B]

The functionality already exists as KK has said - just edit config.php for your specific requirements.

For example:

$config['cookie'] = array (
    'prefix' => 'xf_',
    'path' => '/',
    'domain' => ''
);

 

[Jeremy]

So why is the cookie in "XF -default" not working for both Subdomain and Domain ?

I guess this would be a "Suggestion" then.....

98% of sites don't need this. Which is why the functionality exists only as an advanced configuration option. Cookie domains are very sensitive and can easily be misconfigured.