Redirect Addon for Non-www to www-version

[jiewaqpe]

I am looking for a add-on for redirecting the non-www version of the URL to www-version or will it be better to do this with .htaccess file as done with normal html websites?

 

[Paul B]

In XF2 you can activate the canonical option in the ACP.

For XF1 see point 19 of the FAQ: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/frequently-asked-questions.5183/#post-180456

 

[jiewaqpe]

None of the 3 provided codes are working. Is there a Add-on available for XF1?

 

[Alpha1]

Just use .htaccess

 

[jiewaqpe]

Just use .htaccess

As said in post above.
.htaccess is not working

 

[Paul B]

Probably best to contact your sysadmin or host for support then.

 

[manu25]

Inside my .htaccess i have

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

But when i have a direct thread url e.g.

https://example.com/index.php?threads/test.23695/

It does not redirect to the www-version. What am i missing there in the .htaccess?

 

[iCafe]

change url on ACP to www.

 

[manu25]

The forum URL is already set to "https://www.mydomain.com" on ACP. Do i need to tick the checkmark below?

 

[manu25]

For clarification, it does redirect https://mydomain.com to https://www.mydomain.com. But not when i paste an entire thread URL in my browser.

 

[Sim]

Don't forget that some browsers now drop the www prefix from the domain when they display the URL - even when using the www version.

For example, Chrome shows an abbreviated URL without the protocol or www prefix:



... but when you click on the address bar, it expands to the full version of the URL:

 

[manu25]

Thank you @Sim, but in fact it does not redirect, have tested it

 

[AndyB]

The forum URL is already set to "https://www.mydomain.com" on ACP. Do i need to tick the checkmark below?

Yes.



You don't need to edit the .htaccess file.

 

[manu25]

Thank you @AndyB, so this is required for it to work? What exactly does this option, i don't quite understand.

 

[AndyB]

What exactly does this option, i don't quite understand.

In your case it will always make sure 'www' is in the URL.

 

[manu25]

So that means i don't need the two lines which i added to my .htaccess?

 

[AndyB]

So that means i don't need the two lines which i added to my .htaccess?

Correct.

 

[manu25]

Perfect thank you @AndyB
Sure i make a backup before changing this setting, but it should work on an already running board with everything configured?

Edit// It works perfectly now, thanks a lot

 

[WxP]

Why you need to use www ?

 

[manu25]

i set the url of my forum with the "www" part, but when i accessed it without it, some style-resources are not loaded correctly. Also when i was logged in at https://www.example.com, i had to re-login at https://example.com ... very weird, but now it works perfectly.