Redirecting non www. to www?

[KenX]

I am trying to redirect my forum to http://www.example.com but it isn't working.I edited my .htaccess and added this code

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com
RewriteRule ^ http://www.domain.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

But still it didn't work.Need help.

 

[Jake Bunce]

Add the red code to the .htaccess file in your forum root. The second line must include the name of the forum directory. If your forum is in the web root then just remove the /forum part:

#	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

	RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yoursite\.com$
	RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/forum/$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>

 

[KenX]

Add the red code to the .htaccess file in your forum root. The second line must include the name of the forum directory. If your forum is in the web root then just remove the /forum part:

# 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
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yoursite\.com$
 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/forum/$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>

Nope,it still hasn't worked.

 

[Jake Bunce]

I can take a look if you give me your URL and FTP info.

 

[KenX]

I can take a look if you give me your URL and FTP info.

I asked my host for help and they have done it for me.
Case closed.

 

[Robby]

Add the red code to the .htaccess file in your forum root. The second line must include the name of the forum directory. If your forum is in the web root then just remove the /forum part:

# 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

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yoursite\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/forum/$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>

It doesn't work for me, can you take a look plz: forums.hidemychat.com

 

[Jake Bunce]

It doesn't work for me, can you take a look plz: forums.hidemychat.com

You are using a subdomain. Do you want to enforce that subdomain? What should be redirected to what?

 

[sinful]

Hi,

if i would like to rewrite to non-www.

whats the diff between using [NC]
Code:

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

and without [NC] ?
Code:

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

Also, what does the QSA in [R=301,L,QSA] do?

 

[Paul B]

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/rewrite/flags.html

Use of the [NC] flag causes the RewriteRule to be matched in a case-insensitive manner. That is, it doesn't care whether letters appear as upper-case or lower-case in the matched URI.

 

[sinful]

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/rewrite/flags.html

Thanks @Brogan for the prompt reply. Curious, what about the QSA? I noticed some people using it while some dont from the past threads here regarding this topic.

 

[lazy llama]

The info about QSA can be found on the same page that Brogan linked to.

When the replacement URI contains a query string, the default behavior of RewriteRule is to discard the existing query string, and replace it with the newly generated one. Using the [QSA] flag causes the query strings to be combined.

Consider the following rule:

RewriteRule /pages/(.+) /page.php?page=$1 [QSA]

With the [QSA] flag, a request for /pages/123?one=two will be mapped to /page.php?page=123&one=two. Without the [QSA] flag, that same request will be mapped to /page.php?page=123 - that is, the existing query string will be discarded.

 

[sinful]

Saw it but being a computer noob, could someone please explain what that means in less technical terms?

 

[lazy llama]

If a URL has a query string at the end of it , e.g. http://www.somesite.com/search.php?highlight=yes , then the default action when rewriting that URL would be to lose the "?" and anything after it.

Adding QSA tags the bit after the "?" on to the rewritten URL.

 

[sinful]

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

The above code works fantastically. However I just added a Addon Domain (e.g. addon.com), uploading the addon.com website files to public_html/addon

Problem with the above code now is that whenever someone accesses addon.com, it gets redirected to main.com/addon. Is there a way to prevent this? I found out the only way to prevent this is get rid of the above code. But when I do that, I cannot redirect www. to non-www.

Lastly, to prevent duplicates, these 4 entry points to the addon-domain needs to be redirected back to the main domain.
e.g.
addon.main.com
www.addon.main.com
main.com/addon
www.main.com/addon

All 4 has to redirect to main.com


Anyone know how to achieve all this through .htaccess ?

Many thanks!

 

[lazy llama]

RewriteCond expr " %{HTTP_HOST} -strcmatch '*.main.com$'"
Rewrite ^(.*)$ http://main.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond expr " %{HTTP_HOST} -strcmatch '*.addon.com$'"
Rewrite ^(.*)$ http://addon.com/$1 [R=301,L]

For the final set of redirects, some are covered by the above but you would also need to add this:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^main.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/addon/$
Rewrite ^(.*)$ http://main.com/ [R=301,L]

 

[sinful]

RewriteCond expr " %{HTTP_HOST} -strcmatch '*.main.com$'"
Rewrite ^(.*)$ http://main.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond expr " %{HTTP_HOST} -strcmatch '*.addon.com$'"
Rewrite ^(.*)$ http://addon.com/$1 [R=301,L]

For the final set of redirects, some are covered by the above but you would also need to add this:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^main.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/addon/$
Rewrite ^(.*)$ http://main.com/ [R=301,L]

Thanks for the prompt reply!

Just to confirm, I shall replace the previous .htaccess edits

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

with this:

RewriteCond expr " %{HTTP_HOST} -strcmatch '*.main.com$'"
Rewrite ^(.*)$ http://main.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond expr " %{HTTP_HOST} -strcmatch '*.addon.com$'"
Rewrite ^(.*)$ http://addon.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^main.com$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/addon/$
Rewrite ^(.*)$ http://main.com/ [R=301,L]

?

 

[lazy llama]

I think so, yes. Take a back copy of the existing .htaccess in case you need to put it back.
Not been able to test it myself as I no longer use Apache, but it looks like it should work.

Ideally instead of doing this in .htaccess, it should be done using multiple <virtualhost> directives in the Apache config, which makes it simpler as you use the virtual host ServerName or ServerAlias to match the different domains and then only apply the re-write rules that apply to that domain. But I'm guessing you only have access to the .htaccess files.

 

[sinful]

I think so, yes. Take a back copy of the existing .htaccess in case you need to put it back.
Not been able to test it myself as I no longer use Apache, but it looks like it should work.

Ideally instead of doing this in .htaccess, it should be done using multiple <virtualhost> directives in the Apache config, which makes it simpler as you use the virtual host ServerName or ServerAlias to match the different domains and then only apply the re-write rules that apply to that domain. But I'm guessing you only have access to the .htaccess files.

Just tried it and it gave an Internal Server Error

hmmm

 

[lazy llama]

Okay, let's try it step by step.

Replace the original rewrite with

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

That should redirect only things which don't match http://main.com or http://addon.com

 

[sinful]

Okay, let's try it step by step.

Replace the original rewrite with

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

That should redirect only things which don't match http://main.com or http://addon.com

Thanks.

Just tried these. Works as you mentioned.

Main.com URLs are good. And,

www.addon.main.com
addon.main.com
www.main.com/addon

--> all these 3 gets redirected to main.com/addon/


Whats left is to ensure

www.addon.com does not get redirected to
and addon.com
points to add.com
and not get redirected to
main.com/addon/

also

www.addon.main.com
addon.main.com
www.main.com/addon

redirects to main.com