XF 1.4 Thread reply email issue

[Stemmy]

I've had a couple of members asking a question.

When they get the email to say that somebody has replied to their thread the link in the email does not work correctly.

After looking I noticed that the link does not start www.

When I click the link it works fine but they have said when they click it it goes to a generic welcome page with an error and asks them to login. Even though they are logged in at the time ??

So the link works for me and others but doesn't work for some. i assume its a local setting for them. If they add the www. then the link works fine.

Is there a way I can get it to add the www. because I would assume that would sort the problem for everybody.

 

[Chris D]

Check the value you have set in Admin CP > Options > Basic Board Information > Board URL

 

[Paul B]

Ensure your site isn't available via www and without www.
If it is, force it to one or the other using .htaccess.

Update the Board URL in the ACP to match.

 

[Stemmy]

done thanks guys.

 

[Chris D]

Did you follow @Brogan's advice about redirecting from the non www URL to www?

That's definitely great advice.

 

[Paul B]

Your site is still available at both URLs.

https://photography-forum.org/
https://www.photography-forum.org/

 

[Stemmy]

I had the wrong url in the admin. So changed that.

What do I need to add to the htacess to force it to one of the urls

Thanks in advance guys. The support here is second to none.

 

[Paul B]

It's mentioned in the FAQ: https://xenforo.com/community/threads/frequently-asked-questions.5183/#post-180456

Essentially though, search for www as there are many threads on it.

 

[Stemmy]

Thanks Brogan

I read through the thread and added the modified code to my htaccess file - nothing seems to have changed .

The code I added was

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.photography-forum.org$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.photography-forum.org/$1 [R=301,L,QSA]
# 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 /

# 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) - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]

</IfModule>

Does that sound right ? My forum is on a https

 

[Paul B]

You may need to try some variations, all servers are different.

This was the only thing which worked for me:

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

Also, make sure you are editing the .htaccess file and not the htaccess.txt file.

 

[Stemmy]

I have tried every variation on that thread and still cant get it to redirect.

 

[Stemmy]

Ahh yes !!!!! - good thinking view hidden files

 

[Chris D]

Is it an Apache server or nginx?

 

[Stemmy]

I have found the correct file now and the code is - It looks a bit different as my site is https - Not sure what to replace

#</IfModule>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^showthread\.php/([0-9]+)-[^/]+$ /index.php?threads/$1/ [R=301,L]



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

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On

 

[Stemmy]

Is it an Apache server or nginx?

not sure - you might know better than me - Im with Nimbus ??

 

[Stemmy]

I gave up in the end - i tried everything apart from my last resort

My ace up my sleeve

Slavic helped migrate my forum so I sent him a message, 30 seconds later and it was done. The guy is a genius