XF 1.4 URL rewrite help

[Zynektic]

Hi there,

I know this has been asked a lot (I searched) but want to get an answer before attempting it so nothing breaks if you don't mind lending a hand.

As per Brogan's FAQ I want to stop www. and direct it to http:// as it appears users clicking on the portal and shoutbox links are being taken to a www. page which logs them out so obviously something is not right. I have a portal (which will get replaced tomorrow but can set it up beforehand on board settings set as portal/ in the Index Page Route which shows fine but when you click a link on the portal as mentioned it goes to www and logs the user out (unless they close the tab and on http:// still logged in). I've not edited the .htaccess file so I am asking which would be correct to do this.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    #    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>

Do I need to remove the # from rewritebase and set it to /forum as it goes to this or /thread or anything and below that do I need to remove the # on rewriterule .* and add the following below it...

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

I assume I just alter the URL to match my domain if I add the above in or is there any issue causing this?

Thanks!

 

[Mike]

Don't uncomment RewriteBase unless you have problems.

You can add those new rewrite lines immediately under the RewriteEngine On line (adapted to your domain).