XF 1.5 Xenforo won't work on non-www URLs

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TomCann

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I have a XenForo installation in a /community/ subfolder. The rest of the website auto-redirects to non-www. However Xenforo won't operate on a non-www URL, upon accessing /community, the forum just doesn't appear and reverts to the parent website's wordpress 404 page.

The only solution has been a htaccess file in the /community folder which autoredirects to the www. version of the URL, and then the forum runs properly, using the following:

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

Ultimately I want everything on non-www. Thanks in advance for any help.
 
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1. What happens if you change

Code: 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wine-pages\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.wine-pages.com/community/$1 [R=301,L]

to

Code: 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wine-pages\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://wine-pages.com/community/$1 [R=301,L]


2. What do you have in the setting for AdminCP >> Settings >> Options >> Basic Board Information >> Board URL: ?

It should say https://wine-pages.com/community (no trailing slash).
 
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djbaxter said:
1. What happens if you change

Code: 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wine-pages\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.wine-pages.com/community/$1 [R=301,L]

to

Code: 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wine-pages\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://wine-pages.com/community/$1 [R=301,L]


2. What do you have in the setting for AdminCP >> Settings >> Options >> Basic Board Information >> Board URL: ?

It should say https://wine-pages.com/community (no trailing slash).
Click to expand...

Changing the htaccess like that gets it into a redirect loop. Edge shows the error as this: "Error Code: INET_E_REDIRECT_FAILED"

The board URL is/was correct

Thank you for your help so far
 
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Maybe try this one..
Code: 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://wine-pages.com/community/$1 [L,R=301]
Or..
Code: 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wine-pages/community\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://wine-pages.com/community/$1 [R=301,L]

Whats about to activate RewriteBase /community
 
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Thought I'd just quote the whole htaccess file just for clarity
Code: 
#    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 405 default
ErrorDocument 406 default
ErrorDocument 500 default
ErrorDocument 501 default
ErrorDocument 503 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wine-pages\.com$ [NC]
        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.wine-pages.com/community/$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 /community

    #    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]
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS}s ^on(s)|


</IfModule>

RewriteBase /community is already on

I'll try those two now
 
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No dice on those two. First one gives the redirect loop again, the second one yeilds the same result as moving the rewrite snippet entirely, which is this, like a styleless snippet of the site menu and that's it.

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Try this on..
Code: 
#    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 405 default
ErrorDocument 406 default
ErrorDocument 500 default
ErrorDocument 501 default
ErrorDocument 503 default

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine On
      
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.*)
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://wine-pages.com/community/$1 [L,R=301]

    #    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 /community

    #    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]
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS}s ^on(s)|
</IfModule>

If you use RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wine-pages\.com$ [NC] you will get an loop every time, cause of your htaccess in the root.
 
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@mcatze that yeilds another redirect loop unfortunately.

Thought I'd show the redirect portion of the root htaccess, just in case it helps:

Code: 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%1/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
 
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Ouch, you can't open an IF-Tag without closing it.
Try this one in root.
Code: 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

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

    # RewriteBase /
   
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
 
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@mcatze thanks - having a quick count there is an even number of open and closing if-tags but the ordering seems odd (I think some wordpress plugins have meddled with things a bit). Either way I've made your modification, and tested the other permutations of the /community htaccess, and it yields exactly the same results unfortunately.
 
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