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January 24, 2010 1:09pm
Subscribe [2]#1 / Jan 24, 2010 1:09pm
Hello, i use lg .htaccess and it generates and works great with the site I am working with however I want to add the www. rather than take it away.
LG .htaccess uses the following code:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]I have tried lots of different things for it to work that anyone visiting the site without the www gets redirected to the www but nothing works, even the code you would use on normal sites.
Any help is appreciated
#2 / Jan 24, 2010 3:07pm
Try replacing it with this
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ <a href="http://www.%{http_host}%{request_uri}">http://www.%{http_host}%{request_uri}</a> [L,R=301]#3 / Jan 24, 2010 3:11pm
thanks for replying so quick, that adds an extra www. so site doesnt work at all, but could this maybe be because of the rest of LG .htaccess code?
#4 / Jan 24, 2010 3:12pm
thanks for replying so quick, that adds an extra www. so site doesnt work at all, but could this maybe be because of the rest of LG .htaccess code?
I’m not sure, can you share the full htaccess? I’ve never used that extension from Leevi
#5 / Jan 24, 2010 3:14pm
please see below, its used to get rid of the index.php etc
# secure .htaccess file
<Files .htaccess>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
# Dont list files in index pages
IndexIgnore *
# EE 404 page for missing pages
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php?/{ee:404}
# Simple 404 for missing files
<FilesMatch "(\.jpe?g|gif|png|bmp)$">
ErrorDocument 404 "File Not Found"
</FilesMatch>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# remove the www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
# Add a trailing slash to paths without an extension
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1/ [L,R=301]
# Remove index.php
# Uses the "include method"
# <a href="http://expressionengine.com/wiki/Remove_index.php_From_URLs/#Include_List_Method">http://expressionengine.com/wiki/Remove_index.php_From_URLs/#Include_List_Method</a>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5})$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/({ee:template_groups}|{ee:pages}|members|P[0-9]{2,8}) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1 [L]
# Remove IE image toolbar
<FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|php)$">
Header set imagetoolbar "no"
</FilesMatch>#6 / Jan 24, 2010 3:15pm
thanks so much though, im a bit of a newb in this area!
#7 / Jan 24, 2010 3:18pm
I’ve tested this on my domain and it works properly. If you replace this:
# remove the www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]with this:
# force the www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ <a href="http://www.yourdomain.com/$1">http://www.yourdomain.com/$1</a> [R=301,L]does it work?
#8 / Jan 24, 2010 3:23pm
page doesnt work at all :(, really appreciate your help
#9 / Jan 24, 2010 3:29pm
AHHH typo! My apologies. I meant this:
# force the www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ <a href="http://www.yourdomain.com/$1">http://www.yourdomain.com/$1</a> [R=301,L]#10 / Jan 24, 2010 3:31pm
Perfect, Absolute legend!!!!!!!
thanks so much for your help, ps just found your redirecthelper module and I love it!
#11 / Jan 24, 2010 3:42pm
Sweet, glad it’s working 😊
Glad you’re liking Redirect Helper too!