htaccess To Force www

dieselpowered · June 2nd, 2010, 10:55 PM

Good evening everyone, what do I need to add to the htaccess file in order to ensure that www is part of the domain? Meaning, if someone types in my url minus the www I want it to redirect and add the www.

I was using the following, however, I know I am missing something:

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Content visible to verified customers only.

Does that make sense?

Thanks in advance!

Chuck S · June 3rd, 2010, 07:13 AM

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Content visible to verified customers only.

that should do it

dieselpowered · June 3rd, 2010, 08:27 AM

Thanks I will give it a try...should I just copy and paste that to the existing photopost htaccess?

Chuck S · June 3rd, 2010, 09:36 AM

Maybe put those contents in the root folder of your site.

dieselpowered · June 3rd, 2010, 09:38 AM

I am using vbseo and already have the htaccess in the root forcing the www. Works in the forums, just not in the gallery? Hmmm

Chuck S · June 3rd, 2010, 09:41 AM

well is your gallery installed with the www on the front?

Notice I said root web site htaccess

Your vbseo is installed in your forums directory right?

Nothing is installed in your web root

dieselpowered · June 3rd, 2010, 09:45 AM

Everything (besides gallery) is installed in root

The re-writes are just making it appear that the forums are in the forums directory.

Chuck S · June 3rd, 2010, 10:10 AM

The forums are not installed in your root they are installed in a directory called forums like your gallery is in a directory called gallery

You have nothing in your webroot

htaccess trickles down which means the parent htaccess of rewriting urls from the root to www.domain.com will work. Your only rewriting them in the forums directory where vbulletin and vbseo are installed.

You can try putting this in ours but its better if you put what I said in an htaccess in the webroot where nothing is installed. You simply have a rewrite there or a index file forwarding a user to your forums subdirectory

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Content visible to verified customers only.

dieselpowered · June 3rd, 2010, 10:43 AM

Chuck, I promise you...everything but the galleries is in the root, I will take a look at my htaccess, maybe I have a goof in it.

I know that it appears my forums are in a forums directory, however, that is just the re-write doing that.

Chuck S · June 3rd, 2010, 10:51 AM

My site is setup exactly like yours

Reeftalk Forums

Can-Am Commander SSV Forums: Can-Am SSV Discussion Forums

Your vb is installed in a directory called forums not your webroot

I dont know what other way to explain this as you keep telling me your forum is installed in your webroot

Your webroot is here

Can-Am Commander SSV Forums: Can-Am SSV Discussion Forums

dieselpowered · June 3rd, 2010, 10:58 AM

Chuck, I understand what you are saying...I completely understand directory structures. I am using vbseo to "fool" the search engines into thinking that it is in its own directory when it truly is not.

If you type www.commanderssv.com you will see it direct to www.commanderssv.com/forums/

Here... go into the forums and hover over a forum, notice that it does not show the forum directory?

Chuck S · June 3rd, 2010, 11:05 AM

well you might want to ask vbseo how to do it because its the vbseo thats your problem

You can try adding what I stated in your gallery htaccess in post 8 that should not interfere with our SEO

Usually one places a rewrite to domain.com to www.domain.com in there webroot not in specific directories.

See your issue is with vbseo your rewriting everything to www.domain.com/forums for your forums I would suspect so its not going to work for the gallery

dieselpowered · June 3rd, 2010, 11:07 AM

Ya I am asking over there as well...I probably have a slight edit that is incorrect or something like that. Mainly though you answered a question that I did not ask which is the fact that the htaccess in root should force the www throughout the domain. Thanks Chuck!

If I remember correctly, adding this to the Photopost htaccess caused you to be redirected to the forums when trying to go into the gallery:

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

Chuck S · June 3rd, 2010, 11:08 AM

Yes what I posted would rewrite domain.com to www.domain.com if placed in your webroot

Chuck S · June 3rd, 2010, 11:10 AM

Notice on my site no matter where you type it always goes to Reeftalk Forums

dieselpowered · June 3rd, 2010, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

Yes what I posted would rewrite domain.com to www.domain.com if placed in your webroot

Right, I was just saying that code cannot be added to the photopost htaccess as it ends up directing you back to the forums when attempting to view the gallery.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck S

Notice on my site no matter where you type it always goes to Reeftalk Forums

I know on your site it always shows forums because you have the forums in their own directory

dieselpowered · June 3rd, 2010, 11:29 AM

Ok now we are getting somewhere...a htaccess in the root will carry througout the domain, however, since there is the Photopost htaccess in the gallery directory, it over-rides the htaccess in root. With that said, I need to add the re-direct to the Photopost htaccess...the one posted above does not work as it re-directs to the forums...will keep plugging away, lol.

Chuck S · June 3rd, 2010, 06:13 PM

yeah probally something to do with vbseo since thats the only difference between our sites.

dieselpowered · June 4th, 2010, 08:50 AM

Ok took some time but got it, I had to add the following to the htaccess in the gallery directory:

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Content visible to verified customers only.

Everything is running as it should now!

Thanks

Chuck S · June 4th, 2010, 10:27 AM

Thats good to hear