How to redirect http:// to http://www

[krasloten24]

I have the following question,

I want to redirect http:// to http://www with a .HTACCES file I found this article Click but it doens't work when i copy the following code into the .HTACCES file and changed the parameters:

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

Does anyone have any experience using this?

Thanks in advance,

[casinojack]

I have the following question,

I want to redirect http:// to http://www with a .HTACCES file I found this article Click but it doens't work when i copy the following code into the .HTACCES file and changed the parameters:

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

Does anyone have any experience using this?

Thanks in advance,

Not sre if you realize there i in an exmaple int hat

try this"

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www.|$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

[Simmo!]

If it's for SEO (what other reason LOL) and you use Webmaster Tools in Google it gives you the option to set it there too.

[RayUK]

There is a slightly different format given here:

http://www.htaccesstools.com/article...cess-redirect/

Just as a possibility if you can't get the above suggestions to work! I have never used it. I will have to use .htaccess at some point. RegExps are something I have struggled with for years and still have trouble

[Pokerworx]

You can make a .txt file and set all the address you find with the non www and set them to the www like

/

redirect 301 http://yoursite.com/page1.html http://www.yoursite.com/page1/
redirect 301 http://yoursite.com/page1.html http://www.yoursite.com/page1/

Typically its

redirect 301 (space) page/folder or address you want to move (space) address to move it to.

Then save the file as 1.htaccess and rename it to .htaccess

In google webmaster tools you might want to set your site to display as http://www.

[universal4]

What is strange is that I tried to set a preferred domain in webmaster tools and it says in order to do that it has to be verified I own the domain.

I use an email from the domain, and have had a verified account for a long time.

I had already verified the acount with a unique html (long time ago) page so what else needs done?

Rick
Universal4

[tryme]

Casino Jack's format is spot on. However, it looks like the code you're using redirects from www.yoursite.com to www.yoursite.com which isn't what you want.

Here's the .htaccess code you need to use that will work:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

Simply replace domain.com with the name of your domain and you're good to go.

[krasloten24]

Alright thank you very much guys I will try it and let you know.

In Google I have set the preferred domain to but when somebody links to http://mysite.nl instead of http://www.mysite.nl the linkjuice goes to http://mysite.nl so thats the reason I want to use this.

[krasloten24]

What is strange is that I tried to set a preferred domain in webmaster tools and it says in order to do that it has to be verified I own the domain.

I use an email from the domain, and have had a verified account for a long time.

I had already verified the acount with a unique html (long time ago) page so what else needs done?

Rick
Universal4

Google isn't always right, I had this error to when I had set an preffered domain. But the next day it was gone, mayby it takes some time for google to realise all of this.

[krasloten24]

All of the .HTACCES codes doesn't work, maybe it is becaush of the standard code Joomla has implemented in there .HTACCES files.

The only thing I can do what will work is mention all the url's and redirected them manually with .HTACCES like Pokerworkx said. But it is a lot of work :P

[tertip]

this works for me, try it maybe it helps

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

[casino2k.com]

All of the .HTACCES codes doesn't work, maybe it is becaush of the standard code Joomla has implemented in there .HTACCES files.

The only thing I can do what will work is mention all the url's and redirected them manually with .HTACCES like Pokerworkx said. But it is a lot of work :P

This should work: open joomla .htaccess and put these two lines

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

after

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

If it doesn't, please tell us what is the error message.

[krasloten24]

Awesome thanks it works, I forget to place it after after

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

This should work: open joomla .htaccess and put these two lines

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

after

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

If it doesn't, please tell us what is the error message.