[How to] Setup www.yourdomain.com or yourdomain.com (www vs. non-www) - With .htaccess 301 redirects

This one is different the one that is in the .htaccess file in /forum that came with vbseo

Code:

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

How can i make the one that came with vbseo redirect to http://domain.com ?

Code:

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

Hello,

the code would be:

Code:

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

Thanks oleg,

hi for the main domain name ive put the redirect code in htaccess so non-www goes to www but how about the forums...or is it only need with the main domain name?

If your forum is located in a sub-folder, then nothing additional is required.

thanks

Thank you

Ive set this up in the .htaccess file in the forum folder however some users are experiencing 404 pages when browsing. It occasionally happens when a user logins with incorrect password. Or when a user clicks home from a forum thread.

Don't seem to get the issue myself anymore but when I type in http://mywebsite.com/forum
it wont show the forum redirects to http://www.mywebsite.com/forums//web...ite.com/forums
(which is a 404 not found page)


However if I type in http://mywebsite.com/forum/ it redirects to http://www.mywebsite.com/forum/ fine.

Hello,

replied to your ticket.

how to setup using sub domain?

Code:

i am used http://forum.djawir.com
i want redirect from http://www.forum.djawir.com to http://forum.djawir.com

its corect or not

Code:

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

thanks

Hi all, hi joe,
what is the best choise for a not expert user like me?

www or not www?

yes good question, and if someone want to change his first choice, there is a bad impact in indexing?

www. is deprecated.

i've tried to use the no www. but in my main site doesn't work

Code:

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

in forum i use this htaccess code.

Code:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

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

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?)?)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

Did you update your forums URL in vB admincp options?