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

[L] means "last rule to process", i.e. do not apply other rewrite rules if this one matches.

I completed the redirect of example.com to www.example.com/

I did not see how to automatically put a www.example.com/index.php to www.example.com/ can you please tell me how to do this?

@breakpoint: If you have your forum in root too, you can define the homepage aliases as :

Code:

index.php
index.php?

in your vbseocp.
Otherwise, you can setup this .htaccess redirect rule in root:

Code:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ / [R=301,L]

I have tried this on my other site which doesn`t use vbseo.

Code:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ / [R=301,L]

But it hasn`t worked with "index.php?".

Ok, this only affects the homepage, how can you make it so that http://www.example.com/forum1/thread1 becomes http://example.com/forums1/thread1 ?

When you set it as explained in first post , it is set to redirect www.domain.com to domain.com globally for all internal sub pages.

good post but i am getting error Part of the process of setting a preferred domain is to verify that you own http://mydomain.com/. Please verify http://mydomain.com/.
i want to verify. google says you need to add a template or meta tag. i added template. but it says google didn't find the template that i added

You should not be adding a template, you should be adding a .html file.

Originally Posted by Michael Biddle

You should not be adding a template, you should be adding a .html file.

i added .html file, it still say cannot find the link. now i got new problem i cannot add my sitemap. it say 404page not found.

What link is the google page on your website? Link to it here.

Originally Posted by Michael Biddle

What link is the google page on your website? Link to it here.

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My homepage is www.dumontnjforum.com (WordPress)
My forums is www.dumontnjforum.com/forums

Here's what I've come up with (in red):

# 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} !^www\.dumontnjforum\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.dumontnjforum.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]

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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
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 I do it right and place it in the right spot/position?

And, what about this line RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} forum/?
This is for a trailing slash. Do I/Should I use it?

Thanks!!

You are using it correct

Just set mine up for the good ole' www. Tested it and it works like a charm!!

sorry for my dumb question. but i have several urls for my website
how do i for example 301 redirect
www.mysite .org to www.mysite. com ?

thank you so much in advance!