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

Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey

If you are using a subdomain, you need to use different code in the subdomain folder. The root url (www.domain.com) should use the above code.

and in the subdomain folder, use this in your htaccess:

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

Yep, it works now.
Thanks a lot

Hi, I want to use this but I do not use a .htaccess file. I use IIS7 URL Rewrite, so I use a web.config file.

What is the properly phrased code that I should use for a non-www rewrite?


Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by neo_

Hi, I want to use this but I do not use a .htaccess file. I use IIS7 URL Rewrite, so I use a web.config file.

What is the properly phrased code that I should use for a non-www rewrite?


Thanks in advance.

Try this

Code:

< %@ Language=VBScript %>        
  < %       
        Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"        
        Response.AddHeader "Location", http://www.domain.com       
        %>

Change domain.com with your domain

Originally Posted by marco1

Try this

Code:

< %@ Language=VBScript %>        
  < %       
        Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"        
        Response.AddHeader "Location", http://www.domain.com       
        %>

Change domain.com with your domain

For reffrence, here is what my web.config file looks like. Do I add it anywhere inside, and if so in between what tags? Or should I just add it at the end after everything?

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <rewrite>
            <rules>
                <rule name="Imported Rule 1" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$" ignoreCase="false" />
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap={R:1}" appendQueryString="false" />
                </rule>
                <rule name="Imported Rule 2" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$" ignoreCase="false" />
                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                        <add input="{URL}" negate="true" pattern="(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)" ignoreCase="false" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="vbseo.php" appendQueryString="true" />
                </rule>
                <rule name="Rewrite All" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^.*$" ignoreCase="false" />
                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" negate="true" pattern="/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/" ignoreCase="false" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="vbseo.php" appendQueryString="true" />
                </rule>
            </rules>
        </rewrite>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Thanks in advance.

I'm not sure about that but most probably it will be before the end of rules

Code:

</rules>

Does anyone know for 100% sure? I do not like editing code if I am not completely sure about it.

Please add the following right after first <rules> line

PHP Code:

<rule name="Enforce Hostname" stopProcessing="true">
    <match url="(.*)" />
    <conditions>
        <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" negate="true" pattern="^example\.net$" />
    </conditions>
    <action type="Redirect" url="http://example.net/{R:0}" redirectType="Permanent" />
</rule> 


If mert's solution doesn't work for you, try this:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <rewrite>
            <rules>
        <rule name="WWW Rewrite" enabled="true">
            <match url="(.*)" />
            <conditions>
                <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" negate="true" pattern="^www\.([.a-zA-Z0-9]+)$" />
            </conditions>
            <action type="Redirect" url="http://www.{HTTP_HOST}/{R:0}" appendQueryString="true" redirectType="Permanent" />
        </rule>
                <rule name="Imported Rule 1" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$" ignoreCase="false" />
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap={R:1}" appendQueryString="false" />
                </rule>
                <rule name="Imported Rule 2" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$" ignoreCase="false" />
                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                        <add input="{URL}" negate="true" pattern="(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)" ignoreCase="false" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="vbseo.php" appendQueryString="true" />
                </rule>
                <rule name="Rewrite All" enabled="true" stopProcessing="true">
                    <match url="^.*$" ignoreCase="false" />
                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" negate="true" pattern="/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/" ignoreCase="false" />
                    </conditions>
                    <action type="Rewrite" url="vbseo.php" appendQueryString="true" />
                </rule>
            </rules>
        </rewrite>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Thanks Brian and Mert.

I ended up using Mert's code. The code Brian provided me with actually does the opposite of what I wanted, and adds a www to my domain when I type it without the "www".

But I am curious if weather the code Brian provided me is more cleaner since I don't have to manually edit the code with my domain. Could you provide me with a revised code for non-www?

Ahh, i thought that's what you wanted Sorry i mis-read.

basically, need to switch out the negate test to false and remove the www's from the redirect.


untested:

edit: doesn't work.

Now that I re-read my original post I do not blame you for making that mistake as I was not clear enough.

But I just tested your new code and it brought my site down whenever I entered in www.domain.com

Firefox gave me this error message:

The page isn't redirecting properly


Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

Hrm, i'll have to do more reasearch... it's probably not matching the rule properly. Again, i don't have an iis server to test on, so it was a guess i'll see if i can come up with a better soloution. In the meantime, use mert's method.

Yes, please let me know when you further look into refining your code.

I am using Brian's code on one of my forums and it works fine.
For my other forum that is heavily customized, it seems to cause posting errors.

tanks you

So if I am using non www in google, should I do it also in .htaccess ?