htaccess Problem

Hey all,

If this is not the correct forum for this i apologize.

I recently bought an ssl certificate for my domain so I could install the Vbulletin facebook forum app. I finally got the thing working but it only works with the non ww version of my site. Because of that I want to set up the domain to only use the non ww version of the domain. I went to Google webmaster tools and changed the preferred domain and I also added code to the htaccess but I still see the www when I visit the site.

My htaccess is very long and confusing and I am hoping someone can tale a peek and let me know if it is ok. I have the media library installed and a couple other addons to the htaccess. I am using 4.2 with the latest version of Vbseo. I just bought and installed it about a week ago or so.

Here is my htaccess--Thanks so much for the help

<IfModule mod_security.c> SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>
## Expires
<ifModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
</ifModule>


## Compression
<ifmodule mod_headers.c>
<ifmodule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/css text/xml application/x-javascript
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
</ifmodule>
</ifmodule>


## Rewrites
<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

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

RewriteBase /


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


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


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


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






# Media Library
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/tags$ media.php?do=tags_edit&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/edit$ media.php?do=details_edit&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/report$ media.php?do=report&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/c(\d+)$ media.php?do=comment_edit&cmt=$2 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/p(\d+).*$ media.php?do=details&mid=$1&pid=$2 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).* media.php?do=details&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/p(\d+).*/edit$ media.php?do=playlist_edit&pid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/p(\d+).* media.php?do=playlist&pid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/c(\d+).* media.php?do=category&cid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/u(\d+).* media.php?do=user&uid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/tag/(.*) media.php?do=tag&tid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/results/(.*) media.php?do=results&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/advresults/(.*) media.php?do=advresults&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/letter/(.*) media.php?do=letter&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/browse.* media.php?do=browse [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/search.* media.php?do=search [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/random.* media.php?do=random [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/submit.* media.php?do=submit [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/tagcloud.* media.php?do=tagcloud [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/playlists.* media.php?do=playlists [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/pcreate.* media.php?do=playlists_create [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/pmine.* media.php?do=playlists_mine [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/favorites.* media.php?do=favorites [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/subscriptions.* media.php?do=subscriptions [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/edit/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_edit&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/delete/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_delete&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/export/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_export&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/(\w+).* media.php?do=admin_$1 [QSA]


# Media Library from Video Directory
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} do=viewdetails&videoid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=details&mid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewcategory&categoryid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=category&cid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewuser&userid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=user&uid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewtag&tag=(.*)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=tag&tid=%1
ReWriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php


# Forum
RewriteRule ^threads/.* showthread.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^members/.* member.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^entries/.* entry.php [QSA]


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]


# MVC
RewriteRule ^(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$ $1.php?r=$2 [QSA]
</ifmodule>


RewriteRule ^/?(af|sq|ar|be|bg|ca|zh-CN|hr|cs|da|nl|en|et|tl|fi|fr|gl|de|el|iw|hi|hu|is |id|ga|it|ja|ko|lv|lt|mk|ms|mt|no|fa|pl|pt|ro|ru|s r|sk|sl|es|sw|sv|zh-TW|th|tr|uk|vi|sq|ca|et|tl|gl|hi|id|lv|lt|mt|sl|uk |vi|cy|yi)/archive/index.php/(.*)?$ archive/index.php?/$2&language=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^/?(af|sq|ar|be|bg|ca|zh-CN|hr|cs|da|nl|en|et|tl|fi|fr|gl|de|el|iw|hi|hu|is |id|ga|it|ja|ko|lv|lt|mk|ms|mt|no|fa|pl|pt|ro|ru|s r|sk|sl|es|sw|sv|zh-TW|th|tr|uk|vi|cy|yi)/$ index.php?language=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^/?(af|sq|ar|be|bg|ca|zh-CN|hr|cs|da|nl|en|et|tl|fi|fr|gl|de|el|iw|hi|hu|is |id|ga|it|ja|ko|lv|lt|mk|ms|mt|no|fa|pl|pt|ro|ru|s r|sk|sl|es|sw|sv|zh-TW|th|tr|uk|vi|cy|yi)/(.*)?$ $2?language=$1 [L,QSA]


php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off


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


allow from 72.200.166.190
allow from 72.209.29.226


# Black List
deny from 124.6.181.177
deny from 87.155.250.248
deny from 24.140.43.87
deny from 95.27.209.210
deny from 203.147.88.166
deny from 111.120.83.62
deny from 121.54.64.29
deny from 59.92.69.78
deny from 122.173.221.53
deny from 59.92.69.78
deny from 95.43.78.64
deny from 67.82.173.16
deny from 24.210.247.95
deny from 60.242.93.68
deny from 67.1.5.196
deny from 93.81.54.241
deny from 78.14.192.52
deny from 190.74.241.147
deny from 115.73.41.192
deny from 218.175.151.155
deny from 199.21.99.69
deny from 189.251.2.77
deny from 60.242.85.35
deny from 207.46.13.147
deny from 121.218.178.119
deny from 1.55.57.124
deny from 1.52.0.0/14
deny from 114.79.52.209
deny from 173.234.29.168

Ok, i just spotted a duplicate entry for the redirect for non www I believe but it is commented anyways....

There are many errors in that .htaccess Please remove all useless entries for mediawiki , enterprise translator and use vBSEO htaccess content and your https code

yeah, I stooped the https..all I needed to do was add the s basically..in regards to the other stuff could you be more specific? I have a media library installed and a few other things but not sure what needs to be pulled..

I am also getting a ton of unfound urls in webmaster tools also si9nce I made this change. after adding the ssl to the non www domain I also made that domain preferred in google..now I am using htaccess to forward www to non www but I am getting thousands of non found errors for www urls.. I have never had such a nightmare adding a stupid ssl certificate..

thanks for your help..any advice would be appreciated big time..

How is this??

## Expires<ifModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
</ifModule>


## Compression
<ifmodule mod_headers.c>
<ifmodule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/css text/xml application/x-javascript
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
</ifmodule>
</ifmodule>


## Rewrites
<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]


# Media Library
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/tags$ media.php?do=tags_edit&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/edit$ media.php?do=details_edit&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/report$ media.php?do=report&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/c(\d+)$ media.php?do=comment_edit&cmt=$2 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/p(\d+).*$ media.php?do=details&mid=$1&pid=$2 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).* media.php?do=details&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/p(\d+).*/edit$ media.php?do=playlist_edit&pid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/p(\d+).* media.php?do=playlist&pid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/c(\d+).* media.php?do=category&cid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/u(\d+).* media.php?do=user&uid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/tag/(.*) media.php?do=tag&tid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/results/(.*) media.php?do=results&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/advresults/(.*) media.php?do=advresults&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/letter/(.*) media.php?do=letter&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/browse.* media.php?do=browse [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/search.* media.php?do=search [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/random.* media.php?do=random [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/submit.* media.php?do=submit [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/tagcloud.* media.php?do=tagcloud [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/playlists.* media.php?do=playlists [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/pcreate.* media.php?do=playlists_create [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/pmine.* media.php?do=playlists_mine [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/favorites.* media.php?do=favorites [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/subscriptions.* media.php?do=subscriptions [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/edit/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_edit&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/delete/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_delete&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/export/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_export&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/(\w+).* media.php?do=admin_$1 [QSA]


# Media Library from Video Directory
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} do=viewdetails&videoid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=details&mid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewcategory&categoryid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=category&cid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewuser&userid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=user&uid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewtag&tag=(.*)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=tag&tid=%1
ReWriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php


# Forum
RewriteRule ^threads/.* showthread.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^members/.* member.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^entries/.* entry.php [QSA]


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]


# MVC
RewriteRule ^(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$ $1.php?r=$2 [QSA]
</ifmodule>


RewriteBase /


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


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


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


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


allow from 72.200.166.190
allow from 72.209.29.226


# Black List
deny from 124.6.181.177
deny from 87.155.250.248
deny from 24.140.43.87
deny from 95.27.209.210
deny from 203.147.88.166
deny from 111.120.83.62
deny from 121.54.64.29
deny from 59.92.69.78
deny from 122.173.221.53
deny from 59.92.69.78
deny from 95.43.78.64
deny from 67.82.173.16
deny from 24.210.247.95
deny from 60.242.93.68
deny from 67.1.5.196
deny from 93.81.54.241
deny from 78.14.192.52
deny from 190.74.241.147
deny from 115.73.41.192
deny from 218.175.151.155
deny from 199.21.99.69
deny from 189.251.2.77
deny from 60.242.85.35
deny from 207.46.13.147
deny from 121.218.178.119
deny from 1.55.57.124
deny from 1.52.0.0/14
deny from 114.79.52.209
deny from 173.234.29.168

Hmmmm It has been days here. Is there anyone that can help me finish this? I did try to clean this up a bit but then I got the network error so I am overlooking something. Could you please provide a little detail on your post?

Thank you

Hello ,

Did you follow what i suggested , and used vBSEO .htaccess file only ?

Hi Rich,

My advise would be to use a simplified .htaccess, following this structure:

* Rewrites
* Optimizations
* Denied IPs

So it should look like this:


## Rewrites

<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]


# Media Library
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/tags$ media.php?do=tags_edit&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/edit$ media.php?do=details_edit&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/report$ media.php?do=report&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/c(\d+)$ media.php?do=comment_edit&cmt=$2 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/p(\d+).*$ media.php?do=details&mid=$1&pid=$2 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).* media.php?do=details&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/p(\d+).*/edit$ media.php?do=playlist_edit&pid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/p(\d+).* media.php?do=playlist&pid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/c(\d+).* media.php?do=category&cid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/u(\d+).* media.php?do=user&uid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/tag/(.*) media.php?do=tag&tid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/results/(.*) media.php?do=results&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/advresults/(.*) media.php?do=advresults&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/letter/(.*) media.php?do=letter&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/browse.* media.php?do=browse [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/search.* media.php?do=search [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/random.* media.php?do=random [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/submit.* media.php?do=submit [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/tagcloud.* media.php?do=tagcloud [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/playlists.* media.php?do=playlists [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/pcreate.* media.php?do=playlists_create [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/pmine.* media.php?do=playlists_mine [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/favorites.* media.php?do=favorites [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/subscriptions.* media.php?do=subscriptions [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/edit/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_edit&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/delete/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_delete&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/export/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_export&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/(\w+).* media.php?do=admin_$1 [QSA]


# Media Library from Video Directory
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} do=viewdetails&videoid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=details&mid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewcategory&categoryid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=category&cid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewuser&userid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=user&uid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewtag&tag=(.*)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=tag&tid=%1
ReWriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php


# vBSEO rules

#RewriteBase /

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

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

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

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


## Optimization

# Expires

<ifModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
</ifModule>


# Compression

<ifmodule mod_headers.c>
<ifmodule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/css text/xml application/x-javascript
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
</ifmodule>
</ifmodule>


## Denied and allowed IPs

# Whitelist

allow from 72.200.166.190
allow from 72.209.29.226

# Black List
deny from 124.6.181.177
deny from 87.155.250.248
deny from 24.140.43.87
deny from 95.27.209.210
deny from 203.147.88.166
deny from 111.120.83.62
deny from 121.54.64.29
deny from 59.92.69.78
deny from 122.173.221.53
deny from 59.92.69.78
deny from 95.43.78.64
deny from 67.82.173.16
deny from 24.210.247.95
deny from 60.242.93.68
deny from 67.1.5.196
deny from 93.81.54.241
deny from 78.14.192.52
deny from 190.74.241.147
deny from 115.73.41.192
deny from 218.175.151.155
deny from 199.21.99.69
deny from 189.251.2.77
deny from 60.242.85.35
deny from 207.46.13.147
deny from 121.218.178.119
deny from 1.55.57.124
deny from 1.52.0.0/14
deny from 114.79.52.209
deny from 173.234.29.168


I've replaced this:

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

with this (I believe you'll get better results):

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


I've removed the following code snippet, as it is utilized for vBulletin 4 friendly URLs (which you are not using ):

Code:

# Forum
RewriteRule ^threads/.* showthread.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^members/.* member.php [QSA]
RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^entries/.* entry.php [QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

# MVC
RewriteRule ^(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$ $1.php?r=$2 [QSA]

I've commented out RewriteBase / directive. In most of cases, it is not needed, but if after turning it off the vBSEO URLs don't work anymore, try re-enabling it (remove the # character):

Code:

#RewriteBase /

I highlighted the Admin CP and Mod CP directories in case you need to update them.


I was just wondering if you actually need to run your whole site under https to have Facebook app up and running. Could you please clarify on that?

Thanks!

No, I do not believe I need the entire site running https for the facebook plug in but many members were getting browser warnings when visiting the site before. They had to hit the exception to get in. I figure I must have lost tons of traffic because of this. I thought redirecting to the https would solve the issues..

I appreciate your help with the httaccess. i have had issues working with it for years. I have a couple mods that I thought relied on some changes in the htaccess, media library and the video posting but it was a while ago and I cannot even remember the details..anyhow, this is why I did not want to just go and remove everything.

At any rate, I do not think htaccess is going to solve all my issues..I am afraid I really killed my existing search index by changing the prefered url structure and by messing up the dammed urls. I just figured they would forward ok but I am getting tons of these not founds..

showthread.php?p=	404	8/17/12
	2	member.php?u=2744	404	8/19/12
	3	660264-post94.html	404	8/19/12
	4	member.php?u=2021	404	8/18/12
	5	659933-post88.html	404	8/19/12
	6	member.php?u=1912	404	8/18/12
	7	member.php?u=1878	404	8/18/12
	8	member.php?u=14041	404	8/16/12
	9	665923-post33.html	404	8/19/12
	10	665847-post30.html	404	8/19/12
	11	665339-post16.html	404	8/19/12
	12	member.php?u=2897	404	8/19/12
	13	673829-post85.html	404	8/18/12
	14	625515-post39.html	404	8/18/12
	15	member.php?u=1641	404	8/18/12
	16	member.php?u=15	404	8/17/12
	17	member.php?u=160	404	8/17/12
	18	member.php?u=2571	404	8/19/12
	19	member.php?u=2537	404	8/19/12
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Any advice would be so appreciated.. Thanks again for your help..BTW-The errors above are one small section out of 191 pages. I have always used webmaster tools and before all this I had no crawling errors. After this happened I tried deleting the existing sitemaps and I regenerated and uploaded them thinking the urls were from before but no such luck. None of these urls are being redirected properly..


EDIT-I am sorry for the sloppiness of this post. I just do not have the patience right now for proper grammar. i just wanted to say that the new htaccess is working ok so far. I am still trying to figure out what to do about the errors but I am one step closer to being set.

I thought the htaccess you made worked but I just realized i was not using it. This one is causing the internal server error..not sure why..

nevermind..I see..forgot to uncomment the rewritebase..

OK-It works but now there is nothing forwarding the www...this one only forwards the non www..to https..

I had to change this back

I've replaced this:

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

with this (I believe you'll get better results):

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

Please change :

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

with

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks

Also you need to use non www redirect directly below

Options +FollowSymlinks line

Thank you so much for your time. I will give this a shot.


Are you telling me to place

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

directly below Options +FollowSymlinks ???

What about

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

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^musclemecca\.com rewrites www. to non www.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.musclemecca\.com$ rewrites non www. to www.

iirc

For non www in urls :

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

I see now.. Thanks. Actually I see this much clearer now thanks to you guys. So I am pushing both to non www https.. Do I have to put both down?

I want all urls forwarded to the non www version using https... is this possible?

As per your instructions I have the following but this will not work..It will not forward the www.. also, I am confused about why I needed to move the redirects..what about the rewritebase? That also has to be moved under +FollowSymlinks??

Would someone be kind enough to put this together for me the correct way? I am starting to get more confused than I was.. I understand redirects in general but I am unclear about forwarding the entire url www and non www to https.. If I do not though members get browser security warnings..


Thanks

This is what I put together using the instructions above..

## Rewrites

<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^musclemecca\.com
RewriteRule (.*) https://musclemecca.com/$1 [L,R=301]




# Media Library
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/tags$ media.php?do=tags_edit&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/edit$ media.php?do=details_edit&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/report$ media.php?do=report&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/c(\d+)$ media.php?do=comment_edit&cmt=$2 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/p(\d+).*$ media.php?do=details&mid=$1&pid=$2 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).* media.php?do=details&mid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/p(\d+).*/edit$ media.php?do=playlist_edit&pid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/p(\d+).* media.php?do=playlist&pid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/c(\d+).* media.php?do=category&cid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/u(\d+).* media.php?do=user&uid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/tag/(.*) media.php?do=tag&tid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/results/(.*) media.php?do=results&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/advresults/(.*) media.php?do=advresults&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/letter/(.*) media.php?do=letter&query=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/browse.* media.php?do=browse [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/search.* media.php?do=search [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/random.* media.php?do=random [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/submit.* media.php?do=submit [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/tagcloud.* media.php?do=tagcloud [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/playlists.* media.php?do=playlists [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/pcreate.* media.php?do=playlists_create [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/pmine.* media.php?do=playlists_mine [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/favorites.* media.php?do=favorites [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/subscriptions.* media.php?do=subscriptions [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/edit/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_edit&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/delete/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_delete&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/export/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_export&sid=$1 [QSA]
ReWriteRule ^media/admin/(\w+).* media.php?do=admin_$1 [QSA]




# Media Library from Video Directory
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} do=viewdetails&videoid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=details&mid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewcategory&categoryid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=category&cid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewuser&userid=(\d+)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=user&uid=%1
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewtag&tag=(.*)
RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=tag&tid=%1
ReWriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php




# vBSEO rules


#RewriteBase /






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


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


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




## Optimization


# Expires


<ifModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
</ifModule>




# Compression


<ifmodule mod_headers.c>
<ifmodule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/css text/xml application/x-javascript
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
</ifmodule>
</ifmodule>




## Denied and allowed IPs


# Whitelist


allow from 72.200.166.190
allow from 72.209.29.226


# Black List
deny from 124.6.181.177
deny from 87.155.250.248
deny from 24.140.43.87
deny from 95.27.209.210
deny from 203.147.88.166
deny from 111.120.83.62
deny from 121.54.64.29
deny from 59.92.69.78
deny from 122.173.221.53
deny from 59.92.69.78
deny from 95.43.78.64
deny from 67.82.173.16
deny from 24.210.247.95
deny from 60.242.93.68
deny from 67.1.5.196
deny from 93.81.54.241
deny from 78.14.192.52
deny from 190.74.241.147
deny from 115.73.41.192
deny from 218.175.151.155
deny from 199.21.99.69
deny from 189.251.2.77
deny from 60.242.85.35
deny from 207.46.13.147
deny from 121.218.178.119
deny from 1.55.57.124
deny from 1.52.0.0/14
deny from 114.79.52.209
deny from 173.234.29.168

Can anyone help me finish this? I have been trying to finish this for days.. I am almost done with the htaccess. I really wanted to solve these issues within a fast time frame, especially the not found errors which is why I even filled out a support ticket. 2 days later and still no reply.

Can you please create a support ticket with login information so we can check this further.