.htaccess Question RE: www and no www

Hello,

My site has a .htaccess in the root which redirects calls to stop SE's thinking I have duplicate content

Code:

 
# Rule for duplicate content removal : domain.com - Get online with a domain name and web hosting vs domain.com
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mysite\.com$ [NC]
# RewriteRule (.*)$ Website Hosting - Mysite.com [R=301,L,NC]

I also have the VBSEO .htaccess installed part of which does the same thing

Code:

 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mysite\.com
RewriteRule (.*) Website Hosting - Mysite.com [L,R=301]

The two dont seem to coexist

This means that my main html site no longer has the redirect working :(

Can anybody tell me how I could get both redircts working?

Thanks

VinylJunky

You should remove "#" characters for rewrite rules in domain root since they are used to disable (comment out) directives.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

You should remove "#" characters for rewrite rules in domain root since they are used to disable (comment out) directives.

I added the # to stop the rewrite working because if it runs it causes problems.

The one in my site root used to work until I activated the VBSEO one in the forum root :(

Sorry for the confussion.

Any ideas how I get them both working?

Thanks

VinylJunky

In your case, you would have this in the .htaccess in your forum root:

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

That should not affect anything in your site root, however.

Seems to work fine

Thanks


VinylJunky

I have found a small problem


.mysitez.com gets refered to www.mysitez.com

.mysitez.com/forum/ gets refered to www.mysitez.com/forum

.mysitez.com/forum doesnt refer to www.mysitez.com/forum it stays at .mysitez.com/forum and shows Page Cannot Be Found 404

How weird

Anybody any ideas?

Thanks

VinylJunky

Try this (in Root folder, not forum folder)

Code:

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

Originally Posted by Thomas Hoehl

Try this (in Root folder, not forum folder)

Code:

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

I've given it a go but I still get the same result

Im puzzled :(

VinylJunky

Have you dissable it in the .htaccess File in "Forum root" (forum Folder) at the same time?

T

Originally Posted by VinylJunky

I have found a small problem


.mysitez.com gets refered to www.mysitez.com

.mysitez.com/forum/ gets refered to www.mysitez.com/forum

.mysitez.com/forum doesnt refer to www.mysitez.com/forum it stays at .mysitez.com/forum and shows Page Cannot Be Found 404

How weird

Anybody any ideas?

Thanks

VinylJunky

Try this: Add www to forum url with no trailing slash

I still get this behaviour

.mysitez.com gets refered to www.mysitez.com

.mysitez.com/forum/ gets refered to www.mysitez.com/forum

.mysitez.com/forum doesnt refer to www.mysitez.com/forum

I'd like .mysitez.com/forum to go to www.mysitez.com/forum

These are my .htaccess files


siteroot/.htaccess

Code:

#  mod_rewrite in use
# Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
#  Uncomment following line if your webserver's URL
#  is not directly related to physical file paths.
# RewriteBase /
# Rule for duplicate content removal : domain.com - Get online with a domain name and web hosting vs domain.com
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.mysitez.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysitez.com$1 [R=301,L]
 
# Rule to redirect sitemaps
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*.(xml|txt)(.gz)?)$ forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
 
# ErrorDocument 404 http://www.mysitez.com/error404.htm

/forum .htaccess

Code:

 
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 /forum/
# Already stated in site root
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.mysitez.com
# RewriteRule (.*) http://www.mysitez.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]
 
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*.(xml|txt)(.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|chat|cron)
RewriteRule ^(.*.php(/.*)?)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !.(jpg|gif)$
RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

Its driving me nuts

Thanks

VinylJunky

It looks like you didn't do what is suggested here: Add www to forum url with no trailing slash

That needs to be done in your Forum .htaccess, and you will need to uncomment those lines.

Originally Posted by Keith Cohen

It looks like you didn't do what is suggested here: Add www to forum url with no trailing slash

That needs to be done in your Forum .htaccess, and you will need to uncomment those lines.

Guys,

It works now, I owe you a beer

I added this line to forum/.htaccess
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} forum/

Thank you, I can now stop banging my head on the keyboard.

The help I get in this forum is exceptional

VinylJunky

You welcome.