.htaccess Question RE: www and no www

VinylJunky · #1 11-19-2007, 02:47 PM

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

Oleg Ignatiuk · #2 11-19-2007, 04:07 PM

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

VinylJunky · #3 11-19-2007, 05:18 PM

Quote:

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

Keith Cohen · #4 11-19-2007, 05:23 PM

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.

VinylJunky · #5 11-20-2007, 05:44 AM

Seems to work fine

Thanks

VinylJunky

VinylJunky · #6 11-23-2007, 06:33 AM

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

Thomas Hoehl · #7 11-23-2007, 06:50 AM

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]

VinylJunky · #8 11-23-2007, 10:24 AM

Quote:

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

Thomas Hoehl · #9 11-23-2007, 10:31 AM

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

T

Keith Cohen · #10 11-23-2007, 10:32 AM

Quote:

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

VinylJunky · #11 11-23-2007, 11:48 AM

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

Keith Cohen · #12 11-23-2007, 11:52 AM

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.

VinylJunky · #13 11-23-2007, 12:24 PM

Quote:

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

Thomas Hoehl · #14 11-23-2007, 01:14 PM

You welcome.