redirect non-www to www

Hi,

I want to put a code that redirects non-www to www. Is that bad and is it bad for vbseo?

It's good.

What is the best way to go about doing that?

In your root .htaccess, and in your forums .htaccess:

Code:

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

Make sure it's above your other RewriteCond's in both files, but under the RewriteEngine On.

Outstanding, thanks!

I am probably learning more from this forum that any other one I have been on. And I definately have alot to learn.

(See edit above.)

Code:

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

In forums .htaccess it will need the forum path?

Code:

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

otherwise it will push it back to the homepage.

Correct. I forgot to differentiate.

Code:

 

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

Code:

 

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

well, it worked for my forum, but not for my root.

Worked for me when I went to http://sportsoutlaw.com

show us whats in your root .htaccess

Originally Posted by ConqSoft

Worked for me when I went to http://sportsoutlaw.com

And me.

Code:

# -FrontPage-AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .htmlIndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*order deny,allowdeny from allallow from allorder deny,allowdeny from allAuthName www.sportsoutlaw.comAuthUserFile /home/sportsou/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwdAuthGroupFile /home/sportsou/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grpRewriteEngine onRewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.sportsoutlaw\.com RewriteRule (.*) http://www.sportsoutlaw.com/$1 [R=301,L]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://sportsoutlaw.com/.*$      [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://sportsoutlaw.com$      [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://thesportstavern.com/.*$      [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://thesportstavern.com$      [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.sportsoutlaw.com/.*$      [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.sportsoutlaw.com$      [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.thesportstavern.com/.*$      [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.thesportstavern.com$      [NC]RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ - [F,NC]RewriteRule ^(sitemap.*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

# -FrontPage-AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .htmlIndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*order deny,allowdeny from allallow from allorder deny,allowdeny from allAuthName www.sportsoutlaw.comAuthUserFile /home/sportsou/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwdAuthGroupFile /home/sportsou/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grpRewriteEngine onRewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.sportsoutlaw\.com RewriteRule (.*) http://www.sportsoutlaw.com/$1 [R=301,L]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://sportsoutlaw.com/.*$ [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://sportsoutlaw.com$ [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://thesportstavern.com/.*$ [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://thesportstavern.com$ [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.sportsoutlaw.com/.*$ [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.sportsoutlaw.com$ [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.thesportstavern.com/.*$ [NC]RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.thesportstavern.com$ [NC]RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ - [F,NC]RewriteRule ^(sitemap.*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]