How to point domainname.com to www.domainname.com

Hello everyone,

I was just wondering, how do you point a domain name to www.domainname.com

Like whenever someone entered yahoo.com, it goes to www.yahoo.com

Thanks in advance.

 

Contact your hosting company and they can do that for you.

 

Write this in your .htaccess file

RewriteEngine On

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

Code (markup):

Should work.

 

Yep, and that's the best way of doing it afterall.
No need to call the webhost.

 

it only works when linux apache has the Mod-Rewrite module enabled.

 

Godaddy does this automatically so there's no need to do it, is that correct?

 

correct, unless you change the default dns setting.

 

Actually it should be done via your Domain Registrar under 'CNAMES'.

If you have Godaddy I beleive 'www' is already a default.

If you cant figure it out .. call your domain name provider and they will walk you through it.

 

i wonder if moniker can set that for me now lol, htaccess modding wasnt working for me, this thread helped me a little too i guess lol

 

Contact your hosting Company.

 

Thanks for the help guys.

 

The .htaccess rewrite works! Thanks monty.