sitename.com/section/category/ to www.sitename.com/section/category/

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    Hi;

    I need help about my .htaccess.

    Some sites are giving me link with sitename.com/section/category/ link.


    If want to create a permanent redirect from sitename.com/section/category/ to www.sitename.com/section/category/ with my .htacess.

    If somebody gives me link without www, I want to add www to my urls.

    Thanks for your comments.
     
    trichnosis, Oct 30, 2007 IP
  2. e96

    e96 Active Member

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    if you use the following lines in your .htaccess file
    
RewriteEngine On
rewritecond %{http_host} ^sitename\.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.sitename\.com /$1 [r=301,nc]
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    then "www." will be prefixed onto all URLS that do not already have the 'www' in front of sitename.com
     
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    By the way, another handy rewrite rule that makes sure that google and the other search engines think that www. sitename.com/index.php and www. sitename.com/ are one and the same URL (as opposed to 2 different urls that have PR split betwen them), then add the following to the .htaccess file in your root directory
    
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]
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