htaccess

[volume1]

I want my shop to appear as www.myshop.com and NOT as http://myshop.com or w.myshop.com, ww.myshop.com etc.

 

I tried to put this on its own in .htaccess:

 

RewriteRule (.*) http://www.myshop.com/$1 [R=301,L]

 

but that didn't work. I couldn't even access my shop anymore.

 

Then I used tho original htaccess which was on my server already and added the same line after </IfDefine>:

 

 

# $Id$
#
# This is used with Apache WebServers
#
# For this to work, you must include the parameter 'Options' to
# the AllowOverride configuration
#
# Example:
#
# <Directory "/usr/local/apache/htdocs">
#   AllowOverride Options
# </Directory>
#
# 'All' with also work. (This configuration is in the
# apache/conf/httpd.conf file)

# The following makes adjustments to the SSL protocol for Internet
# Explorer browsers

#<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
#  <IfDefine SSL>
#    SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" \
#             nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
#             downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
#  </IfDefine>
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.myshop.com/$1 [R=301,L]
#</IfModule>

 

I can now access my shop alright but it still doesn't rewrite properly.

 

Any suggestions?

 

[oscMarket]

Try:

RewriteEngine on

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

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

[volume1]

Cool, thanks!

 

But now I get http://www.w.myshop.com

 

if I write w.myshop.com

[MrPhil]

Of course it's going to do that! w.myshop.com does not begin with www., so www. will be prepended to it. You need to specify all the formats that you want to accept (why?) and then you can add code for each one. What is the point of allowing w. and ww.?

[volume1]

Mistyping. I have had visitors that mistyped www but I suppose its not a problem for google as duplicate content or what?

[Hotclutch]

Won't be a problem unless you have links to those type of URLs. In webmaster tools you should set your preferred domain, and that should be sufficient to take care of any duplicate content issues.

[MrPhil]

If you want to catch w. and ww., probably the simplest way to do it would be to change the code to

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

That, or teach your visitors how to type :). Note that you have to give your domain name instead of using %{HTTP_HOST}, and that it will catch any domain not starting with www. If you need to handle different domains, you can explicitly specify YOUR_DOMAIN in the RewriteCond, instead of (.*). If you want to allow some subdomains, it will have to be done differently.

 

Repeat in a similar manner for the https side.

[volume1]

Thanks for all everyone, very helpful ! :)