301 redirect

#1

Hi,

I wanted to 301 redirect my non www domain to www.domain,
I read that I have to insert the following lines to my .htaccess file.

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

But I do not have acces to .htaccess file and I asked my host support
to do that,

They response is below:

We have redirected configure-all.com/ to www.configure-all.com/ .
We have added the following lines in .htaccess file.
+++++++++++++
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]
+++++++++++++

Could some one please confirm that it is correct?
When I type http://configure-all.com in URL it changes to
www.configure-all.com but still
I have doubt.

Thank you

#2

sergey wrote:

Quote:

I wanted to 301 redirect my non www domain to www.domain,
I read that I have to insert the following lines to my .htaccess file.

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

But I do not have acces to .htaccess file

Why not? It's just an ordinary file in your www root. Don't you have write
access to you index.html either?

Quote:

and I asked my host support
to do that,

They response is below:

We have redirected configure-all.com/ to www.configure-all.com/ .
We have added the following lines in .htaccess file.
+++++++++++++
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]
+++++++++++++

Could some one please confirm that it is correct?
When I type http://configure-all.com in URL it changes to
www.configure-all.com but still
I have doubt.

It's not exactly the same as your version. If you should have subdomains,
than subdomain.example.com will be redirected to www.subdomain.example.com
(because it matches every hostname not starting with www and prepends a www
to it), which may not be what you intended.
My guess is that they use this code, because it works for any domain, so
they can just copy&paste it without manual modi-(or falsi-)fication.

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#3

sergey schreef:

Quote:

Hi,

I wanted to 301 redirect my non www domain to www.domain,
I read that I have to insert the following lines to my .htaccess file.

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

But I do not have acces to .htaccess file and I asked my host support
to do that,

They response is below:

We have redirected configure-all.com/ to www.configure-all.com/ .
We have added the following lines in .htaccess file.
+++++++++++++
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]
+++++++++++++

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^configure-all.com$
RewriteRule http://www.configure-all.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Maybe your version works also but at the end of the second line there
must be a $ sign i think.

But i can be wrong

Quote:

Could some one please confirm that it is correct?
When I type http://configure-all.com in URL it changes to
www.configure-all.com but still
I have doubt.

Thank you

#4

On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 22:52:45 +0200, FelixDEhuiskater
<pascal.beyens (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

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

Condition: if HTTP_HOST doesn't start with www

Quote:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^configure-all.com$
RewriteRule http://www.configure-all.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Condition: if HTTP_HOST equals configure-all.com

Looks like these are (almost) equivalent. First version will work also for
subdomain.example.com (will redirect to www.subdomain.example.com) -
second version will fail (will not redirect).

But I can be wrong as well.

Best,
Borek
--
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http://www.terapia-kregoslupa.waw.pl

#5

"sergey" <sskudaev (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Hi,

I wanted to 301 redirect my non www domain to www.domain,
I read that I have to insert the following lines to my .htaccess file.

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

As I have said many times before, better is:

http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2004/04/1...forgoogle.html

Quote:

But I do not have acces to .htaccess file and I asked my host support
to do that,

They response is below:

We have redirected configure-all.com/ to www.configure-all.com/ .
We have added the following lines in .htaccess file.

Dumb. They should have added it to httpd.conf. Maybe that was what they
are talking about though.

Quote:

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

Could some one please confirm that it is correct?
When I type http://configure-all.com in URL it changes to
www.configure-all.com but still
I have doubt.

What is correct? I think it can be done better.

http://ww .configure-all.com/ (remove the space)

doesn't work.

http://ww.johnbokma.com/

does

And yes, some people make those typos :-)

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#6

"FelixDEhuiskater" <pascal.beyens (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^configure-all.com$
RewriteRule http://www.configure-all.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Maybe your version works also but at the end of the second line there
must be a $ sign i think.

But i can be wrong

Best is to make the Cond: if not equals. Have been posted many times on
this subject before, see:
http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2004/04/1...forgoogle.html

for example with explanation.

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Firefox Fast Search:http://johnbokma.com/firefox/keymarks-explained.html

#7

On 3 Jun 2006 13:08:24 -0700, "sergey" <sskudaev (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Hi,

I wanted to 301 redirect my non www domain to www.domain,
I read that I have to insert the following lines to my .htaccess file.

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

But I do not have acces to .htaccess file and I asked my host support
to do that,

They response is below:

We have redirected configure-all.com/ to www.configure-all.com/ .
We have added the following lines in .htaccess file.
+++++++++++++
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]
+++++++++++++

Could some one please confirm that it is correct?
When I type http://configure-all.com in URL it changes to
www.configure-all.com but still
I have doubt.

Thank you

Erm... seems fine to me. If it does what it says on the tin, I
wouldn't worry.

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#8

On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 23:08:30 +0200, Borek
<m.borkowski (AT) delete (DOT) chembuddy.these.com.parts> wrote:

Quote:

On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 22:52:45 +0200, FelixDEhuiskater
pascal.beyens (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

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

Condition: if HTTP_HOST doesn't start with www

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^configure-all.com$
RewriteRule http://www.configure-all.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Condition: if HTTP_HOST equals configure-all.com

Looks like these are (almost) equivalent. First version will work also for
subdomain.example.com (will redirect to www.subdomain.example.com) -
second version will fail (will not redirect).

But I can be wrong as well.

Best,
Borek

Perhaps now the OP will begin to understand why if something technical
works I don't question it too much.
More seriously, web hosts have to know this kind of stuff more and
more these days and frankly not all of them do. It's getting a lot
tougher to run a web server properly and I suspect the easy days for
the casual reseller are pretty much done.

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#9

Thanks to All

sergey

#10

John Bokma schreef:

Quote:

"FelixDEhuiskater" <pascal.beyens (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^configure-all.com$
RewriteRule http://www.configure-all.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Maybe your version works also but at the end of the second line there
must be a $ sign i think.

But i can be wrong

Best is to make the Cond: if not equals. Have been posted many times on
this subject before, see:
http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2004/04/1...forgoogle.html

for example with explanation.

yep this is better, i only wanted the non www to the www for SE's.

1 question :
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.domain\.xx$

the first dot also have to be escaped like i did?(and no escape in the
rewriterule?)

Quote:

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