How to force domain.tld to www.domain.tld

Regular Joined: Mar 06, 2010 Posts: 79

i have a problem. lets say i have login to mysite. and i have login with the url www.mysite.com. then if i go to mysite.com (without www) im not loged in. and i can even login there as another user. plus search engine are indexing the site without prefix www. how can fix this problem. please help. thanks in advance.

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:12 am

You can do it yourself in CPanel or ask your hosting

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 7:25 am

Set
Force Nuke URL: yes
in NukeSentinel ACP

it will force the
Site URL:
you have set in ACP -> Preferences

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:27 am

Ok great. it work tnx a lot.

Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 10:27 am

@zacklk would you please edit your title because "Have a problem.."
doesn´t reallyhelp if someone uses the search function to find a solution.

Thanks !

Btw: In Google webmastertools you can specify your main url. The version with www or without.

registered · Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:26 am

I have also had periodic issues with using the Force Nuke URL feature... maybe those have been fixed over the years, but I prefer the advice of Susann more with regards to Google's webmaster tools.

Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:30 am

If you're hosting on a UNIX server.... I use .htaccess to force www.

Code:




# force www





RewriteEngine On


RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^somedomain.com/$


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

It works for me. I don't host on Windows servers so i can't say if it works on a windows server.

registered · Site Admin Joined: Aug 22, 2007 Posts: 1775

jlajax, not needed because Nuke Sentinel is doing this without any changes in the htaccess file. Check the post of spasticdonkey in this thread!

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:51 am

neralex wrote:

jlajax, not needed because Nuke Sentinel is doing this without any changes in the htaccess file. Check the post of spasticdonkey in this thread!

Is that a switch in sentinal? I had not noticed that. I use RN as a backend for the clients who desire RN's awesome information management capabilities. I place key-worded php landing pages above RN that reel em in to the CMS. It is a method that has proven to be very productive for my end users.

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

jlajax wrote:

If you're hosting on a UNIX server.... I use .htaccess to force www.

Code:




# force www





RewriteEngine On


RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^somedomain.com/$


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

It works for me. I don't host on Windows servers so i can't say if it works on a windows server.

Ed,

Just as an fyi, it doesn't need to be *NIX (although that is the best!) but it does need to be using Apache web server or a derivative that uses .htaccess or allows a similar configuration. This method does NOT require the overhead of Sentinel although with today's hardware the overhead isn't an issue Wink

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Btw, this is a 4 year old post Laughing

. I corrected the title since we gave the original poster 4 years to correct it ROTFL

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Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:20 pm

Hey G,

I saw that after I responded. It was something I thought I knew the answer to. I don't have to explain to any of you fine folks how much studying time is involved in remaining current and I know I lack in seceral areas. I also thought if anyone ever does a search it would make one more resource. One of the things I love about these forums & the Wiki is I have come here countless times and found answers simply buy searching the site and the Wiki.

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