Add this snippet to your .htaccess file to automatically and visibly rewrite the URL entered by the user, to a single URL. i.e. ‘www.example.com/somepage/’ and ‘example.com/somepage/’ should both resolve to ‘www.example.com/somepage/’.
The .htaccess file should be located in the root of your website and created in a unformatted text editor such as notepad. If you are running a windows operating system, you will be prevented from creating a file without a file extention. You will need to rename the file once uploaded.
Add the following to your .htaccess file:
################################################### # Turn the RewriteEngine on. # # # # Ensure you add these rules to the top of your # # .htaccess file # ################################################### RewriteEngine on ################################################### # Add a leading www to domain if one is missing. # ################################################### RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
Tags: .htaccess, Apache, Server Administration, Web Servers
