cool, thanks euromark. Will you please confirm which .htaccess file this
should go in, based on my doc root being public_html...
On Saturday, April 14, 2012 6:05:13 AM UTC-5, euromark wrote:
>
> ops - copy and paste can be a .. sometiems :)
>
> might work.
> but I usually use the more generic one:
>
> RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
> RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
>
>
> mark
>
>
>
> Am Samstag, 14. April 2012 07:32:16 UTC+2 schrieb creat1v1ty:
>>
>> Ok, thanks for all the good feedback, guys. To confirm...
>>
>> My website is hosted on a shared server, so my doc root is public_html,
>> in which I have a Cake installation.
>>
>> public_html
>> - app
>> - webroot
>> - .htaccess *(3)*
>> - .htaccess *(2)*
>> - libs
>> - plugins
>> - vendors
>> - .htaccess *(1)*
>> - index.php
>>
>> That being said, which .htaccess file should I place my redirect
>> conditions/rules in? 1, 2, or 3?
>>
>> Also, as kdubya posted, here is the condition/rule I plan on using:
>>
>> RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com$
>> RewriteRule ^/?$
>> "http\:\/\/www.domain.com<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=www.domain.com&usg=AFQjCNF2VZnNvBDuFoDgI6jKjQM0LVHXaA>"
>>
>> [R=301,L]
>>
>> Is this the best/correct usage?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Friday, April 13, 2012 8:37:46 PM UTC-5, euromark wrote:
>>>
>>> @kdubya: thats actually how you normally do it anyway
>>> what kdubya wants is just not how it is done... (you always use www as
>>> the actual site and 301 redirect from non-www there) imo
>>>
>>>
>>> Am Freitag, 13. April 2012 15:51:52 UTC+2 schrieb kdubya:
>>>>
>>>> I realized I answered only part of your question. I have done the
>>>> opposite of what you are asking - redirecting domain.tld -> www.domain.tld
>>>> (making the www.domain.tld the canonical URL).
>>>>
>>>> The /site/.htaccess file I use contains:
>>>> <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
>>>> RewriteEngine on
>>>>
>>>> RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com$
>>>> RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/www.domain.com" [R=301,L]
>>>>
>>>> RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
>>>> RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
>>>> </IfModule>
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>> Ken
>>>>
>>>
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