Could we please setup a basic Apache redirection, so that users trying to get to vim.org will be successfully redirected to www.vim.org?
This procedure is commonly used by many websites, and it helps a lot of users get to the home page more easily--they shouldn't have to see 404 for the domain! An example Apache configuration that would quickly accomplish this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1157255/how-to-redirect-non-www-to-www-urls-using-htaccess/11990168#11990168 On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:54 AM, John Beckett <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew Pennebaker wrote: > > When I enter "vim.org" into the address bar in Firefox, it > > successfully redirects to "www.vim.org". But when I enter > > "vim.org" in Chrome, no redirect happens. > > That has been discussed a couple of times in the past. The > person who provides the DNS for Vim does so in an extremely > reliable and efficient manner, so what they say goes. The issue > is that vim.org is a domain and should not be expected to work > in a browser. A browser has to connect to a host (www.vim.org). > > Some browsers try adding "www." when plain "vim.org" does not > resolve to a host name, so vim.org works in some browsers. > > John > > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vim_use/1FuUXdqIiGM/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Cheers, Andrew Pennebaker www.yellosoft.us -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
