This is a simple guide of how to add www. to your website URL automatically using .htaccess i will show you how it works and what the diffrent components are for:
RewriteEngine on - This turns on the page rewrite engine this is should not be removed
Options FollowSymlinks # This is not compulsory and can be removed if you are running a apache webserver.
rewritecond %{http_host} ^nodesales.com [nc] # Replace nodesales with your website URL.
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.nodesales.com/$1 [r=301,nc] # This will be the new website URL i would recommend keeping the http:// as it makes loading faster.
Now fill in the information and place it in your .htaccess folder in your site root.
Example:
Enjoy.
RewriteEngine on - This turns on the page rewrite engine this is should not be removed
Options FollowSymlinks # This is not compulsory and can be removed if you are running a apache webserver.
rewritecond %{http_host} ^nodesales.com [nc] # Replace nodesales with your website URL.
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.nodesales.com/$1 [r=301,nc] # This will be the new website URL i would recommend keeping the http:// as it makes loading faster.
Now fill in the information and place it in your .htaccess folder in your site root.
Example:
Code:
RewriteEngine on
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[FONT=Arial]Options FollowSymlinks
rewritecond %{http_host} ^nodesales.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.nodesales.com/$1 [r=301,nc][/FONT]Enjoy.