123 Reg - getting it to work without WWW at start of URL?

[spirez]

Hi guys,

I've just uploaded my iWeb site via mobileme but i'm having trouble getting it to work without www at the start, which is annoying.

I read somewhere about altering the DNS and having an asterisk at the start.

I configured the first one to get it working as 'www CNAME web.me.com.' and the second as '* CNAME web.me.com' which I thought would make it work, but it hasn't.

Any ideas what i need to do? Cheers

www.fivewaysfitness.com is the new site

 

[Chapster5]

If you have access to the .htaccess file in your html root (where your site is) put this rule in

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Or if you want to have www added use

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

 

[_Logie]

Beat me to it lol.

Not a bad look on the website, if you are going to evolve it in any way then look into HTML & CSS for beginners and then move on to HTML5 & CSS3 for projects!

 

[spirez]

If you have access to the .htaccess file in your html root (where your site is) put this rule in

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Or if you want to have www added use

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.domain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

This sounds good, but I don't understand!

Would I add the changes in iWeb?

Thanks Logie, I just wanted to get something up real quick so just messed around a little bit with the template on iWeb but I am planning on making something better as I get to learn the program more.

Cheers

 

[Chapster5]

There should be a file (if not create one) called .htaccess in your web root for your site (HTML folder, Public_html folder) or other and paste the code into it

 

[spirez]

Cheers mate, managed it this way now as couldn't find that file!

http://www.123-support.co.uk/suppor...-show-my-website-without-the-www-prefix-1201/

Seems to be working ok, could you check for me please?

Cheers

 

[Chapster5]

Working for me mate