Comments on: Force the use of ‘www’ in your URL. http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/03/12/force-the-use-of-www-in-your-url/ rants, reviews and kind hearted messages from some geeks Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:00:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: darrell http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/03/12/force-the-use-of-www-in-your-url/comment-page-1/#comment-69 darrell Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:16:10 +0000 http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/?p=82#comment-69 I used to use the one I posted above all the time. I haven't tried it recently but it doesn't work on Mosso/Rackspace Cloud. The one in the post does. I used to use the one I posted above all the time. I haven’t tried it recently but it doesn’t work on Mosso/Rackspace Cloud. The one in the post does.

]]> By: darrell http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/03/12/force-the-use-of-www-in-your-url/comment-page-1/#comment-58 darrell Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:08:34 +0000 http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/?p=82#comment-58 I have this one too. RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301] I think you have to be careful with HTTPS though because if you access https://example.com/securepage you're going to get http://www.example.com/securepage I have this one too.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301]

I think you have to be careful with HTTPS though because if you access https://example.com/securepage you’re going to get http://www.example.com/securepage

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