Redirecting non-www to www on forum links

[Quantnet]

There are numerous examples on the net and I tried to use some of them. Here is the latest I used

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain\.com$
RewriteRule (.*)$ http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

This will redirect mysite.com to www.mysite.com but if I enter mysite.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1234 it will not return www.mysite.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1234

vb.org has it working correctly here. I want it always show www in my links.

thanks

[HMBeaty]

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[Medtech]

there is a modification here that will do what you are looking for.

[HMBeaty]

Originally Posted by Medtech

there is a modification here that will do what you are looking for.

You mean the one I just posted a link to? LOL

[Medtech]

yeah, we both posted at the same time..lol

[HMBeaty]

I know, I was just giving you a hard time

[Quantnet]

Thanks for the quick replies, you guys
I knew about that mod but i'm curious why we can't do this in .htaccess since it's more flexible, powerful.

I'm looking for some .htaccess code that will accomplish what the mod does, basically.

[HMBeaty]

Not sure if this will work, but its what I used to use and its SLIGHTLY different the code you used, but try...

RewriteEngine On
rewritecond %{http_host} ^yourdomain.com 
rewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

[Quantnet]

I tried that version too and it works for the main page but as soon as i have some subdirectory in the link as in the example in my first post, it does not work.