How to redirect site.com to www.site.com?

[Bouncer222]

As the title says... How to redirect site.com to www.site.com?

How would I go about doing this? my site is www.fragtoss.com so how would I make it so that when people type fragtoss.com it sends them to www.fragtoss.com ?

Thanks.

[K!nG]

That's something that will happen automatically when ppl will type fragtoss.com their browser will automatically take them to your homepage with as http://fragtoss.com

[Bouncer222]

Well since I'm asking how to do it, it's obviously not happening

[K!nG]

what server your website is hosted on ?? Windows / Linus ? i can try to help u once i know that or u can do that on ur own by redirecting 301 nonwww to www url. u can search for .... 301redirect also on ur own if u want.

[Bouncer222]

mine is linux

[Weetabix]

You can use htaccess to do this;

http://snippetdb.com/htaccess/add-www

very very very very useful little file, capable of tons of great stuff. If you've never used it before, visit http://www.askapache.com/ for usage and examples.

[Bouncer222]

So where should I place...

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^snippetdb.com$
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.snippetdb.com$1 [R=301]

In this, which is my .htaccess file?

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

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

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

## Expires
<ifModule mod_expires.c>
	ExpiresActive On
	ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
	ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 seconds"
	ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 3456000 seconds"
	ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 3456000 seconds"
	ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 3456000 seconds"
	ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 3456000 seconds"
	ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
	ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
	ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 3456000 seconds"
</ifModule>

## Compression
<ifmodule mod_headers.c>
	<ifmodule mod_deflate.c>
		AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/css text/xml application/x-javascript
		BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
		BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
		BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
	</ifmodule>
</ifmodule>

## Rewrites
<ifmodule mod_rewrite.c>
	RewriteEngine on
	Options +FollowSymlinks

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
	RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

	# Media Library
	ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/tags$ media.php?do=tags_edit&mid=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/edit$ media.php?do=details_edit&mid=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/report$ media.php?do=report&mid=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/c(\d+)$ media.php?do=comment_edit&cmt=$2 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).*/p(\d+).*$ media.php?do=details&mid=$1&pid=$2 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/m(\d+).* media.php?do=details&mid=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/p(\d+).*/edit$ media.php?do=playlist_edit&pid=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/p(\d+).* media.php?do=playlist&pid=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/c(\d+).* media.php?do=category&cid=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/u(\d+).* media.php?do=user&uid=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/tag/(.*) media.php?do=tag&tid=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/results/(.*) media.php?do=results&query=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/advresults/(.*) media.php?do=advresults&query=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/letter/(.*) media.php?do=letter&query=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/browse.* media.php?do=browse [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/search.* media.php?do=search [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/random.* media.php?do=random [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/submit.* media.php?do=submit [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/tagcloud.* media.php?do=tagcloud [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/playlists.* media.php?do=playlists [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/pcreate.* media.php?do=playlists_create [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/pmine.* media.php?do=playlists_mine [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/favorites.* media.php?do=favorites [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/subscriptions.* media.php?do=subscriptions [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/admin/edit/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_edit&sid=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/admin/delete/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_delete&sid=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/admin/export/s(\d+).* media.php?do=admin_host_export&sid=$1 [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^media/admin/(\w+).* media.php?do=admin_$1 [QSA]

	# Media Library from Video Directory
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} do=viewdetails&videoid=(\d+)
	RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=details&mid=%1
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewcategory&categoryid=(\d+)
	RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=category&cid=%1
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewuser&userid=(\d+)
	RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=user&uid=%1
	RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} viewtag&tag=(.*)
	RewriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php?do=tag&tid=%1
	ReWriteRule ^video\.php$ media.php

	# Forum
	RewriteRule ^threads/.* showthread.php [QSA]
	RewriteRule ^forums/.* forumdisplay.php [QSA]
	RewriteRule ^members/.* member.php [QSA]
	RewriteRule ^blogs/.* blog.php [QSA]
	ReWriteRule ^entries/.* entry.php [QSA]

	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
	RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
	RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]

	# MVC
	RewriteRule ^(?:(.*?)(?:/|$))(.*|$)$ $1.php?r=$2 [QSA]
</ifmodule>

[Weetabix]

You only need to use the 'RewriteEngine On' once, and you can stick that extra bit anywhere underneath it. Something like this;

RewriteEngine On

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

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

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

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

[preemz10314]

bro..why are you ppl telling this man such a complicated answer to an easy question.

Login to your host cpanel (not your vbulletin cpanel but your actual cpanel) , navigate to where you see redirects, then just add it there.

[Weetabix]

Not every host has cpanel. I don't.

How on Earath is adding 2 lines of code into a pre-existing file considered complicated? If anyone has trouble with this, then installing mods or editing templates is gonna be quite a challenge. Besides, htaccess is a feather in any webmaster's cap.