Question about htaccess

hello all,

I'm new here and already got question I can't find an answer to

I need to write a rewrite rule for:
http://domain.com to rewrite to http://www.domain.com

Anyone familiar with Apaches rewrite rules? please help if it's not hard

Thanks in advance!

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html
go check this url for a description.
hope it helps.

Yeah all day was reading this manual and trying to understand,
but no luck
Maybe someone did it for his/her self?
maybe someone can share it?

thanks

You can't to do this with mod_rewrite, you need to add a DNS record for http://domain.com (what type will depend on your setup)

Ask your host

webmasterbrain is correct. this is a dns issue, and your host is the only one that can help to
point the records correctly for you.

nonsense!
I've done this before with some help, but now can't remember how
It was 3 lines in my .htaccess and all worked just fine!

I'm good in PHP not in apache's rules, but I'll make it to work!

there may be something in your control panel you can change, or maybe even something you can put in your htaccess.

But a rewrite rule is not the answer. A rewrite rule will only rewrite the stuff after the first / in a URL, not stuff that's part of the domain.

Hrm, maybe I explained incorrectly :/
Let's see: microsoft.com and http://www.microsoft.com
when you enter without www. it redirects to http://www.microsoft.com
and I'v done it before, but can't google it now

I know what gohostme means, and I'm guessing that both domain.com and http://www.domain.com already point to a website (the same site).

The reason you may want to redirect is so that all people (and search engines) are seeing the same URLs, and you're not leaking any of that precious PageRank

Try this


Obviously change domain with your actual domain name.

Thanks man!
I should explain myself more clearly next time

Thanks again!