.htaccess file help

alyson · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 17

Hi all (again sorry)

dont really know if this is is the correct topic but I did do a search first !!

I use angelfire to host my site, and to me google searches and other engines are very important and after my last review of my seo I came accross a report that indicated I should redirect my .domainname.com to www.mydomainname.com but I cant get my htaccess file to work on angelfire nor do I get support to do so (in writing !)

question

on the server I have a file the.htaccess that makes my ssi files work but adding the code for a 301 for 'mydomain.com' to 'www.mydomain.com code as

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

as instructed on all the google searches I have tried does not work.

I have reports that say I am penelised by google for duplicate content on http://mysite and http://www.mysite

but if the.htaccess works for ssi includes how can I redirect http:mydomain.com to http://www.mydomain.com

please ???

alyson
knowlegable chicken keeper !

kanenas · Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 310

The configuration you posted works for me. The capitalization of the RewriteCond and RewriteRule lines isn't standard, but that didn't make a difference when I tested it. Contact AngelFire support to see if they support rewrites. You can also try a simpler RewriteRule to make sure rewrites are working:

alyson · Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Posts: 17

thank you for answering, will try this later, sorry not to have seen before

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