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- To add or remove the www prefix in your domain's URLs. For example, if users type www.example.com in their browsers, you can automatically redirect them to example.com, or vice versa.
- For Search Engine Optimization (SEO) purposes, it is preferable to have a website respond only to http://www.example.com or http://example.com, not both.
- Otherwise, search engines see duplicate content on the www and non-www domains, and may downgrade the site ranking.
Adding the www prefix to domain urls
- You can automatically add the www prefix to your domain's URLs by using Apache rewrite rules in a custom .htaccess file. To do this, follow these steps:
- Create an .htaccess file in your public_html directory. If you already have an .htaccess file in the public_html directory, you can modify it.
- Copy and paste the following lines of text into the .htaccess file:
# Add www to any URLs that do not have them:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]click below button to copy the code. By Apache tutorial team
- Save the .htaccess file.
- To test the configuration, use your web browser to visit http://example.com, where example.com represents your domain name. The browser should be redirected to http://www.example.com.
Removing the www prefix from domain urls
- You can automatically remove the www prefix from your domain's URLs by using Apache rewrite rules in a custom .htaccess file. To do this, follow these steps:
- Create an .htaccess file in your public_html directory. If you already have an .htaccess file in the public_html directory, you can modify it.
- Copy and paste the following lines of text into the .htaccess file:
# Remove www from any URLs that have them:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [R=301,L]click below button to copy the code. By Apache tutorial team
- Replace example.com in the final line of text with your own domain name.
- Save the .htaccess file.
- To test the configuration, use your web browser to visit http://www.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name. The browser should be redirected to http://example.com.