vb5.2.5 install now working but not with www.

[Trevor Matthews]

Hi all

I am finally getting there with this fresh install on a Synology NAS.
I have a SSL certificate installed, https is working perfectly, redirects from http to https are working correctly but I can not work out how to allow both www.domain.com and domain.com to work.

Currently I have just domain.com entered in the admin control panel settings.
I would also like www.domain.com to work but with Firefox just get the message below.

The connection to www.mydomain.co.uk was interrupted while the page was loading.

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.
Please contact the web site owners to inform them of this problem.

Is this a vbulletin setting that needs changing, a certificate not covering www. or something else.

Thanks for any pointers.

[William Thomas Jr]

You realize that having two domains results in a penalty from Google (duplicate content). That is domain.com and www.domain.com are considered two different domains and sites. It is generally best SEO practices to have one or the other.

Enjoy
William

[Trevor Matthews]

Fortunately I don't care if Google can't even find my site, it is a specialist dedicated site for TV engineers and I do not need or want it advertised.
I just want to cover all the options a member might type in to get there, and this is an emergency back up forum that I am setting up at the moment, it won't even be accessible unless the main forum goes down.
Having looked around it seems some modification of my .htaccess file will sort this one out.

But thanks for the input as it would definitely affect others...........

[William Thomas Jr]

Fortunately I don't care if Google can't even find my site, it is a specialist dedicated site for TV engineers and I do not need or want it advertised.
I just want to cover all the options a member might type in to get there, and this is an emergency back up forum that I am setting up at the moment, it won't even be accessible unless the main forum goes down.
Having looked around it seems some modification of my .htaccess file will sort this one out.

But thanks for the input as it would definitely affect others...........

You're right, an htaccess file and edits would allow you both. But normally a 301 redirect is in place, so anyone typing domain.com will find their way to www.domain.com. Another words any combination will result in correctly finding the site in accordance with best SEO practices.

Enjoy,
William

[Mark.B]

vBulletin 5 requires one or the other.
You can redirect non-www to www, or the other way round. You cannot have both working at the same time.

[Trevor Matthews]

Hi
Thanks yes I know, I just can't get https://www.domain to redirect to https://domain
All the other variants work fine.

[Trevor Hannant]

Try adding this to the top of the .htaccess file using your domain (obviously!):

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