Problems when i tried to 301 redirect index.php to root and remove www

[Clickout]

hi,

I tried to 301 redirect the /index.php to root folder , also i tried to remove the www prefix from my domain using .htaccess file.


I've used these codes in my .htaccess file:

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Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

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

RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ / [R=301,NC]




But when i used these codes, the quoting and quick edit stopped working.

• I'm using pretty url's too.
  
• My site exclusively uses smf software.
  

pl. help me.

[Illori]

is http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=386816 any help?

[Clickout]

is http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=386816 any help?

similar topic but not working.

I think it is not possible to achieve without errors, sometimes there is a conflict between the pretty url's. when one problem is solved other comes up like sometimes the mod_rewrite doesn't work with sub domains and parked domains. i hope someone'll advice an error free code.

[Kindred]

there might be a conflict with pretty urls, since that one also creates redirects, etc. because my htaccess to redirect worked just fine (and I have never used pretty urls)

I'd say get rid of "pretty urls" if you want to not use www... (although why you'd want to do that, I don't know....   I got so much hassle for having a domain without the www)

[Clickout]

i decided to avoid www prefix and /index.php on seo conciderations.

[Kindred]

how are there *ANY* "seo" considerations that are at all affected by www or index.php?

(hint: there are none)

[JBlaze]

how are there *ANY* "seo" considerations that are at all affected by www or index.php?

(hint: there are none)

Having your site accessible by both www. and non-www. is considered duplicate content on search engines, and your site will be penalized

[Kindred]

yes.... but "avoiding www" is not really a valid concern.


And BTW: That statement is not relevant to 2.0, since 2.0 handled canonicalization correctly (although, I think 2.0 handles it by USING the www)

[Clickout]

how are there *ANY* "seo" considerations that are at all affected by www or index.php?

(hint: there are none)

Having your site accessible by both www. and non-www. is considered duplicate content on search engines, and your site will be penalized

you're right  the www prefix can be handled in the google webmaster tools, but the index.php is a real issue in seo.

[Kindred]

no it is not....     That complaint is 5 year old...   Google (and the others) now correctly catalog sites with index.php?argument=XYZ

especially since SMF uses the canonicalization correctly.

[akc42]

I wonder if your problem isn't the same as mine?  Namely you need to set $boardurl in Settings.php to the same value as the rewrite eventually gives (ie in your case without the www).

see
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=413007.msg2880999#msg2880999