[swiper]

So I've got the main htaccess file implemented, and all of the rewrites work fine except for the following. I've actually used mod_rewrite a lot and am pretty familiar with the syntax and how it works, so this has me stumped.

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

As far as I can tell this should redirect http://mysite.com to http://www.mysite.com but it just doesn't. But as I said all the other rewrites in the htaccess file work fine. Any ideas? Thanks!

[mugshot]

does /upcoming/ work for you or return 404?

I have the same issue.

[swiper]

/upcoming/ works fine, and so does every other rewrite in the htaccess file. That's what has me so confused...

[mugshot]

mind posting your htaccess?

mine is the default one listed.

[swiper]

Mine is also the default htaccess file, with the 2 lines at the top uncommented to enable Gzip and my 2 custom Rewrite rules from the admin for all the category names.

[mugshot]

well, i uncommented the enable gzip and i got a error 500..aarg!

[GospelLabs]

my www. redirect doesnt work either, but everything else is peachy.
woah... did i just say peachy?

[rubber2002]

Originally Posted by swiper

So I've got the main htaccess file implemented, and all of the rewrites work fine except for the following. I've actually used mod_rewrite a lot and am pretty familiar with the syntax and how it works, so this has me stumped.

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

As far as I can tell this should redirect http://mysite.com to http://www.mysite.com but it just doesn't. But as I said all the other rewrites in the htaccess file work fine. Any ideas? Thanks!

I had similar issue, then I was advised to changed it to:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://yoursite.com/ [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yoursite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

and its working for me. Thanks

[swiper]

Hey cool that works for me too. Thanks!

[swese44]

Thanks! I have beta 9.9 installed, the base url rewrite didn't work but this fixes it.