www permanent redirect on DNP Hosting

[IdrisBengoch]

Given that search engines prefer unique content, I'm wondering how DNP will allow me to get a base domain to redirect permanently to the www subdomain.

Currently, the site is available from both

http://example.com

and

http://www.example.com

. I'd like to redirect permanently from the former to the latter - but DNP appears unable (or unwilling!) to let me enter www as a sub-domain that can then be forwarded to.

Having read that DNP appears to be the inflexible cousin of Plesk when it comes to subdomains, am I stuck with the duplicated sites - or will Webhosting UK be able to fix this for me if I ask them nicely?

Thanks for any and all help!

[WHUK-Vincent]

The ISAPI_Rewrite 3.0 installed on DotnetPanel Servers , ISAPI_Rewrite help you to redirect the example.com to www .example.com by adding simple rule in .htacces file under your WWWROOT folder.


Redirecting non-www version to www

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} (on)?
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Host} ^(?!www\.)(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)
RewriteRule .? http(?%1s)://www.%2%3 [R=301,L]

Please go head and add above rule in .htacces file. It's no need to enter www as a sub-domain.

[IdrisBengoch]

That's great - thanks a ton. I'd read elsewhere that .htaccess files were apache only, very happy to find out otherwise!

Much appreciated.