www gets removed from my domain name

[alexvts]

Hi,

Sometimes*, when I enter my domain name on the address bar of the browser e.g www mydomain com (no . cause I am not allowed to post urls yet), it transforms to mydomain com (the www gets removed). This seams to cause some problems with authentication in Joomla.

Is there a configuration tweak to avoid it? Even better, I would like to automatically add www to the domain names when it is not entered by the user.
I have a whm/cpanel vps account.

Alex

*Edit: It happens when I don't place a / at the end of the address for a directory other than root eg www mydomain com /administrator transforms to mydomain com /administrator when www mydomain com /administrator/ doesn't.

[alexvts]

Found it!

Because the problem occurs when the trailing slash is missing, adding the following to .htaccess solves it

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ h t t p://www mydomain gr/$1/ [L,R=301]

(again no . because I am not allowed to post url yet)

Search for "add trailing slash" to find more on the web

Alex

[taramichael]

Hi!

Thanks for your information.

[optrex]

Well I was going to say it sounds like you have a rewrite on, but yes you found it. That would play havoc with your joomla cookies, so make sure also your cookies in joomla can handle www and no www.

I think you do that by placing a . before the domain name like so .domain

[alexvts]

Originally Posted by taramichael

Hi!

Thanks for your information.

np!

Originally Posted by optrex

Well I was going to say it sounds like you have a rewrite on, but yes you found it. That would play havoc with your joomla cookies, so make sure also your cookies in joomla can handle www and no www.

I think you do that by placing a . before the domain name like so .domain

I'm new to Joomla so I didn't totally get neither your comment ("you have a rewrite on") nor your suggestion ("placing a . before the domain name"). Since my site seems to work fine (logins and everything) would you say it will be a problem if I just ignore them (I really don't have much time right now) and come back if there is ever a problem or should I hit the books to learn about them?

Alex

[optrex]

No no, you've dealt with it now, leave it unless you have an issue. My rewrite on comment verified your htaccess issue RewriteEngine On

[alexvts]

Originally Posted by optrex

No no, you've dealt with it now, leave it unless you have an issue. My rewrite on comment verified your htaccess issue RewriteEngine On

Ok, thanks!

[Dan]

Redirect http:// to http://www using .htaccess

For future reference