Domain doesn't work without `www`

Question

When I type in my domain name like without the www (like http://example.com), it doesn't work and gives error message. However, when I add the www to it (like http://www.example.com), it works.

Isn't it supposed to work both ways (with and without the www)?

Answer 1

Alternatively, you could follow below steps which solves this problem, for sure, if you're using GoDaddy and google apps :

1. Go to Google Apps and sign in to domain management.

2. Then click on domain settings.

3. Then click on domain Names.

4. Then Click on words highlighted to set a redirect via google apps and you should see it done within 3 hours or MAX 2 DAYS (though it usually does not take more than a day in the rarest case).Just follow the simple english instructions there and you should see it done.

More details and reference :

http://www.techproceed.com/2014/05/custom-domain-setup-on-blogger-with.html

Answer 2

to solve this issue

-> suppose you want mysubdomain.domain1.com

-> goto your dns records settings in your web panel ( cpanel , vestapanel etc ) of domain1.com

-> add there new A record with ip of your domain1.com and fill record/hostname field with @ // @ mean no www if you want www too then add another new A record and replace @ with www

-> save it

-> wait for dns changes to take place maybe take few hours

Answer 3

All you need is to add the following code to your root .htaccess file:

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

Answer 4

With the current version of apache, you need to do the following, which has changed compared to the previous versions:

cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled

Now find the config file for your domain and edit it (the first three lines after <VirtualHost *:80> is what we need here):

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName www.yourdomain.com
        ServerAlias yourdomain.com *.yourdomain.com
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

        <Directory />
                Options FollowSymLinks
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

And now after saving changes to the file, you should reload Apache we server configuration with:

service apache2 reload

and it'll work!

P.S. You may also want not to add *.yourdomain.com to the end of your ServerAlias line.

Answer 5

You need to change any full urls to paths. If your php include or other processes are linked using urls, it will only work one way.

$.ajax(
{       
    url:'/LAYOUT/process.php'
}

as oppose to the full url

$.ajax(
{       
    url:'https://www.yourdomain.com/LAYOUT/process.php'
}

Using a simple path will allow it to work both ways with or without www.