Domain name will not work without "WWW"

[Lapan]

Who read my other thread knew that I've had problems with hosting.
Well, its solved, at least I can add domain name now.
But, I have problem with accessing domain, so I openned this new thread.

Without "www" it will not work.
Maybe it needs time, I don't know, so I ask.


Here are settings for newly added domain.

<VirtualHost xxx.xx.xx.xxx:xx>
ServerAdmin  [email protected]
DocumentRoot /hsphere/local/home/user/lapan.com.ba
ServerName   lapan.com.ba


ServerAlias dxxxxxxx.uxxx.com.ba www .lapan.com.ba

Use UserGroup user user


Use php 5
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
AddHandler cgi-script .pl
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin	"/hsphere/local/home/user/lapan.com.ba/cgi-bin"



<DIRECTORY /hsphere/local/home/user/lapan.com.ba>
OPTIONS  Indexes ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</DIRECTORY>
IndexOptions FancyIndexing
</VirtualHost>

Two A records:
*.lapan.com.ba - data: myipadress
lapan.com.ba - data: myipadress

Is this configuration right, and do I have to only wait for DNS to update?

Note: There is no space between www and full stop in www .lapan.com.ba

 

[Jack London]

Using htaccess to redirect non-www urls to www

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

Now when you enter yourdomain.com and all pages in your domain.com then it will redirect to www.domain .com automatically.
Hope it helps!

 

[Lapan]

Thanks, Jack London.
I tried it, not working.

 

[Lapan]

Seriously, is my hosting making me a fool?
How come video.lapan.com.ba working, and lapan.com.ba does not without www prefix?

:blink:

 

[Warren76]

Typically, the webmaster's control console should have a setting to allow traffic to automatically be directed to your name without using the "www." prefix.

 

[hipcat]

It used to be that "www" redirection was a huge issue years ago, but most good hosts these days will automatically redirect visitors to your root domain, no matter whether they type www or not, unless you specifically setup a subdomain called "www".

 

[NicholasK]

You can also set prefix redirect from WordPress general settings.