Forcing https and www

[kerry14]

Gandalf ! I feel like you are an old friend already - do you ever sleep?

you need to redirect users to the chosen version in your .htaccess file (assuming you’re running on Apache).

I am on Apache and I know how to edit files and can find .htaccess but have no idea how to do this - what would the syntax be to direct all visitors / search engines to

https://www.mywebsite.com

[Gandalf]

Hi @kerry14 I have moved this post to Server Config as it’s not a marketing question any longer

To force https and www you’ll need the following in your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mywebsite\.com
RewriteRule .? https://www.mywebsite.comk%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80$
RewriteRule .? https://www.mywebsite.com%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

[kerry14]

@Gandalf - hi I don’t really understand ,htaccess or 301 redirects but I am guessing -

RewriteRule .? https://www.mywebsite.comk%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301]

is a typo - should be .com not .comk yeah ?

[RiversideRocks]

That looks like a typo to me.

[Gandalf]

Yup, it’s a typo!

[kerry14]

All seems to be good now - one tip I will share, be careful your chosen editor does not save the file as .htaccess.txt. I have been troubleshooting this all day and then noticed my .htaccess was now .htaccess.txt, I renamed it and all is great now - thanks guys