canonical fix fails

trying to explain why

[specter]

Hello,

I'm coming across a strange issue about canonical fix with my domain.

If I type in the browser address bar my canonical domain name (www.example.com) it works correctly;
If I type in a non canonical request such as example.com, with no-www, it seems to redirect correctly to the canonical domain.

so, you are going to ask me where is the problem...

..If I create a link from another site for non canonical request, redirect doesn't happen and a browser error appears.

that sounds strange to me...am I wrong?

Anyway, I added the canonical fix in my root .htaccess file, along with my existing wordpress settings, but, still,redirect doesn't happens:

My current .htaccess file it's like that:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

# Redirect all non-canonical domain requests to requested resource in canonical domain
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} .
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

What's wrong with it?

tnx...

[edited by: jdMorgan at 10:11 pm (utc) on Mar. 9, 2009]
[edit reason] example.com [/edit]

[g1smd]

There's nothing wrong with that code, but there might be something else interfering with it.

However, I don't understand how there can be a difference, unless there's something elsewhere that looks at referrers or something.

[encyclo]

> there might be something else interfering with it

WordPress does its own canonical fixing with PHP - what happens when you comment out the canonical redirect section of the above .htaccess file? Also what specific error are you getting? Is the domain name set correctly in the WordPress admin control panel?

[specter]

the canonical fix part in the .htaccess file doesn't change the situation in any way.
It simply makes no difference.

Trying to connect to the site trough a non-canonical link the browser returns to me that error:
"Site/address not found"...

(Firefox)

urls in Wordpress settings are correctly set on canonical one.

[g1smd]

What is the status code (use Live HTTP Headers for Firefox, or similar, to see it) returned for those URLs?

[edited by: g1smd at 9:20 pm (utc) on Mar. 9, 2009]

[jdMorgan]

"Site/address not found"...

Looks like a DNS zone file setup error.

Jim

[specter]

What is the status code (use Live HTTP Headers for Firefox, or similar, to see it) returned for those URLs?

what exactly should I see? I have a hundreds lines long report...

@jd: what if it is a DNS issue?

[specter]

...anyone?

[g1smd]

Out of ideas. Ask your hosts to check things out.

[specter]

Ok, I'll do it.

anyway thanks for support.