Non-WWW to WWW version

[troyid]

This code is in my htaccess file and it works but I want to be 100% sure that it is correctly coded.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) [domain.com...] [R=301,L]

[AnkitMaheshwari]

The code is correct. however, you can also add the code to redirect your index file (www.example.com/index.html) to the www.example.com version:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*index\.html?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.html?$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

[troyid]

Sorry I forgot to add, but this is under the code I posted first. Is this the same as what you suggested?

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*/index.html
RewriteRule ^(.*)index.html$ [domain.com...] [R=301,L]

[AnkitMaheshwari]

Yes, this is fine.

[jdMorgan]

The index page redirect should go first --before that hostname canonicalization redirect-- to avoid 'stacked' or 'chained' redirects in the case where "/index.html" is requested from the "wrong" domain.

In general, to avoid problems you should put your external redirect rules in order, from most-specific pattern to least-specific pattern, followed by your internal rewrite rules, again ordered from most-specific to least-specific pattern.

I also suggest the use of the more-robust pattern "^(([^/]+/)*)index\.html$" instead of "^(.*)index.html$" in that index redirect rule, making it:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]+\ /([^/]+/)*index\.html([#?][^\ ]*)?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*)index\.html$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L] 

This is more specific, and avoids unexpectedly redirecting --for example-- "newindex.html" or "index.htmlx".

Jim

[troyid]

Thats great, Jim!