putting redirect in my htaccess file

[lidlchris]

i want to put in my htaccess file a redirect from non www inquiries to www. for my website..

for example, redirect all domain.com to www.domain.com

i have coding that will do that

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


but there is already existing coding in my htaccess that i don't want to mess up. coding for zen cart?? and for ceon_uri_mapping.. here is the coding already in there:

## BEGIN CEON URI MAPPING REWRITE RULE

RewriteEngine On

# Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxxx])
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,5}$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(html)$ [NC]
# Don't rewrite any URIs for some, popular specific file format extensions,
# which are not covered by main file extension condition above
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(mp3|mp4|h264)$ [NC]
# Don't rewrite any URIs for some specific file format extensions,
# which are not covered by main file extension condition above
# Uncomment the following line to apply this condition! (Remove the # at the start of the next line)
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(3gp|3g2|h261|h263|mj2|mjp2|mp4v|mpg4|m1v|m2v|m4u|f4v|m4v|3dml)$ [NC]
# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/adminhiddenxxxxxx [NC]
# Don't rewrite editors directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/editors/ [NC]
# Don't rewrite logs directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/logs/ [NC]
# Don't rewrite catalog directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/catalog/ [NC]
# Don't rewrite tempEP directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/tempEP/ [NC]
# Don't rewrite mobile
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/m/ [NC]
# Handle all other URIs using Zen Cart (its index.php)
RewriteRule .* index.php [QSA,L]

## END CEON URI MAPPING REWRITE RULE


since i know VERY LITTLE about htaccess coding, can someone please help me here.. btw, the admin directory is of course not real..

[kobra]

This should be handled by adding the www to your configure.php files

Store side file

  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');

Admin side file

  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');
  define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://www.xxxxxxxx.com');
  define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');

[schoolboy]

i want to put in my htaccess file a redirect from non www inquiries to www. for my website..

No need to do this. ZC handles canonical issues already with

<?php if (isset($canonicalLink) && $canonicalLink != '') { ?>
<link rel="canonical" href="<?php echo $canonicalLink; ?>" />
<?php } ?>

in the html_header.php files

And there's also no need to (or advantage in) re-writing URL's. If you think this may assist "SEO" then you are mis-informed. It has zero influence on "SEO".

[schoolboy]

This should be handled by adding the www to your configure.php files

Store side file

  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');

Admin side file

  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');
  define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://www.xxxxxxxx.com');
  define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');

Yes... you decide whether to use www by configuring your URL as Kobra describes. As I said above, the canonical issue is largely solved by the php code in the header.

[lidlchris]

This should be handled by adding the www to your configure.php files

Store side file

  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');

Admin side file

  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');
  define('HTTP_CATALOG_SERVER', 'http://www.xxxxxxxx.com');
  define('HTTPS_CATALOG_SERVER', 'https://www.xxxxxxxx.com');

ok, this didn't work BUT maybe it's because i'm using 'multi sites' mod.. but even then i went into the _config.php file for this site and set it to go to www.xxxxxx.com and yet when you type in xxxxx.com it does NOT redirect..

are you familiar with 'multi sites'??

[lidlchris]

No need to do this. ZC handles canonical issues already with

<?php if (isset($canonicalLink) && $canonicalLink != '') { ?>
<link rel="canonical" href="<?php echo $canonicalLink; ?>" />
<?php } ?>

in the html_header.php files

And there's also no need to (or advantage in) re-writing URL's. If you think this may assist "SEO" then you are mis-informed. It has zero influence on "SEO".

no, not doing it for SEO.. doing it for SSL so that i only need to use one version for my multi domain SSL.. don't want to use up 2 on a www.xxxxxx.com AND xxxxxx.com..

[kobra]

set it to go to www.xxxxxx.com and yet when you type in xxxxx.com it does NOT redirect.

Click on anything - does it redirect??

[lidlchris]

Click on anything - does it redirect??

yes it does.. :) thanks...