www at start of web adress

How can i change my site so i have www at the start of the address.

I can find my page using http://www.apollobility.co.uk but as soon as i click a page in my website it reverts too http://apollobility.co.uk

Can anyone help??

What did you put into your configure.php files ?

1. /admin/includes/configure.php
2. /includes/configure.php

// Define the webserver and path parameters
  // HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com
  // HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.YOUR-WEBSITE.co.uk');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.YOUR-WEBSITE.co.uk');

(notice the www in my example above).

I set it up through the auto installer with my web host.

I tried manually changing the configure.php files but then i got locked out of my admin area so i've changed it back!!

The permissions on these files are either 644 or 444.

Before you can edit them, you need to make sure the files are writeable by owner (at least 644). If they are 444 then change to 644 and after editing, change back to 444.

When you say you get "locked out" of admin, what do you mean? What kind of host "locks out" webmasters who need to manage their installations?

There may be a server issue with your domain... ask your host why you can't use www.

Do this test...

Create an empty index.html file, and ftp it to your server.

Then, in your browser, type: http://www.apollobility.co.uk/index.html

and see if that stays at www.

If it does, then your zencart configure files must be changed.

EDIT: JUST BEEN TO YOUR SITE http://www.apollobility.co.uk AND I GET WWW... ?????

I had the same problem. Change the permissions on your /includes/configure.php and change the define lines as schoolboy suggested. Worked for me!

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.YOUR-WEBSITE.co.uk');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.YOUR-WEBSITE.co.uk');

Thanks for the suggestion Schoolboy!

znrinarz:

I had the same problem. Change the permissions on your /includes/configure.php and change the define lines as schoolboy suggested. Worked for me!

define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.YOUR-WEBSITE.co.uk');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.YOUR-WEBSITE.co.uk');

Thanks for the suggestion Schoolboy!

Don't you have to put the address so it as a '/' in the end of it? As for http://www.YOUR-WEBSITE.co.uk/ <-- ? Otherwise I think you'd have a problem with the site links.

Asdesign:

Don't you have to put the address so it as a '/' in the end of it?
No you do not

kobra:

No you do not

Hmm...I have a problem then... I mean if I don't put that extra slash in the end the site can't work properly...links show up like this: http://www.egoline.co.ilindex.php?=main_page... what suppose to resolve it then?

Please post your includes/configure.php without your password.

<?php
/**
 * @package Configuration Settings circa 1.3.8
 * @copyright Copyright 2003-2007 Zen Cart Development Team
 * @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
 * @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
 */


/*************** NOTE: This file is similar, but DIFFERENT from the "admin" version of configure.php. ***********/
/***************       The 2 files should be kept separate and not used to overwrite each other.      ***********/

// Define the webserver and path parameters
  // HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com
  // HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
  define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.egoline.co.il/');
  define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.egoline.co.il/');

  // Use secure webserver for checkout procedure?
  define('ENABLE_SSL', 'false');

// NOTE: be sure to leave the trailing '/' at the end of these lines if you make changes!
// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)
  // these paths are relative to top of your webspace ... (ie: under the public_html or httpdocs folder)
  define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '');
  define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '');

  define('DIR_WS_IMAGES', 'images/');
  define('DIR_WS_INCLUDES', 'includes/');
  define('DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'functions/');
  define('DIR_WS_CLASSES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'classes/');
  define('DIR_WS_MODULES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'modules/');
  define('DIR_WS_LANGUAGES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'languages/');
  define('DIR_WS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_WS_CATALOG . 'pub/');
  define('DIR_WS_TEMPLATES', DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'templates/');

  define('DIR_WS_PHPBB', '/');

// * DIR_FS_* = Filesystem directories (local/physical)
  //the following path is a COMPLETE path to your Zen Cart files. eg: /var/www/vhost/accountname/public_html/store/
  define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/arikg/domains/egoline.co.il/public_html/');

  define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'download/');
  define('DIR_FS_DOWNLOAD_PUBLIC', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'pub/');
  define('DIR_WS_UPLOADS', DIR_WS_IMAGES . 'uploads/');
  define('DIR_FS_UPLOADS', DIR_FS_CATALOG . DIR_WS_UPLOADS);
  define('DIR_FS_EMAIL_TEMPLATES', DIR_FS_CATALOG . 'email/');

// define our database connection
  define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql');
  define('DB_PREFIX', '');
  define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
  define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', '');
  define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', '');
  define('DB_DATABASE', 'arikg_zenc');
  define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');
  define('STORE_SESSIONS', 'db');
  // for STORE_SESSIONS, use 'db' for best support, or '' for file-based storage

  // The next 2 "defines" are for SQL cache support.
  // For SQL_CACHE_METHOD, you can select from:  none, database, or file
  // If you choose "file", then you need to set the DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE to a directory where your apache 
  // or webserver user has write privileges (chmod 666 or 777). We recommend using the "cache" folder inside the Zen Cart folder
  // ie: /path/to/your/webspace/public_html/zen/cache   -- leave no trailing slash  
  define('SQL_CACHE_METHOD', 'none'); 
  define('DIR_FS_SQL_CACHE', '/home/arikg/domains/egoline.co.il/public_html/cache');

// EOF

Change from:

// Define the webserver and path parameters
// HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com
// HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.egoline.co.il/');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.egoline.co.il/');

// Use secure webserver for checkout procedure?
define('ENABLE_SSL', 'false');

// NOTE: be sure to leave the trailing '/' at the end of these lines if you make changes!
// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)
// these paths are relative to top of your webspace ... (ie: under the public_html or httpdocs folder)
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '');

Change to:

// Define the webserver and path parameters
// HTTP_SERVER is your Main webserver: eg-http://www.your_domain.com
// HTTPS_SERVER is your Secure webserver: eg-https://www.your_domain.com
define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.egoline.co.il');
define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.egoline.co.il');

// Use secure webserver for checkout procedure?
define('ENABLE_SSL', 'false');

// NOTE: be sure to leave the trailing '/' at the end of these lines if you make changes!
// * DIR_WS_* = Webserver directories (virtual/URL)
// these paths are relative to top of your webspace ... (ie: under the public_html or httpdocs folder)
define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');

Ohhh I see, its being considered separetly to make it simpler for use. Also, now I noticed the note that says not to delete those slashes...guess it was deleted when my friend was still messing with the site on his own. If you could try helping out with my other issue I'll be more than glad. Thanks.

Serious update: the problem I had with the base href strangely displaying has been solved. Apparently I also had to edit the fix the configure.php inside admin/includes. It had double '//' where should have been just one and the addresses applied were without WWW. So I fix it all to be the same and now everything's good.