www versus non www

Can someone tell me how to make my websites display (in a browser) WITH the www rather than without?

For instance

http://www.example.com

instead of

http://example.com

 

Are you asking how to setup an alias in your apache server (if that is your httpd) or are you asking howto setup a cname?

 

I really don't know. I guess that's what I'm asking, what is the proper way to make the site resolve to the www address when it is clicked on from some outside link. Do I do this via cname or via an alias?

Apache is my server.

Thanks

 

You can use rewrite Here is an example that I found at http://www.thesitewizard.com/apache/redirect-domain-www-subdomain.shtml

Code:

How to Automatically Add the "www" Prefix to Your Domain Names in URLs

To redirect (say) example.com to www.example.com, add the following code to your .htaccess file.

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

The above code causes the server to check that the domain name portion of the URL is example.com. If it is, the visitor will be sent to www.example.com instead. 

Hope this helps...

 

Thanks, Astinsan.

Do I need to add this code for each and every domain? I was hoping that there was a setting in ISPConfig that could handle this for me but if not this will work.

Thanks again

 

Yes, you must do this for every domain.

 

Yes but there should be a way to set default options for new accounts. Most scripts do this. I am not familiar with ispconfig but I am sure there has to be a way.

 

I thought the "auto subdomain" field in ISPConfig might would be the way, but I have set each of my sites to the "www" option in the auto subdomain field and it does not accomplish what I am trying to do.

Thanks for the help, tho, guys.

 

From the ISPConfig 3 Manual:

 

I have checked the box but my site dont show the www before my domain.
Do i have to make a subdomain or a cname for www?

I thought the checkbox is for this thing.

 

Does the www DNS record point to the correct server?

Is it possible you have a rewrite rule that redirects www tp the non-www site?