WWW or No WWW
Section 13 is where we can decide whether to use www. or no www. as part of the domain name.
www.
To make the site use "www." in the domain, uncomment block 13A:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{SERVER_ADDR} !=127.0.0.1
RewriteCond %{SERVER_ADDR} !=::1
RewriteRule ^ %{ENV:PROTO}://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
no www.
To make the site not have a "www." subdomain and use a "naked" domain instead, uncomment block 13B:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %{ENV:PROTO}://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
Further Reading
ProcessWire aside, there are some pros and cons with each approach. We recommend reading the sources of this episode for a further discussion on the topic.
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