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[Sneijder]

Just realised there's actually 3 domains to sort..

https://www.boxingworld.news

http://boxingworld.news

and

https://boxingworld.news

The last one I can't figure out how to redirect to https://www.boxingworld.news


Without messing with the pointer.. which I'm already using to redirect one (along with the CNAME)


I did try a quick .htaccess but didn't seem to work..

[Sneijder]

Maybe it's not that important since when you do actually proceed.. it's hard to reproduce?

[William Thomas Jr]

This is important. Is Google listing your site under three domains? You could be facing a duplicate content penalty if so.

[shining]

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

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [QSA,L,R=301]

This works fine for me in .htaccess

[Sneijder]

Where does it go?

Usually I create a folder for each domain right? And when I use a pointer it creates it's own folder right?


So I put it in the root folder or the one where the pointer creates?


Since I can't unpoint the pointer right?

[shining]

Oh sorry, just saw that you were asking for cloud. Don´t know a solution for that.

[Wayne Luke]

As you're on Cloud you need to contact your Domain Registrar (whoever you pay to lease boxingnews.com) and ask them to redirect boxingnews.com to www.boxingnews.com. We can't make this change on our end.

[Sneijder]

Basically purchase a https. I hear ya..

[Mark.B]

Basically purchase a https. I hear ya..

No that's not what Wayne said. You don't need to do that. Please follow Wayne's instructions.

[Sneijder]

How would they do it though? CNAME/.htaccess/pointer? They provide this service for free usually?

[Sneijder]

I suppose I could put it all in the .htaccess file and point to home.. I tried that in the beginning.. but found it easier using the pointer.

[Wayne Luke]

How would they do it though? CNAME/.htaccess/pointer? They provide this service for free usually?

Your domain registrar would be able to answer these questions. There are hundreds of domain registrars out there and they each have their own policies.

If you have separate web hosting and they control your DNS, then you would need to talk to them. Web hosting isn't needed with cloud, though.

[Sneijder]

They came back to me and said a .htaccess file.. but wouldn't necessarily tell me what to put.. I had a https certificate in the past and would redirect to https back in the day.. but unless someone gives me a working solution without a certificate.. I'm not sure what to put in there..


It's not a big issue since one refresh gets rid of it anyway.. but..

[Wayne Luke]

.htaccess isn't the way to do it. This requires you to pay a hosting fee with another company every month just to act like a redirect. That is a waste of money.

Who is your domain name registrar?

[Sneijder]

domain.com

[Trevor Hannant]

Have you tried this:

http://www1.domain.com/knowledgebase/beta/article.bml?ArticleID=165