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[zagood]

Hard to title something like this.

When someone enters a site by typing "http://website.com" how can I make that change to "http://www.website.com" using Windows IIS?

Thanks,

-z

 

[Nothinman]

Hopefully you don't need to, just have the A record for website.com point to the same address for www.website.com.

 

[zagood]

Well, I'm actually wondering how to forward it. I can have both point to the same DNS but I want it to automatically redirect.

Thanks.

-z

 

[spidey07]

Just do a HTTP redirect.

 

[Nothinman]

Well, I'm actually wondering how to forward it. I can have both point to the same DNS but I want it to automatically redirect.

My point was that doing that should be unnecessary, just setup the webserver to service both hostnames the same and you're done.

 

[zagood]

Right, I understand the concept of HTTP redirect, but the only way I know how to do it in the IIS interface is by identifying a specific page and doing a permanent redirect to that resource (301). I'm not very familiar with the IIS interface.

And Nothinman, it already points to the same resource, but the URL needs to be that way.

-z

 

[Nothinman]

If your website relies on www. being present then you need to fix your website. =)

 

[zagood]

It's not from a technical standpoint man, it's consistency and SEO.

-z