[SOLVED] Multistore domain www suffix problem

[minervalabs]

Hello,

 

I am testing the multistore feature,

I have two domains pointing to the server hosting Prestashop.

one domain being the alias of the other through the Plesk interface.

So therefore, the multistore feature works...

 

However, the alias domain without the www. prefix redirects to the main domain, i.e

 

www.maindomain.com = Multistore 1 - correct

 

www.alias-domain.com = Multistore 2 - correct

 

But:

 

http://alias-domain.com = Multistore 1 - Not correct

 

 

I just can't figure how to solve it, I guess it must be some configuration of .htaccess.

 

Does anyone know how this might be fixed?

 

Cheers,

[PrestaHeroes USA]

one of the easier ways is as you pointed out .htaccess

 

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

[minervalabs]

Thanks for the quick reply,

 

I pasted the script you provided but now both the prefix and without of the alias domain went to the main domain (I replaced domain.com with the correct one in the code provided)

 

But the htaccess file generated by Prestashop is so complex and its beyond me at the moment,

So I'm not sure where to position the above lines as I presume the order has an effect on the existing lines which effects redirection etc

 

many thanks,

[PrestaHeroes USA]

possibly this will help

http://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/2131[spam-filter]tip-15-and-custom-htaccess/

[minervalabs]

thanks, I took a look at the thread has helped me test some things.

 

I am using default theme for a clean install version : 1.5.3.1

 

I pasted the custom code above and then below the "# ~~start~~" # ~~end~~

 

I have tested with and without "Automatically redirect to Canonical URL" + with and without friendly URLs."

 

But still the redirect doesn't work, if you know of anything else, that would be great.

 

cheers,

[PrestaHeroes USA]

when you say it did not work for you, do you mean in the browser bar you still saw the non-www url?

 

also when you turned on friendly url's, did you see friendly urls?

[minervalabs]

ok, with all of the different configurations I've tested, I originally must have missed which way round the non-url was, because from the original you have provided:

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

 

I have swapped it round to the following:

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

 

And its working! So thanks very much for your help, much appreciated.

[PrestaHeroes USA]

good news...sorry I thought you had wanted the www...I will mark this as solved then. happy selling