We are redirecting http and non www versions of our website. Should all versions http (non www version and www version) and https (non www version) should just have 1 redirect to the https www version?

Caffeine_Marketing

Thant way all forms of the website are pointing to one version?

Xiano

Ideally, yes.

However, it's not likely to have a massive impact if you do have a redirect chain first to www and then to https.

BlueprintMarketing

if you talking about the domain

you should 301 redirect each of the 3 of 4 different URLs to the one you want to be the primary domain that is using https

This is a great guide

https://ahrefs.com/blog/301-redirects/

You can always use CloudFlare as free & easy fix.

If you want to use HSTS preload or just HSTS

Test your 301 setup using

https://hstspreload.org/?domain=example.com

If you are using https://www. as the primary

See you must force http to https and the HTTP://www

Must redirect to the https:// bare domain so that means two redirects.

Error: No redirect from HTTPhttp://example.com does not redirect to https://example.com.

Hope this helps,

Tom

Caffeine_Marketing

Thank you for the advice it is very useful.

In GWT we are also showing redirects on all pages from the non / page to the / page

ie cardiff.co.uk redirects to cardiff.co.uk/

is this OK?

BlueprintMarketing

It is fine to 301 redirect to** "/"** you need to pick forward slash "/" or no forward slash.

You should force HTTPS

http://cardiff.co.uk 301's to http://www.cardiff.co.uk/
See: https://i.imgur.com/fg34sXR.png
You should add https
https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up
or
https://www.rapidtables.com/web/tools/redirect-generator.html

Add a SSL cert I would just add cloudflare.com (if you want fast & easy also Free)

When configuring Page Rules, the Always use HTTPS action is the simplest method to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS. You can also use the Forwarding URL action with a 301 redirect if you need to redirect to another subdomain in addition to forcing HTTPS. For example, a Page Rule match for

**_http://_cardiff.co.uk_/*_**

with a _Forwarding URL _of

**_https://www.cardiff.co.uk/$1_**

https://www.cardiff.co.uk/

ASP.NET

or ASP.NET

<%@ Language="VBScript" %>
<%
' ASP permanent URL redirect - generated by www.rapidtables.com
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location", "https://www.cardiff.co.uk/"
Response.End
%>

Redirect entire domain from HTTP to HTTPS

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Redirect entire domain from non-www to www and HTTP to HTTPS

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

Hope this helps,

Tom

fg34sXR.png

BlueprintMarketing

PS I will run a crawl to check

Caffeine_Marketing

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BlueprintMarketing

I am happy I could be of help please let me know if there's anything else I can be of assistance with?

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