301 redirect (www.domain.com/index to www.domain.com)

[eyepaq]

is the last part safe ? as far as the infinite loop things that some are afraid of..

[StalkerB]

The last part redirects index.html to /

There would only be a loop if you redirected / to index.html

99.9% sure this'll work for you I'm using the exact code on a small site right now and it's working fine

[Getz.pro]

I agree with Barry, but watch out for that last snippet. I've got caught when hosting companies redirect on their side. So test before walking away for more coffee : )

[eyepaq]

how it will behave if the redirect is not correct ? It will be visible ? (like a never-ending refresh of the main page)

[StalkerB]

Yeah, if it doesn't work you'll probably be faced with a blank page or you may get a 500 server error or maybe a 310. It should be obvious pretty fast

[eyepaq]

Thanks mate !

More then helpful.

[eyepaq]

Can I use a code like this ? (i've added one entry for index.php as it looks like the site has both an index.html and an index.php)

Barry Smith
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| Helpful Answer | Barry Smith, Head of SEO at Gaming Media Marketing | about 2 hours ago |

Probably the simplest way to redirect the non-www to the www is to put this in your .htaccess file

RewriteEngine On Options +FollowSymLinks

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

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^./index.html
RewriteRule ^(.)index.html$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^./index.php
RewriteRule ^(.)index.php$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

[StalkerB]

Hmm, maybe, I doubt the index.php is doing anything as if there's a index.html and index.php the .html takes precedence.

Check what's in the .php file, might be easier just to delete it.

[eyepaq]

seomoz tool is showing duplicate pages for those 3. Each of the version has at least 1 internal and even external links.

all 3 respond in the browser with the same layout/page

[StalkerB]

Well, I would recommend you alter the internal links to just point to the new '/' default, but in the meantime...

I would have thought your code would have worked, but every time I try it my site falls over. It might work for you though. Give it a try but test it straight away

I'll see if I can get a different version working on my test site for you if not