Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of faq/domain/canonical-web-address

Timestamp:

Feb 12, 2015, 11:56:28 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

Daniel Kahn Gillmor

Comment:

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faq/domain/canonical-web-address

@@ -2 +2 @@
 = I have multiple domain names that point to my web site - how to I make it so my preferred domain always appears in the browser address bar? =
 
-Many of us have multiple domain names that point to the same web site. For example, you can access our web site by going to mayfirst.org, or www.mayfirst.org, or www.people-link.net, etc.
+Many of us have multiple domain names that point to the same web site. For example, you can access our web site by going to `mayfirst.org`, or `www.mayfirst.org`, or `www.people-link.net`, etc.
 
-However, we want people to always see mayfirst.org in the address bar of the browser.
+However, we want people to always see `mayfirst.org` in the address bar of the browser.
 
 We do that by adding the following lines to the Web Config settings in the [https://members.mayfirst.org/cp Members Control Panel]:
@@ -10 +10 @@
 {{{
 RewriteEngine On
-RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^mayfirst\.org$ [NC]
+RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^example\.org$ [NC]
 RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
-RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://mayfirst.org/$1 [L,R]
+RewriteRule ^/(.*) http://example.org/$1 [L,R]
 }}}
 
-You can do the same by replacing `mayfirst.org` with the domain name you want your web site to display in the address bar of the browser. Be sure to place these lines outside of the <Directory> </Directory> section of your web configuration (if it existed), not within it; otherwise, the rewrite rules won't work.
+You can do the same by replacing `example.org` with the domain name you want your web site to display in the address bar of the browser. Be sure to place these lines outside of the <Directory> </Directory> section of your web configuration (if it existed), not within it; otherwise, the rewrite rules won't work.
 
 
-==  What if I want to force visitor of my website to use ssl?== 
+==  What if I want to force visitor of my website to use HTTPS?== 
 
 You can add the following lines to the Web Config settings in the [https://members.mayfirst.org/cp Members Control Panel]:
@@ -25 +25 @@
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
-RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://my-site.org/$1 [L,R]
+RewriteRule ^/(.*) https://example.org/$1 [L,R]
 }}}