Importance of FQDN

  • chinanderm

    (@chinanderm)


    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hello,

    I’ve been having some issues recently with a WordPress site as it relates to browsers saying server cannot be found (when accessing the wordpress framework) and browser giving “too many redirect” errors.

    In the dashboard options, how important is it to place a FQDN (specifically a domain with a www.) as the site url, rather than non-www.

    I just wanted to pick people’s brains on this issue as it relates to WordPress and how FQDN effect it.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    9 years, 8 months ago

    In the dashboard options, how important is it to place a FQDN (specifically a domain with a www.) as the site url, rather than non-www.

    There is no requirement, you can choose either. Personally, I prefer non-www, as the original reason for www has long since passed, making it redundant and a waste of four characters.

    Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    It is it quite important to understand that ‘www’ is a domain prefix in DNS and if you have others such as sub.example.com, you need to set both the main domain and the sub to not use www. This confusion remains for many…

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