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1. Rick Patterson
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   when using a url and an http...which is a must and when is it a must?

   http://example.com OR http://www.example.com

2. Micah Cooksey
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   To my knowledge, you never have to use www when typing a url. It may redirect to http://www.domain.com after you type it in, but you still don't have to type it. You also don't have to use it for your WordPress site. Just make sure you use one or the other, not both.

3. vangrog
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   If your DNS is set for using both URLs, you don't need to type www. And you dont need to type "http://" as well (this part browsers add by themselves). Typing just "mydomain.com" should work.

   Anyways I recommend you to choose only one option as default, either with www or without it. This way you guarantee no penalties applied by search engines due to duplicate content. You can use your .htaccess to set which one should be used as default (the other one would redirect to the one you did choose).

   Cheers

4. Rick Patterson
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thank alll for your comments and input. I appreciate your time.

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