This article provides you with steps to force your website to load the www. prefix e.g https://www.yourdonain.co.za
Step 1– Login to cPanel
- Please see our article on logging into cPanel here.
Step 2 – Click on File Manager under your Files section.
Step 3 – Edit your .htaccess file
- Click on your website folder and edit your htaccess file
- If one doesn’t exist create a new htaccess file
- Add the code below to your .htaccess file
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.co.za$ [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.co.za/$1 [R=301,L]
That’s it ! Your website will now load to display https://www.yourdonain.co.za
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