DNS not working with WWW prefix

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Joined: Nov 2009

Hi there

We have currently just launched a website. However we can access the website at http://domain.com HOWEVER can not access it at http://www.domain.com ..

Can anyone give any advice as to why the prefixed 'www' will not resolve?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Greg K's picture

He has: 2,145 posts

Joined: Nov 2003

Check your DNS settings to make sure you have a CNAME record to point www.domain.com to domain.com.

-Greg

He has: 629 posts

Joined: May 2007

Another possibility is your host server settings redirect the "www" address to the one you see. If you know about ".htaccess" (google it) you can take a look at this. Otherwise get in touch with your host service.

FWIW - I deliberately set my latest domain to redirect to the "no www" version 'cos I prefer it...

Cordially, David
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