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Why does my website only work with www?
My website only works with a www. Generally this occurs when a site is pointing to a service using the “WWW” cname instead of the “@” A Record or IP address. You may want to follow up with your store/site provider to see if they have another way to point your domain name to their service.
How can I open a website without www?
With a simple set up in your domain host, you can access your site without www or your chosen subdomain. For example, you can access your site at yoursite.com as well as www.yoursite.com. To do this: You need to first follow these steps to create a CNAME record using www.
How do I forward my Godaddy domain?
Under Additional Settings, select Manage DNS. Under Forwarding, select Add next to Domain or Subdomain. If you select a subdomain, enter the subdomain (maximum of 25 characters) in the Subdomain field. Under Forward to, choose http:// or https:// for the destination URL your domain will forward to.
Is there a way to not use WWW?
In order to not use www, you will have to run your own server farms and you will be unable to use such services to their fullest extent. (See also: Why does Heroku warn against “naked” domain names?)
Can a website work with or without the WWW?
People understand that Google.com, Facebook.com, Twitter.com and SitePoint.com are websites. Before we take this discussion further, your site must work with or without the www. For the sake of SEO and canonical/duplicate content issues, you should choose one domain option and redirect when the other is used.
What’s the difference between a WWW and not a WWW?
Those in the pro-www camp point out that ‘www’ has not been deprecated. It’s unambiguous, technically accurate and distinguishes the address from similar URLs for FTP, mail or other data types. The anti-www camp point out that it’s simply not necessary. No one’s confused.
Why do I need to use WWW for my Web site?
You may not run into any of these issues today, but as your web site grows, you eventually will. Using www today and in the future makes you more prepared to handle the challenges of growing a web site beyond a single server. It can be done without using www in many circumstances, but it’s much easier with.