Need Help. Wasted 16 Hours!!! Pulling Hair

CSnickers · 11-20-2009, 11:58 PM

I wasted almost my whole day trying to figure out how to do things right but I am stuck. PLEASE HELP.

I just got a CloudSite from Rackspace for my Wordpress blog.

The problem is they don't give out dedicated IP unless my site had a SSL certificate.

So I ended up buying a license for SSL.

Getting to the point, I now have

Www (dot) domain.com
domain.com
https:// www(dot)domain.com

Since I don't want duplicate content, how do I rewrite my .htaccess file.

The only thing I found online was:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^w ww\.domain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ h ttp://w ww(dot)domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

But this just helps to make everything w ww(dot)domain.com incase they type in just domain.com

So my question is, how do I take off h ttps for the entire site except for one page (order form)?

I'm scared that Google might index my site with both https and http and make my site have duplicate content.

Snickers

Debbie Songster · 11-21-2009, 01:00 AM

Quote:

I'm scared that Google might index my site with both https and http and make my site have duplicate content.

You have nothing to worry about - http VS https is not an issue

Steve Powers · 11-21-2009, 03:31 AM

I think it's not necessary for you to worry about this problem.It only has relationship with your domain but not the url.And also you'd use .htaccess file to make the url standardization.I mean use the one with www or without www,and others should be redirected to this one.That would be more friendly to the SE.

Jill Carpenter · 11-21-2009, 06:49 AM

This may be a bit off topic but:

Big giant thumbs up to you. I don't know what all that is up there, but just the fact that you put the time in and were persistent for the day deserves a pat on the back.

I've had many a 16 hour day to figure some things out before.

Hope your ultimate result is what you want.

sagerock · 11-21-2009, 09:12 AM

You are right to want this resolved.

The code you have is good.

This will send people to the "www" version of your site.

I would want to play around with it a little.

I still don't have enough posts to embed links, but do a search in Google for the phrase:
How can I redirect all pages to http except for certain pages?

It should be the 1st listing. It's a Webmasterworld thread.

This should give you some good clues on how to make this work.

I'm happy to keep working with you on it. Just let us know if you run into trouble.

11-20-2009, 11:58 PM	#1
CSnickers Warrior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Need Help. Wasted 16 Hours!!! Pulling Hair I wasted almost my whole day trying to figure out how to do things right but I am stuck. PLEASE HELP. I just got a CloudSite from Rackspace for my Wordpress blog. The problem is they don't give out dedicated IP unless my site had a SSL certificate. So I ended up buying a license for SSL. Getting to the point, I now have Www (dot) domain.com domain.com https:// www(dot)domain.com Since I don't want duplicate content, how do I rewrite my .htaccess file. The only thing I found online was: RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^w ww\.domain\.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ h ttp://w ww(dot)domain.com/$1 [L,R=301] But this just helps to make everything w ww(dot)domain.com incase they type in just domain.com So my question is, how do I take off h ttps for the entire site except for one page (order form)? I'm scared that Google might index my site with both https and http and make my site have duplicate content. Snickers

11-21-2009, 03:31 AM	#3
Steve Powers HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 320 Thanks: 13 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Need Help. Wasted 16 Hours!!! Pulling Hair I think it's not necessary for you to worry about this problem.It only has relationship with your domain but not the url.And also you'd use .htaccess file to make the url standardization.I mean use the one with www or without www,and others should be redirected to this one.That would be more friendly to the SE.
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11-21-2009, 06:49 AM	#4
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11-21-2009, 09:12 AM	#5
sagerock Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Akron Ohio Posts: 12 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking	Re: Need Help. Wasted 16 Hours!!! Pulling Hair You are right to want this resolved. The code you have is good. This will send people to the "www" version of your site. I would want to play around with it a little. I still don't have enough posts to embed links, but do a search in Google for the phrase: How can I redirect all pages to http except for certain pages? It should be the 1st listing. It's a Webmasterworld thread. This should give you some good clues on how to make this work. I'm happy to keep working with you on it. Just let us know if you run into trouble.
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