How Do I Make My URL NOT Case Sensitive

by dv8
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I want people to able to type in www.Domain.com and www.domain.com and be directed to the same page.

How do I do that? I searched on line and really can't seem to find a straight answer.

Any help is appreciated.
#case #make #sensitive #url
  • Profile picture of the author Peter Soos
    dv8,

    I've tried typing URLs in both ways before and I've never ran into that problem. ( sometimes I'm bored...what can I say?) I never thought they were case sensitive. I gotta follow this thread...see what anyone else comes up with,
    Peter
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    • Profile picture of the author dv8
      Originally Posted by Peter Soos View Post

      dv8,

      I've tried typing URLs in both ways before and I've never ran into that problem. ( sometimes I'm bored...what can I say?) I never thought they were case sensitive. I gotta follow this thread...see what anyone else comes up with,
      Peter
      I never thought they were either, but they are on mine.
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  • Profile picture of the author mywebwork
    If you have rights to your Apache server's httpd.conf file you can use the following method:

    Rewrite uppercase URL’s to lowercase | Webmaster Resources - The Webmaster Weblog

    Bill
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  • Profile picture of the author dv8
    Actually, I just tried again, now it's not case sensitive. Haha, wtf?

    Btw, thanks for posting Bill.
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    • Profile picture of the author Bruce Hearder
      domain names are case insensitive, so

      www.DoMaIn.CoM is the same as www.domain.com

      But everything following the / (that comes after the .com bit) is VERY case sensitive, if you run on a LINUX/UNIX webhost 9such as hostgator).

      Lots of Windows based servers are case-insitive.

      so, on a Linux based system

      www.domain.com/image.JPG is not the same as www.domain.com/image.jpg

      This is one of the most common support calls I get asking whey things don't show up on their website

      Hope this helps

      Bruce
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      • Profile picture of the author dv8
        Thanks Bruce.

        I just found that out (case sensitive after the /) a few weeks ago myself.
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