====== The www subdomain ======

''www'' is just like any other subdomain, but is an extremely common cause of confusion. Follow these steps if your domain only works with (or without) ''www'' in front of it.

===== My domain doesn't work without www! =====

**If ''%%www.example.com%%'' works, but ''example.com'' doesn't:**

Add [[en:domains:management:domain-as-website:forwarding|web forwarding]]
to make ''%%example.com%%'' redirect to ''%%www.example.com%%'': 
  - Choose 301 Direct (permanent) Forwarding
  - Leave the "subdomain" field blank
  - Type ''%%www.example.com%%'' in the "forwarding address" field (replace ''%%example.com%%'' with your domain name). 
  - Submit

This change should take effect immediately if the domain was already pointing at our web redirection/parking service. Otherwise, the change will take at least 3 hours to propagate.


===== My domain doesn't work with www! =====

**If ''%%example.com%%'' works, but ''%%www.example.com%%'' doesn't:**

Add [[en:domains:management:domain-as-website:forwarding|web forwarding]]
to make ''%%www.example.com%%'' redirect to ''%%example.com%%'': 
  - Choose 301 Direct (permanent) Forwarding
  - Type ''www'' in the "subdomain" field
  - Type the bare domain (i.e. ''%%example.com%%'') in the "forwarding address" field. 
  - Submit

This change should take effect immediately if the domain was already pointing at our web redirection/parking service. Otherwise, the change will take at least 3 hours to propagate.


===== See also =====
  * [[en:domains:management:redirectloop]]