Problem with Godaddy Forwarding service: e.g. example.com to www.example.com
problem with forwarding domain e.g. example.com to www.example.com over Godaddy Forwarding service
I have problem with forwarding domain e.g. "example.com" to "www.example.com" over Godaddy Forwarding service
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My problem:
- I have domain e.g. example.com
- I want redirect www.example.com to example.com over Godaddy Forwarding service
- I set "A" record: Host=@ Point to= "MY IP ADDRESS"
- I set "CNAME" record: Host=www Point to=@
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Status:
- my www.example.com point correctly to "MY IP ADDRESS" and my site working at url www.example.com correctly
- when I type URL example.com in web browser I do not get redirection to www.example.com
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I try these below solution but for me it is not working.
Forwarding service at godaddy working when I forwarding to other domain, e.g. wwwm.mydomain.com:
http://community.godaddy.com/groups/domains-management-and-services/forum/topic/about-cname-and-no-www-redirecting/?sid=635309&sp=1
http://community.godaddy.com/help/article/422 -
I test "Godaddy Forwarding service" with various setting and domain that I have in Godaddy and I wait more than 48h but nothing works.
Best Answer
DNS does not do redirection unless your using a specific web forwarding service, if DNS is just pointed at your web server you need to configure the correct redirection on your web server and GoDaddy forwarding will not work within the same domain as its designed for forwarding old domains to new ones, not non-www to www redirection
if your hosting on Linux and Apache this is as simple as following the instructions detailed here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1157255/how-to-redirect-non-www-to-www-urls-using-htaccess