Www - Not Needed?

[brett 0]

I've had a hard time trying to find info on this through search engines...just try google or ixquick and you'll see what I mean.

I'd like to know how some addresses do not require the www prefix, such as xrs.net. I once heard that as long as you have been to the website before, with typing the w's, it will automatically add them for you, but xrs.net doesn't require them at all.

Any help would be good, thanks...

[Bash 0]

...most websites are like thati think Xisto is like that too, just type in Xisto.com (http://forums.xisto.com/) and it works...

[serverph 0]

www is not a required prefix now that the internet is a prevalent part of modern life. just typing a site URL without the www prefixed willyield the same results as typing the www prefix with it. it's just thatbrowsers have some settings which automatically prefixes the www,especially for TLDs (top-level-domains)

 

is notfound in your typed URL in the address bar. you shouldn't worryabout the www prefix, as you'll reach the site you want to accesswith or without it.

[NuHoaXuLa 0]

www is short of "world wide web" !If a site not register top-dsn as type co.kr, co.jp , co.uk ,com.vn ,.... you must use prefix for them ! A site can not need use prefix if it have a system manage perform ! Usually , almost site today is not need use them !

[brett 0]

hmm, I wasn't really talking about if you had to add it or not...maybe I explained it badly.

just say i go to google as https://www.google.de/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=7AkjVIatDsKH8QfNkoC4DQ&gws_rd=ssl, the remote host ends up being https://www.google.de/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=BwkjVKfAD8uH8QfckIGgCQ&gws_rd=ssl.

whereas if I go to http://xrs.net/, it still stays as xrs.net, without adding the w's automatically or anything.

[Spectre 0]

Google automatically adds the 'www' prefix onto the URL. It has nothing to do with whether or not it is required, and is only done because Google checks to see where you are from (via IP), and then redirects you to a country-specific web page if possible.

[rowita 0]

hmm, I wasn't really talking about if you had to add it or not...maybe I explained it badly.

 

just say i go to google as https://www.google.de/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=7AkjVIatDsKH8QfNkoC4DQ&gws_rd=ssl, the remote host ends up being https://www.google.de/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=BwkjVKfAD8uH8QfckIGgCQ&gws_rd=ssl.

 

whereas if I go to http://xrs.net/, it still stays as xrs.net, without adding the w's automatically or anything.

This can be set at your domain control panel.

If your domain is using default name servers and not your host name servers, then you can define subdomains and you should define IP address of your host for http://www.domain.com/

in enom domain it is:

 

Hostname = @

Address = IP address of the host

Record Type =Address

 

Then http://www.domain.com/ is accessible the way it is.

Maybe it can be done in the host control panel , I don't know.

[xc3ll 0]

it depends on ur dns server, u usually dont need the www tho, unless its not in the dns server, thats why popular sites dont need the www and most obscure ones do.....btw, if u dont know what dns server means, dns=domain name server

[2091 0]

hi there!

the "www" is in the most of times useless. all mozilla browsers will regonize it automaticaly. but, if u have a ".com" adress type it without "/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi; and ".com", just hit "strg+return"...

 

u can also write an "@" before the address. most mozillabrowsers can handle this.

 

but it seems to me it is better to let the "www" go cuz there are servers witch will only accept http:// like http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

 

mfg

 

 

maxx