how to modify .htaccess file to always redirect to www

Question

I would like to modify my .htaccess file so that when someone comes into my site without typing www the site always redirects them to the www version. For example, if my ur

Answer 1

There are two methods available

1) use mod_alias apache module

Redirect permanent /something http://yourwebsite.com/something

2) Add the following entry in your .htaccess / http.conf / yourwebsite.conf in the webserver configuarion directory

RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourwebsite.com RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yourwebsite.com$1 [R=permanent,L]