Having to type "www." for certain websites

[ematz]

I thought this was a thing of the past but I've recently found some websites where typing in the adress bar "xyz.com" won't work. Instead I need to type in "www.xyz.com" to access the page. What would cause this? The web server configuation?

Thanks,
Eric

[nuclear500]

Nope, its a matter of the DNS registration that the website "owner" chose.

the "www" prefix is merely an indicator for the kind of site. Just like FTP.blah.com is an indicator it is an FTP site, or IRC.blah.net is an indicator its an...IRC site.

Some companies will register both a FQDN - fully qualified domain name, while others will register just their root domain.

Its nothing wrong on your end.

[SMB]

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[ematz]

Thanks for hte info guys.

[nuclear500]

That is just an Internet Explorer shortcut that will automatically prefix www. and suffix .com

What if the site isn't www. and what if it isn't .com?

[ajml]

type in the correct full address or use a bookmark?

[nuclear500]

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[funkyworms]

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[Greg Miller]

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I thought this was a thing of the past but I've recently found some websites where typing in the adress bar "xyz.com" won't work. Instead I need to type in "www.xyz.com" to access the page. What would cause this? The web server configuation?

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Yes, web server configuration and nameserver configuration. When you register a TLD (xyz.com, for example), you can configure subdomains (blah.xyz.com, foo.bar.xyz.com) in whatever way you want using the nameserver configuration. What (if any) content is available via HTTP on those subdomains is determined by the webserver configuration. Usually, www.xyz.com and xyz.com will be configured to display the same files, or there will be a redirect on one that causes your browser to reload the page at the other address.

[nuclear500]

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