Broken links after adding www. prefix to my site URL

[Almarma]

Hi everybody,

 

I started a shop called nordicvapor.com, and I created and installed Prestashop on it like that: nordicvapor.com. Well, for different reasons (to enable a better functionality with Cloudflare), I want to enable the www. prefix to my site. The main URL keeps working (www.nordicvapor.com), but all the other direct links to categories and/or products are broken, and it is a SEO disaster, as all my Google results are broken with a 404 error (I'll leave it on today so you can check, but after today I'll revert back to the URL without www. if I cannot fix it). Also, if I type nordicvapor.com (without www.), it's broken too.

 

You can check the errors here:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=cr&ei=fdd4UvvgE8ng4QSznICICg#q=site:nordicvapor.com

All the results are broken!!

 

I suspect it's something wrong with .htaccess redirection, so after clearing PS cache, I also renamed the previous .htaccess, and saving again the preferences under SEO & URLs, a new one was created, and the issue is still there. What can I do to fix it?

 

Just for information: I own some other domains hosted in the same server using Wordpress. I recently updated those to use www. too, without a single problem.

 

Does anyone has a clue about what can I do to fix it? I'm using Prestashop 1.5.5.0

 

Thank you in advance

Edited November 5, 2013 by Almarma (see edit history)

[Almarma]

OK, I fixed it myself just adding:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^nordicvapor.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.nordicvapor.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Shouldn't this came by default generated by Prestashop itself? I think it would help to avoid URL issues. I mean, if inside PS preferences, I set the URL as www.domain.com, PS generates this two lines:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

But if I add domain.com (without www.), it should create the opposite:

RewriteEngineOn
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Just an idea to help improving PS