Redirects with subfolders

[TomPuja]

Hi all, 

I had a webshop running for several years and gained a number of backlinks. 

It was set under domain name norwayshop.com (without www).

I recently reinstalled the webshop and transferred all the DB, including URLs with the main purpose to retain backings. This time the shop is set as www.norwayshop.com (with www).

However, a number of my backlinks are pointing to the one which is without www. I solved the issue with the main domain by setting up a redirect on cpanel, but when it comes to subfolders it no longer works properly. 

Try for example:

NorwayShop.com it will be redirected to www.norwayshop.com (fine) 

And then try:

NorwayShop.com/es I then get a 404 error (even though the main domain loads, it gives an error and damages my SEO) 

Possible maybe to fix via registrar (DNS)? 

I would be grateful for the advice. 

PS 1.6.18

 

Rgds, 

Tomas

Edited July 18, 2018 by TomPuja
Correcting typo. Adding more comments. (see edit history)

[joseantgv]

15 hours ago, TomPuja said:

Hi all, 

I had a webshop running for several years and gained a number of backlinks. 

It was set under domain name norwayshop.com (without www).

I recently reinstalled the webshop and transferred all the DB, including URLs with the main purpose to retain backings. This time the shop is set as www.norwayshop.com (with www).

However, a number of my backlinks are pointing to the one which is without www. I solved the issue with the main domain by setting up a redirect on cpanel, but when it comes to subfolders it no longer works properly. 

Try for example:

NorwayShop.com it will be redirected to www.norwayshop.com (fine) 

And then try:

NorwayShop.com/es I then get a 404 error (even though the main domain loads, it gives an error and damages my SEO) 

Possible maybe to fix via registrar (DNS)? 

I would be grateful for the advice. 

PS 1.6.18

 

Rgds, 

Tomas

 

Add this in .htaccess

 

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

 

[TomPuja]

joseantgv,

Thanx! It worked!

Appreciate it!