why no www.lowendspirit.com?

Why does www.lowendspirit.com not resolve, while lowendspirit.com does?
Not a big problem if you're somewhat tech-savvy, but I think a lot of users still type "www" in the URL.

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  • @rcy026 said: Why does www.lowendspirit.com not resolve, while lowendspirit.com does?

    It's probably just an oversight with no other significance

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  • @rcy026 said: but I think a lot of users still type "www" in the URL

    really? I thought that died off in 1996

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  • @AnthonySmith said:

    @rcy026 said: but I think a lot of users still type "www" in the URL

    really? I thought that died off in 1996

    Nope. Lots of people still think www has to be included. :p

  • NeoonNeoon OGContent WriterSenpai

    fuck www. is just another fucking subdomain.

  • @flips said:

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @rcy026 said: but I think a lot of users still type "www" in the URL

    really? I thought that died off in 1996

    Nope. Lots of people still think www has to be included. :p

    I have skeptical hippo eyes.

    Well there is also the issue with the session cookies, it was a bit source of complaint on LET, people getting logged out, badly redirected etc, someone uses www links to a post, you click on it as someone who does not use www and you are logged out.

    Does not play well with forums.

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  • @AnthonySmith said:

    @flips said:

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @rcy026 said: but I think a lot of users still type "www" in the URL

    really? I thought that died off in 1996

    Nope. Lots of people still think www has to be included. :p

    I have skeptical hippo eyes.

    Well there is also the issue with the session cookies, it was a bit source of complaint on LET, people getting logged out, badly redirected etc, someone uses www links to a post, you click on it as someone who does not use www and you are logged out.

    Does not play well with forums.

    A simple redirect that removes the www. part usually takes care of all problems.
    The forum is at talk.lowendspirit.com so that should not be affected at all.

  • @rcy026 said:

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @flips said:

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @rcy026 said: but I think a lot of users still type "www" in the URL

    really? I thought that died off in 1996

    Nope. Lots of people still think www has to be included. :p

    I have skeptical hippo eyes.

    Well there is also the issue with the session cookies, it was a bit source of complaint on LET, people getting logged out, badly redirected etc, someone uses www links to a post, you click on it as someone who does not use www and you are logged out.

    Does not play well with forums.

    A simple redirect that removes the www. part usually takes care of all problems.
    The forum is at talk.lowendspirit.com so that should not be affected at all.

    This should work.

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www. [NC]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www.)?(.+)$ [NC]
    RewriteRule ^ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [L,NE,R=301]

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  • I like how everyone is giving Ant examples on how to rewrite subdomains.

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  • @WSS said:
    I like how everyone is giving Ant examples on how to rewrite subdomains.

    Hey man! We are contributing okay >---<. Being quarantined at home, we gotta find a way to make our self look busy!

  • @seriesn said:

    @WSS said:
    I like how everyone is giving Ant examples on how to rewrite subdomains.

    Hey man! We are contributing okay >---<. Being quarantined at home, we gotta find a way to make our self look busy!

    I'm watching YouTube until work times.

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  • @flips said:

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @rcy026 said: but I think a lot of users still type "www" in the URL

    really? I thought that died off in 1996

    Nope. Lots of people still think www has to be included. :p

    Maybe, but they 100% not a user of any hosting forum LOL.

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  • @WSS said:

    @seriesn said:

    @WSS said:
    I like how everyone is giving Ant examples on how to rewrite subdomains.

    Hey man! We are contributing okay >---<. Being quarantined at home, we gotta find a way to make our self look busy!

    I'm watching YouTube until work times.

    That's a lot of cookies!

  • @elliotc said:

    @flips said:

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @rcy026 said: but I think a lot of users still type "www" in the URL

    really? I thought that died off in 1996

    Nope. Lots of people still think www has to be included. :p

    Maybe, but they 100% not a user of any hosting forum LOL.

    yeah. true.

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  • Also lowendspirit.com will be a different site a bit like LEB fairly soon (tm)

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  • @AnthonySmith said:
    Also lowendspirit.com will be a different site a bit like LEB fairly soon (tm)

    If you want a hacked copy of WordPress, I'm pretty sure you can just install WordPress and wait awhile.

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  • @WSS said:

    @AnthonySmith said:
    Also lowendspirit.com will be a different site a bit like LEB fairly soon (tm)

    If you want a hacked copy of WordPress, I'm pretty sure you can just install WordPress and wait awhile.

    Not wordpress based :)

    I forgot to say I will make a www. version too, a lo-fi geocities 1997 style one.

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  • URL doesn't matter nowadays. Once bookmarked, you generally never look at it anyhow.

    It could have been end-nigh.lowendfuckedupworld.hiiiiyanigh.ca and nobody would bloody care.

    Maybe.

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  • @WSS said:
    I like how everyone is giving Ant examples on how to rewrite subdomains.

    I remember once on Twitter when someone was trying to explain to Paul Vixie how DNS works.

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  • flipsflips OG
    edited March 2020

    @elliotc said:

    @flips said:

    @AnthonySmith said:

    @rcy026 said: but I think a lot of users still type "www" in the URL

    really? I thought that died off in 1996

    Nope. Lots of people still think www has to be included. :p

    Maybe, but they 100% not a user of any hosting forum LOL.

    True! I was expecting this comment. =)
    (Most of my clients wouldn't know what hosting means.) :#

  • NeoonNeoon OGContent WriterSenpai

    @AnthonySmith said:
    Also lowendspirit.com will be a different site a bit like LEB fairly soon (tm)

    Will it be full of Colocrossing offers? gonna be good.

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    @Neoon said:

    @AnthonySmith said:
    Also lowendspirit.com will be a different site a bit like LEB fairly soon (tm)

    Will it be full of Colocrossing offers? gonna be good.

    Buffalloooooooo.

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  • @MikeA said:

    @Neoon said:

    @AnthonySmith said:
    Also lowendspirit.com will be a different site a bit like LEB fairly soon (tm)

    Will it be full of Colocrossing offers? gonna be good.

    Buffalloooooooo.

  • @deank said:
    URL doesn't matter nowadays. Once bookmarked, you generally never look at it anyhow.

    It could have been end-nigh.lowendfuckedupworld.hiiiiyanigh.ca and nobody would bloody care.

    Maybe.

    I care!

    I don't use bookmarks, because I use Ctrl+L and start typing ta.. and browser autocompletes the url and I hit Enter and it all together is faster then finding and clicking a bookmark, plus no hassle over transferring bookmarks between browsers, over reinstall and so on...

    So no, please keep URLs human-readable!

    And also concise url is anti-phishing measure!

  • bikegremlinbikegremlin ModeratorOGContent Writer

    I prefer having a subdomain, always. So www.domain.com is what I'd use instead of the naked domain.
    With appropriate other subdomains as needed.

    So if lowendspirit.com is used - I'd reddirect that one to www.lowendspirit.com.
    Leaving the forum as it is.

  • @bikegremlin said:
    I prefer having a subdomain, always. So www.domain.com is what I'd use instead of the naked domain.
    With appropriate other subdomains as needed.

    So if lowendspirit.com is used - I'd reddirect that one to www.lowendspirit.com.
    Leaving the forum as it is.

    Ok I will do that.

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  • Just curious is this site hosted on Inception hosting?

  • @Sgrocks said:
    Just curious is this site hosted on Inception hosting?

    yup.

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  • LeeLee OG
    edited March 2020

    @Sgrocks said:
    Just curious is this site hosted on Inception hosting?

    You wondering why the uptime is so good and the site is speedy?

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