Redirecting a non-www Domain to a www Domain

Issue

• How can I redirect traffic from my non-www domain (e.g., example.com) to my www domain (e.g., www.example.com)?

Environment

• Liferay DXP 7.4
• Quarterly Releases

Resolution

You can configure a redirect using Liferay's pattern redirect feature:

1. Access your website and navigate to Configuration > Site Settings > Site Configuration > Site URLs. Remove the non-www domain, keeping only the www domain. (e.g., www.example.com)
2. reate a new site specifically for handling the redirect. In the Site URLs configuration for this new site, add the non-www domain. (e.g., example.com)
3. In the new site, navigate to Configuration > Redirection > Patterns and add the following configuration:
   • Pattern: ^(.*)
   • Target URL: https://www.example.com/$0 (Replace example.com with your actual domain)
   • User Agent: all

This configuration redirects all traffic from the non-www domain to the corresponding URL on the www domain. For example, example.com/page will redirect to www.example.com/page.

Additional Information

• This method uses 302 redirects, which can negatively impact SEO. For optimal SEO, configure 301 redirects at your web server level if possible.
• See Using Pattern Redirects for more details.