woodp Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 OK, this one has me stumped - I bought a domain and established hosting here (shared hosting). But I'm getting strange behavior whether I url to the domain.com or www.domain.com ... http://ontheroadagainbikeshop.com -> Resolves fine in both FF4 and IE9 http://www.ontheroadagainbikeshop.com -> FF4 redirects me to http://www.ontheroadagainbikeshop.com/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi - Not Good. IE9 changes the URL to the non-www version (http://ontheroadagainbikeshop.com) and then resolves it just fine. I've double-checked at my registrar, WHM and CPANEL and can't figure out what I may have done wrong. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody R. Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 OK, this one has me stumped - I bought a domain and established hosting here (shared hosting). But I'm getting strange behavior whether I url to the domain.com or www.domain.com ... http://ontheroadagainbikeshop.com -> Resolves fine in both FF4 and IE9 http://www.ontheroadagainbikeshop.com -> FF4 redirects me to http://www.ontheroadagainbikeshop.com/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi - Not Good. IE9 changes the URL to the non-www version (http://ontheroadagainbikeshop.com) and then resolves it just fine. I've double-checked at my registrar, WHM and CPANEL and can't figure out what I may have done wrong. Any thoughts? This sounds like a cache issue - if you visitited the website before the DNS resolved in one browser then visited in another once it resolved it may act goofy. I'm unable to replicate this so I suspect you'll be able to clear your cache / history and it'll work fine. If you're still experiencing please submit a ticket to our support department (https://support.hawkhost.com). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodp Posted June 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 This sounds like a cache issue - if you visitited the website before the DNS resolved in one browser then visited in another once it resolved it may act goofy. I'm unable to replicate this so I suspect you'll be able to clear your cache / history and it'll work fine. If you're til experiencing please submit a ticket to our support department (https://support.hawkhost.com). Cody, Thanks for the response - You may have been right about cache/propagation on IE9. After resetting the browser, it now behaves as FF4 - Even if I put www.ontheroadagainbikeshop.com in the address bar, it rewrites itself to ontheroadagainbikeshop.com (without the www). I was also able to duplicate this on a Mac/Safari and Mac/FF4. That's four browsers that do the exact same thing. There's a setting in Drupal to force all www or non-www URLs so I'm familiar with the condition - I've just never seen it in Wordpress sites before. I'm hesitant to submit a ticket because I really don't think this is a Hawkhost issue - It has to be something with Wordpress or my registrar. I'm just posting here to see if anyone else has seen this problem ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodp Posted June 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 I'm hesitant to submit a ticket because I really don't think this is a Hawkhost issue - It has to be something with Wordpress or my registrar. I'm just posting here to see if anyone else has seen this problem ... Operator error! On Wordpress' Settings | General page I inadvertently used the www version for the "Wordpress Address" and the non-www version for the "Site Address." Changed them both to www and everything works fine! <slamming fist on forehead>Can't believe I missed that!</slamming fist on forehead> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 Glad to hear you figured this one out! These things can be frustrating I'm hesitant to submit a ticket because I really don't think this is a Hawkhost issue - It has to be something with Wordpress or my registrar. I'm just posting here to see if anyone else has seen this problem ... Don't feel like you can't contact us for something like this. We try to be extremely available to our users for any problem, and as a result we actually expect to work with you guys on even the smallest (or most trivial) issues. Bottom line being we're not afraid to help so don't be afraid to ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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