I want to redirect all my website traffic to "https://www.example.com/index.html"-CodePudding

If someone visits my website like:

example.com
www.example.com
http://example.com
http://www.example.com
https://example.com
https://www.example.com

I want to redirect it to https://www.example.com/index.html. I tried the code below:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
 
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.mywebsite.com/index.html$1 [R=301,L,NE]

The above code worked fine however if visitor type https://www.example.com it will not redirect to https://www.example.com/index.html and also if visitor uses Google chrome and type www.example.com it will also not redirect to https://www.example.com/index.html.

CodePudding user response：

Try the following instead:

RewriteEngine On

# Redirect "/" to "/index.html" (HTTPS   www)
RewriteRule ^$ https://www.example.com/index.html [R=301,L]

# Redirect non-www to www ( HTTPS)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]

# Redirect HTTP to HTTPS (any remaining URLs)
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L,NE]

Just the first rule satisfies the requirements outlined in your question. All the stated URLs are redirected to https://www.example.com/index.html (HTTPS www).

The second and third rules are just generic canonical (www HTTPS) redirects for anything else, including if the user requests /index.html.

Test first with a 302 (temporary) redirect to avoid potential caching issues. You will need to clear your browser cache before testing.

A look at your rules...

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
 
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/index.html$1 [R=301,L,NE]

Your first rule redirects to HTTP, not HTTPS, which is the intended target.

The second rule redirects everything (including any static assets) to /index.html and appends the requested URL on the end (with the use of the $1 backreference). eg. A request for http://example.com/foo would be redirected to https://www.example.com/index.htmlfoo (in two redirects).