Re: "vim.org" fails to redirect to "www.vim.org" for Chrome users

If we can't control htaccess settings, we can still add an index.html file that redirects to www.vim.org.

Example:

http://stackoverflow.com/a/5411567/350106

Given that vim.org is hosted on SourceForge, we could even redirect to the SourceForge project page. That would still be better than 404'ing.

On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Павлов Николай Александрович <zyx.vim@gmail.com> wrote:

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On August 20, 2014 11:42:59 PM GMT+03:00, Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com> wrote:
>Could we please setup a basic Apache redirection, so that users trying
>to
>get to vim.org will be successfully redirected to www.vim.org?
>
>This procedure is commonly used by many websites, and it helps a lot of
>users get to the home page more easily--they shouldn't have to see 404
>for
>the domain!
>
>An example Apache configuration that would quickly accomplish this:
>
>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1157255/how-to-redirect-non-www-to-www-urls-using-htaccess/11990168#11990168
>
>
>On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 5:54 AM, John Beckett <johnb.beckett@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Andrew Pennebaker wrote:
>> > When I enter "vim.org" into the address bar in Firefox, it
>> > successfully redirects to "www.vim.org". But when I enter
>> > "vim.org" in Chrome, no redirect happens.
>>
>> That has been discussed a couple of times in the past. The
>> person who provides the DNS for Vim does so in an extremely
>> reliable and efficient manner, so what they say goes. The issue
>> is that vim.org is a domain and should not be expected to work
>> in a browser. A browser has to connect to a host (www.vim.org).
>>
>> Some browsers try adding "www." when plain "vim.org" does not
>> resolve to a host name, so vim.org works in some browsers.
>>
>> John
>>
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AFAIK vim.org is hosted on sourceforge and there is no access to web server settings.

This question was already raised before here or in vim-dev and relevant topic contained an explanation why with the current hosting it is not possible to do what you request. I did not save a link though.
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