Domain Mapping Change

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  decker2012 · Member · Apr 16, 2012 at 10:18 pm

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  I inadvertantly mapped a domain without the “www” prefix. Is there a way to change this?

  Example – I mapped to decker2012.com thinking the “www” prefix was implicit. However when I enter http://www.decker2012.com into my browser address field (in IE and Safari), the URL redirects back to http://decker2012.com.

  Thank you for your help.
  Blog url: http://decker2012.wordpress.com

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Apr 16, 2012 at 10:36 pm

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  We actually strip out the www. for convenience and http://www.decker2012.com/ will redirect to http://decker2012.com/

  www is an old protocol from back when everything was under a separate server. www (www.example.com) was the web server, mail (mail.example.com) was the mail server, ftp (ftp.example.com) was the FTP server, print (print.example.com) was the print server, etc.

  These days, everything is run under the web server, making www. redundant and a waste of four characters.