my domain appears as https:// instead of www.

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  fairybeauty1111 · Member · May 21, 2017 at 5:06 am

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  my domain appears as https://fairybeauty.com.au while I type http://www.fairybeauty.com.au

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  timethief · Member · May 22, 2017 at 11:03 pm

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  All www URLs on mapped domains seamlessly redirect to the same content under the URL without the redundant “www” which has not been required for over a decade. The software will continue to strip out the redundant and unnecessary www if you are entering it.

  Be aware that www is an old protocol from way back when the web was new and everything was under separate server hardware. 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.