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  arc86 · Member · Jul 7, 2013 at 6:37 pm

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  How do I make my site show up www as part of my site url? I would like url as: http://www.vendor-selection.com

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  timethief · Member · Jul 7, 2013 at 6:44 pm

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  You can’t and do not need to.

  WordPress software strips out the www. for your convenience, and http://www.vendor-selection.com/ will always redirect to http://vendor-selection.com/

  NOTE: www is an old protocol from back when 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.

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  arc86 · Member · Jul 7, 2013 at 7:19 pm

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  Thank you. I am used to seeing that www in there, I guess I won’t worry too much about it.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 7, 2013 at 8:05 pm

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  You’re welcome. It’s been redundant for nigh unto 15 years now.