: Should I use IIS or my DNS provider to redirect my naked domain to its www version? How do I get the naked domain for my site that is typed into a browser (example.com) to automatically

@Becky754

Just try editing .htaccess file.

Just paste the following code in .htaccess file
#Force www:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ www.example.com/ [L,R=301,NC]


replace "example" with "your domain name".

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@Chiappetta492

Would this be done on the internal IIS web server


It's possible. There are several ways. I will show the way where you use the web.config file. In your web.config file put the following code:

<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="Redirect domain.com to www" patternSyntax="Wildcard" stopProcessing="true">
<match url="*" />
<conditions>
<add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="domain.com" />
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" url="http://www.domain.com/{R:0}" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>


Or if you want to use regular expressions:

<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="Redirect domain.com to www" patternSyntax="ECMAScript" stopProcessing="true">
<match url=".*" />
<conditions>
<add input="{HTTP_HOST}" pattern="^domain.com$" />
</conditions>
<action type="Redirect" url="http://www.domain.com/{R:0}" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>

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