index.html and duplicate SEO issues

[Runner]

From http://competitiveheatingsupplies.co.uk

to http://www.competitiveheatingsupplies.co.uk

[Duncan Rounding]

This often just happens by default with your host. In my case for example with 1and1 this happens.

Try this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?competitiveheatingsupplies.co.uk
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.competitiveheatingsupplies.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]
ErrorDocument 404 /acatalog/404page.html

[Runner]

Thanks Doug but that didn't work either.

[Duncan Rounding]

I doubted it would, but worth a try.

I think you should contact your host about it.

[TraceyHand]

Keith, contact 4sure themselves and see what they recommend.
They may have something in place preventing this from working.

[Runner]

Thanks. I have sent them a mail.

[Stereo Steve]

You need the mod rewrite module on your apache server or something.

[Darren B]

4sure seem to have something different working, i dont know what but htaccess does not seem to work, support normally fix it for you.

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[Runner]

I just had a reply from support at 4sure. They said the code I used earlier today was "..killing my site".

I tried the following code from the webconfs site. Here is the code:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^domain.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

I've tested the redirect from the webconfs redirect tester and by typing just http://mysite.co.uk (without the www) in my browser and it appears to be working.

I've asked 4sure to check it from their end. I will let you know if a problem.