domainname.com vs www.domainame.com NOT the SAME

Hello,

The problem you’re experiencing typically occurs due to DNS settings. Here are steps to make both www.domainname.com and domainname.com point to the same place:

1. Check Your DNS Records: You need to have both an A record and a CNAME record set up.

   • The A record should point domainname.com directly to your server’s IP address.

   • The CNAME record should point www.domainname.com to domainname.com.

   This should be set up in the DNS management tool of your domain registrar or your DNS hosting service.

2. Set Up Your Web Server to Respond to Both Domains: On your web server, you need to configure your virtual host file to respond to both www.domainname.com and domainname.com. For example, in NGINX, you can set server_name to domainname.com www.domainname.com;. In Apache, you can use ServerAlias www.domainname.com.

Here’s an example of the DNS settings:

Type    Host                 Value
A       domainname.com       IP_Address
CNAME   www                  domainname.com

Replace IP_Address with your actual IP address.

Note: DNS changes may take up to 24-48 hours to propagate across the internet, although it generally happens more quickly.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions or need further clarification!

Best,

Bobby