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Joe Dayvie
11,956 PointsDifferent appearance with/without www in URL.
Howdy - This is a silly question, but how come I see a difference in my website layout with or without the www?
When I place the www, I tend to see an older layout I had. When I do not place the www, I see the more updated version with changes I just made.
I know that it takes time to see changes made but curious as to why it shows up on way and not the other - Thank you.
2 Answers
Achim Krüger
14,645 PointsDo you use a web server, for example nginx? web servers can configurated to serve another file based on the subdomain, in this case "www". In your case the web server serves for example index1.html on a "yourdomain.com" request and index2.html on a "www.yourdomain.com" request...
James Barnett
39,199 PointsIt most likely to be data cached in your browser. Try incognito or privacy mode.
Joe Dayvie
11,956 PointsI thought that too but I tried other browsers and on via mobile and still the same at the time.
Joe Dayvie
11,956 PointsJoe Dayvie
11,956 PointsI do use a web server but I will be honest, I partially understand what you mean. So its a type of setting setup in the web server or is there something I can alter to make it the same with or without the www - I don't think they should be different.
Achim Krüger
14,645 PointsAchim Krüger
14,645 PointsWhich Web Server Software Do you use?
Joe Dayvie
11,956 PointsJoe Dayvie
11,956 PointsI am currently using iPage for my website.
PS: I just checked and it's updated now. Thoughts on how I could avoid this from happening in the future?