Re: [Tikiwiki-devel] SERVER_NAME v. HTTP_HOST

[adam <ada...@gm...>]

SEO guidelines suggest having a single canonical hostname for your
site, so arguably any request to a HTTP_HOST that doesn't match your
SERVER_NAME should just redirect to the SERVER_NAME anyway. Otherwise
you end up having multiple entries for your site at google etc, under
yoursite.co.uk, www.yoursite.co.uk and www.yoursite.com when you
really want your site to be known and indexed as yoursite.com.

Is there any reason the hostname is in any urls anyway (pardon
ignorance here if someone is using imgs.yoursite.com to allow
additional connections etc...) rather than using relative or absolute
paths without the host?

-- 
Adam

On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Stephane Casset <se...@lo...> wrote:
> Le Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 04:13:24PM -0400, Michael Risch écrivait :
>> Hi all -
>
> Hi,
>
>> Redirects are screwed up all over my site.  My primary host is
>> www.casesofinterest.com, but casesofinterest.com points to the same
>> public_html.  HTTP_HOST = www.casesofinterest.com and
>> SERVER_NAME=casesofinterest.com
>>
>> Note also that I have a second URL www.michaelrisch.com that points to
>> the same server, but all redirects go to
>> SERVER_NAME=casesofinterest.com
>>
>> So, my question is, why is SERVER_NAME given preference in $base_url
>> and everywhere else where URL's are generated?  Shouldn't HTTP_HOST
>> get top billing?
>>
>> I would like to make this change to /lib/setup/absolute_urls.php:
>>
>> -$url_host = (isset($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'])) ? $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']  : $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
>> +$url_host = (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']  : $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
>
> Well I suppose it makes sense to use the hostname you where contacted
> with...
>
>> and also to fix this issue wherever else it is found (maybe even
>> consolidating by pointing to $base_url or other variables set forth in
>> absolute_urls).
>
> Sure !
>
>> Am I missing something here?  Any input appreciated.
>
> I don't think so...
>
> A+
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Adam