[image] Dom Allen - Print & Digital Design Print & Digital portfolio of multi-disciplined graphic designer and creative Dom Allen. Error Message 404 Other Information I’m getting a 404 error message when I just try and type domallen.com. I have to type www and /index to load the site. How do I load the site without the www and hide the file name extension. I’ve tried this with htaccess but can’t get it work properly. Thanks

hmm, you’re using CloudFlare. You can add CNAME for your main domain as described here: [image] How to use cloudflare Community Guides DO NOT USE THE CPANEL INTERGRATION This is the proper way (the cpanel thing is broken) Change your name servers to cloudflare Set up cloudflare through the dashboard Add these cname records at cloudflare: Name: @ Content: your main domain Name: www Content: @ Make sure to click the orange cloud until it goes gray Pros Bypass cookie / javascript checks Full DNS management I hope this helped slight_smile I forgot this, but ANY DNS records need to be added through Cloudflare, not vPanel (thanks…

What do I need to put for Target?

8 random-character main domain. You can find it in client area

Sorry I’m a bit confused, the client area where?

[image] domskial: the client area where? app.infinityfree.net/accounts/

At Login to your account - InfinityFree, select the website you mentioned here, and under Account Details, there is a section that says ‘Main Domain’. It will look something like this: xxxxxxxx.epizy.com. In the Cloudflare DNS Section, click add a new record, change the type to CNAME, put the host as @ and the target as the domain found in the Client Area. If you want to remove file extentions, add this to your .htaccess code: Options -Indexes +MultiViews +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php [NC] RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L,NC] RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.html [NC] RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L,NC] RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\index [NC] RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L,NC]

and if you want to remove www remove www RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.domallen.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domallen.com/$1 [L,R=301] change the http:// bit to https:// if you have ssl

Thank you for you help everyone. I’ve done all of the above but 'm now getting an error that says: This site can’t provide a secure connection domallen.com sent an invalid response. ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR

I also have this CNAME flattening thing (see screenshot) does that matter?[Screen Shot 2021-02-11 at 10.55.34]

And I’m still getting a 404 error, argh!!

Remove www and index from domain

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FlutterHoney February 11, 2021, 10:08am 2

hmm, you’re using CloudFlare. You can add CNAME for your main domain as described here: