Menu links not working, resolving to IP Address

[bobdonkey]

Hi, I have a problem with the category menu, it is sometimes using a path which is the IP Address of the server, e.g. http://151.252.0.72/mobile-phones.html, instead of the site name. This is the IP of the server, but results in an SSL error.

 

I have set the store path in the SSL settings, and otherwise SSL is working fine.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

[Al Brookbanks]

This can happen if the cache is rebuilt when the store is visited from a "bad" domain or IP address. I would recommend forcing all traffix though only one route. This will fix this issue and prevent duplicate content which can affect your SEO. To do this you can force the domain like this;

 

Edit your .htaccess file along these lines:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301]

[bobdonkey]

Thanks Al!