I would like to redirect non-www prefix pages to www prefix pages.

However, I have to do this in vanilla forum which already has few redirect rules in htaccess.

I have added the redirect code above it. I would like to know whether this is correct? It is working fine but I feel performance problem as the forum is loading really slow.

---

```
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteBase /forum
       RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^gtricks.com [NC]
       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.gtricks.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

   # Certain hosts may require the following line.
   # If vanilla is in a subfolder then you need to specify it after the /. 
   # (ex. You put Vanilla in /forum so change the next line to: RewriteBase /forum)
   # RewriteBase /forum
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php\?p=$1 [QSA,L]

```

Can anyone help me telling this is not standard or the better way of doing it.

PS: The forum is not at the root but in folder named 'forum'. At root there is already wordpress blog.