# Force UTF-8 so special characters display correctly
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
AddCharset UTF-8 .html .htm .css .js .txt .xml .json

RewriteEngine On

# Redirect www to the non-www (canonical) domain
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.youritpeeps\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://youritpeeps.com/$1 [R=301,L]

# Force HTTPS on the canonical domain
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^youritpeeps\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://youritpeeps.com/$1 [R=301,L]

# Tell browsers to always use HTTPS (HSTS)
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains"
</IfModule>