Domain Name needs www or else no display

[prettyskin]

Am new to server administration, please help.

One of my domain name needs "www" in order for the browser to display the site. I made changes to the DNS Zone file. I am hosting two other sites on my Virtual Private Sever and they display without typing in "www" in the browser. The one that needs "www" is currently displaying one of the other sites on the VPS. Any help?

[aj_nsc]

Create a .htaccess file in the root directory of the website that needs the www and add these lines:


Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{http_host} ^yourdomain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]


Obviously, replace yourdomain.com with your website url.

[prettyskin]

aj nsc, thanks.
I created a .htaccess file in the root directory(where my index.html file is located) of the website with notepad and uploaded it. I still need to type in "www" in the browser to view my site. Any other help?:confused:

[prettyskin]

:o
I called the file ".htaccess". Is this right? Who and what is reading this file so that I don't have to type in "www" in my browser.