Ok Two Questions 1. I want to redirect anyone who types in the non www version of my domain to the www version. It looks like my web designer did this already, i found a .htaccessfile that says this RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L] however this file is located in a folder called _db_backups Additionally it doesnt do the job. So any advice would be helpfull. also i purchase a SECOND domain, for use in print advertising ( its easy to remember) what is the best way for seo so that if someone types in that address it goes to DOMAIN 1? any way to do this legitimatly without having the domain name in the address bar change?
for redirect, you have to place .htaccess file in root directory. you can do permanent redirect for redirecting the second domain to first domain.
when i placed the htaccess file in the root. it caused a username and password screen to popup when trying to access my page as far as the permanent redirect for the second domain to the first...how is that done, do i need hosting for the second domain?