mod_rewrite: xxx.com redirect to www.xxx.com

as the tile says i want to redirect xxx.com to www.xxx.com on my domain
i searched google and tried(in .htaccess):
Options +FollowSymlinks
Rewriteengine On
rewritecond %{http_host} ^proxyforfun.com [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.proxyforfun.com/$1 [r=301,nc]

this doesnt seem to work, i put it at the root of my website. i check the apache config file and made sure that mod_rewrite was loaded(and it is)

any ideas why this doesn work? or another way to do this?
thanks

 

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^proxyforfun\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.proxyforfun.com/$1 [R=301,L]

 

still doent work :/
i tried chowning it to different users also, just in case. doesnt work
i ahve no idea why this wouldnt work :/
when i do a phpinfo() it does indeed show that mod_rewrite is loaded
any ideas?

 

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^proxyforfun\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.proxyforfun.com/$1 [R=301,L]
</IfModule>

Code (markup):

i don't see why this wouldn't work, it's baically what Nintendo wrote for you. Give it a try.

 

i tried putting that in the .htaccess file, still doesnt work, when i type without the www it still loads without redirecting to www domain
i have no earthly clue why this would happen

 

E-Mail your web host! And try this test

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^wacko\.html$ index.XXX [L]

If domain.com/wacko.html doesn't show the same thing as index.XXX (whatever extension is) then you don't have it!!

 

all is now good, had to set the option: AllowOverride All in httpd.conf
so now it works
thanks a bunch