.htaccess rewrite rule not executing like expected

[Nick]

Hey,

I have this code in my .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
rewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.abstractpromotion\.com [NC]
rewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.abstractpromotion.com/$1 [R=301]
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

# END WordPress

This is the same code that I have on some other sites of mine, just the URL is different. What I want is when the user enters abstractpromotion.com it redirects them to www.abstractpromotion.com. Now this works on my other sites, but when I type in abstractpromotion.com without the www, the server now says

Moved Permanently
The document has moved here.

Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

Test it out: type abstractpromotion.com in your browser and then try with the www. Any ideas on how to fix this?

[Nick]

Nevermind, I fixed it - needed a L after the R=301

[dklynn]

poss,

I'm glad that you figured that one out on your own! Easy to spot but that means that you DO have some idea what you're doing!

As for the 500, there must be an improperly formatted ErrorDocument statement in your .htaccess. Just remember,

ErrorDocument [code] [absolute redirection]

Regards,

DK