DNS CNAME Records for Subdomains

[Zylstra]

Hello all,

I have a question about how to properly set up cname records for a subdomain that points to my domain (eg: music.zylblog.info, which is the exact case I am asking about!)
Here is the predicament:
The record looks like this:

CNAME
   music    is an alias of    zylblog.info    with automatic TTL

and I can access http://music.zylblog.info
BUT, I can not access http://www.music.zylblog.info

My question is this: How can I make it so that www.music.zylblog.info works? (And any other subdomains I choose to add..)
Also: Is there another way to do this through Apache? (Since I have few "sub-blogs", DNS configuration works fine for now).

Thank you for your attention in this matter,
Jesse Zylstra

P.S. music.zylblog.info is a real site, but I am not near finished developing it yet -- don't expect much if you are trying to figure out what I have been up to.

[kpac]

You see, "www" is actually a virtual sub-domain of zylblog.info which servers treat as the default.

Add this to .htaccess file in root folder of music subdomain, assuming your host supports it:

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RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}      ^music.zylblog.info                 [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$            http://www.music.zylblog.info/$1    [R=301,L]

I'm not sure if that works for subdomains, but try it anyway.

[Zylstra]

Nope, unfortunately it did not.

[kpac]

Try this:

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^http\:\/\/music\.zylblog\.info\/(.*)$      http://www.music.zylblog.info/$1    [R=301,L]


[Zylstra]

That also did not work.
It seems to me that we should be changing something in Apache itself, but I have no idea what.

[Zylstra]

End of the line, eh?

[kpac]

It looks that way.

 Sorry I haven't got a solution. You could try over at webmaster-talk.com.