trying to set up a 301 redirect by editing .htaccess file

Hi
i have opened this file up with bbedit and also gone onto my server cpanal>edit code, but there seems to be no code in there is this correct? i am trying to set up a 301 redirect as i have just done a website grade from website.grader.com and they say my site has **Permanent Redirect Not Found

any ideas how to get this to work.
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Need more information to provide a good answer.

Steps to reproduct the problems would be helpful as well.

http://www.beyondink.com/howtos/301-redirect.php

Don't edit files like the ones above in anything like BB code.... PLain old notepad.. NOT wordpad or MS word.

PSPad works great and has added notepad function - Freeware

~Melanie

i followed the link you gave me and i see this code but i really dont know the purpose of what i am doing, a redirect to me sounds like i am going to one url and that is telling me to goto another, why would i want to do that at a guess i am thinking its an error page thing?, silly question i know but i haven't really looked into this i am just going on what that website grader said:

PHP 4 and PHP 5

Single Page Redirect:

Canonical Hostname Redirect (non-www to www):

<%
If InStr(Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME"),"www") = 0 Then
Response.Status="301 Moved Permanently"
Response.AddHeader "Location","http://www." & Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_HOST") & Request.ServerVariables("SCRIPT_NAME")
Response.End
End if
%>

Then back to Rob's answer we need more information... the codes you posted do not belong in your htaccess.

~Melanie