: How do I do a catch-all .htaccess redirect? A site has moved from example.net to example.com/ie/en/. (In other words, it’s moved from being its own domain to being a subfolder in a larger

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A site has moved from example.net to example.com/ie/en/. (In other words, it’s moved from being its own domain to being a subfolder in a larger site.) However, the page structure has also changed. I have a few pages with specific redirects. For example, example.net/packaging should redirect to example.com/ie/en/packaging-solutions/. Everything else (the homepage and all pages not specifically mentioned) should redirect to example.com/ie/en/ directly.

Here’s what I tried:

Redirect permanent /geotextiles www.example.com/ie/en/technical-fabrics/geosynthetics/ Redirect permanent /fibcs www.example.com/ie/en/packaging-solutions/fibc-filling-solutions/ Redirect permanent /packaging www.example.com/ie/en/packaging-solutions/ Redirect permanent /bags-fibcs www.example.com/ie/en/packaging-solutions/fibc-filling-solutions/ Redirect permanent /horticultural www.example.com/ie/en/technical-fabrics/agri-horti-aquaculture/ Redirect permanent /construction www.example.com/ie/en/technical-fabrics/construction/ Redirect permanent / www.example.com/ie/en/
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ www.example.com/ie/en/ [R=301]


This very nearly works. The pages mentioned specifically redirect as they should; so does the homepage. However, other pages do not work. example.net/blah should redirect to example.com/ie/en/, but instead redirects to example.net/ie/en/blah. Is there any simple way to lose the page name? The new website is completely restructured, and quite simply doesn’t have equivalent pages to some of those on the old site, so redirecting to the homepage makes sense.

Taking a tip from an answer, I tried this approach:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule /geotextiles www.example.com/ie/en/technical-fabrics/geosynthetics/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule /fibcs www.example.com/ie/en/packaging-solutions/fibc-filling-solutions/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule /packaging www.example.com/ie/en/packaging-solutions/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule /bags-fibcs www.example.com/ie/en/packaging-solutions/fibc-filling-solutions/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule /horticultural www.example.com/ie/en/technical-fabrics/agri-horti-aquaculture/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule /construction www.example.com/ie/en/technical-fabrics/construction/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule / www.example.com/ie/en/ [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ www.example.com/ie/en/ [R=301,L]


And now everything redirects to example.com/ie/en/. All my special cases are being ignored, despite the L flag.

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