How to do a 'global' redirect?

[Gemini23]

I have a WordPress installation... with several hundred posts...

the WordPress installation folder has been renamed and all has worked successfully...

BUT.... for any users that have bookmarked or backlinked... how do I set up a 'global' redirect from ALL of the posts under the old folder to the new one? (to prevent broken links etc)

ie... domainxyz.com/blog/file12345
to redirect to domainxyz.com/newname/file12345

[phranque]

assuming you are on apache and don't have access to the server config file, you probably want something like this in your .htaccess file of the root directory:

RewriteRule ^blog/(.*)$ http://example.com/newname/$1 [R=301,L]

however, where you put this directive and whether it is correct as is depends on what else you have going on in your configuration and where.

there may be a WP plugin that would handle these external redirects for you.
if you need more Apache mod_rewrite help, you should post your relevant directives there for discussion.

[Gemini23]

Thanks phranque... I have added numerous redirects via cpanel... seemed to be the quickest option...

[phranque]

if cpanel implements these redirects using mod_alias it won't work well with the mod_rewrite directives that are surely in place for WP to work.

do you have hostname canonicalization redirects in place?