Redirect site with .htaccess but exclude one folder
Try this mod_rewrite rule:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule !^uploads($|/) http://example.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
This rule does match any URL path that does not begin with either /uploads
or /uploads/
(leading /
is missing in the pattern due to the path prefix removal when used in .htaccess files) and redirects the request to the corresponding path at example.com.
Simple answer I just stumbled upon myself.
At the top before any other calls add the following
RewriteRule ^(uploads) - [L]
I think you want this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/uploads/
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
If you get 500 Internal Error
then double-check that you have a space between } and ! on the second line.