Redirect entire directory with htaccess - apache

Question

I can't figure out why my redirects aren't working as they are in another htaccess file.
I'm trying to redirect old urls to new ones.
RewriteEngine on
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
<IfModule mod_php.c>
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off
</IfModule>
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^system.*
RewriteRule (.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Redirect /private_3 http://website.com/new_private
I've tried all sorts of things that I've found on the web but nothing works.
Please help.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Instead of using this:
Redirect /private_3 http://website.com/new_private
Try adding this right below the RewriteEngine on line:
RewriteRule ^private_3(.*)$ http://website.com/new_private$1 [L,R=301]

Answer 2

Looks bad ordering and mixing of mod_alias with mod_rewrite might be a problem here. Try reordering your rules as this:
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
<IfModule mod_php.c>
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc off
</IfModule>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^private_3 http://website.com/new_private [L,R=301,NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^(system.*)$ index.php?/$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?/$1