301 redirect Q

Hi guys, I intend to migrate a WP blog from XdomainX.com/blog to YdomainY.com. Notice that the new blog is to be located at the root while the other was in a sub directory off the root.

What I wish to do is to 301 all posts/pages to the new domain. For example X.domainX.com/blog/category/seo/seo-tips-for-you.html will 301 to YdomainY.com/category/seo/seo-tips-for-you.html.

What should my .htaccess file look like? Do I need to reference each and every page in the .htacess file like follows:

Redirect 301 blog/category/seo/seo-tips-for-you.html http://YdomainY.com/category/seo/seo-tips-for-you.html

Code (markup):

 

Have a look at http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
Good luck with site!

 

Thanks mate.
This is the kind of system I was looking for though - http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/...-posts-angsumans-permanent-redirector-plugin/ -

 

Also, are you being consistent with the www/no www so you won't get different page/blog count numbers/ratings? There's a plugin for Wordpress for that.