redirect request uri to mirror site using htaccess

Question

so i have a website. i created a mirror of it and uploaded it in a directory called 'mirror' what i wanted to do is whenever a viewer access for example..

http://www.mysite.com/this-page/another-segment/?id=1

i want him to be redirected to..

http://www.mysite.com/mirror/this-page/another-segment/?id=1

i want to edit my site's design but i dont want viewers to get confused of random changes in the website design.

if there is another way other than using htaccess please do suggest it thank you

Answer 1

after browsing around the internet. i came up with the idea of putting a /$1, a rewritebase and followsymlinks on the answer givien by appclay

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On 
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mirror/
RewriteRule (.*) /mirror/$1 [R=301,L]

Answer 2

You'll want to do something like:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/mirror/
RewriteRule ^/(.*) /mirror/$1 [R]

In your .htaccess file.