OK the redirect all works but I can no longer have the category following /places/%category% it seems I have to have “categories” inserted e.g. ../places/categories/%category%
I have tried removing this categories base on the permlinks page but it flags an error:
GeoDirectory permalink error the following rule appears twice: ^places/([^/]*)/?$
I guess it is struggling with what follows places, i.e. is it a category or a location.
To keep with previous v1 and external sites linking to my pages what I want is:
/places/%category%/ = list a category not filtered by location
/places/%category%/%country%/%region%/%city%/ = list a category filtered by location
/places/%country%/%region%/%city%/%category%/[post]/ = an individual listing
/location/%country%/%region%/%city%/ = location page for the specific location
How can I achieve this without forcing a 301 redirect to a page with “categories” in it.