Help with routes

[eluser]louis w[/eluser]
Thanks for the help. I can not get either to work. I tried

Code:

// Doesn't work
$route['admin/(.*)']    = "admin/$1";
$route['admin']         = "admin"
$route['(.*)']            = "page/$1";

and

Code:

// Doesn't work
$route['([^(admin)]*)']        = "page/$1"

Both sit there processing (i think it may be getting stuck in a redirect loop). It's not my site because the below works for non admin pages.

Code:

// Works for non admin pages
$route['(.*)']            = "page/$1";