Hello djbaxter,

Sorry for the confusion. By default values I mean what I set in Vbulletins ACP/VBSEO settings.

The edited line applies to the .ht I already had before I even knew about VBSEO. As far as I know searchbots only look in the root of a domain or subdomain for a sitemap. So, it has to be told there that it's somewhere else.

According to the VBSEO control panel, the sitemaps are created (and they are) and google is notified. Google then manages to download the files (according to the same VBSEO control panel). But when I go to googles Webmaster Central for my site, nothing is there.

hello what are the these files for in the htaccess file

isapi_rewrite, lighttpd_rewrite, zeus_rewrite

do i keep them in the htaccess folder and put the whole folder in the root directory
or
do i take those files out of the htaccess folder and put them in the root directory

Also it says that this file is in my root directory sitemap_index.xml.gz but its not. when i generate
a site map i dont see this in my root directory when i click on the link to see my site map it says
page not found? any thoughts on this

thanks

please answer..

going to buy gold soon as i get the ansawer

Hello. I use VBSEO and installed the sitemap v2.5
I want to add a line to robots.txt (EG: "sitemap: http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml")

What file is the sitemap? I see "sitemap_1.xml.gz" and "sitemap_index.xml.gz" and few others... I assume one of these is the file I need to point to?

Thnx, Kev

Yes. That's what the mod_rewrite line and vbseo_getsitemap.php does. The bots will look in the root (usually); the mod_rewrite and vbseo_getsitemap.php redirect it to where the files are actually physically located. If you try to do the work of those two functions, you'll end up confusing the bots, yourself, and everyone else. Think simple. Let the add-on do the complicated work.

If you are using an Apache server with mod_rewrite enabled, ignore those files. They are for alternate server operating systems or configurations.

See my reply to TosaInu above.

No. Just point to sitemap.xml -- mod_rewrite and vbseo_getsitemap.php take care of the rest.

Yes but... there is no sitemap.xml file to point to.. I am supposed to point to a file that is not there??

Yes. That's what those mod_rewrite lines do. They intercept any attempts to retirve sitemap.xml and redirect them to the appropriate file name and location.

Originally Posted by Budweiser
Yes but... there is no sitemap.xml file to point to.. I am supposed to point to a file that is not there??
Yes. That's what those mod_rewrite lines do. They intercept any attempts to retirve sitemap.xml and redirect them to the appropriate file name and location.

I don't have mod rewrite and I still don't
see the site map and I still get a page that's not there
when I try to viewy site map

I still don't get it

If you don't have mod_rewrite enabled on your server, the standard solution contained in the installation instructions for the vbseo_sitemap add-on will not work.

In that case, try the following...

Add the following line to the robots.txt file in the root directory of your site or create a plain text file (ASCII/ANSI format) containing the line and upload it to the root of your site:


This assumes your forum is installed in a subfolder called "forum". If the subfolder name is something else, change the line to reflect both your actual domain and the actual subfolder name.

If your forum is installed in the root directory, the line would look like this:

If your forum is installed in the root of a subdomain, it would look something like this:

1. Note that in all cases you are pointing the spiders to the real location of the sitemaps index file, which tells the spider how many sitemap files to look for and their filenames. This index file is created automatically by the vbseo_sitemap cron job.
   
2. Note that what I'm suggesting in this post is to be used instead of the standard mod_rewrite solution indicated in the vbseo_sitemap installation insturctions.

Hello i check the server and i do have it
mod_rewrite is enabled :
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/mod_rewrite.so

so what should i do now since i do have mod_rewrite

thanks

Follow the installation instructions for the add-on and add the lines to your .htaccess file.