[GrendelKhan{TSU]

Originally Posted by DrewStr

Ok. Don't know if this is anyone else's problem, but the .htaccess file in the download folder and the directions in the readme read as follows:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(sitemap.*\.(xml\.gz|txt))$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

But, since my forum is not at root I had to add the folder where my forum and the sitemapname script files are located (/forum/) to the front of the url like this.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(sitemap.*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

Now google is identifying them with a green sitemap tag and says "OK" after it finishes.

woot! that did it for me!! thanks!



I think the Read Me or posts here should reflect that the .htaccess files needs to reflect the path to the file on one's server, like if you do not have your forums in the root folder (ie: in a "forum" folder). Everyone was just saying "copy this htaccess exactly"....and since I don't really know how to read that code, I glazed over it.