[djbaxter]

Originally Posted by LewisAinslie

I already have a .htaccess file. What do i do if i have one? add it to bottom?

Yes, probably. You need a slight modification if you already have a mod_rewrite instruction in there.

If you see any lines like this:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

Add the RewrteRule line AFTER that.

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

Make sure that ONLY the last RewiteRule statement ends with the following:

[R=301,L]

For example, a site that contains two RewriteRule statements would look something like this:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(sitemap.*\.(xml\.gz|txt))$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ somesite.com
RewriteRule .* http://someothersite.com/? [R=301,L]