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Originally Posted by TosaInu

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.

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.

Originally Posted by Brathamike

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

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

Originally Posted by Brathamike

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

See my reply to TosaInu above.

Originally Posted by Budweiser

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

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