[kevinh]

Originally Posted by betterthanyours

Add, replace yourdomain.com

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteRule [^/]+/[^/]+-([0-9]+)/ http://www.yourdomain.com/showthread.php?t=$1 [L,R=301]

Thanks so much for this, got me out of a hole!

Is there a still a need to get the search engines to re-index the site?

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Can anyone shed any light on why vbSEO suddenly causes a "too many redirects" browser problem after years of running smoothly (even after the company who made vbSEO shut down)?

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UPDATE: I spoke too soon! The site comes up okay, but clicking on any forum or thread link just reloads the home page.

All I have done is modified the .htaccess file in my /forums/ folder

I am unable to access the vbSEO control panel - when I click on it in admincp, it just loads my site home page!