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Loco.M

"Unsupported file format"

please PM me the URL of your sitemap.

MotMann

you should use the followin URL for google submission:
http://yourforumsroot/sitemap_index.xml.gz
http://yourforumsroot/sitemap_1.xml.gz
http://yourforumsroot/sitemap_2.xml.gz
etc.
(although the files are *physically* stored in vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder)

carwash,

if you have .htaccess file already, you should merge the contents of both files.

BillP,
yes, this is just a displaying mistype, you can ignore it


NeutralizeR,

you have included URLs that point *above* the forums folder where sitemap files reside. This is disallowed by google and you should move sitemap to the root.
You can do the following:
1. create .htaccess file in the root like this:

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

2. Submit to your google webmaster account individual sitemap files referring to the root of your site:
http://www.msxlabs.com/sitemap_1.xml.gz
http://www.msxlabs.com/sitemap_2.xml.gz
etc.

3. You should not submit index file, because it contains links to sitempa files in forum/ folder. Note that v1.7 of vBSEO Sitemap Generator will have a special option to address this non-standard configurationa nd let you submit index file as well.