[T2DMan]

Originally Posted by iojam

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)

Please note that the purpose of the sitemap_index is to store all the other sitemap_1-x file names. The index file is the only one that should be submitted.

Unless of course you have a situation similar to NeutralizeR where you should not be submitting the index, rather each individual file, and using htaccess to access via the root etc.

Originally Posted by iojam

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:....