Which .htaccess line is which?

Hello,

I was just installing Sitemap tonight and got to the "add this line to your forumroot/.htaccess file" when I noticed my .htaccess file already had a sitemap line in it:

Code:

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

But that line isn't the same as the line I was told in the readme.htm to add to the .htaccess file, which was this:

Code:

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

Just for giggles, I decided to compare them all with the line already included in the package's .htaccess file:

Code:

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

Now I'm really confused. Just so you can all see more clearly, here is all three lines together:

Code:

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

Which one is the one I should be using, or maybe I have to customize it a little for my particular situation.

I have my forums located in thefloorpro.com/community, but I have content (I hope a LOT of content soon) in my domain root and several other sub-directories (thefloorpro/articles, thefloorpro/reviews, thefloorpro/how-to, etcetera). I want the sitemap to map all of the site, not just the forums. I noticed in another thread that it is suggested that another line similar to one of these should be added to the domain root's .htaccess file and to add community/ to the path (or forum/ - whatever the name of your forum directory).

What line do I put in my forumroot/.htaccess and what line should I put, if any, in my domainroot/.htaccess? Some guidance here would be appreciated. Thank you.

This is the most up-to-date one and the one you should use in your site's root .htaccess, if that's the level you are going to use:

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

vBSEO Sitemap 1.7 creates the urllist.txt.gz file to be more compatible with Yahoo.

I don't believe I have version 1.7, Kieth. Mine is 1.6.1. I was just on the vBulletin.org site and they don't have 1.7 as far as I can tell. Direct me?

Thank you. It's so nice to have support this late in the evening, especially knowing you are way out in NC.

Here you are, it's linked a few posts down in this thread. You should consider moving up to vBSEO 3.0.0 RC3 too, since 2.4.0 has some known bugs.

vBSEO v.3.0.0 Release Candidate 3 Released! (Sitemap post: vBSEO v.3.0.0 Release Candidate 3 Released!)

Thanks, Kieth. It isn't mentioned that I could see, can I install 1.7 with the current vBSEO version 2.4.0? Maybe if it's not that much trouble I should just install 3.0 RC3, but that means I have to go through the upgrade process with all the RC's and then the gold version. Is it painless?

Hello,

the upgrade process is fast and easy (no more than a few minutes) - just upload the files from the vBSEO package and import xml product file in vB admincp.