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This is a discussion on Quick Site Map Question within the General Discussion forums, part of the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap category; We are still not sure what to do with this link http://www.puremarketprofits.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz It leads to our forum home page. Is ...

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    Question Quick Site Map Question

    We are still not sure what to do with this link

    http://www.puremarketprofits.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz

    It leads to our forum home page.

    Is it supposed to do that?

    What are we supposed to do with that link?

    Thanks in advanced.

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    Are you using the default vBSEO .htaccess file? It should show the XML sitemap file instead of redirecting.

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    I do believe we are using the .htaccess file belonging to vbseo.

    I'm not sure what the .htaccess file should have, but we do have this code installed:


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


    What else are we missing?

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    Is that the entire contents of the .htaccess located in your forum root?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keith Cohen View Post
    Is that the entire contents of the .htaccess located in your forum root?
    No, do you want to see all of the contents?

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    Sure, to check it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keith Cohen View Post
    Sure, to check it.
    This is all we have there at the moment:

    Code:
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^forum.puremarketprofits.com$
    
    RewriteEngine On
    
    # Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
    # enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
    # Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
    # to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums)
    #RewriteBase /upload/
    
    #RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
    #RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]
    
    RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
    
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|chat|cron)
    RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]
    
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(jpg|gif)$
    RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]
    
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
    RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]
    
    <Files 403.shtml>
    order allow,deny
    allow from all
    </Files>
    
    
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^forums.puremarketprofits.com$ [OR]
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.forums.puremarketprofits.com$
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.puremarketprofits.com/forums/ [R=301,L]
    
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
    

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    Remove those last two lines, for sure. If you look up above, the sitemap rule is already included with the default vBSEO rules.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keith Cohen View Post
    Remove those last two lines, for sure. If you look up above, the sitemap rule is already included with the default vBSEO rules.

    Alrighty, thanks.

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    Now you can submit that link to your Google Webmaster account.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarketTimes View Post
    Alrighty, thanks.
    Ok, that appears to have done it.


    So what good will this do?

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    Another thing.

    We have renamed or admincp and modcp for security reasons.
    Should we update the names of these sections in the .htaccess file where it says admincp|modcp|?


    Code:
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
    RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]
    

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    Yes

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keith Cohen View Post
    Yes

    Thanks!

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