Forums down after sitemap install

[cmeinck]

I'm hoping someone can help. I had no trouble upgrading to 2.2. However, after uploading the files and doing the install of the sitemap, I'm getting the following error:

Warning: main(/home2/cmeinck/public_html/includes/init.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home2/cmeinck/public_html/forum/global.php on line 20

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required '/home2/cmeinck/public_html/includes/init.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home2/cmeinck/public_html/forum/global.php on line 20

I uploaded all the files in Binary format to my forum root folder. I chmod the data folder to 777. From there I added the vbsitemap xml plugin via vbulletin. I also edited my .htaccess. I have the .htaccess found in 2.2. So, the line after RewriteEngine On I added:

RewriteRule ^(sitemap.*\.(xml\.gz|txt))$ vbseo_sitemap/data/$1 [L]

Not sure what to do from here? Please help as my forums are completely down. I still have access to the admincp.

-Chris

[MentaL]

Maybe my sillyness here but......

you got ... public_html/includes and you got public_Html/forum/global but shouldnt it be public_html/forum/includes .......

??

[Juan Muriente]

I uploaded all the files in Binary format to my forum root folder.

All the files? or the vbseo_sitemap folder (which includes all the files)

If this is the case, you might have overwritten your index.php file.

[cmeinck]

That's quite possible. Instructions said "all files" into root. How do I recover from this?

[cmeinck]

I dumped the following files into my root forum folder which is /forum.

• index.php
• vbseo_getsitemap.php
• vbseo_sitemap.php
• vbseo_sitemap_functions.php
• vbseo_sm_config30x.php
• extra_urls.txt

I also added the data folder and CHMOD to 777. On my .htaccess, I added the line as per the directions.

-Chris

[MentaL]

if you extracted proper it would have extracted into a folder "vbseo_sitemap" so u overwrote your index...

[Juan Muriente]

Yes! that's the problem...

Files should be uploaded to the the forum's root folder like this:
vbroot/vbseo_sitemap/*here*
vbroot/vbseo_sitemap/data/ (CHMOD to 777)

Make sure you are using v.1.1 of the sitemap

[aktar@servicetender.com]

Hi,
I am thinking of implemeting a forum in my site http://www.servicetender.com.
I'm am just thinking which forum is the most secure

[Joe Ward]

vBulletin is widely regarded as a secure choice. phpBB is, however, frequently hacked.

vBulletin comes with the advantage (of course) that it can be vBSEO-enabled. Taking SEO into consideration from the very beginning will help you to be successful.