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Old 07-30-2008, 01:33 AM
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Google Sitemap error
I'm getting this error when I upload my sitemaps on Google.

Quote:
Unsupported file format
Your Sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format. Please ensure it meets our Sitemap guidelines and resubmit

what should I do?

Thank You.
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Old 07-30-2008, 02:31 AM
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verify that you can view the file in a browser.

can you go to yoursite.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz ?
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Old 07-30-2008, 02:49 AM
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verify that you can view the file in a browser.

can you go to yoursite.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz ?

No, it doesn't...

It opens the forum home.
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Old 07-30-2008, 02:53 AM
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What is your .htaccess? When it redirects to your homepage, it normally means that you did not add the line into the .htaccess to make it forward it.
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Old 07-30-2008, 03:26 AM
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this is my .htaccess:

Quote:
<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>

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

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
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 /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.buforo\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.buforo.com/$1 [L,R=301]

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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?)?)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]
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Old 07-30-2008, 05:13 AM
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try this:


Code:
<IfModule mod_security.c>
    SecFilterEngine Off
    SecFilterScanPOST Off
 </IfModule>
 
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.buforo\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.buforo.com/$1 [L,R=301]
 
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?)?)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]
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Old 07-30-2008, 11:35 AM
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I tryes that .htaccess but the browser doesn't read the sitemap.

I opens the forum index, too.
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Old 07-30-2008, 12:19 PM
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Try to change this line:
Code:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron)
to:
Code:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap/)
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Old 07-30-2008, 12:30 PM
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Well..

With your help, my browser now it opens the sitemap_index.


It shows the following:

PHP Code:
<sitemapindex xsi:schemaLocation="             http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9             http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/09/siteindex.xsd">
&#8722;
    <sitemap>
<loc>http://www.buforo.com/sitemap_1.xml.gz</loc>
<lastmod>2008-07-30T02:01:11+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
&#8722;
    <sitemap>
<loc>http://www.buforo.com/sitemap_2.xml.gz</loc>
<lastmod>2008-07-30T02:01:11+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
&#8722;
    <sitemap>
<loc>http://www.buforo.com/sitemap_3.xml.gz</loc>
<lastmod>2008-07-30T02:01:11+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
</sitemapindex> 

is that OK??

Now, it says that I have 3 sitemaps, but, in data/ folder I have this:



It shows 4 sitemaps..


Is that ok? Should I resubmit my sitemaps on Google? Or should I still do something more?
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Old 07-30-2008, 02:43 PM
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#4 might be old...

delete all .xml.gz files and re-generate again.
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Old 07-30-2008, 10:01 PM
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I've resubmited the sitemaps to Google..

I hope It works...


In some days, I'll tell you what happened..


Thanks a lot.
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Hi Christian - has Google accepted your sitemap now?
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Old 08-08-2008, 04:43 AM
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Hi Christian - has Google accepted your sitemap now?
yes, it has.

one of them has a warning.. but I will create another thread to explain.


Thanks a lot.
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