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My Google sitemap doesn't work

This is a discussion on My Google sitemap doesn't work within the Troubleshooting forums, part of the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap category; http://www.gosatelliteforums.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz It doesn't work and I can't figure out why?? Pls pls help.... THank you...

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Old 04-09-2008, 02:21 PM
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My Google sitemap doesn't work

http://www.gosatelliteforums.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

It doesn't work and I can't figure out why??

Pls pls help....

THank you
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Old 04-09-2008, 02:24 PM
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vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator v1.7RC4 is © 2005 Crawlability, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

I really think you should upgrade to 2.1. You can download it from within your download are here.
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I just upgraded, now a whole bunch of errors comes up when i go to http://www.gosatelliteforums.com/sitemap_1.xml.gz

What to do now?
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Old 04-09-2008, 02:50 PM
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Be sure that the data folder inside of your vbseo_sitemap folder is chmodded to 777.
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Hello,

make sure that you have 0666 permissions set for data/downloads.dat file.
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yes i just did that, still the same error. I can go inside via ftp and download and view the sitemap .gz file. But how come i can't view it via my browser?
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What does your htaccess file look like?
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php_value upload_max_filesize 50M
php_value post_max_size 50M
php_value max_execution_time 360
php_value max_input_time 360
# 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\.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=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
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Try to remove the bottom two lines as those are duplicates.
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no that didn't work....argghhh
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Go ahead and PM me an Admin account, and a FTP account.
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When I go to CHMOD data/downloads.dat, it does not save. I think that is something you need to ask your host about.
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You can remove/rename existing downloads.dat file and sitemap generator will create a new one.
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Oleg to the rescue.

http://www.gosatelliteforums.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz
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ok awesome, i dont know what u guys just did, but it worked!

Thanks
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