Page not found error

Hi,

(not sure if having the forum closed is the issue?)

Using vBulletin v4.1.5 L1 Patch, vbseo v3.6 and v-3-0-PL-1 vbseo sitemap.
This is a completely new forum. No vBulletin blog or CMS used.

The forum root is: /forums/

I've followed the installation doc to the letter for vbseo sitemap. Data folder is set to CHMOD 777.

The forum root .htaccess contains:

Code:

# 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 /forums/

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap|api\.php)
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]

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

I've tried adding and removing the # RewriteBase.

Although the sitemaps are being generated they are not accessable?
http://www.awaa.com.au/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz

Also generic vBulletin sitemaps are being added to the footer. Although this option is turned off in vBulletin options (don't know what's up with that?).

The currrent Memory limit in php.ini is 64M. So that's definately not an issue.
(run on a VPS with CPanel/WHM min 1024 ram and awaa is only site being hosted)

Any suggestions to get this operational are greatly appreciated



Cheers

Dave

I turned the forum "on" and rebuilt the sitemaps BUT the above URL is still giving a page not found error?
Can't think of anything else to do...help!

Hello Dave,

Does it work correctly if you change your .htaccess file to:

Code:

# 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 /forums/

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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap|api\.php)
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]

?

Please let me know.

Hi Andrés,

Mate, you are a champ
Thanks so much, that nailed it!

One small problem...the generic vBulletin sitemap links (eg 1,2,3 etc...etc) are still in the footer with their corisponding links. I'm assuming these should not be present or used if using the vbVSEO sitemap system?

If that's the case how do I cancel them?



Cheers

Dave

You're welcome, Dave!

Originally Posted by AussieDave1

One small problem...the generic vBulletin sitemap links (eg 1,2,3 etc...etc) are still in the footer with their corisponding links. I'm assuming these should not be present or used if using the vbVSEO sitemap system?

If that's the case how do I cancel them?

That's a vBSEO functionality, you can disable it at:

vBSEO CP -> Other Enhancements -> Footer Archive Links

Thanks Andrés...

Footer archives...mhmmm.
Guess I should keep them, huh!


Cheers

Dave