Problem manually submitting to google

Alright I got this as my .htaccess rule:

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

It is in /forum/

The url I submit is:

http://www.mustangevolution.com/forum/sitemap_1.xml.gz

When I go to verify it tells me to put the html doc I create in either / or /forum/ and click verifiy.

I do this in both / and /forum/ making 100$ sure the filename is correct and it gives me the 404 header bs error.

I searched the vbulletin thread and everyones problem was the .htaccess rule... but I got that rule in there.

What am I doing wrong?

Hello Brent,

another possible problem during Google verification was discussed here on forums and is related to the "404 Handler" setting in vbseocp.

Details here:
"File Not Found" requests handling?

Let us know if that helps

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Hello Brent,

another possible problem during Google verification was discussed here on forums and is related to the "404 Handler" setting in vbseocp.

Details here:
"File Not Found" requests handling?

Let us know if that helps

That was it! Thanks

Should I submit the sitemap_index.xml.gz file or just the sitemap files?

Sitemap data files are more important to submit