Problems with .htaccess

Hi,

I have reviewed all of the topics about the location of sitemap_index.xml.gz but I can't seem to get the page to load correctly.

I am not sure the problem is with the .htaccess file at all. At the moment its functioning fine with vBSEO and the rewrite rule is right with the rewrite engine line.

Here are the first 3 lines:

Code:

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

I tried changing the rewrite rule to sitemap_index.* etc. and it does load the vbseo_getsitemap.php file. However, it keeps puking out garbled code rather than xml.

By opening the data folder and looking directly at the xml.gz file it looks fine.

What could be going wrong with this?

you may see for yourself at http://www.stockideas.net/sitemap_index.xml.gz

-Brad

I rewrote the .htaccess file to cut out the vbseo_getsitemap file. It wasn't producing any comprehensible code.

So, to circumvent it, I wrote a rewrite rule for every file in the data directory.

sitemap_index.xml.gz -> /vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz

sitemap_1.xml.gz -> /vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_1.xml.gz

and so on

is there any way to fix the problem with vbseo_getsitemap?

Hello Bradley,

please post the final .htaccess file that worked for you.
Also, did you tried the original .htaccess without RewriteBase directive?

Here is my .htaccess file (turns out there is nothing wrong with it at all, its the vbseo_getsitemap.php file that was giving me headaches)

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

# 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)
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} (admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1 [L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !chat
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

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

As for RewriteBase, I need it or seem I get Internal Server Errors.

Hello,

turns out there is nothing wrong with it at all, its the vbseo_getsitemap.php file that was giving me headaches

PM sent