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Sitemap Not Found Can't Find Index File

This is a discussion on Sitemap Not Found Can't Find Index File within the Troubleshooting forums, part of the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap category; http://xxxxxx.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz is shown as the sitemap url. Once I go to the url i get The requested URL /codf/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php was ...

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    http://xxxxxx.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz is shown as the sitemap url. Once I go to the url i get The requested URL /codf/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php was not found on this server. The domain of the forum points to codf folder on my hosting. I had vbseo sitemap generator working about a month ago but messed some things up by making the forum private so it was reinstalled and is not working anymore. I followed instructions multiple times. Once I run the generator it shows that all of the sitemaps were produced correctly. I see them in the data folder. Sitemap files url was left empty. I've been messing with this for 3 hours already and can't seem to figure it out.

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    oops, xxxxxx.com is not my domain, i just did not want to reveal it

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    Make sure the htaccess file is in place.

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    Yes it is in place, i've uploaded it in my forum root, where the vbseo_sitemap folder is located. I followed the instructions thoroughly. I have multiple sites hosted on one server. Myforum.com points to a folder called "codf" on my server. When I go to myforum.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz i get /codf/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php was not found on this server. Am i supposed to see sitemap_index.xml.gz folder via ftp?

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    It should be in /vbseo_sitemap/data/ as that is where all the gz files are stored.

    The sitemap also needs to run at least 1 time before that file will actually exist.

    You may need to add

    RewriteBase /

    to your htaccess file directly after rewriteengine on.

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    okay, well the file is in data folder, although vbseo is saying that it is in my forum root folder and thats where it is accessable from although no such file is found. Should I try to add sitemap_index.xml.gz from the data folder into google webmasters tools?

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    No, webmaster tools only takes a sitemap in the same directory as the urls that are in it.

    does

    site.com/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=sitemap_index.xml.gz

    load for you?

    if so, it's an htaccess problem. Make sure your server supports mod_rewrite and if you have any other rules in the htaccess file, make sure the sitemap rule comes BEFORE the other ones, directly after rewriteengine On.

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    Yes it does load via that url. I have the original htaccess file that vbseo sitemap plugin comes with. Godaddy definitely supports mod_rewrite. Should I add something to the file?

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    Godaddy is sometimes wierd with their ruleset. I would suggest asking them for support on how to make that rule function on their servers.

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    What should I tell them exactly? How to enable mod_rewrite rule for my root directory?

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    Hello,

    As far as I understand, you have your forum installed on "codf/" folder, and you want to have your sitemaps on root.

    It means:

    http://www.yoursite.com/codf/ -> Forum root
    http://www.yoursite.com/ -> Site root (you want there your sitemaps).

    If that's what you want, then you'll need to add to your *root .htaccess file* the following rule:

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

    And will also need to edit the following setting:

    vBulletin Admin Control Panel -> vBSEO -> vBSEO Sitemap Settings -> Sitemap Files URL

    Put in there the full domain of your site.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrés Durán Hewitt View Post
    Hello,

    As far as I understand, you have your forum installed on "codf/" folder, and you want to have your sitemaps on root.

    It means:

    http://www.yoursite.com/codf/ -> Forum root
    http://www.yoursite.com/ -> Site root (you want there your sitemaps).

    If that's what you want, then you'll need to add to your *root .htaccess file* the following rule:

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

    And will also need to edit the following setting:

    vBulletin Admin Control Panel -> vBSEO -> vBSEO Sitemap Settings -> Sitemap Files URL

    Put in there the full domain of your site.
    Hey sorry for that, you misunderstood me. mysite.com already points to the codf directory. So when you go to mysite.com, it is already displaying the contents of codf folder.

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    I still can't understand.

    Can you please supply me your forum URL via PM?.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrés Durán Hewitt View Post
    I still can't understand.

    Can you please supply me your forum URL via PM?.
    Okay let me explain. I have godaddy's shared hosting. There are many folders in the root folder of my hosting. In addition, i have different site domains point to these folders. So myforum.com points to the codf folder which has all of the vbulletin files. Myforum.com does not point to the root directory of the hosting, just to the roof of codf folder. Let me know if you understand now.

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    What is the content of the .htaccess file in your "codf/" folder?.
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