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    Sitemap ran ok - no files exist....

    The sitemap seemed to run ok, but no files were created...
    it even said it processed 504+ urls

    Sitemap FilesIndex Filesitemap_index.xml.gzSitemap File #1sitemap_1.xml.gz (504 URLs, 94.86Kb) 94.54Kb uncompressedText Format Fileurllist.txt (0.00Kb)


    none of these files were created on the server...

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    Make sure your /data/ fodler is writable (chmod 777)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey View Post
    Make sure your /data/ fodler is writable (chmod 777)
    This is the difference that I see...if you look at the links above it shows them supposed to be
    in the root domain...

    Ie: domain.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz (that is how i got the report showing them in root)

    however, those files are in /data/

    I did chmod too 777 - ran again, still no files in on domain.com

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    There is a sitemap rule in the vbseo htaccess file. Make sure it is in place. This rule set directs /sitamp_x.xml.gz to vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?filename=sitemap_x.xml.gz which then pulls it from the data folder it was written to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey View Post
    There is a sitemap rule in the vbseo htaccess file. Make sure it is in place. This rule set directs /sitamp_x.xml.gz to vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?filename=sitemap_x.xml.gz which then pulls it from the data folder it was written to.
    This is what i have...

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

    is this right?

    Because when i see something like:

    domain.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

    I would think this is how it is being reported to google,
    which of course no files were created in the home dir.

    I do not know why it would show me this link but if google is
    not pulling from the data directory, then please correct the
    rewrite so it will properly save the files in root so google
    can then see them.

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    Google only accepts a sitemap file for a directory FOR the directory it is in. For organization and security sake, we don't want public_html/ to be writable. So, we created a subfolder for writable area, data/ and then used the htaccess rule to direct it correctly.

    The rule acts as a pointer from root to the real storage directory.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey View Post
    Google only accepts a sitemap file for a directory FOR the directory it is in. For organization and security sake, we don't want public_html/ to be writable. So, we created a subfolder for writable area, data/ and then used the htaccess rule to direct it correctly.

    The rule acts as a pointer from root to the real storage directory.

    So does the rewrite above need to be rewritten...Because when I run sitemap, and finishes
    it provides a link to the sitemap *.gz in the root domain when it is actually
    located in the /data directory. Shouldnt the link that I see be pointing too: domain.com/data/....

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    site.com/sitemap...xml.gz is the CORRECT link. click it. it will load your sitemap FROM the data area due to the htaccess rule set.

    at your site,

    .com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

    loads a page not found, not a 'sitemap file not found'. Which tends me to believe that something is not installed correctly.

    Bump your ticket with login details so we can figure out why yours aren't generating correctly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey View Post
    site.com/sitemap...xml.gz is the CORRECT link. click it. it will load your sitemap FROM the data area due to the htaccess rule set.

    at your site,

    .com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

    loads a page not found, not a 'sitemap file not found'. Which tends me to believe that something is not installed correctly.

    Bump your ticket with login details so we can figure out why yours aren't generating correctly.
    Bingo...

    will do that.

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    Exactly what do you need access too? admincp? FTP?

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    admincp, ftp will be enough for this. I can get your sitemap password from the sitemap options pan

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    resolved. htaccess rule was in the wrong spot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey View Post
    resolved. htaccess rule was in the wrong spot.
    So is this normal?

    http://seoscripts.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

    I was expecting to see catatories, as I have seen on
    other sitemaps. It looks like it is just showing a
    header, is this right?

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    The index IS an index. It holds a pointer to all real sitemap files. Since your site is new, you only have 1, which is linked from the index.

    http://seoscripts.com/sitemap_1.xml.gz


    has your actual URLs being submitted.

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