Google Sitemap htaccess redirection problem.

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by bindassdesi, Oct 12, 2010.

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    Hello,

    I have followed the instructions accordingly to setup vbseo sitemap for my website, but the redirect to sitemap is not working via htaccess. Hence i am unable to add the sitemap in google webmaster tools. Can someone please help?

    regards
     
    bindassdesi, Oct 12, 2010 IP
  2. websitetools

    websitetools Well-Known Member

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    What's your website URL?
     
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    Hello,
    My website address is http://bindassdesi.com.

    I am getting the below error when submitting the sitemap to google.
    Unsupported file format
    Your Sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format. Please ensure it meets our Sitemap guidelines and resubmit.
    the file i am submitting is sitemap_index.xml.gz
     
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    hello, htaccess is the Apache configuration file, if you choosing linux hosting for your account you can see this file under the root directory. This file gives a lot of opportunity to manage your web pages. there comes the redirection in .htaccess file. you can go for a simple redirect by using 'redirect 301 / destination path' . Here the '/' means the root and right side means to where you are pointing the destination path. if this simple redirect does not work you can go for
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=13$
    RewriteRule ^/page.php$ destination path? [L,R=301] and check
     
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    hmmm.. Have you tried asking in vbseo forum? You don't have some .htaccess file in your domain root that messes up the .htaccess in the /forums directory?
     
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