It's working perfect, you uploaded the correct file for the mod rewrite you're using.

Look : -http://www.legalitforums.com/sitemap.php?fid=14

So, you just need to add these rewriterules :

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# phpBB
RewriteRule ^sitemaps.xml$ /sitemap.php [L]
RewriteRule ^forum-sitemap-([0-9]+).xml$ /sitemap.php?fid=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^sitemap-forum.xml$ /sitemap.php?forum [L]

At the end of your .htaccess file, the one located in root

Then, you'll be able to load rewritten links as those ones : http://www.legalitforums.com/forum-sitemap-14.xml

And your Google sitemap will be ready to be submitted, you'll just need to submit http://www.legalitforums.com/sitemaps.xml and everything else is automatic.

Then, I am currently working on adding a cache feature and extra css & xls that will allow links to be click-able while the sitemap will remain 100% valid.

Then, mx Sitemaps is good to use as well, as it will provide real html page meant for user and bots. It will help out PageRank Transmission among your site by providing good linking to it.

Check this example :
the site
http://www.pixelistes.com/ PR 3
the sitemap installed one month and a half ago, with one Google dance :
http://www.pixelistes.com/portal/sitemaps.html PR 3
http://www.pixelistes.com/portal/forum-map.html PR 3
http://www.pixelistes.com/portal/mx-map.html PR 3

Now those will give back to the site.
And by the way a good proof PR is better transmitted with mod rewritten URLs

Take a look at the demo

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Thanks very, very much for that - it's now working properly.

Good progress I think.
All of these are now installed and working:

Google Sitemaps
Mixed Rewrite
WWW
Cyber Alien
Dynamic Metatags
Search Table

Good for the mx Google sitemaps (you can submit), but the www prefix is not redirected yet : http://legalitforums.com/

use the www prefix thread, we'll take care of that.



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Thanks dcz. This is now my .htaccess file in the root:

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Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.legalitforums\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.legalitforums.com/$1 [QSA,L,R=301]
RewriteBase /

#########################################################
# PHPBB SEO REWRITE RULES            #
#########################################################
# AUTHOR : DCZ http://www.phpbb-seo.com/
# STARTED : 01/2006
#####################################################
# FORUMS PAGES
########################
# FORUM PROTECTION RULE
RewriteRule ^.+/([^/]+\.html)$ /index.php [R=301,L]
# CATEGORIES
RewriteRule ^.+-vc([0-9]+)\.html$ /index.php?c=$1 [QSA,L]
# PAGINATED FORUM
RewriteRule ^.+-vf([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewforum.php?f=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L]
# FORUM
RewriteRule ^.+-vf([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewforum.php?f=$1 [QSA,L]
# PAGINATED TOPIC
RewriteRule ^topic([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L]
# TOPIC
RewriteRule ^topic([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?t=$1 [QSA,L]
# POST
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?p=$1 [QSA,L]
#PROFILES
RewriteRule ^member([0-9]+)\.html$ /profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$1 [QSA,L]
# END PHPBB PAGES
#####################################################

# phpBB
RewriteRule ^sitemaps.xml$ /sitemap.php [L]
RewriteRule ^forum-sitemap-([0-9]+).xml$ /sitemap.php?fid=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^sitemap-forum.xml$ /sitemap.php?forum [L]

Please

dcz wrote:use the www prefix thread, we'll take care of that.

There are several syntax to try out according to the servers settings, the www rewriterules is at the right place, just need to try several ones to find which one will do the trick in your case.

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Hi, first of all I would like to thank you for the great seo mods you offer

Ok, I have just installed this mod and when I went to http://networldtalk.net/forum/sitemaps.xml , it outputs links to another XML file...is it supposed to be like that?

And btw, i also did the mod rewrite for the WWW thing...could you check and see whether I did it correctly?

Warm Regards,
Ibnu Asad

You're welcome

So yes it is normal, it's a Google xml sitemaps, as it should be. Links are not click-able.

But, I am now implementing cache, css & xsl tricks to output something like this (mx sitemaps 1.0.1 with style-sheet), still 100% valid for Google.

Together with cache, this will allow us to widely use the system for all bots, posting many links to the sitemaps, when for now, it is really intended for Google, meaning few visits a day (but very useful ones), as it's not really possible to output 5000 urls listings every second without cache.

But still, tested on 5000 url listings, the mods is more than fairly fast.


Btu for now, it's normal.

Then, I have to say you did a great job, it's perfectly installed

As you can see, if you follow the links listed in the sitemapIndex, you'll find several forum sitemaps : http://www.networldtalk.net/forum/forum-sitemap-27.xml

and a sitemap listing forums :

http://www.networldtalk.net/forum/sitemap-forum.xml

Both types are working nice and are installed Ok with the proper mod rewrite as you can see

Now the redirection is not working yet : -http://networldtalk.net/
But will.

Please use the www prefix thread is you need help, the idea is to test out several syntax until it works with your particular server settings.



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Another question

Which sitemap should I submit to Google? Should I submit http://www.networldtalk.net/forum/forum-sitemap-27.xml , http://www.networldtalk.net/forum/sitemap-forum.xml or http://www.networldtalk.net/forum/sitemaps.xml

Warm Regards,
Ibnu Asad

-http://www.networldtalk.net/forum/sitemaps.xml

It's your sitemap index, listing the actual sitemaps, one per public forum (with extra filters in ACP) and one per forums.

One it is submitted, everything is done auto, no need to do anything else but watching your Google sitemaps account's stats

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Wow! I never thought that it was that EASY!

Thanks to dcz and phpBB SEO Developers for making this AWESOME mod

Warm Regards,
Ibnu Asad

You are welcome

Mx sitemaps, is as easy to install with mod rewrite, but, there is a trick, you need to read this and this if you like.

This mod's interest is that it will provide a lot of links to your content, on page s being dynamic a lot thanks to the last active topic listing, configurable on every pages, plus a nice index in which you can add link directly fro acp

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DC,

Thanks for this mod - got it working no problem so far...

One thing I haven't done is modify the robots.txt file yet, because I have an automated Yahoo URLlist.txt and this is picking up the old ?f=5 format.

What should I do?

The site is http://www.civinfo.com with the sitemap.php in the root, and the advanced mod rewrite applied.

Thanks,

Andrew

And Welcome

So, Google wise (two pages listed, mx Google sitemaps will change this) you should used the full robots.txt, it is true Yahoo did take more care about your forum so far, but there are not that many links in the end and mostly duplicates (post urls).

So I think you should apply the robots.txt and make sure you update your yahoo sitemap with your new urls

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So how can I generate a urllist.txt, that picks up the new link types?

How did you do before ?

Next version of mx Google sitemaps will be yahoo too

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