I want to setup a sitemap for a small forum. Is the best tool for submitting sitemaps is the mod rewrite (only interested in sitemaps) , or the built-in phpbb support for feeds.

would appreciate any clarification on the advantages of the GYM sitemaps mod.

.htaccess wasn't in the root. I though I should put in /community/ folder.

by the way, how can offer RSS feed automatically for every forum, like the one in firefox address bar?

Already did this before. Any simple check I can make in order to check that this is working fine?
A simple rewrite rule maybe? I'm have knowledge of php and phpbb, just not on htaccess rules.

Thanks guys for all the help, but still no luck. I've edited the .htaccess and it still doesn't work. Should I check something else? maybe I'm missing something on the basic settings.

Maybe It has something to do to work with XAMMP? maybe it doesn't support URL REwrite?

HB, thx for the quick reply. First of all I want to learn how this mod works, and actually I'm curious about integrating RSS feeds into the forum. my .htaccess now is as follows: Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteBase /community/ RewriteRule ^sitemaps.xml$ /sitemap.php [QSA,L,NC] And I...

Solution: .htaccess wasn't in root folder. /Solution I've installed the GYM sitemaps & RSS, and it's a great mod. I've encoutenred a problem with the rewritng rules. I do not use any URL rewrite mods, so it's only for the sitemaps. I'm currently working on a localhost installation with XAMMP and...