htaccess problems

[dnwmarket]

Hi everyone I having a problem.
I had my site verified by google about 2 weeks agao. got an email that I was to claim and verify again today. I did that and got an 403 error. I contacted google and they told me to contact my host. I did (hostgator) and was told that there was a block or permission denied in the htaccess.

I did check the htaccess and did see alot compare to the last time I checked. As I remember I think I only had 2 lines now there is alot. Now I am worried. The person at my hosting told me to rename the htacces and retry and I got it to verify. He then said to change back the bame to the old name. Now why I am asking is this bad?

I was also trying to get my google feeder domian_products.xml and got and 403 error and saying that I dont have the permission. Does the htaccess have any connection to the denial?

Hope someone can help me

[kobra]

Does the htaccess have any connection to the denial?

How about pasting the contents here as we can not read your mind nor theorize on something you keep a secret

[dnwmarket]

# This is used with Apache WebServers
#
# The following blocks direct HTTP requests to all filetypes in this directory recursively, except certain approved exceptions
# It also prevents the ability of any scripts to run. No type of script, be it PHP, PERL or whatever, can normally be executed if ExecCGI is disabled.
# Will also prevent people from seeing what is in the dir. and any sub-directories
#
# For this to work, you must include either 'All' or at least: 'Limit' and 'Indexes' parameters to the AllowOverride configuration in your apache/conf/httpd.conf file.
# Additionally, if you want the added protection offered by the OPTIONS directive below, you'll need to add 'Options' to the AllowOverride list, if 'All' is not specified.
# Example:
#<Directory "/usr/local/apache/htdocs">
# AllowOverride Limit Options Indexes
#</Directory>
###############################
DirectoryIndex index.php
# deny *everything*
<FilesMatch ".*\..*">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
# but now allow just *certain* necessary files:
<FilesMatch "(^$|^favicon.ico$|.*\.(php|js|css|jpg|gif|png)$)">
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
</FilesMatch>
IndexIgnore */*
# The following makes adjustments to the SSL protocol for Internet Explorer browsers
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
<IfDefine SSL>
SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
</IfDefine>
</IfModule>

Well the host said that the htaccess had to do with the denial of not being able to get verified. so I had to change the htaccess name and get it verified and then change it back.

[kobra]

If it is only .xml files throwing the error try adding that to the files match string

<FilesMatch "(^$|^favicon.ico$|.*\.(php|js|css|jpg|gif|png|xml)$)">

[dnwmarket]

THANKS that helped. as for the rest of the file does everything look ok?

[kobra]

You might have other issues with other file types not included