WP in Subdirectory — Multiple robots.txt and .htaccess files?

Question

Assume you have a static HTML site with its own robots.txt and sitemap.xml at www.mysite.com.

Now you add WordPress blog as an adjunct to the site at: www.mysite.com/blog

Do you need to have a second robots.txt? One for the root html site and one for WP blog?
Do you need to have a second .htaccess? One for the root html site and one for the WP blog?
Do you need a separate sitemap.xml? One for the root html site and one for the WP blog?

vancoder · Answer 1 · 2013-02-27 23:25:56Z

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Assuming you are accessing your blog as a subdirectory, and not as a subdomain:

edited Feb 27 at 23:25

answered Feb 27 at 22:23

vancoder
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	Thank you! How would you then go about the sitemap? 1. If you use the google xml sitemap WP plugin, then it won't capture the HTML site that's at root. 2. Or do I need to take the XML sitemap that's generated from the /blog, and then add the sitemap info for the HTML site? 3. Or, because the static HTML site is already well-indexed, simply leave it all alone and just keep the sitemap for the WP blog only at: www.mysite.com/blog/sitemap.xml? Many thanks! – TheW Feb 28 at 2:28
	3 is not totally correct. – Mark Kaplun Feb 28 at 4:01
	Please do elaborate. – TheW Mar 1 at 2:26

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