Google Verification methods

[shawn_a]

yeah should be no problem creating directories or files in root, they should all be publicly accessible.
that rule says

if not an existing directory
if not an existing file
then rewrite to index.php?id=blargh

admin
theme
data
.htaccess
index.php
somefile.html
someotherfile.php
directory/somefile.php

these should all be accesible at http://example.com/webroot/somefile.html

unless you have something else blocking it