Hi guys...
Managed to upload my site and am trying to add my site to Google web master but I need to verify the site..I don't have a clue how to do this...
this is the line of text I have to add to my home page
<meta name="google-site-verification" content="65l5DyVpaCwVjBkoOwyC7HXj56faSB1Wtf5-tQuGE-0" />
I know I have to edit and I have downloaded CC free HTML editor..can anybody please point me in the right direction...
cheers.
Jim
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jim radford
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sstovert@satx.rr.com
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That has to go into the head section. Off hand, I forget what file to modify. It's been posted here before.
Google Webmaster tools also allows you to verify your site by downloading a file to FTP to your site for verification. That might be an easier method.
Google Webmaster tools also allows you to verify your site by downloading a file to FTP to your site for verification. That might be an easier method.
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Sally Cooper
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I inserted the HTML into the footer. Seems to be working.
sstovert@satx.rr.com
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That's interesting. You placed the meta tag in the footer and Google found it. Did it display in the footer on the page? I don't think the site will validate if a meta tag is in the body section if you care about that, unless you removed it after validation.
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Per
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Tony the Tiger wrote:
That's interesting. You placed the meta tag in the footer and Google found it. Did it display in the footer on the page? I don't think the site will validate if a meta tag is in the body section if you care about that, unless you removed it after validation.
That's interesting. You placed the meta tag in the footer and Google found it. Did it display in the footer on the page? I don't think the site will validate if a meta tag is in the body section if you care about that, unless you removed it after validation.
Yes - interesting! The following line of code is located close to the bottom of the page:
<div id="scs_footercontent"><div id="scs_footercontent_content"><meta name="google-site-verification" content="isutp10TIVR5hO0UGFm1e3sbjmJNosQtf5HWfHUWzDE" />
As expected, this did not validate and it generated at least one of the about 70 initial validation errors.
However, after running it through the HTML Editor code cleaner, the page validated perfectly!
Among other things, the code cleaner moved the <meta> tag out of the <div> and placed it in the <head> section.
Nice job, Code Cleaner!
jim radford
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Ok...
After much hair pulling (not a lot to begin with) I've managed to get verified with Google,thanks to the information provided.. I used the free version of HTML editor and it's sorted..cheers guys
jim
After much hair pulling (not a lot to begin with) I've managed to get verified with Google,thanks to the information provided.. I used the free version of HTML editor and it's sorted..cheers guys
jim
sstovert@satx.rr.com
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Per wrote:
Yes - interesting! The following line of code is located close to the bottom of the page
Yes - interesting! The following line of code is located close to the bottom of the page
Yes, that's normally where the page footer is located.
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Per
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Thank you , Tom, for that most helpful and meaningful remark... 
sstovert@satx.rr.com
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And you, Per, folks in a similar situation should find it most helpful, and meaningful, to run the Shopping Cart code through the HTML Editor code cleaner. 
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