Source Code – Location???

  • Resolved Antare

    (@antare)


    11 years, 2 months ago

    Hello!

    I have WordPress 3.5.1 and I am in the middle of registering for Google analytics so that I can activate the Google Analytic plugin. The instructions on the Google website is confusing and the print is so small it is giving me a headache. I need bigger print! Anyway…..

    First off, I am not a tech person at all period. It is safe to say that I am green behind the ears, as my Grandfather would say and in this case; I am Dark Green behind the ears. (Where did that cliché come from?)

    I installed the Google Analytics plugin in WordPress for my website and in order to activate the message read, ‘Enter your Google Authentication Code in this box. This code will be used to get an Authentication Token so you can access your website stats.’

    Since I had not signed up for Google Analytics as yet I knew that was the next step in order to acquire the ‘Authentication Code’ (by the way Google calls this ‘Property ID’ not ‘Authentication Code’ and yes, for me it has to be exact)

    So now I have the famous (Property ID’ or ‘Authentication Code’) that begins with ‘UA’ and I have no idea were this ‘Source Code’ is located.

    I just read another thread in the forum to locate were to insert the Google (Property ID’ or ‘Authentication Code’) which, begins with ‘UA’ and I am not finding any code in WordPress. The instructions in this forum read:

    Go to header.php (Dashboard > Editor) and locate </head>

    So, I went to the WordPress Dashboard and the Dashboard Submenu is Home, Updates, Akismet Stats. There is no ‘Editor’. The only other place I find the word ‘Dashboard’ is under ‘Security’ and that had no ‘Editor’ and no code. Where does a person find code in the WordPress Dashboard? Should I be in ftp or cPanel? On the WordPress Dashboard I used the search box for ‘Editor’ and no results.

    Please help and instruct me on how to locate this ‘Source Code’. Thank You

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  • Thread Starter Antare

    (@antare)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    I keep reading searching and it now tells me to go to ‘Appearance’ > ‘Editor Theme’ and the ‘Editor Theme’ is not under ‘appearance’ I wrote to the theme developer and I am awaiting for a reply.
    I began to read articles under the Codex section and that stuff is way over my head. This is not my area of expertise at all.
    Has this changed with the last WordPress upgrade?
    At this point I will have to wait for someone to answer.

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Go to Appearance > Editor — then you get an editing box and on the right side of the page is a list of templates. Find Header header.php – click on it. Now you have all the code for the top section of your pages — in there you will find </head> . I believe you are supposed to put the GA code right above that? Be careful that you do not change any other code.

    Then click Update File.

    Thread Starter Antare

    (@antare)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    In WordPress in the left column ‘Appearance’ – there is no Editor. I show; Themes, Widgets, Menus, Header, & Background. That is it.
    I have been looking around in the Host > cPanel and I am not locating what folder I need to find.
    Is it the theme developer who controls whether or not to include the Editor under Appearance?

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    No. Are you logged in as an admin?

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    The file can also be accessed by FTP or Cpanel – it’s in wp-content — themes — your theme — header.php

    Thread Starter Antare

    (@antare)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    I am the only one – It is my website HostMonster is the Host company. It is a puzzle. Because i have read all sorts of instructions and nothing fits. I believe you even answered a post about 4 months ago that I read.
    Can this be done in the cPanel?
    Apparently, until I can insert this code I can not activate the plugin.

    Thread Starter Antare

    (@antare)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    Thanks for the name of the folder. My cPanel is open now, I will go and see what happens

    Thread Starter Antare

    (@antare)

    11 years, 2 months ago

    No Luck
    Public_html > wp-content . Backwpup-***-logs

    That is it, only back-up folders.

    I found a folder titled ‘theme-compat’ under wp-includes, but it doesn’t look like the theme I am using (mimbolove). I wonder if it has to do with all the Security changes I did months ago. I know it changed many options.

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