Verifying site

jennifersolow
(@jennifersolow)

13 years, 9 months ago

I’m trying to add code to what Google calls my ‘homepage’ to verify both of my websites:

hhttp://themuddykitchen.com/

http://www.jennifersolow.com/
which is running WordPress 3.3.2

I’ve read some of the forum Q&A about where this code can be added but I just don’t understand. When I go, as recommended (I think), to the Header, I just get an image, not a page with any code on it.

I’m an author, not at all experienced with this kind of thing. Can someone help??!!

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Thread Starter jennifersolow
(@jennifersolow)

13 years, 9 months ago

Oops:
http://themuddykitchen.com/

Krishna
(@1nexus)

13 years, 9 months ago

You can find various methods of site verification here. It will be easier for you to copy an html file given by Google for each site and upload to the root directory of your sites.

Thread Starter jennifersolow
(@jennifersolow)

13 years, 9 months ago

Thanks – yes, I’ve figured out how to get the verification code from Google but I don’t know what a root directory is or where to find it in my dashboard.

Krishna
(@1nexus)

13 years, 9 months ago

It is not in your dashboard. You have to login to your hosting account or upload using an FTP client like FileZilla.

Thread Starter jennifersolow
(@jennifersolow)

13 years, 9 months ago

Hmm… I guess I’m just pretty dumb about this sort of thing. I host my author blog through Modwest but I think my food blog is simply on WordPress? I don’t know what an FTP client is either.

Can you explain where to put the verification code to a real beginner?

Krishna
(@1nexus)

13 years, 9 months ago

If you can login to your hosting account, you can go to your cPanel or File Manager (or whatever your host names it) and find out your root directory.

leethompson
(@leethompson)

13 years, 9 months ago

Do you have a way of editing the header file of your theme?

Lee

Thread Starter jennifersolow
(@jennifersolow)

13 years, 9 months ago

Editing the header of my theme just gets me into a page where I can pick the color and add a custom header image. I don’t see any “behind the scenes” kind of stuff — just boxes to click.

leethompson
(@leethompson)

13 years, 9 months ago

In wp-admin if you hover over appearacne you will see editor click that will take you to the backend code. There you can add the meta tag from google inbetween <head> and </head>

Lee

leethompson
(@leethompson)

13 years, 9 months ago

Also you might try this plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/official-google-site-verification-plugin/

Lee

Thread Starter jennifersolow
(@jennifersolow)

13 years, 9 months ago

Thanks Lee.

I couldn’t find anything by hovering but I did end up going into Tools and seeing a place for a meta tag right there plain as day.

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