Very First Page

**adb34** · 15 Aug 2014, 01:01 PM

Brain freeze.

what is the very first page to load when somebody goes to zencart?

Thanks

andyb

**mc12345678** · 15 Aug 2014, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by adb34

Brain freeze.

what is the very first page to load when somebody goes to zencart?

Thanks

andyb

Typical install loads the main_page which has text that can be found in admin panel under tools define pages I think it is. There is an override though in the configuration settings that can have the first page be something else. I don't recall which area it is located, possibly my store or layout settings I'm thinking.

What seems to be the issue in more detail?

**adb34** · 15 Aug 2014, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by mc12345678

What seems to be the issue in more detail?

There is no issue. I was looking for the right place to put "<meta name="google-site-verification" content="*********" />

andyb

**mc12345678** · 15 Aug 2014, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by adb34

There is no issue. I was looking for the right place to put "<meta name="google-site-verification" content="*********" />

andyb

Oh, that's a different story. Doesn't that need to be visible on all pages and in the header of the site? Like in includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_header.php I think is the filename?

**adb34** · 15 Aug 2014, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by mc12345678

Oh, that's a different story. Doesn't that need to be visible on all pages and in the header of the site? Like in includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/tpl_header.php I think is the filename?

I will have a look at using tpl_header.php and see what happens. Thanks for the info

**mc12345678** · 15 Aug 2014, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by adb34

I will have a look at using tpl_header.php and see what happens. Thanks for the info

Took a gander at the requirements for google's verification by use of a meta tag, they do only look for the tag in the "root" of the site, so if the first page is the default first page (and not say a category) then the code should be able to be dded to: includes/modules/pages/index/header_php.php and would only show up on the first page. Wwhile minor in quantity of information, this would minimize the amount of content loaded to the browser as it would not be loaded to every page, just the index/main paage.

Further I was wrong in my first post, main_page is not the first page, that is the tag that is used to identify what page (which follows) is/should be loaded.

**adb34** · 15 Aug 2014, 03:12 PM

Can the meta tag go anywhere?

**mc12345678** · 15 Aug 2014, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by adb34

Can the meta tag go anywhere?

While following applicable html layout, anywhere between <head> and </head>, to be displayed on the page that appears when the uri provided to google is loaded.

**adb34** · 15 Aug 2014, 03:40 PM

There are no head tags in includes/modules/pages/index/header_php.php

**mc12345678** · 15 Aug 2014, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by adb34

There are no head tags in includes/modules/pages/index/header_php.php

Correct. The header_php.php content is loaded between them. Have to look at the code from a bigger perspective, a file is loaded (I think it is the template file I described before) that kicks off the top of the header, but then branches out to collect other information and then to display it. Header_php.php (and other files ending with .php in that directory) are loaded before the body content is loaded. You may have to escape the code a little to display html or echo the content, so for example may need to add: ?><Meta info /><?php

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